Dani Burger

Roger, when it comes to leadership, obviously you are there at the helm of Amtrak, but Stephen Gardner was asked to resign as CEO just two months into the Trump administration.

Are there any plans to replace him?

And how is your relationship currently with the White House, given some of that back and forth to start his term?

Got to invest in infrastructure.

Roger, thank you so much for joining us.

That's Roger Harris of Amtrak.

Let's turn back to this morning's jobs data.

Jobs growth accelerated in September, showing signs of a stabilizing labor market before the government shutdown.

Joining us to discuss, we are pleased to say, is the U.S.

Labor Secretary, Lori Chavez Doremer.

Doremer, Ms.

Secretary, thank you so much for your time this morning.

Let me first ask you about the headline numbers.

It was a blowout.

We were only expecting 51,000 in our survey, and far more than doubled that is what we got.

How strong is this economy?

It does seem like inflation is a concern.

We heard that from Walmart today that it's got to pass through these tariff costs somehow.

Are you not worried that we have a rise in inflation that hits lower income workers especially hard if we continue to cut rates?

Don't we lose some of those dollars if we continue to see 3% plus inflation?