Welcome to the beat. I'm Ari Melbourne. We begin with what some Democrats are touting as the best day for domestic news in the entire Biden presidency.

Not only one of the best days, say, for the economy in this choppy COVID era with all the upheavals, but we're going to go through the numbers for you.

The single best day of economic numbers in literally 50 years.

The unemployment rate has not been this low. In other

words, the employment rate has not been this high since Americans were seeing things like this on TV.

Hi, this is Dick Clark, and it's time now for American Bandstand. That's one small step for man, one giant leap for manned.

Don't ask how long I plan this day.

It never crossed my mind.

As we chart our goals, we shall be lifted by our dreams.

I like your show and I like your style.

But your pay is so cheap, I won't be back for it.

Shouldn't your brand be true today?

Kid, the next time I say let's go someplace like Bolivia, let's go someplace like Bolivia.

Next time.

Archie and Jughead and Archie's garage.

Fill up your car with Archies and give them a ride.

Did that all feel like a long time ago?

It was.

That was 1969, and we try to tell you the stories with the facts

and the context. The context is that's how far back you'd have to go for this good of a rate of

national employment. Unemployment was down under four points. And over time, it would hit

different highs at different points in time. We're not going to do all of it right now, but for context in the 80s, it was up at 10%.

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