you have no idea how good you ve got it. huh? what a time to be alive. introducing the next generation 10g network. only from xfinity. the future starts now. very good friday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. former president trump has been invited to testify before a grand jury all in relation to the hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels, and we will look into whether this invitation means that criminal charges are on the horizon. and republicans are descending on iowa, and it is of course a must stop on the possible road to the white house. former governor ron desantis is set to speak with the iowa governor in a few minutes. cnn is there on the trail. in major economic news this morning, it is good. employers added 311,000 new jobs, and it beat analysts expectations by a long shot. what does it mean? marty walsh is going to join us to talk about it. and we begin with the manhattan s attorney general inviting donald trump to talk to the grand jur
or seeking citizenship. why the dutch government says it will restrict the export of some equipment used to make microchips, citing national and international security concerns. hello, and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in the former soviet republic of georgia, where large crowds have been protesting against new laws, which critics say will limit freedoms. the biggest demonstrations have been in the capital, tbilisi. the protests have been ongoing through the night. this is the scene there now, just after 6am. we ve seen police using water cannon and tear gas to try to disperse the crowds. our correspondent rayhan demytrie is in tbilisi and sent us this report. every big moment in history has its iconic image. this may be georgia s. on tuesday, thousands of protesters stood for europe, and stood their ground against water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray. and they even fought back. 55 police officers were injured. protesters have bee
reporter: south korean american troops to begin 11 days have joint military drills, they come just as north korea just fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine. reporter: it s hard to know how many ukrainian soldiers have been killed in this war. the government just won t say. but in bakhmut it s estimated hundreds are killed or injured every day. norah: and a historic night on hollywood s biggest stage. and ladies, don t let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. tonight tens of millions of americans across the northeast are in the path of a powerful nor easter. that is expected to bring heavy snow, strong winds, and dangerous travel conditions. also some widespread power outages. we will have the forecast in just a moment. also tonight a note found in the bathroom of the united flight warning about a bomb on board. we wil
foreign minister sergey lavrov, urging russia to accept the deal to release americans brittney griner and paul whelan. and tonight, how the white house is responding to a new prisoner swap idea from a russian official. back here at home, pfizer and moderna reformulating their covid vaccines, targeting the highly transmissible omicron subvariants. the biden administration securing millions of doses which could be available in september. what we re learning about when adults under 50 could get their next booster shot. actor will smith breaking his silence, speaking on camera for the first time about slapping chris rock in front of the world on oscar night. there is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave. former president trump igniting a new firestorm. 9/11 families protesting his hosting of a saudi-backed tournament at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, and his claim that, quote, nobody s gotten to the bottom of 9/11. and the mega millions j
guess what since nineteen hundred and thirty eight, the republican two point lead on the generic congressional ballot is the best position forlo republicans at this point in any midterm cycle in over 80 years. my estimate for the twentyup twenty three house make if the election were held today which again it isn t we stiller have five months. m on five months from tomorrow would be republicans 200morr thirty six seats to two hundrede and forty one seats. democrats wonmo ninety four to a one hundred ninety nine . that is a stomping or that would be a stop. yes. yes it would and yes of course it s biden who is the drag in nineteen sixty two the president s approval rating jfk 71% bill clinton in nineteen ninety eight it was 63%. is just 41%.it was 63%. why is his approval rating so low? well i think this slide willh give you the answer. this is the net approval ratingp on the economy at this point in a presidency. joe biden minus. twenty six points. that is the lowest high f