Kelly Evans
Unemployment Numbers Rise as Hiring Slows
Employers added only 39,000 jobs last month ? a big decline from October’s 172,000. Private companies created the fewest number since January. The anemic month for the labor sector pushes the national unemployment rate from 9.6 to 9.8 percent. That’s 19 months of a rate over 9 percent, the longest stretch on record. What do […]
This Week’s Agenda: Libyan Rebels Overtake Tripoli, Obama Prepares Jobs Speech
Over the weekend, Libyan rebel forces took key positions near the capital of Tripoli, and last night they flooded into the capital and battled with loyalists to Col. Moammar Gadhafi. Rebels captured two of Gadhafi’s sons, including Seif al-Islam, the assumed heir-apparent, while civilians celebrated in the streets over what may be the end of Gadhafi’s 42 […]
This week’s agenda: Obama’s bus tour, super committee, Perry’s bid
President Obama is departing today for his three-day bus tour through the Midwest. As the race to for the presidency kicks up a notch, a Congressional twelve-member ‘super committee’ will begin work on a debt-reduction strategy. Kai Wright joins us.