President trump with support behind congressman jim jordan in the race for House Speaker. Trouncing overnight jim jordan has been a star long before making his successful journey to washington, d. C. , representing ohios fourth congressional district. He will be a great speaker of the house and has my complete and total endorsement. Carley that is right, he wants trump to be the next president as he goes for the gavel. This is about two issues who can bring the Team Together and who can tell the American People what we are doing and why it is important to them . I think i can do that. That is why i am running. Ive been on the front all day long with colleagues around the country. I tell them, the job i have i like. I like that job but somebodys got to be able to come forward, unite the republicans around our message and what we are doing for the American People and go make that, take that message to the country and deliver compelling sustained way, which i think i can do. Carley so far
We begin this hour with Breaking News on the economy. There is new data sugg the american job market remains strong. This morning, the govnmt reported that employers added a whopping 336,000 jobs last month. Thats nearly double t 170,000 Jobs Economists had predicted. The Unemployment Rate held steady at3. 8 . And when you break it down,he hispanic Unemployment Rate fell 0. 3 . While the black Unemployment Rate rose 0. 4 . Were keeping a close eye on the white house where the president is set to speak about this jobs report and national manufacturing. Well bring you those remarks when they begin. Joining us now, dominique chu. Whats behind the numbers . Not many people at all were forecasting for this kind of job growth pointed out by the doubling of jobs created over the forecast. What this does suggest is that the u. S. Economy is still extremely resilient and thats a good thing. Theres a lot to unpack. But the big takeaway from this report, the economy is growing in some ways and no
Very successful. That was speaker Kevin Mccarthy back in january trying to make the case as he worked to become speaker of the house, his majority would come together, learn from that moment and be able to succeed at the moment the United States federal government is on the brink of a Government Shutdown with less than 40 hours left on the clock. Right now Speaker Mccarthy is throwing a lastditch hail mary as he struggles to overcome a rebellion in the house gop as we speak, the House Rules Committee trying to clear a way for a vote on a cinematstopgap bill. At this point, despite conservative additions into the legislation, mccarthy stunt i have peer to have enough republican votes to pass it. He is refusing to say if he will cut a deal with democrats if it fails. Do you have a plan b if this why would i tell you . In this job, youve got to have a, b, c, d, e, f, g. What letter are you on now . Again, that was mccarthy back in january. The question this morning that was yesterday. Her
Thats where we need him. Entitled to a Presumption Of Innocence and a full trial but i think he should resign. He is entitled to have his day in court, but he does not entitled to remain in the senate and he needs to go. For that reason probably be a good idea if he did resign. John a live look at the courthouse in Lower Manhattan where Robert Menendez pled not guilty. Uphill battle for his freedom and keep his seat on capitol hill. Im john roberts in washington. We climb the top of the hill in terms of the week, sandra. Sandra no kidding, more than halfway there, a busy two hours ahead. Sandra smith in new york. America reports. Long time democratic senator and his wife appearing before a judge after being formally arraigned on charges of taking bribes of cash, gold bars, and a Mercedes Benz in exchange for using his political influence to benefit the Egyptian Government and others. John the calls for menendez to resign growing, more than two dozen of his democratic colleagues have ur
Angle. A couple of things that made me laugh and cry over the past few days. First what made me laugh. The borders not open. That something that is peddled as a talking point. Its not t true. There are fences, their walls. Our Border Patrol agents who work on the e border. Whether Bridging Media is working overtime for the big guy. He reminds me iraqs state media back in the ay. We ed the forces and Saddam International airport. Then we cleaned the hole place of the airport. Yeah, baghdad bob would be proud of the whole provided crew. Just like the iraqi troops were clearing the airport, the biting eam is clearing the border. No problem. We ill work to remove as quickly as possible for those that do not qualify for relief under our law. We are combating the smugglers more intensely than ever before. By resting and prosecuting them. Disrupting and dismantling and seizing their properties and funds. I like how they couldnt mic it well either. Didnt want anyone to hear this. With telling