we re almost at 10 million jobs, almost at 10 million jobs since i took office. that s the fastest job growth in history. today there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there are more people working in america than at any point in american history. cnn business correspondent rahel solomon joins me now. put this into context. what do these numbers actually mean? not only did these numbers surprise to the upside, but it was broad based across the economy. when you look at the report line after line, industry after industry saw positive job growth. leisure and hospitality the strongest with 96,000 added for the month of july. professional services, health care, government, all adding jobs. we know wages increased about 5.2% over the last year and wage gains are something the fed is going to be watching closely as it tries to fight inflation. more on that in just a moment. as you pointed out, the unemployment rate now ticking lower to
issues. and here in wyoming, you know, we have same-day registration. it is the right of people to register whatever party they want to register as. and my message is one for all wyomingites, i represent every single person in this state and i believe that there are thousands and thousands across our state that fundamentally understand why it is so important to have somebody that will abide by oath of office. there might be democrats that would vote for cheney. yeah. remarkable. you said men are running the world and it is not going well. do you think those in the u.s. are ready for women to run things? sure. i think that one of the things that have been very moving for me over the course of the last year and ha half has been the reaction of women and not just the women who have testified, although we ve seen the incredible bravery of people like cassidy hutchinson and sarah matthews and ruby freeman and shay moss and carolyn edwards. it takes real bravery to stand
neighbors against neighbors. a fight over who gets to use the river that fuels life. we visit two states that are facing off. hello. welcome to the lead. we begin this hour with our world lead. a pair of escalating international crises. russia and the united states are now indicating they re ready to hold talks about a prisoner swap. just a day after a russian court convicted american basketball star brittney griner of drug smuggling, and sentenced her to nine years in prison. potential prisoner swap talks could include fellow american paul whelan who has been detained in russia since 2018. we ll have more on that in just a moment. first another crisis unfolding. china is taking dramatic new steps of retaliation for house speaker nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan including sanctioning pelosi and her family. plus, military escalation. taiwan s defense ministry reports dozens of chinese war planes crossing into its air defense territory today. in return, the white house summon
world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with very encouraging news for the u.s. economy. and for the biden administration. tonight the president is seizing on the much better than expected jobs report as he caps a week of unexpected successes. here is our white house correspondent jeremy diamond. today we received another outstanding jobs report. reporter: tonight president biden hailing another strong jobs report and promising more relief to americans struggling with stubbornly high prices. today there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there are more people working in america than at any point in american history. reporter: the unemployment rate dipping to 3.5% as the economy added 528,000 jobs last month. bucking expectations and tamping down fears of a recession. but the strong jobs report will do little to beat back inflation. americans number one concern. i know people will hear
crisis firsthand. mayor adams declared an emergency in response to 4,000 asylum seekers coming to new york city over the past three months. he says they are straining the city s shelter system. but, according to governor abbott, that is nothing compared to what texas is dealing with. public officials across the country, they do need to realize the magnitude of the chaos created by biden s open border policies. they re up in arms about a few thousand people coming into their communities over the past few months? listen, in any one sector in the state of texas, we have more than 5,000 people coming across that sector every single day. and so, listen, we re full in the state of texas, our committees are overrun and i started bussing people to washington, dc when local officials could not handle the number of people that had come across their border. we have team coverage, david spunt at the justice department with breaking details about the biden administration forcing ill