It's great to have you watching on this January 7th.

I'm Carla Zeus at the CNN Center, and we're starting the week with what's been called the biggest surprise of the economic cycle.

American employers added 312,000 jobs to the U.

S economy in the month of December.

Most experts have estimated they'd add 181,000 jobs.

One analyst says the fact that so many more jobs were counted indicates that a possible recession, a sustained decrease in the economy, is not gonna happen anytime soon.

The percentage of the American labor force that doesn't have a job.

The unemployment rate increased to 3.9% in December.

It was at 3.7% the month before.

Experts say that's because more Americans got back into the workforce looking for a job.

The report also indicated that paychecks on average also increased, with employers offering more money to attract new workers.

So, overall good news for the US economy.

The head of the U.

S.

Central bank called the report very strong and because of that and some other events that reassured investors, the U.

S stock market jumped up Friday.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 747 points, then it was the fourth biggest point increase of all time for the index of 30 major stocks.

In fact, every sector of the market increased on Friday.

We reported last week how the market saw some major ups and downs in 2018 with several of them setting records.

It's possible that Maur big swings could be a hit.

Stock market volatility is the new normal.

But let's not forget volatilities.

The old normal to yes, 2018 saw the return of mad market swings.

On five different days, the Dow moved 1000 points.

Arm or moves that big have only happened eight times in history, so the fact that five of them occurred last year is significant.

But the market is not more volatile than ever before.

Investors just don't remember the roller coaster ride because for a decade, stocks pretty much just went steadily higher.

In fact, spikes in volatility have always been a part of Wall Street's landscape.

Just look at this chart going back to 1928.

So how long will the current wave of volatility last will probably for awhile.

Uncertainty about the global economy, particularly in Europe and China, has rattled investors.

Trade tensions between the U.

S.

And China have yet to be resolved, and investors are worried about interest rates.

If the Fed raises rates too quickly, it could slow the economy too much, even trigger a recession.

For years, investors would buy every dip.

Now they seem to sell every rally, so expect more volatility after a long break, its back with a vengeance, and it's likely here to stay.

Trivia.

Where would you find the busiest shipping route in the world?

English Total.

Panama Canal, Suez Canal or Strait of Gibraltar?

According to Guinness World Records, the Dover Strait, located in the English Channel, is the world's busiest lane for shipping.

There's been an increase in the number of migrants trying to cross that channel, many of them hoping to obtain asylum permission to stay in the United Kingdom.

So far, the numbers are in the hundreds, in contrast to the hundreds of thousands have crossed the Mediterranean Sea in the migrant crisis that's Europe's largest since World War two.

While the English Channel crossing is much narrower, it's still very dangerous, especially when the people making the journey or often on flimsy boats and don't have life jackets stand on England southern coast in the right light and you can see France.

Those dark shadows against the golden hangs between them lies a formidable boundary.

The channel is at least 19 nautical miles of open water, often with big swells, powerful times, ships and Berries plowing up, down and across it.

But recently, much smaller vessels have been crossing, too.

You need help.

Tiny inflatable boats carrying people from far away, the desperate and determined.

Risking everything to reach Dover is white cliffs and make the United Kingdom there hung out on the channel.

Charter boat operator Matthew Coca tells us he's had contact with five migrant boats in recent months.

He recorded video of this moment last year, a small inflatable drifting near the coast.

We seen waving some malls with some T shirts tied toe.

The seat was in distress.

Three men, one woman and their tiny boat were brought on board.

They'd lost their engines.

They're exhausted, dehydrated and lucky to be alive.

Were you able to talk to this?

I tried to communicate with them, but they didn't speak English, but did they were saying that was from, you know, I kept saying a while.

Many of those crossing say they're Iranian.

Every civilian boat operator is now under orders to look out for.

Mariners are requested to report any unusual activity or sightings off small vessels transiting the Dover Strait.

Under pressure to act, the British government is also deploying its resources to find and rescue migrants will soon be three of these large border force vessels patrolling this stretch of the coast.

The government was initially reluctant to bring in extra safety boats because they feared that could encourage more migrants to attempt the crossing.

But they've decided saving lives must be the priority.

The minister responsible has questioned whether the migrants are genuine refugees and some people, including the area's local MP, want those rescued by British vessels to be returned to France.

That way, the migrants on the traffickers who are really driving this, who are behind this get the message that there's no point trying.

All this is being described by some British newspapers as a migrant crisis, even though the numbers of people arriving on this coast are relatively small, especially compared to migrant crossings in the Mediterranean.

The British government says 539 people tried to cross this water and reach the U.

K in 2018.

Many didn't get close.

The French stopped around 42%.

But the fact that Scott some people concerned triggered talk of a crisis and in flames and passion is the recent increase around 80% of the total attempts we're in the last three months.

Migrant activist Christine Oliver is more concerned about insuring people's rights to claim asylum.

We should be demonstrating our compassion and humanity and understanding rather than worrying about very small numbers that are coming here.

Britain has a proud history of welcoming those in need to its shores.

The control over borders and migration are a motive, often divisive, issues.

Here They drove many to vote for Brexit, and they worry some when they see small boats landing uninvited on British beaches.

Phil Black, CNN near Dover on the English Channel ST Paul, Minnesota, is gearing up for its 133rd annual winter carnival.

It's the home of the Ice Palace, a sort of frozen castle that recalls a short story by author F.

Scott Fitzgerald.

There've been dozens of these built in ST Paul over the decades across the Pacific in China's northernmost province, a SP spectacle of sub zero wonderment has already opened.

Welcome to Ice and Snow World.

It's an annual festival of ice sculptures and colorful lights in China's northeastern city of Harbin, or I City, as the locals call it on display their cathedrals and palaces more than 10 meters high, alongside smaller, more delicate exhibits.

It's hard work for the sculptors, but the reward of having a guaranteed audience to admire their creations makes it all worthwhile.

Unlike others cultures, which are always placed somewhere after being finished and we do not know who will see them, we know that the ice and snow sculptures here will definitely be seen by lots of tourists.

The Ice Festival attracts more than a 1,000,000 Chinese and international visitors to Harbin every year, and not even the sub zero temperature manages to dampen the party atmosphere.

We made sure to wear lots of clothes to keep warm, but I think we could use some more, but I think it's definitely worth it, because I don't think there are many places in the world where you can see the things that we can see here.

The festival will remain open until February, when temperatures start to warm up.

Michael Holmes, CNN There's been a new visitor making the rounds at a cat cafe, so of course, this would write 10 out of 10.

Vector is the name of a toy robot that can do simple things for people like Tell the weather or set a timer.

But it can't see pets, so its engineers brought it here so that it could take pictures and be programmed to identify cats.

Some of the animals seemed mildly amused.

Some didn't.

We're not sure what Vector would do if a cat attacked, but Vector probably wouldn't be Victor.

Not sure how many bites it would take.

But with too much hardware, the robot could short circuit.

It could get its whiskers crossed.

If it tips over, the results could be truthful.

With cats on the prowl, they'd have to closely monitor Vector.