For the paycheck protection program. Now, all of this as the virus and its infections reach 4. 9 million nationwide and unfortunately, 160,000 deaths so far. Nbc jo ling kent is in los angeles with more on the jobs report and lee an caldwell on capitol hill covering the latest on the stalled relief talks. Jo, let me begin with you. Walk us through the numbers and what they say about the state of the economy this morning. What we know is this economy is a slow recovery. Thats what were feeling on the ground when we talk to people, and thats exactly what this jobs report was saying today. The good news is for the thirty month in a row, the Unemployment Rate is ticking down. 10. 2 . You saw good job gains with leisure, hospitality, retail, professional business services. Thats all good news. Overall, in this pandemic, you do see the 22 million jobs have been lost and weve only really seen a recovery about 9. 3 million of them. So that basically means that weve seen a lot of people go back
Need, next. Good morning, everybody. We are so happy you are with us early on this saturday. It is october 17th. Im lindsey reiser. And im kendis gibson. Thank you so much for joining us. Lots going on here on this saturday morning that we have to get to. Lets begin on the campaign trail, because its going to be a very busy day on the race to the white house. Were just 17 days to go. Both candidates are on the trail this weekend, making appearances in critical background states. Last night, President Trump speaking for nearly two hours at a rally in macon, georgia, taking aim at his democratic counterpart, using familiar tactics. Lock them up. You should lock them up. Lock up the bidens. Lock up hillary. [ crowd chanting ] lock him up. Meantime, joe biden spoke at a drivein rally in the motor city, detroit, where he slammed the president for shrugging off a plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer. All the president does, trump does, is fan the flames of hatred and division in
Vaccinations for front line workers kicks off today, there could be a second option within days. The fdas outside Advisory Panel meets tomorrow to formally review modernas vaccine candidate. Just ahead, well talk to a doctor on that committee. And from washington, we just got new reporting on the intensifying covid relief talks on capitol hill. There is new optimism about a 900 billion bill that could include direct stimulus payments. President elect biden set to formally announce new cabinet picks today after hitting the campaign trail yesterday for the georgia candidates who are going to determine control of the senate and, therefore, his agenda. Coming up this hour, well talk to one of the candidates, jon ossoff. But lets start with our nbc news reporters. Tom costello in washington, Jacob Soboroff where Vaccine Distribution starts today. And operation warp speed briefing is going on right now, and if there is any news from it, well bring that straight to you. Tom, let me start with
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After taking a quick tour in hawaii. And perfectly harbor and laid a wreath to u. S. Arizona. Hell meet with the president there. Most crucial Foreign Policy trip yet with a Nuclear North Korea posing the biggest threat. But as he travels across the globe, President Trump is bringing much of his own political baggage along for the ride. News of his Campaign Advisers and their alleged contacts with russia stealing much of the spotlight. And on that topic joining me now, we have former gulf war and msnbc analyst. Mike, lets start with this. The president on his trip right now. Hes going to be hitting several important stops as he speaks in china, in japan, in the beginning, the topic of north korea going to be at the top of that list. And starting in japan where he will land in just a few hours, after just taking off from air force base just outside honolulu, hawaii, of course the president getting briefing from u. S. Commanders upon his arrival in hawaii earlier on the security situatio