Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin this hour with breaking news, a brandnew Jobs Report beating expectations. The government reporting employers added 254,000 jobs in september, thats well above the 150,000 predicted by most economists. The Unemployment Rate fell slightly to 4. 1 . And when you break it down by race, both the black and hispanic Unemployment Rates fell by. 4 last month. There you see the drop. This report comes hours after Port Workers and Port Operators along the East And Gulf coasts reached a tentative deal to end a strike that began on tuesday. That walkout threatened to bring chaos at the start of the holiday shopping season. With us now, cnbcs dominic chu. Dom, good morning. This was a strong Jobs Report. What else did we learn from it . Good morning, jose. Yes, it stands in stark contrast, this Jobs Report, what we saw the previous month, which got read as a very big at least disappointment. What we did note beyond
Declining to endorse either candidate. Melania trump breaking from her husband by making her support for Abortion Rights public. The timing of her announcement raising questions as former President Trump prepares to head back to butler, pennsylvania, this weekend, the site of the first attempt on his life. Live to israel as The Middle East braces for Potential Retaliation by the netanyahu government against iran and ahead of the first anniversary of the act 7th terror attacks. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell. Economy and the inflation the top issue for voters. A nearly perfect Jobs Report blowing past all expectations. Heading into the final weeks of the campaign, the Labor Department reporting employers added more than a quart billion jobs. That drives the Unemployment Rate down to 4. 1 . Harris Targets Union voters today. Those are critical in battleground michigan. The campaign has been having Labor Pains after the Firefighters Union, perhaps joe bide n bidens most stallworth
Will the bevy of big stars jumping on Board Help . Plus, president biden hints at a huge Decision Israel is about to make. When, where and how to retaliate for Irans Missile strikes. Is there anyway to keep the war from getting worse . A week after helene tore through the south, basics, water, food, medicine, still hard to come by. More fears of how the storms impacts could be felt nationwide disrupting everything from semiconductors to Iv Fluid. Kamala harris trying to flood the zone in this final month before election day, bringing in politicians and celebrities to get her message out. There are a slew of headlines about campaign stops and endorsements from Bruce Springsteen to Jennifer Garner to the most popular democrat in america, president obama, who will campaign for harris in pennsylvania starting next thursday. Harris herself will do more interviews in the coming weeks, on 60 minutes on Latenight Talk shows according to her campaign. Is it too late to silence her critics and,
And there is still so much at, the storm devastation, and daunting recovery along with trumps false claim that the federal government doesnt have the money to help because it stole funds from fema to house migrants. The economy and the changing Poll Numbers on it, along with more good news, more jobs Data Today that was good. Helping to fuel a democratic comeback on economic vibes. Theres also another difficult abortion story. This one out of california where the States Ag says a woman was illegally denied Emergency Care along with melania trumps Surprise Endorsement of a womans right to choose, and then there is the election itself, along with Donald Trumps stubborn refusal to accept the results of the last one, and his continued claims that the system is already rigged against him this time around. Again, a lot at issue. Joining us now, nbc News Correspondent Garrett haake who is in flint, michigan, for us, covering harris for a change. And in columbia county, georgia, Nbc News Corre
Hezbollah is part of the political game here in lebanon. It is almost the only party that is, you know, armed and lebanon and also has representation in the parliament. But has engaged in fights and conflict with israel since it started in 19805 until this latest confrontation that we are living these days. Frank, a lot of people i think certainly after the attack we saw a couple of nights ago, that unprecedented attack in terms of Scale And Size that iran launched on israel. One question which people are asking is why did iran Attack Israel and will israel now Attack Iran . Ok, so this really goes back to april the 1st, when the israeli Air Force carried out an airstrike on Irans Consulate in damascus, killing a number of Iranian Revolutionary Guards officers, including allegedly the man who was coordinating the flow of arms from iran through syria to hezbollah in lebanon. And that was an attack on a diplomatic premise, the international outrage was pretty muted. Iran said it would re