possibly still to come. we are actually helping the american people instead of just playing political games. and the political payoff for doing the right thing. i ve been very clear, i think he s guilty of the most serious dereliction of duty of any president in our nation s history. reports of a quiet republican effort to try to save this chinese seat, will it work? plus, the julia podcaster from texas and his performative outrage. and a 50 million dollar judgment against alex jones for his sandy hook lies. when all in starts right now. good evening from washington, d.c., i am mehdi hassan in for chris hayes. so, it is friday morning, the first friday of the month of august, and you are producer of fox the country is awaiting the july jobs report. and even the white house has admitted that the numbers are going to be bad. of course, this is the store you go big. on the jobs report is going to be lousy. joe biden s economy is in the gutter. the white house is al
you go big. on the jobs report is going to be lousy. joe biden s economy is in the gutter. the white house is already lowering expectations for the july jobs report due out later today. the american economy is in terrible shape. unfortunately, while a, i understand the political consequences for that for the president, we ought to lament that because, as americans, we really want everyone to flourish, the jobs report is an indicator that america is really not flourishing. there s some expectation the jobs report will come in around 150,000 new jobs out, which is much less than half 1 million jobs that have been out in the last several months. jobless claims were up yesterday above predictions, which is the jobs report adding jobs might not be as high. but then, it 30 am rolls around. and the report comes. out and it s way better than expected. in fact, more than doubled the number of jobs economists predicted. use employers added 528,000 new