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
country that, quote, victory shall be ours. 100 days in, the cost of victory is steep. a top red cross official saying the scale of destruction in ukraine, quote, defies com compre comprehension. nearly 7 million ukrainians have escaped the violence by leaving the country, according to the u.n. millions more displaced and war cutting short the lives of at least 243 ukrainian children, according to officials. for 100 days, the world has witnessed the cruelty of russian forces, bucha, now home to hundreds of war crimes investigations after the russian invaders left behind mass graves filled with the bodies of the innocent, of women and children. a theater sheltering innocent women and children bombed despite the giant words written outside in russian twice, children as an attempt to appeal to russians humanity. despite this, 100 days in, ukrainian forces stand strong, stopping an invasion of their capital and sinking the jewel of russia s fleet of warships. matthew chance is
lawyer sitting for nine hours to. testimony angry advocates after xia judges ruling that keeps that silence ukraine coming into this country. plus, as would one loved ones began funerals for the victims of the buffalo shooting, a moment of silence. this hour, when we got to the deadly rampage. and we are following the damage on the debt left behind by a michigan tornado, that is all coming up. we do want to start that with that breaking news from parents that are struggling to find baby formula. right now, more than 1 million palates have been loaded onto military jets to be float across the atlantic. while we look at the scene here, earlier this morning as you see pilots there being floated, more formula also being split scheduled to fly out of switzerland as well. and a short time ago, have a around the world in south korea president signing legislation into law giving the federal government more control over industrial production during i m urgencies like this one. joining
great plains. wife of the supreme court justice clarence thomas, and her role to overturn the election. yet she doesn t seem to be on the raider of the january six committee. one week ago, a gunman filled with hate targeted a black community in a deadly rampage. i will talk to mayor byron brown about what can be done next to heal the community. we are still dealing with covid and now that there are new fears of a new medical issue in the united states, monkeypox. we ll tell you if you need to be worried. we will begin with the battle for abortion rights. it s happening right now. gop can state-controlled legislators across the country. a rush to pass bills in anticipation of roe being overturned by the supreme court. take the city of oklahoma, a bill made its way to the state legislature on thursday, which bans abortions from fertilization with exceptions. here s more on the pending legislation. the governor has promised to sign any anti abortion registration that rea
About the Mask Mandates in place at the moment and Karine Jeanpierre said yes, the way this process is supposed to work. Its a different message out of the white house which is tightly controlling some of the mandates through cdc recommendations throughout the pandemic. Trace indeed. Gillian take a look at this, any moment now, Mitch Mcconnell will face reporters, it is expected to be mcconnells health, obviously, after two freezeups over the last few weeks. Welcome back, im Gillian Turner in washington. Good to be with you, trace. Trace gillian, good to be with you. Im Trace Gallagher in los angeles. Sandra and john have the day off. Breaking news in the hunter biden probe, david weiss and hunters attorneys have until the end of the day to provide an update on the battle over a Diversion Agreement that was aimed to keep hunter out of prison. Special council weiss says the agreement fell through when the plea deal collapsed in july. Hunter bidens team is arguing the opposite. David spu