two weeks notice. democrats test a new closing midterm message. look what they re offering. maga maga trickle down. reporter: as voters economic concerns grow will they blame democrats on election day? i ll speak exclusively to someone with urgent advice for democrats, independent senator bernie sanders, next. gop agenda. with republicans growing more hopeful about a red wave they are laying out plans for the potential new majority. what would a republican takeover look like? gop congresswoman nancy mace joins me ahead. plus, he got served. president trump is subpoenaed by the january 6 committee. let s see if he lives up to what the law requires of him. capping off a week of legal blows to the former president and his allies. will donald trump comply and what happens if he doesn t? hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is biting our nails watching the races tighten. we are 16 days out from the midterm elections here in the united s
state of the union starts right now. two weeks notice. democrats test a new closing midterm message. look what they re offering. maga maga trickle down. reporter: as voters economic concerns grow will they blame democrats on election day? i ll speak exclusively to someone with urgent advice for democrats, independent senator bernie sanders, next. gop agenda. with republicans growing more hopeful about a red wave they are laying out plans for the potential new majority. what would a republican takeover look like? gop congresswoman nancy mace joins me ahead. plus, he got served. president trump is subpoenaed by the january 6 committee. let s see if he lives up to what the law requires of him. capping off a week of legal blows to the former president and his allies. will donald trump comply and what happens if he doesn t? hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is biting our nails watching the races tighten. we are 16 days out from t
world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with very encouraging news for the u.s. economy. and for the biden administration. tonight the president is seizing on the much better than expected jobs report as he caps a week of unexpected successes. here is our white house correspondent jeremy diamond. today we received another outstanding jobs report. reporter: tonight president biden hailing another strong jobs report and promising more relief to americans struggling with stubbornly high prices. today there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there are more people working in america than at any point in american history. reporter: the unemployment rate dipping to 3.5% as the economy added 528,000 jobs last month. bucking expectations and tamping down fears of a recession. but the strong jobs report will do little to beat back inflation. americans number one concern. i know people will hear
division and partisanship in this event brought to you a joint partnership with the edward him kennedy is to do in the orange jeep catch foundation, the bipartisan policies center and a goal today is to try to foster discussion, based on principles, not politics much like the example of bipartisan ridge building it, semi democratic senator ted kennedy and republican senator orrin hatch and passing some of the most important legislation of their times such as the americans with disabilities act to, in the children s health insurance program. and forming an unlikely friendship, that transcended their partisan differences, and a spirit, and just a moment we will hear from independent senator bernie sanders of vermont and senator lindsey graham from south carolina and are used to facing off from their top post on the budget committee and clearly, they have very different views on the biggest issues facing the nation and for the next hour, we will try to find common ground constru
Lets get the read from patrice from the independent womens forum and democratic strategist, laura fink. Lets start with you, patrice. Right now in the election were held told, the economy and inflation would be number 1. President bidens handling is under water significantly, particularly with independents. Those in swing states, those will be the voters deciding the next election. That said, at the start of 2020, i dont think anybody would have anticipated a pandemic disrupting the entire nash and giving a lift up to President Biden. Its early. At this point, the economy is a huge factor. Laura, some of the numbers that are trending along with President Biden, 19 said their personal 19 points increase in those that say their personal situation has gotten more negative. We see that across the board. I think thats right. Charles, i agree with patrice. I think think is going to be a huge issue in the 2024 campaign. I think back to where Ronald Reagan was in 1983, where president obamas i