because more and more people are entering the workforce. and president biden wants you to think that s all because of bidenomics. america is now one of the strongest job creating periods in our history, in the history of our country. peter: august numbers, 187,000 jobs added. more than last month. but less than the 12 month average. we have recovered all the jobs lost during the pandemic. we have added a million more new jobs. the unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.8%. but traders see signs that interest rate hikes are worked. that s a great report for the fed. even the unemployment rate ticking up from 3.5 to 3.8 is really meaningless. you and i have been around long enough to remember when 4% was considered full employment. president biden s approval on the economy just 37% well below 54% his first month in office. even as wage gains have crept up, they haven t kept pace with inflation and they are about 6% in real terms, adjusted for inflation, wages are ab
and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. - there s always something on television, and some of it may be better than we deserve. this is more a celebration of culture, opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. there s always something on television, and some of it may be better than we deserve. what was cool. - listen to it. oh! [crowd cheering] they know when it hits the bottom, it ll be 1990. good-bye to the 80s in. all: ten, nine. all: eight. eight! eight! eight! - oh, will this horrible year never end? - when the 90s begin, we re starting to see a lot of experimentation. [gunshots] all: [quickly] seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! [cheering] when the 90s gain, we re starting to see a lot of experimentation. five, four, three, two, one. and the simpsons was inspired by, not necessarily hatred of television, but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to us. tv respects me. it laughs with me, n
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning, saturday, march 9. i m victor blackwell. his horizontals in for amara walker. thanks for joining us. and you look refreshed, coming back from vacation. thank you very much. i m a couple of shades. darker. got a little red toner into there. what i want to beat, feel better all right. here s what we re watching. were you this weekend will get a preview of what to expect in a head-to-head rematch between president biden and former president trump as the to hold dueling rallies here in georgia today. plus, we ll discuss a biden campaign strategy to try to seize on momentum from the state of the union address tornado watches are in effect across parts of the southeast this morning with some major cities at risk for tornados and dangerous hail we re also tracking a significant flood threat. cnn got exclusive access to one of the first ship set to bring cool. so humanitarian supplies to gaza well, show you what s being del
with a big focus on the southern border and the broken immigration system i want to get straight to cnn s priscilla alvarez, who s been traveling today with the president priscilla. the georgia audience heard a lot of overlap at the rally tonight between the state of the union and his message there in atlanta. but the president also apologized for something that he said to the country on thursday night. what did he say? that s right, alex. and it was a bit of a pivot. he was referred he was asked, i should say, about his comments during the state of the union when referencing the alleged suspect in the laken riley killing here in georgia in the moment he called that person, any legal that s a term that has long been decried right. immigrant advocates. but when interviewed on msnbc today, the president said that he should have said the word on documented documented version. i shouldn t have usually gone as undocumented and look, when i spoke about the different future in
a new york gas station in custody what police are saying. the severe storms in the south flood evacuations and rescues, and more dangerous heat. we re tracking it all. donald trump entering his second not guilty plea in 24 hours, this time to new charges in the classified documents case the dramatic video, a ukrainian sea drone striking a warship in the black sea. our richard engel is standing by. simone biles back in action for the first time since withdrawing from the tokyo olympics and do you have your tickets more than a billion dollars up for grabs tonight. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. we start tonight with breaking news. police in new york city restoring calm tonight after a riot broke out in manhattan s union square neighborhood. a crowd estimated at 2,000 people descended into the area after popular social media influencer kai cenat advertised a video game giveaway. the crowd appearing to be mostly you