You good morning, everyone. We are so glad you are with us. 8 00 a. M. Out east. There is a lot happening around the world and in the political world, that is for sure. Former President Trump bracing for possibly more indictments, but we are learning that his Political Action committee is nearly tapped out of money. It had more than 100 million at the start of last year. Now it has less than 4 million. Most of that money went to legal bills. And the u. S. Punching their ticket to the Knockout Stage at the womens world cup. It wasnt pretty and it was pretty close. Carli lloyd called it uninspiring and disappointing. We will have highlights. And a Concertgoer Filing a report against cardi b saying they were struck by the microphone she threw from trt stage. What may have happened before cardi b was hit with a drink that was thrown at her. This hour of cnn this morning starts now. Good morning. Brandnew this morning, i hope you are all awake at 3 00 a. M. The u. S. Womens soccer team was
sending controversial cluster munitions to ukraine. what that could mean for the war. also today, extreme weather. millions are at risk of record-breaking temperatures and severe storms as well. and then in washington, new fallout from the discovery of a bag of cocaine at the west wing of the white house. what congress is now demanding. and a medical breakthrough, the fda gives full approval for a new alzheimer s drug, but it comes with a serious warning about potentially deadly side effects. we begin this hour, everybody, with another sign, the economy may in fact be cooling. the government reported that employers added just 209,000 jobs last month. below the 240,000 the economists had expected. and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.6%. when you break it down by race, black unemployment rose by .4%. and hispanic unemployment rose by .3%. the president reacting to the news in a statement saying in part this, we are seeing stable and steady growth. that s bidenomics,
right now. good saturday morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it s saturday, july 8th. i m erica hill in for amara walker. nd i m victor black well. good to be with you. thanks for spending part of your morning with us. here s a look at what we re watching. sorry. this is a problem when we re in two different cities and there s a delay. it ain t easy. it ain t easy. we re working it out. we re working it out. it was a very difficult decision on my part. and by the way, i discussed this with our allies. in an exclusive interview with cnn, president biden defends his position to send controversial weapons to ukraine as part of a new aid package. what these cluster bombs do and why some senators and congress folks are calling this a terrible mistake. the job market is seeing a cooldown as job numbers come in below expectations. how that s actually a good thing for the economy and encouraging news for women in the work force. federal regulators stepping i
climbing back up to avoid another plane. gio benitez on this tonight. we re tracking yet another storm already. pounding the west at this hour, racing across the country. the real tornado threat expected, and the storm set to hit the northeast, too. rob marciano timing this out. president biden s plan to relieve college debt for millions of students, will it be halted by the supreme court? tonight, the new audio from the court. what the conservative justices are already saying about this. overseas tonight, drones hitting deep inside russia. one of them outside moscow. what the kremlin is saying tonight. and vladimir putin now ordering the fsb to secure russia s borders. james longman with late reporting from inside ukraine. here at home, the alex murdaugh trial. prosecutors taking aim today at that new defense theory that there must have been two shooters. also, the u.s. swimming star found dead. tonight, the family heartbroken in that mysterious death. the former s
storm already. pounding the west at this hour, racing across the country. the realtor nay doe threat expected, and the storm set to hit the northeast, too. rob marciano timing this out. president biden s plan to relieve college debt for millions of studentstudents, wie halted by the supreme court? what the conservative justices are already saying about this. overseas tonight, drones hitting deep inside russia. one of them outside moscow. what the kremlin is saying tonight. and vladimir putin now ordering the fsb to secure russia s borders. james longman with late reporting from inside ukraine. here at home, the alex murdaugh trial. prosecutors taking aim today at that new defense they ary that there must have been two shooters. also, the u.s. swimming star found dead. tonight, the family heartbroken in that mysterious death. the former star found dead in the u.s. virgin islands and what we now know. the major recall tonight involving more than 800,000 vehicles. could