hearing on tuesday. as trump s former white house counsel, cipollone was in the room for many of the key events during trump s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. cipollone s name has come up extensively throughout the six hearings the committee has already held. but it was after we heard from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson late last month that the pressure really ramped up on cipollone to testify, under oath, before the committee. i saw mr. cipollone right before i walked out onto west exec saturday morning and mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, calf city. keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. there are developments today of potential new testimony the committee may hear from two other individuals who were closely aligned with trump. here s the headline for my paper, the washington post. trump considers wavin
extensively throughout the six hearings the committee has already held. but it was after we heard from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson late last month that the pressure really ramped up on cipollone to testify, under oath, before the committee. i saw mr. cipollone right before i walked out onto west exec saturday morning and mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy. keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. there are developments today of potential new testimony the committee may hear from two other individuals who were closely aligned with trump. here s the headline for my paper, the washington post. trump considers waving claim to executive privilege for steve bannon. my colleagues isaac stanley-becker, josh joce and jacqueline alameda report, quote, former president donald trump is considering sending a letter to stephen k. bann
every person waiting to be hired. and even more good news? increases in full time jobs and in wages. the unemployment rate was unchanged 3.6%, the lowest in modern history. and gas prices are coming down. joining us now felix amin chief financial correspondent from axios and host of the slip money on cast. let s start there. there s been talk about a possible recession. prices are still high, but can you have a recession with a jobs market this strong? no, absolutely not. there is a famous rule called the rule that you can t have a recession unless unemployment is half a point blow its lows at least, we re not even close to that. we re right at the lows of unemployment, we re creating new jobs at a rather torrid pace. weirdly, faster than the
unchanged 3. 6%, the lowest in modern history. and gas prices are coming down. joining us now felix amin chief financial correspondent from axios and host of the slip money on cast. let s start there. there s been talk about a possible recession. prices are still high, but can you have a recession with a jobs market this strong? no, absolutely not. there is a famous rule called the rule that you can t have a recession unless unemployment is half a point blow its lows at least, we re not even close to that. we re right at the lows of unemployment, we re creating new jobs at a rather torrid pace. weirdly, faster than the government would actually like. this is not a recession. i see no chance of being in a recession right now. there could be one in the