Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin this hour with breaking news, a brandnew Jobs Report beating expectations. The government reporting employers added 254,000 jobs in september, thats well above the 150,000 predicted by most economists. The Unemployment Rate fell slightly to 4. 1 . And when you break it down by race, both the black and hispanic Unemployment Rates fell by. 4 last month. There you see the drop. This report comes hours after Port Workers and Port Operators along the East And Gulf coasts reached a tentative deal to end a strike that began on tuesday. That walkout threatened to bring chaos at the start of the holiday shopping season. With us now, cnbcs dominic chu. Dom, good morning. This was a strong Jobs Report. What else did we learn from it . Good morning, jose. Yes, it stands in stark contrast, this Jobs Report, what we saw the previous month, which got read as a very big at least disappointment. What we did note beyond
Declining to endorse either candidate. Melania trump breaking from her husband by making her support for Abortion Rights public. The timing of her announcement raising questions as former President Trump prepares to head back to butler, pennsylvania, this weekend, the site of the first attempt on his life. Live to israel as The Middle East braces for Potential Retaliation by the netanyahu government against iran and ahead of the first anniversary of the act 7th terror attacks. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell. Economy and the inflation the top issue for voters. A nearly perfect Jobs Report blowing past all expectations. Heading into the final weeks of the campaign, the Labor Department reporting employers added more than a quart billion jobs. That drives the Unemployment Rate down to 4. 1 . Harris Targets Union voters today. Those are critical in battleground michigan. The campaign has been having Labor Pains after the Firefighters Union, perhaps joe bide n bidens most stallworth
Alonso on his way to home plate. Theyre waiting for him. He hits the plate. Hes first congratulated, hugged by lindor. Waiting outside the dug out. Pete alonso keeps this Fairy Tale Season going with the Fairy Tale Swing of his career you know, thats just the way the new York Mets do actually, no, its not how the new York Mets do it. The night before is how the new York Mets do it. They and the jets usually collapse under pressure. Last night, an extraordinary moment for Pete Alonso. A guy who has had a lot of ups and downs this year. Really hasnt had a great year, a great moment. People were talking about him being traded the first half of the year. I dont think hes going to be leaving the mets anytime soon. So the miracle mets i mean, jonathan lemire, you know, lets just say here, and i dont say this about every town, all right . But i love milwaukee. I love the people of milwaukee. Its a great city. Its a great town. I hate for them, what they had to sit through Last Night. It was s
Will the bevy of big stars jumping on Board Help . Plus, president biden hints at a huge Decision Israel is about to make. When, where and how to retaliate for Irans Missile strikes. Is there anyway to keep the war from getting worse . A week after helene tore through the south, basics, water, food, medicine, still hard to come by. More fears of how the storms impacts could be felt nationwide disrupting everything from semiconductors to Iv Fluid. Kamala harris trying to flood the zone in this final month before election day, bringing in politicians and celebrities to get her message out. There are a slew of headlines about campaign stops and endorsements from Bruce Springsteen to Jennifer Garner to the most popular democrat in america, president obama, who will campaign for harris in pennsylvania starting next thursday. Harris herself will do more interviews in the coming weeks, on 60 minutes on Latenight Talk shows according to her campaign. Is it too late to silence her critics and,
It is good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. At this hour, the bombardments around beirut. Massive Fire Balls as israel carries out some of its biggest strikes yet. A live report on that, and the disturbing new comments from irans supreme leader. Plus, hes the governor who Donald Trump torched as disloyal, bad, and very average but today, a reunion, four years in the making. Will it all be water under the bridge between trump and Brian Kemp . A blue Collar Pitch in the battle for the blue wall. Were live on the trail with Kamala Harris in michigan. And the second to last Jobs Report before the election is now out, and it is crushing expectations, weve got the numbers. Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbcs Matt Bradley live on the ground in beirut. Matt, israel carried out one of the biggest bombardments yet. What do we know about what happened, what they were targeting . Reporter they were targeting what