election lies. he also slammed the justice department for indicting him on federal charges over his decision to government secrets at mar-a-lago. sentiments he echoed once again in new attacks this afternoon on his knockoff twitter. the gop front runner feeds grievances to his base, president biden will his showcase his economic achievements. friday, the president highlighted new efforts to lower health care office things that sneak into your cable bill or surprise charges when you check out of a hotel. biden also emphasized the importance of his infrastructure legislation. biden and other administration officials have been going to republican held congressional districts to tout the white house is the administration hopes to show their policies have spurred job growth, domestic manufacturing and economic development while reminding the public the republicans largely opposed the measures. the job report shows biden s economic with another 209,000 jobs added. and
sending controversial cluster munitions to ukraine. what that could mean for the war. also today, extreme weather. millions are at risk of record-breaking temperatures and severe storms as well. and then in washington, new fallout from the discovery of a bag of cocaine at the west wing of the white house. what congress is now demanding. and a medical breakthrough, the fda gives full approval for a new alzheimer s drug, but it comes with a serious warning about potentially deadly side effects. we begin this hour, everybody, with another sign, the economy may in fact be cooling. the government reported that employers added just 209,000 jobs last month. below the 240,000 the economists had expected. and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.6%. when you break it down by race, black unemployment rose by .4%. and hispanic unemployment rose by .3%. the president reacting to the news in a statement saying in part this, we are seeing stable and steady growth. that s bidenomics,
indicted candidate? for democrats, can they reinvigorate the coalition that put joe biden in the white house? how are they going to resolve a messy battle over the primary calendar? alas the chair, jaime harrison, about how his party plans to tackle those questions when he joins me, coming up first. plus, more from my recent conversation with two with the democratic party s biggest names. congresswoman, elk alexandria ocasio-cortez discusses that and makes the republican primary. governor gavin newsom explains why he s using his political capital to help democrats and red states. well there s so much that seems to divide us these days, music is one of the few things that brings us together. i join two members of the musical group, they ate it brothers at our weekend 14 i know it may seem like the election is pretty far off, but the truth is, the very first votes of the 2024 presidential sex durr will be cast just six months from now. this time next year, will be only days a
donald trump hit the campaign trail in iowa last night telling rally goers that the department of justice s case against him is quote, all be f. well, you said the real world, but i can. he also said every time he gets subpoenaed, his poll numbers go up. he s not wrong. trump leads the board for the republican nomination by at least 30 points. that s not good for any of the other 11 candidates. particularly florida governor ron desantis whose campaign in second to trump in the polls but is being hit with words like sagging and stalled. and then there s this. in the last four months donald trump has been indicted twice, and yet, the disgraced former president s campaign says it raised an astounding $35 million in the second quarter. that s double his take in the first three months of the year. joining me now, terrace at meyer, former gop communications director lincoln project senior advisor and resident scholar at the uva center for politics, and former republican congressm
Repercussions as 2024 candidates and the white house respond to the recent Major Supreme Court decisions. We are moving forward with another pathway to debt relief. Reporter President Biden racing to find new ways to erase student loan debt, a decision that candidate donald trump praised in South Carolina saturday. They ruled against it, 100 against it, amazing. Reporter another controversial decision is stoking divisions over gay rights, the high court found that a colorado christian web designer has a free speech right to refuse to create gay wedding web sites. Its a real victory for religious liberty. Reporter it comes as trumps main rival, Florida Governor ron desantis is under fire for his campaigns new video posted On The Last Day of pride month. Attacking trump for his past support of the lgbtq community. The video then features a sequence showing desantis hard line drag shows, transgender policy, interspersed with images of shirtless men and photos of brad pitt in the movie tro