adding 390,000 new jobs, the unemployment rate also holding steady the at 3.6%, the lowest since february 2020. however, the positive report is little comfort to many americans who are shelling out more money, well, for just about everything these days. president biden blaming the price spikes on vladimir putin and the war in ukraine. fighting inflation is my top economic priority. the two the challenges on the minds of most working families are prices at the pump and prices at the groce ifly store. grocery store. both of these challenges have been greatly exacerbated by putin s war in ukraine. eric: lucas tomlinson is on the north lawn of the white house with more. reporter: hi, eric. the good news here, the labor county says nearly 400,000 jobs were added in the month of may. the bad news is many people are leaving labor force altogether. president biden spoke from delaware yesterday where he s spending the weekend. i want to speak very briefly today the about our eco
that s one way you can help. we as americans are with you. what do you immediate? what do ukrainians need? the president, for example, has okayed artillery at 40 miles length but not 180 miles, and ukraine is asking for that with the props they won t attack russian territory the. promise. what is the administration do to finally put the nail into vladimir putin in. we need to speak up, and we need to understand that it is important to speak with your representatives. they listen and they do care. they want to hear from you. again, we are hearing from people from kansas, from florida, from ohio that they are with us, and they understand that ukrainians are fighting for their lives, but the whole world is behind us. and in the, again, i don t pretend to be an expert on war, but i have learned a few things in the past three months.
florida, called me and said i saw that ukrainians are cold, and i want to knit hats for them. that was, that was in march. it s absolutely unbelievable. you know, kenneth from plano, texas, sent me this wooden cross that i carry with me everywhere i go because we need these symbols of support. you know, i was just watching the segment before, before mine, and, you know, we have shootings, we have tropical storms, we have war in ukraine. i m sure it makes everyone angry and feel despair. but we can t have that take over us. we have to have faith, with we have to be strong, but we also need to understand that we are not in control of everything. i am part of a nonprofit in the united states, a nonprofit that
the director says he s got 1500 in a space built for 1200, and out in the city some 5,000. we saw over there, by the way, 3 ukrainians and 2 russians. this border crisis, the congressional delegation came to see. we were able to get a ride with them as they accompanied texas dps on the boat seeing the more than 2003 miles of river border here concern 200 miles. we caught up with buddy carter as well who was on fox & friends this morning. he waked weighed in on what that col codel saw. unfortunately, i was hoping that i would see improvements, but i didn t see any improvement whatsoever. still overcrowding, still the border patrol agents are overwhelmed. one of them describedded it as working with a bucket in front of a fire hydrant. don t send me more buckets, turn off the tap. reporter: and, eric, it looks like we could see even greater numbers.
maria soroko joins us now. maria, welcome. you just returned from ukraine. what is keeping your country men and women, what are keeping ukrainians hopeful despite this continuing carnage? thank you the, eric. you know, what is keeping us hopeful is the fact that we have the truth, and we do have god on our side. and also the fact that there is so much support from the american people. you know, i am so grateful to you and to your team for inviting me, for bringing razom and for bringing ukrainians to the front lines and for el thing our story. you know, after your show i received so many calls and so many letters of support. the support is tremendous. and janet from delray beach,