i m jose diaz-balart we begin this busy hour with breaking news. the brand new jobs report shows the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs in october. which is higher than expected, but the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% from last month s 3.5%. this as the hispanic unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%. the black unemployment rate remains mostly unchanged and there you see the numbers at 5.9%. it s the last jobs report before election day on tuesday with the economy and the cost of living ranking as the top issue on voters minds headed to the polls. joining us with more is business and data reporter brian chung. whatever your takeaways. i want to rehighlight again the numbers we got about an hour and a half ago. in september we had 315,000 jobs added. the new jobs for october showing 261,000 jobs added in the month. but something that caught a lot of attention was the 3.7% unemployment rate that we clocked in as of october. that was a little bit higher than the 3.5% that we g
a bronx man is in critical condition after being a sucker punched the suspect is a convicted sex offender who has since being released from jail. after his murder charges were downgraded to a misdemeanor on the west coast, shocking footage showed a flash mob of leaders los angeles 7-eleven to seize snacks, drinks, cigarettes no one involved has been arrested so far. a study revealing that san francisco, cleveland, portland, chicago, detroit all democrat cities while they are the most deserted towns in the u.s. scaring residence workers into risk. read the crime will be the top mind during the midterm, and unsafe streets all add up to danger up polls for democrats. you watch him hit someone on the back of the head at a restaurant repeatedly, and the nypd says that it s attempted murder, but according to the bronx dea, this is just a misdemeanor. this man was previously charged for about six years, back out on the streets to find his next victim. i m not a detecti
you all. i am katie phang. welcome to the katie phang show. we are going to start today s show with a capitol hill countdown as lawmakers have just four more days of work before they head home for the holidays. i m joining you live from msnbc world headquarters in new york city. we have lots of news to cover and lots of questions to answer. let s get started. failure to lead the president of a prominent ivy league university steps down amid public outrage after a disastrous congressional hearing on the rise of antisemitism on college campuses. we re going to go inside the fallout ahead and a live report from capitol hill. state of emergency catastrophic storms strike tennessee, leaving a trail of death and destruction. six people, including at least one child, are dead, and dozens more are injured. we are live on the ground in the storm zone. no, i am not a threat. i will save democracy. the threat is crooked it joe biden. plus, day one dictator says he will save demo
i d vote for or what i wouldn t but we can t rush immigration policy. we haven t done anything serious on immigration since the 1980s. to do it under the auspices of a few republican senator negotiators and asking us to agree to that i think seems disingenuous. you mentioned tony gonzalez from texas hosting some 60 republicans at the border today. what do you think of what they are doing today and talk to me about congressman gonzales. do you think there are republicans from the border like you who do have genuine concerns about what s happening. absolutely and congressman gonzalez is a good present and i started the cauccus to deal wit issues like this and also others who represent border districts in arizona. there are ways we can come together. gonzalez and i have talked about technology at the border, for example, here in our port of entry we are scanning up to 80% of commercial cargo, installing