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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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