economic news. u.s. employers added 261,000 jobs in october. that is more than many economists expected. the report is also showing that the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7%. and most importantly, this is the last read on the economy, that voters will get before votes start being counted on tuesday. what the numbers mean for the midterms, we ll get to it in a momentch. and we re also staring down the final weekend of the midterms. and major political players are hitting the trail alongside the candidates. including the three last presidents. tomorrow president biden and former president obama and former president trump will all be if pennsylvania for campaign events, all trying to push their candidates across the finish line in one of the cycle s tightest races. and another big name is jumping in. oprah now endorsing john fetterman which is most noteworthy because oprah winfrey gave mehmet oz, gave him his first start in television. let get to it all starting with rahel
welcome to cnn newsroom. and good to be with you. the last jobs report before election day topped economies east estimates 261,000 new jobs were added in october, a number president biden will likely tout when he speaks this hour. the commit remains the number one issue for voters this election and the white house is hoping to capitalize on this stronger report. democrats are facing headwinds with four days left before the polls close on november 8. and who controls congress will be determined. the latest count shows more than 34 million americans across 47 states have already cast their ballots. and let let s go to matt ega the new numbers. it was a pretty mixed report. the federal reserve is trying to cool off the jobs market to get inflation under control. but the jobs market is not exactly cooperating. there were some signs of cooling. you mentioned the unemployment rate goes up and the pay ral gr payroll growth was slowest since 2020. and wage gains have slowed
just enough jobs added to tout and just enough lost that it may start to cool the economy. but how will voters see today s numbers as they head to the polls? plus, donald trump very big on the very for 2024. i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? [ cheers and applause ] but will federal investigations catch up with him first very? and kevin durant tries to talk about the anti-semitic comments that got his teammate kyrie irving suspended and now forced to clarify what he meant. welcome back to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. it s crunch time. four days left for candidates to make their closing arguments to voters before tuesday s election. the trend suggests the republicans are well positioned to take the house, but control of the senate rests on a knife s edge which means every race is criminal. democrats got a moral boost today shows the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs last month. but a separate measurement of the unemployment rate ticked
there s too much political violence. there s too much intimidation. there are more than 300 election deniers on the republican tickets this year for state, federal, and local government. [ boos ] this is really serious stuff. if a republican nominee for governor in the state of wisconsin wins, here s what he said. he said, if i win, my party will never lose another election in wisconsin. he s either a prophet or he plans on doing something about election law. that s president joe biden in california last night. his latest stop in a jam-packed campaign schedule before the final days of the campaign. willie, you ve got these republican candidates that believe in american democracy only if they win. yeah. we ve played the laundry list of them. senator ron johnson was on yesterday talking to our own shaquille brewster inside the state of wisconsin. shaquille asked him simply if you lose will you honor the results? we ll have to see what happens. his words, i don t know what t
new reporting of yet another child pleading for help. and one of the nba s biggest stars said he takes responsible and now wants to make amended for pushing an anti-semitic film. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. five days until the midterms and president biden warning that democracy itself is at stake. in a subppeech just blocks from where the violent mob stormed the capitol, the president told the country we can t take direction for granted any more. make no mistake. democracy is on the ballot for all of us. we must remember that democracy is a covenant. we need to start looking out for each other again. so white house aides tell cnn the president s speech was in part shaped by the alarm that he felt about the violent attack on nancy pelosi s husband. that suspect has another court date tomorrow. today joe biden will be taken his message on the road at a rally in new mexico this evening. and donald trump also ret