donald trump in a defamation lawsuit. we ll explain why the doj is backing off its previous position. plus two months worth of rain in two days. vermont is just starting the recovery process from that disaster. we ll get an update from one of the state s top lawmakers. all right, good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 12th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. we begin with the major developments out of the nato summit in lithuania. the alliance says it will invite ukraine to join but only when allies agree and conditions are met. the group did not give a time line or details on what those conditions might be. vague wording is in line with what president joe biden said last week, calling a pathway to membership for ukraine, quote, premature while it is at war with russia. as the new york times points out, it appears the president and like minded allies have prevailed over poland in baltic nations that wanted a formal invitation for ukraine t
and founder of the eurasia group. they might also have a view on new research that suggests home working.is not working. google, apple, meta are among those who now demanding their workers spend at least three days in the office. we talked in the first hour of the programme about ukraine s path to nato membership and the obstacles in the way of that. let s concentrate this hour on some of the things that have been achieved at this nato summit. notably, the path that s been cleared for sweden to join. we brought you the news last night on this programme that turkey had dropped its veto and will now put sweden s accession to a vote in the turkish parliament, which we expect will be a formality. there has been reaction in moscow to that today. a kremlin spokesman said russia s security would be furtherjeopardised by sweden becoming a member. becoming a member a concern wholly dismissed within the alliance. what is more important to the swedish prime minister, ulf kristersson,
barrasso and democrat tim kaine. then it president biden takes economic a message to the home state of two of his 2024 rivals. quick starting here in south carolina for. talk about the progress made in building the economy for the middle out in the bottom up. not trickling down. there s nothing good about bidenomics . we can do better by trusting the american people with their own money. shannon: was former new jersey governor presidential hopeful chris christie about his plans for the economy and whether he can break out of the pack. plus. is more than just about stopping collusion it s also about stopping coercion perks federal judge box a number of biden officials and federal agencies from coordinating with big tech social media. we will ask our sunday panel held a july 4 ruling has sparked a debate over what qualifies as a free speech, censorship or misinformation. all it right now on fox news sunday . . shannon: telephone fox news in washington for preside
they played the national anthem. biden and king charles inspected the troops before going inside, having tea, and one of the larger conversations about climate change. it s a topic that s near and dear to king charles heart. this is something he has been campaigning and advocating for for more than five decades. earlier in the morning, before arriving at windsor castle, he met up with rishi sunak, the prime minister of the united kingdom at 10 downing street, where the majority of the conversation was about ukraine, continuing to give weapons in the hopes they beat russia. this comes on the backdrop when president biden agreed to send cluster munitions to ukraine, and look, it s controversial. the united kingdom is just one of more than a hundred nations that bans those cluster bombs because there s the potential that they could kill civilians. nevertheless, biden says it was a difficult decision, but one that he decided to make in the end, and then of course he flew off to
critical nato summit with ukraine s longstanding request for nato admission dividing the allies. it s been 100 days since russia detained reporter evan gershkovich whose mother is hoping for the best as her son sits in a russian prison. i rely on president biden s promise. bringing him back, i think, it s a team effort. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where today s monthly jobs report shows payrolls rising by 209,000 in june. indicating the labor market could be losing steam. the unemployment rate barely ticking down to 3.6%. this with treasury secretary janet yell. announcer: yellen in china trying to ease tensions between the two largest economies while criticizing beijing for its treatment of american companies. joining me now, dominic chu. first the jobs numbers. does this increase the possibility we could avoid a recession, even achieve a soft landing? the elusive soft landing. the jobs numbers just add more confusion to the american eco