addressed the media calling the attack an affront to democracy and freedom to speech. the suspect, a man in his 40s, was arrested on the spot, in possession of what nhk is describing as a handmade gun. he made no attempt to flee before being swarmed by the security detail. witnesses say abe was shot from behind, he didn t collapse after the first shot, but did collapse after the second shot before receiving cpr. while controversial figure here in japan at times, abe is an incredibly important figure, not only here in japan, but around the world, and news of this shooting has absolutely sent shock waves around the nation, and the world. hours following this shooting, many have taken to social media to say that they hoped at the time that he would pull through with many calling today s shooting a barbaric act that shakes the root of democracy, saying that whether or not you agree with this political stances, violence to suppress political stances is unacceptable. and i mentione
new target in the fight to save abortion-rights. why they say in 1870s law could lead to a national ban on abortion if trump wins. exactly a week until the first biden and trump today. how they are prepping for their face-off. the reporting on a judge in this case. new questions about whether she should step aside. good evening once again. we are now 138 days away from an election in which abortion is set to play a defining role. now democrats on capitol hill have a new focus when it comes to safeguarding abortion access, which they believe will be at risk if donald trump returns to the white house. there ramping up efforts to repeal the act that is the law that has been on the books for over 150 years related to materials being sent by mail that are connected to abortion. often referred to as a zombie lot because it remains on the books even though it has not been enforced in decades. the democratic senator who is cosponsoring it to repeal it warned today that comstock
checks in pockets, all the way back in 21. now we are looking at unemployment rate that is near a 50-year, low record job creation month after month, and what that does is help support consumer spending which, again, is the lion share of the u.s. economy. so, i think that that kind of a tailwind is extremely important in maintaining the progress that we have made. you remember jarred, 10:15 years ago we used to talk about the fact that unemployment is the problem of our time and getting it down. now it has been blow, the old days we used to think that 5% unemployment is called full unemployment. now we have been well below that for a long time. that is part of the thing that feeds the inflation, peoples wages are up for finally, it is a good thing that people with wages are up. people have money, 122 million of them went out to shop, and they bought stuff online. how do you square that with dealing with inflation? how do you pull back with inflation when people are actually feeling p
checks in pockets, all the way back in early 2021. now we are looking at an unemployment rate that s there a 50-year, low record job creation month after month, and what that does is help support consumer spending which, again, is the lion share of the u.s. economy. so, i think that that kind of a tailwind is extremely important in maintaining the progress that we have made. you remember jarred, 10:15 years ago we used to talk about the fact that unemployment is the problem of our time and getting it down. now it has been below, in the old days we used to think that 5% unemployment is called full unemployment. now we have been well below that for a long time. but that is part of the thing that feeds the inflation, peoples wages are up for finally, it is a good thing that people with wages are up. people have money, 122 million of them went out to shop, and they bought stuff online. how do you square that with dealing with inflation? how do you pull back with inflation when people are
look, america s job machine is firing on all cylinders here. 372,000 jobs added back into the economy, strongest than expected and in line the last three months, which have also been very strong. 3.6% unemployment rate, again, this is the fourth month in a row at 3.6%. when you look at job creation month by month, you guys, look at that bar chart, we have a couple of revisions. march revised down slightly, april r revised down slightly. that s a 74,000 swing. this is still a very long stretch of strong job creation. 5.1% is the wage number. not bigger than inflation, of course, but it is showing you that paychecks are still rising and rising at the fastest pace they have in a long time. and it looks to me like this is pretty broad-based, the hiring we re seeing, professional and business services, that was an increase of 74,000 in june. leisure and hospitality adding back 64, 67,000 jobs,