the real intent really is many of us are lay people and we're finding ourselves liquor the 2 to 3 weekers that's uncomfortable and we can ask for more information. i really don't feel good when i have to call it out it's not a victory to send somebody back and say your stuff doesn't add up we can be more clear >> i want to thank you commissioner moore for stepping forward and extending a tremorly amount of time. some of us don't have your background so thank you for better clarify this. in the end it will help the commissioners and staff and a commissioner antonini >> yeah i appreciate what commissioner moore is saying and if i understand correctly i'm happy with the rules and regulations as drafted. by reference they live staff will modify the instructions to reflect what's in our rolls but to have our rules voluminous they speak to the issues we're concerned about i agree one hundred percent with commissioner moore when cases come before us and the drawings are not accurate and we have to waste everybody's time sending it back to be redone didn't make sense but i think that's the job of

we're looking for extensions against the 99 weekers. thing about this number is it only counts the last 27 weeks, not the people that are not working and that's when they're not making enough money and we are still not seeing enough growth in this one. so a lot of the things are showing some problems here and i don't see it getting much better at the moment. >> pat, final word from you on that? >> it is possible that the unemployment rate may tick up when we get the report this morning. it will be very interesting to see how the markets handle that, particularly as we see discouraged workers coming back in in excess of what the job growth is. >> thank you very much both of you for join onning us, todd horwitz, pat o'keefe. happy new year to you, by the way. that employment report is coming out during the hours of "squawk box." that is coming up next. whatever happens, we hope you have a profitable day. and whenever it starts, a really good weekend. that's all from "worldwide exchange." bye. >>> good morning. it is jobs friday. the expec

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the new oecd study released this october showed that americans are decidedly weeker in pneumonia rah si and problem-solving skills, and the average scores are certainly well below the top countries which were japan and finland. we have a challenge of 10.4 million unemployed this the country with 4 million job openings. and if you add the individuals who are marginally attached to the work force, you have another 2.4 million people. and yet at the same time, we have employers regularly reporting to us that they are not finding workers with the right skills for the existing jobs. so for the more long-term employed, low-skilled workers, new americans, immigrant populations, older workers, returning service members, disconnected youth, we know that the problems are even more acute, and we also know that the solutions are often not just about job training, they're often a lot more complex. so whether we call it a skills gap or something else, we know that training in work force development is critical to building sturdy ladders of opportunity to the middle class and economic advancement w