News Wrap: Unemployment rate drops below 5 percent

Name: News Wrap: Unemployment rate drops below 5 percent
Uploaded: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: P325S
Description: In our news wrap Friday, the Labor Department reported that U.S. employers added a net 161,000 jobs in October, dipping the unemployment rate a tenth of a percent to 4.9. Also, there are guilty verdicts in New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s “Bridgegate” scandal. A federal jury convicted Christie’s former aides of shutting down parts of a major bridge to punish a political opponent.

Clip: 11/04/2016 | 5m 25s

In our news wrap Friday, the Labor Department reported that U.S. employers added a net 161,000 jobs in October, dipping the unemployment rate a tenth of a percent to 4.9. Also, there are guilty verdicts in New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s “Bridgegate” scandal. A federal jury convicted Christie’s former aides of shutting down parts of a major bridge to punish a political opponent.

Aired: 11/04/16

Expired: 12/04/16

Rating: NR

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