Chairman on june 12th i think its probably going to be a very successful ultimately a successful process. Well see. Remember what i say. We will see what we will see. And thats not the only headline in flux. 24 hours after launching the country into a trade war with its closest trading partners the president broke decades of protocol tweet being a confidential jobs report hours before it was released. Looking forward to seeing unemployment numbers at 8 30 this morning. The u. S. Added 223,000 jobs in may. The unemployment rate, 3. 8 , beating expectations. Whats the problem then . Well, the government keeps this monthly report closed off from the public until its official release because the reports can have major effects on the markets. Well, the markets have been up all day long. Right now take a look. You see where the dow is up 220 points. Lets start at the white house now, with nbc newscally odonnell. Kim yong chol was at the white house. Meeting goes over an hour. We were waiting
Ron, london, jerusalem and south africa. Welcome to our viewers in the United States. This is early start. It is monday, september 23rd. It is 4 00 a. M. In new york. We begin with President Trump acknowledging sunday that he did discuss democratic rival joe biden in a july call with the. The of ukraine. That call now the center of a controversy over a whistleblower complaint. Cnn has reported the president pressur pressured. Him to investigate biden. Last week the intelligence Inspector General told the House Intel Committee the whistleblower was concerned about multiple actions by mr. Trump so its unclear whether this conversation is merely the tip of the iceberg. The issue now has two Top Democrats going further than before on impeachment. Cnns Jeremy Diamond with the latest. Reporter the president on sunday acknowledging for the first time that he did, indeed, bring up the former Vice President joe biden during that call with the ukrainian president , which was of course now at the