and president biden tries to celebrate a strong jobs report while his attention is otherwise consumed with inflation and gas prices and gun massacres and more. the beginning of what could be a long hot summer. plus, delicate diplomacy. biden refuses to confirm a meeting with saudi arabia s de facto ruler and he once vowed to make the country a pariah because of its horrific record on human rights. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead and president biden heralding a, quote, terrific jobs report while also acknowledging record high prices are causing serious problems for far too many american families. there was good news in the jobs report released this morning. u.s. employers added 390,000 new jobs. unemployment stayed at a near record low of 3.6%, and 96% of the jobs lost during the pandemic erupted are back, but none of that will immediately help lower the sky-high costs of everyday goods such as groceries or gasoline. the current rate of
For our commanderinchief. New poll by Wall Street Journal found 58 of americans hold unfavorable view of the president. He wants americans to believe everything is great and claims his economic plan is helping bluecollar workers. President Biden Bidenomics is blue print for america. Its for you. Emily voters arent buying what biden is selling. 60 disapprove of the handling of the economy and concerns about his age are haunting. What does President Biden do . Crack jokes like this. President biden only thing that comes with age is a little bit of wisdom. Ive been doing this longer than anybody and i will continue to do it with your help. Emily looks like americans arent laughing. Wall street journal found 73 of americans think President Biden is too old to run for another term with 22 claiming he is up to the task. Those numbers are abysmal and reflect what americans are thinking. Raymond america had this vigsz of biden as sidekick to barack obama. That vision is shot now. At this point
also here on state s exhibit number 8 in the we ll call it the second sentence here does he request a response. what does he state? look, the truth is that georgia secretary of state and gabriel sterling are the piece of pop you should be mad at. that is fulton county d.a. fani willis questioning a prosecution witness about the social media posts of trump codefendant harrison floyd as she seeks to revoke floyd s bond for allegedly trying footo the fimidate witnesses i and codefendants online. and along with it a possible preef pause in the fight. plus, i have a very special announcement to make. i m going to tell you all about it later in the show. but we begin tonight with your wish is my chand. i say this all the time on this show. scaring is caring. we ve told you repeatedly on this show what would happen should donald trump return to the white house. but don t take it from me. take it from the legion of yes men waiting in the wings, the thousands being vet for a
Party representatives. Well have more from huw in a moment. The other main stories on bbc news at five. Jailed for 15 years the Breast Surgeon who carried out a series of unnecessary operations at hospitals in the West Midlands. He took everything away from me. Up until today its been going on since the 90s and only today ive got justice. He took away my youth. Preparations are underway at old trafford Cricket Ground for a concert honouring victims of the manchester bombing. And Arsene Wenger signs up to two more years as Arsenal Manager and says he wants to win next years Premier League title. Its 5 oclock. Were in cambridge at the senate house of the university the venue for one of the biggest debates of this Election Campaign, with just eight days to polling day. Seven Party Representatives will be taking part and they will include the labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn who announced earlier today that he was cancelling his campaign visit to the South West Of England to attend this debate.
streets but then tasted freedom. you ll experience all of that in the hour ahead from cnn international who were there when it happened right from the start. january, 2011, the first rumblings of an uprising in cai cairo. crowds begin to gather in the city central square. a revolution has begun. egypt s dictator for 30 years, and the growing crowd of protesters want him out. but mubar digs in and the once peaceful protest turned violent. this is an unmistakable show of military force. fighter jets flying low over cairo s square, liberation square, which has been a symbol of defiance. in arabic, it means go, go. fire flying through the air. the demonstrators say that s the army firing to warn them to stay away. forces target the unarmed protesters. journists also come under attack. i m a little bit shaken because i got shoved out of the way there. this is just a completely surreal experience. okay. i m being told, walk, walk. okay. i ve been hit now, like, ten ti