to protect. and i well understood the potential political consequences of abiding by my duty. tonight harriet hageman has received the most votes in this primary. she won. i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over. but now the real work begins. [ cheers and applause ] on the other side the woman who beat her, harriet hageman, spoke in trumpian terms about what this win means for her state. wyoming has drawn a line in the sand that if we put you in power you will be accountable to us, you will answer to us and you will do what is in our best interests. and if you don t we will fire you. donald trump also took a victory lapp that he d been waiting to make for more than a year, claiming he helped send cheney to the, quote, depths of political oblivion. but did he? you have to consider that question in the context of what surely is a fateful moment for the former president. despite federal and state investigations seeming to close in on every side, he
all of the nearly 22 million jobs lost since the start of the covid pandemic. president joe biden and his signature aviator sunglasses took a much deserved victory lap earlier today. we re almost had 10 million jobs. almost a 10 million jobs since i took office. that s the fastest job growth in history. today, there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there are more people working in america at any point in american history. in a relief for drivers all across america, gas prices have dropped nearly $1 from highs in june. highs that were driven in large part by supply shock after vladimir putin started a war with ukraine. the average price of gas is now $4. and in many places, including in many red states, gas prices are well below $4 a gallon. president biden highlighted the seven-week decline in gas prices in his speech today. gas prices are coming down. down almost $1 a gallon from where they were just a month ago. and we are ma
classified records were found at the president s house. plus, one year since the fall of kabul. the biden white house said the american withdrawal was for the best. a house republican, though, calls it a disaster. we ll go live. and list cheney faces the voters and giant questions about her future. and the primary taking on trump in a state that the former president won by more than 40 points. the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen is insidious. it preys on those who love their country. it s a door donald trump opened to manipulate americans to abandon their principles. this is donald j. trump laegacy. liz cheney has been made congress and election all about her. but it s not about her, it s about you. wyoming deserves a voice in congress to fight for our values our way of life. we begin the hour with new details about the fbi s search for donald trump s mar-a-lago. and with disturbing new fallouts because of violent threats now being made by the pre
and we ll go inside the negotiations. and this cnn exclusive, sources say donald trump s legal team is now talking to the justice department. it signals that there is a big and ugly fight coming over what the former president can shield from federal investigators. but we begin the hour with a wow. the july jobs report gives president biden important economic momentum on employment hitting a 50 year low. 500,000 plus more americans hired just last month. so forget recession talk. at least in the short term. yes, inflation is high, but the recovery is still humming. the economic news caps the giant week for the biden presidency. wins on veterans and a top strike to take a terrorist off the battlefield. and now a leap forward for the democratic agenda. kyrsten sinema, the lone hold out, is today a yes. but we start on the stunning and surprise jobs numbers. matt egan is joining us. tell us more. yeah, this is a blockbuster number. and here is the best part. no one saw it com
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