Trump fires head of labor statistics over jobs report

President Trump on Friday announced he is removing the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported. Trump claimed the figures were manipulated for political reasons, and said the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Erika Mcentarfer, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, should be fired. "I have directed my team to fire this Biden political appointee, immediately," Trump said on Truth Social. "She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified." After his post, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-Deremer said Mcentarfer was no longer leading the Bureau. Former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Erica L. Groshen, who served under former President Obama, joins LiveNOW's Austin Westfall to give insight into the Bureau and what might come next.