for abortion rights. and to witness the states democratic governor, roy cooper veto the 12-week abortion ban that the republican-controlled state legislature passed in the first week of may. now north carolina republicans claim that the bill was, quote, a mainstream approach to regulating abortion, but critics say it is full of hidden restrictions and medically unnecessary obstacles that take in together were we dramatically reduce access to abortion and cause women s health clinics across the state to shut down. but the fact that republicans are trying to market this extreme abortion ban as reasonable and mainstream is important. it s part of a larger national effort will cancel determine unacceptable abortion ban standard that they could enact without politically backfiring on them. for the most, where they ve been unsuccessful in this regard. again, the majority of americans support abortion rights. opposed this is importing the criminalization of women and their doctors
thank you, alex with, as always. my good friend. and a good saturday morning to you, if you ve been following along, there s been exclusive coverage by msnbc of the coronation of king charles iii. i am katie phang. it s been a very busy news morning, as we mentioned, the world continues to watch london. hours ago, king charles the third, and now queen camilla, were officially crowned in a two-hour ceremony in westminster abby. you saw it all life during our coverage on msnbc this morning. we re going to go in-depth on a royals expert this morning but first, another major story we are on top of this morning. an msnbc exclusive, president biden on the record. the 11th hour host, stephanie ruhle goes, on an on with president biden in an exclusive interview that covered a lot of ground, from the debt ceiling show down to the presidents reelection bid for 2024. here s some of that interview. as president, what are you going to do to help us avoid default? look, not a single
now it s time for the last word, with ali velshi in for lawrence. good evening, ali. you set me up well with that conversation about having an economy that s working now, but not without hurdles and pitfalls, and this is not a good time to be messing with it. to be messing with it without insane list of demands that would never come to fruition. correct. and probably can t even passer own conference. correct. so thank you for that. and you have yourself a great weekend, it will see you next week. you too, buddy. our economic plan is working. that s the message from president biden today in, it has been his consistent message about the recovery from the pandemic since his election. today s jobs report showed united states economy added 311,000 net new jobs last month. that is way higher than the predicted 225,000 from dow jones. today s jobs report also gave us an incredibly low unemployment rate. 3.6%. now that s higher than the unemployment rate from last month
that would never come to fruition. correct. and probably can t even passer own conference. correct. so thank you for that. and you have yourself a great weekend, it will see you next week. you too, buddy. our economic plan is working. that s the message from president biden today in, it has been his consistent message about the recovery from the pandemic since his election. today s jobs report showed united states economy added 311,000 net new jobs last month. that is way higher than the predicted 225,000 from dow jones. today s jobs report also gave us an incredibly low unemployment rate. 3. 6%. now that s higher than the unemployment rate from last month, which was 3. 4%. but there s actually reason for that. it s a good one. it rose because more people were encouraged to drop into the workforce and look for. a job. 242,000 more americans enter the workforce looking for a job, to be exact. he s president joe biden today. the job is about a lot more than a payche
he is told he can testify before a grand jury investigating a hush money payment to an adult film star. is this a sign criminal charges are coming next? meantime, new 2024 polling from iowa puts trump at the top of the list in favorability. florida governor ron desantis right behind him, and making his first visit today to the state is a possible contender. we re live from iowa. new developments in the kidnapping and killing of americans in mexico. what the drug cartel blamed for the violence is now claiming in a new letter. and another devastating storm system in the forecast. heavy snow in the chicago area, and in california, a fear of flooding as people are still trapped. and we re keeping a very close eye on the white house, where president biden is expected to speak at any moment on the better than expected february jobs report. we ll bring you those remarks when they begin. there you see our live shot at the white house. the president expected to speak any momen