we re almost at 10 million jobs, almost at 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 than at any point in american history. cnn business correspondent rahel solomon joins me now. put this into context. what do these numbers actually mean? not only did these numbers surprise to the upside, but it was broad based across the economy. when you look at the report line after line, industry after industry saw positive job growth. leisure and hospitality the strongest with 96,000 added for the month of july. professional services, health care, government, all adding jobs. we know wages increased about 5.2% over the last year and wage gains are something the fed is going to be watching closely as it tries to fight inflation. more on that in just a moment. as you pointed out, the unemployment rate now ticking lower to
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. surprisingly strong new jobs numbers are capping off what has been a big week for the biden administration. let s go straight to jeremy diamond. amid fears of a recession, the president has some momentum when it comes to the u.s. economy. at least in the short term. give us the latest. no doubt about it, this jobs report which the president called outstanding is more evidence that the u.s. is not in a recession. we saw the unemployment rate tick down to 3.5%. more than half a million jobs created last month. all of that painting a picture of a very strong and resilient jobs market. now of course, this strong jobs market doesn t do anything to address americans chief concern. and that is inflation. and the president and the white house very much aware of that. we heard the president talking about americans who may still feel they re struggling december fate st
Un aid workers warn they will have to end their operations tonight, if they dont get more fuel. And the situation on israels northern border with lebanon remains tense. Hello, im lyse doucet. Welcome bbc news, live from jerusalem as we report on the top headlines israel gaza crisis. This is a 19 pin group. Today, the emphasis from United Nations agencies and from countries around the world for a humanitarian pause in the Fighting Israel Hamas seven desperately needed aid can be let into gaza. Israel has allowed food, water and medicine into the territory, but isnt allowing fuel supplies , over fears theyll end up in the hands of hamas. Hamas is designated as a Terror Organisation by many western countries including the united kingdom. The United Nations is repeating it was michaels not only humanitarian pause also for desperately needed fuel tanker. All the while, the images coming from the while, the images coming from the gaza strip where israel says it to target hamas infrastructure
Centre in the population, and it might be stopped very soon. There is no sign of fuel. I have talked to some localjournalists and they said we havent noticed any movement. Fuel is what people need, it is what hamas is having to give 50 dual nationals and civilian hostages if they allow the fuel. We understand from sources there is serious talks about releasing the hostages, and in Exchange Israel reduces its Military Pressure on the south area, and also without the fuel this hospital will be shut. The largest un agency provides six and a thousand people for shelter, food and motor 600,000. We are in a catastrophe. If fuel is not coming. Until now, there is no sign of any fuel coming from the egyptian sign. I billion people are displaced, half the population. There are still over 500,000 people remaining in gaza city and the north. They are struggling, same way we are, the people here are struggling. We understand one willing people are displaced. Imagine, half the population, they are
But it is just, you know, just an awful none of us have ever been in a position of reporting some of the things were seeing right now. And it is just a hard assignment. Colleagues are Bearing Witness for sure. Wolf, thank you so much. Well see you in the situation. Cnn news central starts right now. Were tracking major developments on day seven of fighting in the middle east. Im Brianna Keilar In Washington with Boris Sanchez. We have Anderson Cooper on scene in israel. We do have Breaking News. Israeli troops conducting raids inside gaza, they have done this, the Israel Defense forces saying they targeted terror cells and searched for hostages here in the past day. Hamas is believed to have up to 150 hostages inside of gaza, including some u. S. Citizens. Last hour President Biden spoke with the families of 14 americans who are still unaccounted for since the weekend attacks. Earlier today, the idf dropped flyers on gaza. Youre seeing them there on the screen. The flyers tell people i