and julia coronado, former economist at the federal reserve. good morning to you both. we are 30 minutes from president biden making remarks on the economy. mon, these numbers are not what economists thought we d be seeing. what are you hearing from the white house pokes behind the scenes? reporter: they re trying to highlight some of the good signals of hope in this jobs report, for instance the fact that the unemployment rate fell to 5.2%, which is the lowest it has been since march of 2020, when the pandemic of course kicked off in full swing, and so many jobs were lost, and the fact that so far, 76% of those since the pandemic began have been recovered, leaving more than 5 million jobs still to go. this is something we really got a preview of about a month ago when the president spoke on the july jobs report. he wasn t ringing a note of celebration, he was worried about the hard work to come and the potential impact of the delta virant. you can expect a repeat of those
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is monday, august 16th. we are beginning with our special live coverage of the fall of afghanistan, nearly two decades after 9/11. moments ago the u.s. temporarily suspended all air operations at the airport in kabul. we re seeing can haotic scenes e this. this is part of the reason for the suspension, desperate afghans chasing down u.s. planes that are leaving the tarmac, some clinging to the fuselage as the airplane taxied. the taliban is now in charge as it seized control of the capital without hardly a shot fired yesterday. insurgents overran key provincial capitals in the span of the last week. embassy officials have warned americans still in the city not to travel to the airport because it is unsafe. but as of now, it is the only way out. we heard from a white house official, there s no way to get those folks to the airport. the pentagon is rushing 1,000 more combat troops to secure the perimeter to get a
protecting the u.s. capitol on january 6. how the committee is zeroing in on the former president s role. it is wednesday, july 28th, 5:00 a.m. here in new york. i m laura jarrett. and i m crieshristine romans. we re live in beijing, washington, nairobi and tokyo. and that is where we begin with breaking news this morning, simone biles has pulled out of the gymnastics all-around final to focus on her mental health. coy wire is in tokyo for us. we know takes pressure cooker, we know the olympics is high stress, high pressure.takes pree know the olympics is high stress, high pressure. and simone biles saying mental health is more important here. yeah, especially at the olympics because these opportunities only come once every four years. biles considered the most dominant gymnast of all time now crowned a champion by many for putting her mental health first on the world s biggest stage. usa gymnastics releasing a statement saying that simone will continue to be evaluated da
rains and tropical storm winds. we will have the latest. welcome to all of those watching around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. it s now 1:30 afternoon in tehran. iran s state media is reporting that ibrahim raisi has won by a landslide. an estimated 62% of the got he received with 90% of the ballots counted. landslide victory for the hand-picked favorite candidate. no surprise. take us what this means for iran, first of all, in the direction of the country, frederik pleitgen. reporter: if you look what has been going on on this morning is the iranians are starting a transition of power and quite interesting. a couple of minutes ago, the outgoing president rouhani met at the judiciary where raisi has been the head of that until he will take over the office of president. rouhani graduated raisi and said important for the transition of power take place in a clear and also in a peaceful way as well. for iran, itself, of course, it means that much of
it s friday. i m bill hemmer. good morning. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. bill: you were in the town of manhattan last night right around mid town when this went off. dana: finished the five and walking out of the building and lots of sirens. they were right there. traffic was stopped and there had been fireworks. i didn t know what it was. an explosion of some sort on that street. 47th street we know it well and it was quite distressing for the people that were there and all of that kind of activity was followed into time square as well last night. bill: during covid that street was empty. no longer as new york city opened up this past week. dana: it is very busy. the attacks come as israel and hamas come to a cease-fire and after president biden put pressure on our biggest ally in the region to de-escalate. bill: we start with christina coleman in los angeles standing by. let s begin with trey yengst in gaza city for the first time sinc