A surprisingly strong jobs report crushed economists expectations this morning. U. S. Companies on a hiring tear in september, creating 336,000 new jobs, nearly double what economists were expecting. President biden did hope to take some credit for it, talking up his bidenomics plan to help the economy. Listen to this. Mr. President , can you be specific about what you did to try to reappropriate those border funds, especially when democrats controlled both chambers . I was told that i had no choice. That, you know, Congress Passes legislation to build something, whether its an aircraft carrier, a wall or provide for a tax cut. I cant so thats not the right sound bite. Nevertheless, President Biden did try to take credit for the surprising jobs report. We have cnns matt egan to break it all down for us. Walk you throughs it. Where were the biggest job gains . Reporter boris, these were Blockbuster Numbers and the best part is virtually no one saw it coming, 336,000 jobs added, you know
The race to replace Kevin Mccarthy hits a speed bump amid backlash over a planned Speakers Forum on fox news, the potential successors all pulling out of that event, but congressman jim jordan did seal a big endorsement from former President Donald Trump, and the opposite of an endorsement from former congresswoman liz cheney. Meantime, the former president reportedly discussed sensitive nuclear sub secrets with an australian billionaire who then shared that information with dozens of foreign officials, journalists and employees. And we are weeks into the uaw strike against the big three auto makers. At any moment we will find out if the union is going to expand the strike again. We are following all of these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central. Uncertainty and intrigue on capitol hill, surrounding who will be the next speaker of the house. Both the leading candidates jim jordan and Steve Scalise are working their divided conference, tryi
people, including sources i ve spoken to here at the egyptian presidency, is that the minister of defense who issued this statement and issued the ultimatum did not even notify the president that this decision was imminent. that s why many people here are interpreting the move by the military in a very loose way, at least as a coup. the fact that the minister of defense apparented by president morsi did not turn around and notify him of this impending ultimatum has caught everyone here by surprise. i think in the coming hours you are going to see a lot of back door politicking, a lot of back door maneuvering by the muslim brotherhood, as well as president morsi, to try and stave off what many people here are saying is the end of a very short and quick first year in office for egypt s first democratically elected civilian president. history still continuing to take shape in that region. a vastly evolving region right now. we appreciate your live report.