They need a strong u. S. To deter the ccp. Bill it will remain a big story regardless. Aishah hosni, good work in the interview live in d. C. Now its been one week since helene made landfall as a cat four hurricane leaving a trail of damage and devastation. In town after town after hardhit town where folks have lost just about everything, leaving them with no food, no water, no power, no shelter and now wondering whether or not the rest of the country has forgotten about them. Dana has this friday off. Im Bill Hemmer live in new York City as we roll into our number two. Sandra weve been in afghanistan and know how to do it. They need more resources. It wiped entire towns away. Weve seen the video still coming into us as the biden White House is facing harsh questions as the victims of helene are left to fend for themselves. Hundreds dead, hundreds more still missing at this hour. And now private volunteers are stepping in. Mobileizing Ad Hoc Rescue Operations to help stranded victims i
North carolina, more than 200 are dead, hundreds listed as missing as we speak at this hour. Helenes wrath relentless. A Living Nightmare for millions across the south. Most deadly hurricane since katrina. We watch the devastating fallout. Back on the job. Striking Dock Workers reaching a tentative deal to open up u. S. Ports. We got the Jobs Number for september. 254,000 jobs added. This after the fed cut rates by half a point. How does this all factor in now . Well look at that as we begin. Dana has the day off. Im Bill Hemmer live in new york city. Hello to you. Good to be with you on a job day. Cant wait to dig into that. Im Sandra Smith and this is americas newsroom. The tentative Dock Workers would give them a 60 raise. That pushes the deadline past election day. Bill convenient. That and the Jobs Report are good for Kamala Harris. The economy is still seen as a liability in the election. It is Human Nature to attribute your current economic situation to the people in office for
That was the Dock Strike which ports shut down and was going to be a disastrous. President biden helped get that thing fixed fast. They have agreed tentatively to a 62 increase in wages over the next six years. The first offer that the union turned down, just to show you how far apart this was, was 40 . That is where this began so the pressure the union put on really did work and of course, the Court Companies are hoping that President Biden would feel the pressure of this and just order a Tafthartley Return to work by that union to get through the election and you can imagine how the companies that the president is going to have to do this because this will be so difficult for the Harris Campaign but the president just kept the administration pushing both sides to an agreement they had at 5 30 you can imagine how this was at the White House. White House Chief of staff on resume, Pete Buttigieg and others in the administration with both sides forcing them to get together and so both si
Conservative values is fidelity to our constitution. I tell you i have never voted for a democrat, but this year i am proudly casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney making her first Campaign Appearance on behalf of Vice President harris. Well have much more from that bipartisan event in just a moment. Also ahead well bring you an update on the continuing Recovery Efforts across the southeast as helene is now the deadliest storm in the united states since hurricane katrina. Meanwhile, Donald Trump continues to lie about the biden Administrations Response to this disaster. Also, Port Workers from maine to texas will be back on the job this morning ending a strike that could have caused serious disruptions to the u. S. Economy and the election. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, october 4th. Im jonathan lemire. Thank you for starting your day with us. And well begin in wisconsin where former republican Congresswoman Liz Che
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