Tweets Of The Day

That "73 straight months of job growth" feeling 😎🎉 https://t.co/EYbPxtzhCg

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The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) April 01, 2016

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Obama Says Trump Doesn’t Know Much About “The World Generally” buzzfeed.com/salvadorhernan… cnn.it/1St6obe

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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) April 01, 2016

President Obama Holds a Press Conference

5:45 EDT: President Obama holds a press conference, Washington Convention Center

Jobs: Thanks, President Obama

— Unemployment rate at 5% — 10M-plus new private sector jobs — Uninsured at record low One could say … Obama's making America great again

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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) April 01, 2016

GOP: "Obama's job-killing policies." April Fools: We've gained 10 million private sector jobs since he took office. https://t.co/kBcak5atCt

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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) April 01, 2016

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Perhaps most encouraging recent trend: Employment rate of prime-age workers continues to rise. https://t.co/k0h6e8SB55

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Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) April 01, 2016

Say it again: Virtually all the employment gains in the recession have been full-time. https://t.co/NBLohRYmiA

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Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) April 01, 2016

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No truth at all to the story that job growth has been all part time. It's all full-time. https://t.co/3qAKlOVnv2

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Steve Liesman (@steveliesman) April 01, 2016

Economy adds 215,000 jobs in March, labor force participation rises. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) April 01, 2016

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#ThanksObama

A NEW RECORD: The longest string of private-sector jobs growth in US history. 73 months. So far. (Previous top: 51 months from 1996-2000.)

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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) April 01, 2016

US employers add 215,000 jobs in March, driven by large gains in construction, retail and health care: apne.ws/1RQZleX

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The Associated Press (@AP) April 01, 2016

Participation rate up 4 straight months for first time since 1992. https://t.co/RYilnhf5Ya

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Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) April 01, 2016

There's only been one year under Obama when economy lost jobs — his first year. Since Jan 2010, economy has gained 14 million jobs.

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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) April 01, 2016

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Government jobs as % of total U.S. jobs, under… Reagan: 16.6% Clinton: 15.7% W Bush: 16.9% Obama: 15.4% Source: BLS

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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) April 01, 2016

Jobs gained by sector since last year Healthcare: +503k jobs Retail: +378k Food services/drinking places: +374k Construction: +301k

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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) April 01, 2016

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Wow. The health care sector added 503,000 jobs in the past 12 months per today's estimates — a new record.

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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) April 01, 2016

At current pace, health care will become the biggest job sector in America within 3 years. https://t.co/158iNnOH8S

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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) April 01, 2016

‘Learning from Obama’

Learning From Obama nyti.ms/22U7Qhx

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Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) April 01, 2016

Early Bird Chat

On This Day: President Obama welcomes Robby Novak, known as “Kid President,” to the Oval Office, April 1, 2013 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Today

10:0: The President meets with leaders of nations who negotiated the Iran nuclear deal, Washington Convention Center

11:0: Begins a day of meetings of the Nuclear Security Summit

5:45: Holds a press conference, Washington Convention Center