military, too. sandra: are america s fighting forces focused on defending us in war or is it all about going woke now? it is a question many are asking. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two on this tuesday afternoon. john: good to be with you. i m john roberts in washington. military may not be ready for a major conflict, according to a stunning new report. that s all new at 2:00, but we begin with a fox news alert. sandra: there is now a 100% chance of a recession within the next year. that warning coming there bloomberg economic, just 21 days to the midterm elections and democrats are using the final three weeks to focus on abortion. it does not rest with the extremist republicans in congress and finally say, finally say about your right to choose that it rests with you and if you do your part and vote, democratic leaders in congress i promise you will do our part. i ll do my part. john: president biden making a major promise to put abortion right
this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. at this hour president biden s trip to the middle east. the president vowing the united states is not going to, quote, wait forever for iran to rejoin nuclear talks. biden making those comments during a press conference alongside israel s prime minister, both leaders pledging their commitment to never letting iran develop nuclear weapons. the leaders did make clear there is still disagreement on the best approach. biden also reaffirming the importance of a jewish state and a two-state solution ahead of tomorrow s meeting with the palestinian president before heading to the most controversial portion of his mideast visit flying to saudi arabia. joining me right now for more on all of this cnn s wolf blitzers and kaitlan collins live in jerusalem. it s great you re there. the leaders today made very clear they are united in their goal that iran cannot get a nuclear weapon but also in
border patrol council are toque who art del cueto will join us on that. we began america reports this friday with june unemployment report beating expectation but still below pre-pandemic levels. with inflation still climbing. hello, i am in for sandra smith and rich, hello to you. good afternoon, i am in for john roberts. 372,000 jobs added last month in unemployment rate to study at 3.6% but record number of job openings persist with two jobs available for every unemployed person and there are still concerns over runaway inflation and new jobs report shows rising costs with average earnings. anita: meanwhile the president is taking heat for more than just the economy and some of his own party criticize him for a lack of action on guns and abortion. the president s last hour sending executive order to access to abortion and the move comes two weeks after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. rich: mark meredith live on the beautiful lawn of the white house, mar
recession is, and why we re not quite there yet. plus, how much longer will prices rise as supermarkets and how much more interest you pay and credit cards, cards, homes? all of that and more coming up. we are gonna begin this afternoon though with this devastating floods in eastern kentucky. governor abbott shear confirming on twitter, and at a press conference a short time ago that at least 25 people have died so far. and is warning that that number will only go up. we shear also confirmed that four children have died as a result of these floods. down from the original total of six. the federal government is pledged its support, but beshear is warning that certain rescue efforts could take weeks. nbc s maggie baskin joins us now from jackson kentucky. maggie, it has been called the worst flooding the state have ever seen. how are people dealing with this? lindsey, the short answer is, anyway they can frankly. they are in survival mode from what we have seen at this point.
and we also are learning of chilling new details of alleged plans by members of the oath keepers to prepare for violence in washington on january 6th. a new justice department filing says at least one member of the far right extremist group transported explosives to the dc area and another member had a death list that included the name of a georgia election official and their family member. for more on these stunning new allegations, let s bring back marshall cohen. marshall, what more can you tell us about this court filing? reporter: hey, fred. it was a significant filing from the justice department in what very well might be the most important criminal case that has been brought so far related to january 6th. we re talking about the seditious conspiracy case against several members of the oath keepers, that s the far right extremist group that supported donald trump s efforts to overturn the results and had many of its members storming the capitol that day, on january 6t