payrolls push pass their prerecession peak. and a look at the race for the triple crown. to our viewers in the united states and those of you joining us from around the world, welcome. we have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines. president obama had an informal meeting with part -- with vladimir putin on the sidelines of today's the day of services -- today's d-day observances in french. hollande's office says there is a possibility of cease-fire talks in ukraine. >> the question is is it possible? his answer was the ukraine central government must explain to the separatists exactly how it intends to devolve power, how it plans to give the separatists more autonomy. ukraine's central government must show it -- and show its will and wisdom. i asked him what he is prepared to do to bring about a cease-fire and he did not answer that question nor did he say what he taught the separatists say to do -- nor did he what he thought the separatists need to do to get into more substantive peace talks. his answer point out the big problem, it is not an answer th

the economy added jobs at a steady pace in may and total employment returned to its prerecession peak. 217,000 new jobs were created last month. unemployment rate held steady and total employment now exceeded prerecession levels, recovering the 8.7 million jobs lost in that period. the numbers came in about where economists expected. the markets were up most of the week. the dow and s&p hitting new highs by thursday. stocks climbed on signs of stronger economy out there and continued to rise on friday. a survey by the federal reserve shows economic activity is picking up across the country. the feds beige book, which measures activity in 12 regions, showed stronger growth, especially in manufacturing. americans are richer than ever before. household net worth climbed to $8.8 trillion as both the stock market and property values rose. seattle is home to starbucks, rain and now the highest minimum wage of any major city in the united states. the city counsel there approved an increase to $15 an hour over the next seven years. a hike of more than 60%. the business group is suing the city

again of at least 140,000 would being payrolls above the prerecession peak., let's get back to another bloomberg exclusive. publicis'chief executive maurice levy says he will have to make a few acquisitions after the collapse of the planned megamerger with omnicom. he explained why the deal fell apart. >> the issue between the omnicom dople has very little to with the americans and the europeans. it is differences between two companies and also may be some hidden agenda. the publicis-of mnicom merger has not happened as absolutely nothing between governments, between between twoas to do companies who had different cultures, corporate cultures, not national cultures. we have plenty of operations. our largest operations are in the u.s. our most important people in our organization are americans. we respect them, we value them, we love them and there is absolutely zero problem of culture between these people. the only issue we had was the issue of equality. the word equality has not exactly the same meaning at omnicom level and publicis level. it is not only man

payrolls push pass their prerecession peak. and a look at the race for the triple crown.rs in the united states and those of you joining us from around the world, welcome. we have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines.

that's 6.3% of the prerecession peak payroll.y expected to recover them all. making this the longest jobs recovery on record since the department of labor started keeping track back in 1939. folks, we're on track with 51 straight months of private sector job growth. we still have, no doubt, a long way to go, a lot of people not feeling. but this, as i see it no small victory for the obama administration specially when you watch what the gop, how they have been guided by ideology over economics time after time after time. the bush tax cuts, they said we couldn't let them expire. well, we did. we're still adding jobs. obamacare, well that was not the job killer that the republicans said it was going to be. and the republicans, flat out, have been wrong on everything with the economy. their refusal to partake in any kind of public or private partnership to make this economy better, they have sidelined the economy. but we are strong enough as a nation to keep going forward, despite them and move forward on a path of prosperity. just

it would bring payrolls above the prerecession peak for first time. away all of the losses from the great recession. we're joined by a chairman at saxo capital market. thanks for coming down. james said he thinks it is going to be 110,000 in particular because east where east fell. >> that does seem super negative to me. i've been slightly above. there are a number of conflicting factors. it is always a nightmare to predict. you have had great or good regional surveys. you have had good reports of various kinds. blockbuster vehicle sales. which is an interesting predictor of the economy. you have got continuing claims that since 2007, those are good things. you have the a.d.p. pointing that job cuts are slightly elevated. unprovened a predictors of these figures we're looking at today. the economy is looking good. it is on a recovery phase. i see no reason to see why we shouldn't break above the 215 mark into more the 250 range. >> by now, nobody is paying much attention to the headline number. the fed said it is going to drop that as its threshold. i

the jobs market is now back at its 2008 prerecession peak for the first time.ry than ever before, with 217,000 new jobs added in may. the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 6.3%. that's significantly lower since the worst of the economic crisis. remember, you can always follow us on twitter. i love to read your tweets. tweet me @wolfblitzer. certainly you can tweet the show @cnnsitroom. monday in "the situation room," you can always watch us live, or if you can't watch us live, dvr the show should you won't miss a moment. have a wonderful, wonderful weekend. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf bitser in "the situation room." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next, breaking news. what we're just learning about sergeant bowe bergdahl's time in captivity. a u.s. official tells cnn he was forced to live in a cage. plus, cnn's exclusive interview with president obama's national security adviser susan rice. she says sergeant bergdahl served the u.s. with honor and distinction. does she stand by that? >>> and the latest from last