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Speaker 1: Nick for a terrific story. Coming up now, Patrick O'Keefe

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Speaker 1: on the latest jobs report. First to Charlie Pellet in

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Speaker 1: as this month. The US economy adding thirty eight thousand workers,

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Speaker 1: So part of a big part of what we saw

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Speaker 1: other news from around the world. Charlie, Thank you. From

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Speaker 1: still underway at ford Hood, Texas, for four soldiers who

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Speaker 1: launch of the House GOP election year agenda project. Titled

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Speaker 1: a Better Way. It lists six proposals, including some to

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Speaker 1: help lift Americans out of poverty. We can start to

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Speaker 1: the announcement during the Republican's Weekly Address, which was released today,

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Speaker 1: one day earlier than usual. New York City's top financial

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Speaker 1: I'm Mark Crumpton, Charlie, and we thank you and again

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Speaker 1: recapping a move lawer for stocks. We are well off

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Speaker 1: Taking Stock with Bim Box and Kathleen Hayes on Bloomberg Radio. Now,

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Speaker 1: Marry how slice it? It's hard to call today's May

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Speaker 1: if not week joining us now to dissect the report,

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Speaker 1: sixth weakest since in seventy six months. It um, it

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Speaker 1: was to be expected that there was deceleration in the

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Speaker 1: all things considered. But this is a mature recovery and

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