and president biden tries to celebrate a strong jobs report while his attention is otherwise consumed with inflation and gas prices and gun massacres and more. the beginning of what could be a long hot summer. plus, delicate diplomacy. biden refuses to confirm a meeting with saudi arabia s de facto ruler and he once vowed to make the country a pariah because of its horrific record on human rights. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead and president biden heralding a, quote, terrific jobs report while also acknowledging record high prices are causing serious problems for far too many american families. there was good news in the jobs report released this morning. u.s. employers added 390,000 new jobs. unemployment stayed at a near record low of 3.6%, and 96% of the jobs lost during the pandemic erupted are back, but none of that will immediately help lower the sky-high costs of everyday goods such as groceries or gasoline. the current rate of
country that, quote, victory shall be ours. 100 days in, the cost of victory is steep. a top red cross official saying the scale of destruction in ukraine, quote, defies com compre comprehension. nearly 7 million ukrainians have escaped the violence by leaving the country, according to the u.n. millions more displaced and war cutting short the lives of at least 243 ukrainian children, according to officials. for 100 days, the world has witnessed the cruelty of russian forces, bucha, now home to hundreds of war crimes investigations after the russian invaders left behind mass graves filled with the bodies of the innocent, of women and children. a theater sheltering innocent women and children bombed despite the giant words written outside in russian twice, children as an attempt to appeal to russians humanity. despite this, 100 days in, ukrainian forces stand strong, stopping an invasion of their capital and sinking the jewel of russia s fleet of warships. matthew chance is
welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. this summer, summer vacation is back after a 2 1/2 year hiatus for millions of americans, but getting to your destination may by only half of the battle. plus, the uvalde cops in the cavalcade of false information they initially shared told you and all those mourning families that a teacher had propped open a door that the killer used to get in the school. that like so much the police originally told us was false. we ll hear from the teacher s lawyer this hour. and leading this hour, today is the 100th day of the war in ukraine. 100 day of the same unprovoked brutal russian assault that vladimir putin seemed to think was only going to last a few days with russia seizing the capital of kyiv and outing zelenskyy quickly. that has decidedly not happened. zelenskyy remains defiant, releasing a message to his
cities, his language. he s the motivated one on this side, so as i look at two individuals, both risking a great deal, and zelenskyy risking it all, i score it oo the ukrainians. admiral james stavridis, author of the book too, risk it all, nine conflicts and the crucible of decision. thank you so much. good to see you again. thanks, jake. texas law enforcement falsely claimed a teacher s aide left the door propped open letting the uvalde gunman into the school, but that s not what the teacher s aide says happened. now her lawyer shares her side of the story. then, whatever happened to president biden s promise to forgive some of the $1.6 trillion in student loan debt? we ll tell you. stay with us. i thought new phonr new customers. we got iphone 13s, too. switched to v verizon two minutes ago. (mom brown) ours were busted and we still got a shshiny new one. (boy brown) check it out! (dad allen) so, wait. everybody gets the same great deal? (mom allen) i think that s the point.
passing grade. having said all that, of course, it s of deep concern to the ukrainians, president zelenskyy, how that ultimately gets negotiated to be determined by events on the battlefield over the next few months. you write in time about your book and the war saying today we re watching two international figures representing their nations who are locked in mortal combat, vladimir putin and volodymyr zelenskyy both risking it all in very different ways with unpredictable outcomes. do you think putin at this point cares about the risks? i think he is concerned about one big risk, which is could all of this lead to something that undermines his control? thus far, he s not seeing that. on the other hand, you have zelenskyy on the other side of this conflict, and he remains incredibly motivated because when he looks over his shoulder, he sees his wife, his children, his elders, his parents, his