showing another 372,000 jobs added, a sign that that part of the economy remains strong. today s economic news confirms the fact that my economic plan is moving this country in a better direction. i m not suggesting there s a lot more work to do, but i am suggesting we are making significant progress. in fact the biden presidency has seen extraordinary job growth, a half million jobs added every month. the president said all of the jobs lost in the pandemic have been recovered and then some but that s not what people are feeling. they re feeling the spiking gas prices and the sky high inflation numbers that for many americans have made things like summer vacations now simply unaffordable. which is why the latest a. p. poll found the number of people who think inflation and gas prices should be the government s top priority, has roughly tripled in the last six months. one very interesting note, those two issues ranked one and two among independent voters. and those numbe
especially since we keep hearing about how they re throwing away literally hundreds of thousands of doses in the developed world where as you say, third world countries are in desperate need of them. dr. ebony hilton, thank you. well, firefighters in california are working to contain a where that broke out in an iconic park of yosemite national park. the fire burning near the lower part of the mariposa grove which is lome to about 500 of those giant sequoia trees. those are some of the largest living things on earth. if you ve never been there, it is astonishing but right now, that fire is about five to seven acres big, and crews are working to put it out. until they do, that park is closed to the public. up next, it took his own party to finally force boris johnson out as prime minister. are will lessons for republicans standing by donald trump? you re watching chris jansing reports, only on msnbc. by donap
be in danger. so i think the russians are trying to be careful. that s what i took away from that footage. look. i just put up an image of the overall zaporizhzhia power plant. several acres big. everyone is focusing on the reactors there. you rightfully bring up the ideas of the pods which have spent fuel rods. i know the russians are trying to be relatively careful. but still, some kind of accidental fire that would hit one of these pods storing these spent fuel rods, what would happen? well, that s what keeps me up at night. if you think of a children no chernobyl accident. these plants now in zaporizhzhia are 30 years old. like many power plants, they ve had their licenses extended.
second-degree burns fighting the flames over the weekend. the valley fire now 61,000 acres big, just y8 5% contained, tens thousands of residents are evacuated. many don t know if they will have a home to come back to. it is just heartbreaking. and more than 1,000 firefighters are hoping the calmer winds and cooler temperatures will help them boost the containment numbers. meantime, a dozen other major wildfires are burning in this drought-stricken state. a 70,000 acre fire is 60 miles out of sacramento, 30% contained. there s another big fire burning near fresno, 36% contained. gretchen, i can tell you that the cause of all of these wildfires remains under investigation. back to you. claudia cohen, thanks for the update. let s move on to terror. american authorities are closely monitoring any potential threats ahead of pope francis upcoming visit next week to america. mike mccall says one particular
out there knows something. as is so true in many cases. however, that somebody may not realize what they know. think about this body of water. it was only 12 acres big. and it was in the middle of a residential community. it was not so much a lake where you would go boating or fishing. it was a center piece for a residential area. i really believe that someone saw the perpetrator with rhonda. and i think it s going to be pieced together. star, tell us, what should people try to rack their brains for? what do the sheriffs want? what time of day? what do they think might have happened there? the sheriff said to go back to the entire memorial day weekend. think about where you were. if you were in that pontiac, michigan, area. anywhere around the lake terry area. if you saw a white van at all. if you were outside taking video of friends. because that was a holiday weekend. and you might have a photograph or video on your camera that you