if you paid any attention to the u.s. jobs report at any point over the last three years, there s a good chance you ve heard the phrase, better than expected. you ve probably heard it again over the last few days following the latest job in december. 216,000 new jobs were created. much better than expected for cnbc. back in the old days, weeks 150,000 or more jobs created in one month was good. there are now 100 one point 42 open positions for every job seeker in america. well every available job is not matched every available job seeker, mathematically, america has more jobs than it has available workers. that s just the fact. december s 2100is not anomaly either. that s largely been the trend of the biden presidency since the office in 2021. you can find similar headlines about better than expected numbers for june 2021, january 2022, june 2022, september 2023, for example. this has been one of the top achievements of the biden presidency. it shows that he s been able to
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federal prosecutors are building against the former president. trump s former attorney telling out front an indictment maybe you turned or unsealed this week. a russian commander convincing the russian private army of wagner group stealing military equipment and the fighting on the ground is intensifying tonight. a supreme court surprise, two conservatives joining the liberal justices and giving black voters a major victory. a decision that could help them win back the house and it s a significant decision with scotus and the head of the naacp will be my guest. let s go out front qwest. good evening to all of you. i m erin burnett and trump is bracing for an indictment in multiple investigations and adhis bedminster, new jersey, home. one source telling cnn trump believes an indictment is likely to happen sooner rather than later and ty cobb out front regular tell us his sources an indictment may be returned or unsealed as early as this week. judges will which in florid
with us. the 2024 announcement coming right here in moments. stand by for a cnn exclusive. plus, president trump s lawyers meeting with the justice department as the special counsel s probe appears to be nearing its final stages. we ll walk through what this means. ukraine cultivating a network of agents inside russia to carry out attacks of sa sabotage. u.s. officials believe they were behind the kremlin drone strike. we begin with a cnn exclusive. we know mike pence, chris christi and mike bergman have announcements planned. will that be it or will there be more? chris sununu has been a maybe for months. a popular government in a state with the first primary. governor sununu is here to share his announcement. dana bash has this exclusive interview. governor, thank you for inviting us here. your decision? we ve taken a look at everything and i ve made the decision not to run for president for 2024. it s been quite adventure, but not the end by any mean. why? why
trump says he can t be prosecute under january 6th because he wa acquitted in a senate impeachment trial, and he continues he has, quote, absolute immunity from prosecution with his acts as president. jack smith is expect today respond to those claims before the appeals court hears trump s case. that didn t stop the special counsel fromn filing a new motn with judge tanya chutkan today asking the court to not allow, quote, the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which he propagates disinformation and inject politics into the proceeding. smith also wants the court to, quote, prohibit the defendant from introducing evidence, making arguments, or framing questions to advance a theory of selective or vindictive prosecution. basically the special counsel wants to make sure trump can t say this is joe biden s doj targeting them. and in the response trump said biden s doj is targeting him. joining me now to discuss is ryano riley, justice reporter r nbc news and author