Myself we had i grew up in california, earthquake drills. We had fire drills, but our kids are sitting in a classroom where they should be fulfilling their god given potential, and some part of their big, beautiful brain is concerned about a shooter busting through the door of the classroom. It does not have to be this way. It does not have to be this way. That was Vice President Kamala Harris reacting to the deadly Shooting Yesterday at a High School in georgia. Well bring you the latest on that tragedy. Meanwhile, we are now 60 days from election day. Well have a recap from the Campaign Trail and go through the rules for next Weeks President ial debate. Also ahead an update from the Middle East as israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ticking in on his demands for a potential Ceasefire Deal. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, september 5th. Im Sam Stein in for jonathan lemire. We begin this morning with the deadly shooting at a High School in georgia.
frankly the headline number, matt, is a big one here. also it shows healthy growth in several sectors of the economy. yeah, jim. this is blockbuster growth. and it is pretty remarkable. this number is going to go a long way towards shutting down this idea that the u.s. economy is already in recession. to be adding more than half a million jobs, in a month, at this stage of the recovery, is pretty impressive. let me give you some context around this 528,000 job figure. this is twice as much as the consensus from economists. not only that, but it is 200,000 more than even the most optimistic forecaster had pencilled in. two big milestones that came out of this report, the labor market has now fully recovered all of the jobs lost during covid. total nonfarm payroll is back to february 2020 levels. the unemployment rate is now down to 3.5%. that matches the half century low set before covid. again, none of this suggests an imminent or ongoing recession. but here is the problem,
Lately. You might call it stormy weather. What the hell. Trumps so desperate he started reading those bibles hes selling. Then he got to the first commandment. You shall have no other gods before me. Thats when he put it down and said, this books not for me. Thats President Biden with some jokes about his 2024 opponent during this weekends white house Correspondents Dinner. Well have more of the punch lines and the president s more serious message just ahead. Also ahead, well go through bidens latest conversation with the israeli Prime Minister amid a possible invasion in gazas Southern City of rafah. Plus, well bring you a recap of where Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial Stands and preview what could happen in the Manhattan Court this week. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, april 29th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And well begin this week with the annual white house Correspondents Dinner in washington, d. C. President joe bide
all of our colleagues who were in iman yesterday, everyone would welcome that, because, again, it would advance things we re all trying to accomplish, including getting hostages back, including getting a lot more assistance into gaza, including getting people into gaza. secretary of state blinken continues his trip oversaers as arab leaders are calling for a cease-fire in gaza. the troops have reached the coastline, splitting the territory in two. also ahead, new polling in five swing states that are very concerning for democrats and president joe biden. we ll go through those numbers on a potential 2020 rematching with donald trump. meanwhile florida governor ron desantis just landed a powe potentially key endorsement in the 2024 republican presidential primary. we ll tell you who it is. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, november 6th. happy 9th birthday to flynn lemaire, my son. thank you for starting with us on way too early. let s get
Enormous turn and that brought us to 24,265. These trade tariffs are widening a lot. It started with steel and aluminum. Its affecting a variety of products, everything from televisions and cigarettes to plastics. You name it. Porkrelated, beef products. Soy beans, an area that they didnt want to get into that theyre into. All of this was a big stepback moment to say its bad, its coming but maybe its not coming at all. This was crazy. Youre right. Boy, just as the opening bell rang this morning at 9 30, it was looking like we were going to have one of the worst days you could see on wall street. We were down 500 points like this. A couple of things happened after that. The aforementioned larry kudlow did an interview and he shade we
wouldnt see a trade war. The markets started to come back after that. There were technical factors at play. People in support levels, held up meaning that at a certain level in a market, whether its the Dow Jones Industrial average, maybe the nasdaq or the