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Over 4 million Americans file for unemployment in latest jobless report

The Labor Department says 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment, bringing the total number to roughly 26 million jobless claims in the last five weeks since the pandemic began. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger breaks down the number and the pandemic's impact on the economy on "CBS This Morning."
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