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Friday, May 3, 2013

Season 2013 Episode 1230 | 53m 50s

Tonight on the program, we talk April's job numbers which saw unemployment drop to 7.5% and what it is saying about the economy. Also: CDC releases data that indicates a shocking increase in suicides, older workers having trouble finding jobs, Shields and Gerson analyze the week's news, and author Michael Pollan talks preparing one's own food.

Aired: 05/02/13 | Expires: 12/31/69
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Brooks and Capehart on what's next for Democrats in the Maine Senate race
'The Pitt’ actress Brittany Allen on betting on herself and earning an Emmy nomination
Dry winter leaves farmers along Colorado River facing greater water shortages
Metro rider recounts encounter with Patriot Front members in D.C.
What we know about Mitch McConnell's health and hospitalization
Trump fires election commission members in latest attempt to control voting process
A look at the new regulations and incentives in the housing bill set to become law
Where trans advocates are focusing efforts after recent court defeats
News Wrap: DHS says man killed by ICE was not target of immigration operation
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