conference. one of the issues the president s team has been dealing with this week the determination by his own energy department and the scientists there that the covid pandemic likely began with a leak in a chinese laboratory. last night, fbi director chris wray told me in the most straightforward way of any public official so far that the bureau has reached the same conclusion. the biden administration are still not on board. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is with the president tonight in baltimore with the latest, good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. white house sources say they are not fully embracing any single agency s findings because there isn t consensus yet about origin. leaving questions unanswered about when or even if that will happen and what it will mean for china. with two federal agencies declaring its most likely covid originated in a wuhan lab, the white house is facing questions about why there haven t yet been consequences. the pres
are more than what many analysts expected and a sign that still strong hiring continues despite the ongoing efforts of the federal reserve to cool it off to tame inflation. wall street is reacting to report, and you can see right now the stocks are down, and well, it is mixed and stable at the moment. matt egan and m.j. lee are standing by to have a look at what this means while we wait for the president. what stands out for you, matt? it is amaze, kate, that the economy is still adding this many jobs despite the federal reserve s warnings, and despite the jobs gains, and people are still being hired at a rapid pace. and so, 311,000 jobs added in february, and this is how strong the job market is, and hiring slowed significantly in february, and yet, i still came in at a strong levelsh and a level well above expectations, and so no sign of a recession here at all. the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.6%, but remember, that is coming off of the 53-year low in january, and a
it is economically ill literate. it raises more taxes, creates the biggest government we ve ever seen in the history of the united states. they want to spend money. they want to raise taxes on you. it is wildly irresponsible. julie: wall street journal board sums it up this way. all the president s tax increases for the wealthy, corporate stock buy backs, certain unearned income on the spendsing side the defense increase doesn t even cover inflation when compared to last year s budget. now the plan calls for thousands of new employees for the epa and i.r.s. the border on the back burner yet again. no boost for the dhs budget. the plan also adding only 350 border agents. that won t make up for a shortfall of 1,000. biden s own dhs secretary is even worried. so what do you propose? how do you propose that we handle 8,000 people each day when we are not resourced for that personnel, facilities, transportation an the like? how should we handle that? by redistributing mo
he is told he can testify before a grand jury investigating a hush money payment to an adult film star. is this a sign criminal charges are coming next? meantime, new 2024 polling from iowa puts trump at the top of the list in favorability. florida governor ron desantis right behind him, and making his first visit today to the state is a possible contender. we re live from iowa. new developments in the kidnapping and killing of americans in mexico. what the drug cartel blamed for the violence is now claiming in a new letter. and another devastating storm system in the forecast. heavy snow in the chicago area, and in california, a fear of flooding as people are still trapped. and we re keeping a very close eye on the white house, where president biden is expected to speak at any moment on the better than expected february jobs report. we ll bring you those remarks when they begin. there you see our live shot at the white house. the president expected to speak any momen
translator: we are alive but nobody comes. we heard them. they are calling out asking for help. how can we rescue them? a oh, my gosh. the anguish. search and rescue teams race to save lives across turkey and syria. the death toll topping 5,000. countless people still trapped in the rubble and fighting to stay alive. also this morning we are live on capitol hill where president biden is going to make his case for a re-election, an announcement that s expected tonight. a recent poll shows most americans don t think he has achieved much. can president biden cut through the noise? we re going to speak to the white house communications director to get her view in a few moments. also, the faa will be in the hot seat on capitol hill after a series of travel meldowns after near collisions. we begin with the search and rescue operation in turkey and syria. more than 5,000 people are confirmed dead after yesterday s catastrophic earthquake. there are thousands upon thousands o