somewhere enjoying himself in the sun somewhere. happening now, in the newsroom, former white house counsel, pat cipollone spending seven hours with a january 6 committee, what we are learning about his testimony and how it could shape future hearings. the biden administration is celebrating a better than expected jobs report that economists say that could spell bad news for the effort to tamp down inflation. plus, deal or no deal. you on my skier to walk away from his bid to buy twitter, the company s board has to say about that. newsroom starts right now. a very good morning to you, it is saturday, july 9, and we are so happy to be with you this morning. up first, a key witness testifying before the january 6 committee, for more than seven hours. three different sources familiar with pat cipollone s testimony, describing it as very important, and extremely helpful. pat cipollone remember was among the handful of people who spent time with then-president trump as the
sub- variance, when you look at the maps, you can see where they have seen at least a 55% increase, about 32% of americans right now living in communities are determined to be high covid-19 community level, you are talking las vegas clarke county, houston harris county, some areas of particular concern, miami-dade, and here, new york city where we have seen a 14% test positivity rate which is the highest that we have seen perhaps in recent months here, so much that yesterday, city officials here basically reissuing the recommendation, not a mandate, that simply the recommendation that people in public indoor spaces, and in credit outdoor spaces, not only use masks but use more of those high-quality masks as well. here, the city reevaluating the way that it continues to keep residents up to speed on the latest situation, eric adams basically saying that they are phasing out this color-coded covid-19 alert system, they are evaluating what kind of tools will be needed to sort of adjust wi