Good evening from New York. I'm Ali Veli in for Chris Hayes. Donald Trump says it's his opinion that the Bureau of Labor Statistics rigged the jobs numbers against him. That was his justification for firing the Commissioner of Labor Statistics.An argument that he repeated during an interview with CNBC earlier today. >> When they say that the, you know, that nobody was involved, that it wasn't political. Give me a break.It's a highly political. It's a highly political situation. It's totally rigged.Smart peo ...

Let's bring in Jeremy Seagull, professor emmeritus of finance uh at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and chief economist at Wisdom Wisdom Tree. I think you're Jeremy Professor, your ship's coming in. Uh the economy has been weaker than than people thought, I think.Yeah. Yeah. And first of all, I'm not going to let the BLS off the hook.I mean, you know, you talk about how to fix it. you know, make these questionnaires mandatory and give them a time limit to fill it out. Um, you know, I ...

>> For imprint for certain. >> So President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a worse than expected jobs report and some big revisions that came along with it. Joining us right now is former acting labor secretary under President Obama, Seth Harris, and the former acting white House chief of staff under President Trump, Mick Mulvaney.He's the co-chair of the strategic advisors. Gentlemen, welcome to both of you. This is something that people spend a lot of time thinking about and ...

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Welcome back. Joining me now is Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of California. Senator Padilla, welcome back to Meet the Press. Thanks for having me back. Thank you so much for being here in person. Let's start with the economy. President Trump, as I was just discussing with Kevin Hasset, his decision to fire the head of the BLS. Of course, it has prompted some backlash. You just heard Kevin Hasset defend the move. Now that the president is appointing a replacement to head the BLS, my question for you, will ...

And joining me now is the director of the White House National Economic Council, Kevin Hasset. Mr.. Hasset, welcome to Meet the Press. >> Great to be here. Thank you. >> It's great to have you here. Let's start with President Trump's decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erica McInterer, who he accused of manipulating job numbers. Mr.. Hasset, what evidence does the administration have that she manipulated the jobs numbers? >> Right. Well, what we've seen over the last few years is uh ...

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It’s hard to overstate the perils that await the economy following President Donald Trump's decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, says @keds_economist (via @opinion) https://t.co/zRj6B2skpL ...

What's your reaction to Governor Coogler's decision here and how concerned are you about who might replace him. I've just seen the headlines, so I am I am learning information real time, whether this was a personal choice or whether there was a feeling of a political pressure. And I'm almost, you know, hesitant to even even weigh in because I don't have the information.Anything, though, that I just as a as a overarching point, anything that makes this fed more political, that robs it of its independence is ...

An uncomfortable dynamic has set in: because investors think that Donald Trump will eventually chicken out, they are emboldening him to press ahead. As he does so, however, the long-term costs to the economy will mount https://t.co/sQLj0qJWxY ...