avlon in for john berman this morning. it is the clearest sign yet that the criminal investigation into january 6th zeroing in on former president donald trump himself. our exclusive new cnn reporting reveals that trump s lawyers are talking directly with the justice department about the events of january 6th. the talks are said to be focused on whether conversations the former president had while in office can be kept from investigators due to executive privilege. now, in an interview with cnn s kasie hunt, liz cheney, the vice chair of the january 6th committee, weighed in on a potential trump prosecution saying the justice department must rise to the challenge. they have to make decisions about prosecution, understanding what it means if the facts and the evidence are there and they decide not to prosecute, how do we then call ourselves a nation of laws? joining us now is cnn anchor and chief national affairs analyst kasie hunt, and daniel goldman, a former federal p
fine, despite persistent fears of a recession. the u.s. government released the latest jobs report this morning. and it far exceeded what economists expected. it showed the economy adding 528,000 jobs in july. that s more than double the number analysts expected. on employment, falling to 3.5%. and these numbers present a new complication for the federal reserve, which has been hoping to cool the jobs market, in an effort to bring down inflation. at the same time, senate democrats now poised to pass a massive bill that could impact everything from the price of prescription drugs to the fight against climate change. we re going to have more on that in just a moment. we start first with the strong jobs report and cnn s matt egan is live with us in new york, cnn s john harwood is live at the white house. matt, we ll start with you. break down the numbers for us, tell us what these numbers are showing. jessica, this is a hot jobs market that just defied all expectations but get
issues. and here in wyoming, you know, we have same-day registration. it is the right of people to register whatever party they want to register as. and my message is one for all wyomingites, i represent every single person in this state and i believe that there are thousands and thousands across our state that fundamentally understand why it is so important to have somebody that will abide by oath of office. there might be democrats that would vote for cheney. yeah. remarkable. you said men are running the world and it is not going well. do you think those in the u.s. are ready for women to run things? sure. i think that one of the things that have been very moving for me over the course of the last year and ha half has been the reaction of women and not just the women who have testified, although we ve seen the incredible bravery of people like cassidy hutchinson and sarah matthews and ruby freeman and shay moss and carolyn edwards. it takes real bravery to stand
at the same time, it shows the labor market is not slowing, despite all the efforts by the federal reserve to cool down the economy, so they going to be raising rates again, for sure, maybe even higher. in a moment, i ll speak with a member of the white house economic counsel of advisers what it means for your wallet. also this morning, to secure the release the brittney griner, sentenced to nine years in a russian prison. last night, a striking moment pausing before tip-off and the crowd shouting for her to come home. now russia s foreign ministry says they re ready to discuss a prisoner swap. reverend al sharpton who is working with griner s family is going to be joining me. and new fallout from speaker pelosi s visit to taiwan after china held its biggest-ever military drills in the taiwan strait. this morning, china now halting military and climate talks with the u.s., and sanctioning speaker pelosi. the white house summoning the chinese ambassador to the white house to
dollars. all of this coming as the biden administration has pushed the kremlin to accept an offer they put on the table in june to get griner home. offering to swap griner and another american, paul whelan, for viktor bout, an arms smuggler serving a 25-year sentence in the united states. so far, russia has not agreed. they should have accepted it weeks ago when we first made it. it was an earnest attempt to see if we could get outcomes here. we are still going to keep making the attempts. reporter: as for where the efforts stand now, administration officials say the ball is in russia s court. all while her family, teammates and support percent in the united states turn up the pressure to get her home. griner s agents saying today that getting a deal done will be harped but calling it urgent. her team saying they will not allow her to be forgotten and lawmakers urging the administration to bolster the offer. there is nothing we schanot do short of impacting the national