it is good to be back with you for this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead this hour, the welcome surprise from the december jobs report showing the u.s. labor market closed out 2023 with a bang. plus, former blade runner, oscar pistorius out on parole after serving almost a decade in prison for murdering his girlfriend. how her family is responding. the latest from iowa where that horrific school shooting has rocked the community of perry. new reporting on how the school s principal acted to save his students. and house democrats and their push to get supreme court justice clarence thomas off the key 2024 ballot. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that new jobs report. nbc senior business report christine roman is with us. give us the big adnes. look, it was a sol i woul - solid end to the year, 216 new jobs in december. they eected the job market to keep slowing because of the fed rate increases, and the job
continues its military campaign in gaza, there is a critical need to protect the civilian population. including those supporting aid operations. mr biden said he did not ask the israeli leaderfor a ceasefire. israeli leaderfor a ceasefire. i had a long talk with benjamin netanyahu today and it was a private conversation. meanwhile in gaza, private conversation. meanwhile in gaza. this private conversation. meanwhile in gaza, this is private conversation. meanwhile in gaza, this is the private conversation. meanwhile in gaza, this is the new - in gaza, this is the new normal. drone strikes in the border town of rafah emptying the local market. 17 year old joe filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. israel launched its metallic tory operation after hamas fighters crossed from gaza into southern israel on the seventh of october, killing 1200 people and taking about 240 hostages. since then more than 20,000 people have be
Russell brand, comedian, actor, Political Commentator accused of multiple Sexual Assaults and the rape of a woman that the programme dispatches called nadia. Hes grabbing at my, my underwear, pulling it to the side. Im telling him to get off me, he wont get off. I was distraught, trying to get out of the house with him being so much taller than me, like, holding me up against the wall. Further details have now been published about Nadia Reporting the incident to a Rape Crisis Centre and also a series of Text Messages that the investigators say Russell Brand sent to nadia. The exchange begins with him saying, im sorry, i will make this up to you. And then he goes on to ask, will you everforgive me . It was just as these allegations first began to emerge that he arrived for a performance in london. On stage he was met by fans with cheers and a standing ovation. He has these days, millions of followers on social media. This is anti establishment, anti authoritarian. Where he has cast hims
account at the moment as covid relief checks are rolling out with president biden s relief plan now law. the stimulus is a huge help in getting america back to normal after a year of anything but normal. as the president made clear this week in his first prime time address to the american people, while this progress is huge, it does not mean we can lower our guards. if we do this together, by july 4 there is a good chance you, your families, and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your understand neighborhood and have a cookout, a barbecue, and celebrate independence day, where we not only mark our independence as a nation but we begin to mark our independence from this virus. as mentioned a moment ago, those $1,400 relief checks are officially rolling out. 85% of eligible households can expect to see a direct deposit by monday. and with public polling in their favor, president biden and vice president harris embark next week on a tour to tout thei
situation to give others the opportunity to leave the cafeteria. mercy one medical center is one of two hospitals that responded to this incident. it s a level two trauma center. they saw two of the victims. the remaining three were transported about a mile away to unity point methodist medical center. that s a level one trauma center, so victims with more serious injuries were likely transported there. as of today, representatives from both hospitals say they are treating some victims, but it s unclear exactly how many. what is clear, though, chris, is that the community is still reel from an attack that in the words of governor kim reynolds has shaken the state to its core. there was a vigil held at wise park in perry, iowa, the location where many students were first reunited with their family. emotions were high when they gathered there last night. hundreds gathered. pastors delivered messages of hope and community in both english and spanish. nbc attended that candlelight vigil an