we re back to president biden giving an update on the student loan forgiveness program. he will be speaking at that podium right there. we ll go there when he begins. first, candidates in some of the most crucial races of these midterms are starting to debate in a few hours. in georgia, brian kemp squares off with his democrat opponent stacey abrams for the first time in the gubernatorial rematch and what they will be telling voters. what will happen there in the first big election cycle since donald trump allegedly tried to overturn the 2020 election in that state. we have a report on what election officials are doing to stress test new security features meant to protect the process. and the senate race is tight in ohio, republican jd vance and congressman tim ryan will debate for the second time and what voters tell us they re looking to hear from the two men. and where it all stands, new numbers out today shows a lot has changed in the last month. can we trust those number
what a crowd welcome to fifth annual fox nation patriot awards. we re show glad you are here, we are live in the year of our lord 2023 at the grand ole opry house in nashville, tennessee. you know i am so honored to be joined by so many of my amazing fox colleagues here in the front, people you know, you see of day. you will see many soon up on stage. it has been 5 years, 5 incredible years of the patriot awards honoring unsung heroes and amazing patriots, this is for you, because of you. you will see, that the men and women that we ll honor on this stage, never sought the spotlight, at the fox nation patriot awards the spotlight has found them tonight. [applause] let s shine that spotlight bright, let s do it right now, does that sound good? all right. here to present the first award of the evening, she is my co-host. she is a mama bear spit fire. who as they said about michael jordan, you can only stop you can t stop her. you can only hope to contain her. and joining
what a crowd welcome to fifth annual fox nation patriot awards. we re show glad you are here, we are live in the year of our lord 2023 at the grand ole opry house in nashville, tennessee. you know i am so honored to be joined by so many of my amazing fox colleagues here in the front, people you know, you see of day. you will see many soon up on stage. it has been 5 years, 5 incredible years of the patriot awards honoring unsung heroes and amazing patriots, this is for you, because of you. you will see, that the men and women that we ll honor on this stage, never sought the spotlight, at the fox nation patriot awards the spotlight has found them tonight. [applause] let s shine that spotlight bright, let s do it right now, does that sound good? all right. here to present the first award of the evening, she is my co-host. she is a mama bear spit fire. who as they said about michael jordan, you can only stop you can t stop her. you can only hope to contain her. and joining
125 thousand then jobs overall. the numbers are adding to worries that people are giving up on finding jobs. with us is our economics reporter steve leesman. let s unpack this. it s a tad confusing. on the one hand we see a rate that is the lowest we have seen in months. at the same time more jobs were cut. how do we make sense of this? there is a lot of unpacking to do. let s start with the unemployment rate. it fell for the wrong reasons. people left the workforce about 650,000 people left and that causes the rate to decline. that is not a good sign. i hate to tell you that. take the thing you thought you could follow, mot this time. 9.5% is not a good sign because of how we arrived there. better numbers inside that. the minus 125 includes a minus 230,000 decline in the census workers. that s off. now you are feeling better? not so quickly.