the latest on the district s new security measures just ahead. plus, bracing for blackouts, a brutal heat wave blankets parts of the nation. people are cranking up their ac units, and it could be more than the power grid can handle. and we obtained surveillance video that shows a georgia election official escorting two trump operatives into an election office the same day the voting system was breached. let s begin in memphis. el eliza fletcher s body has now been recovered. gary, what are officials saying this hour? reporter: well, the accused kidnapper of eliza fletcher is now the accused murder of eliza fletcher. we were told this morning that a body that was recovered yesterday late in the afternoon behind a vacant duplex is indeed the body of the 34-year-old mother of two, wife, and schoolteacher. already before this happened, before the confirmation, a hearing was going to be held in the courtroom 13 here in the shelby county courthouse. an arraignment on the
and president biden tries to celebrate a strong jobs report while his attention is otherwise consumed with inflation and gas prices and gun massacres and more. the beginning of what could be a long hot summer. plus, delicate diplomacy. biden refuses to confirm a meeting with saudi arabia s de facto ruler and he once vowed to make the country a pariah because of its horrific record on human rights. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead and president biden heralding a, quote, terrific jobs report while also acknowledging record high prices are causing serious problems for far too many american families. there was good news in the jobs report released this morning. u.s. employers added 390,000 new jobs. unemployment stayed at a near record low of 3.6%, and 96% of the jobs lost during the pandemic erupted are back, but none of that will immediately help lower the sky-high costs of everyday goods such as groceries or gasoline. the current rate of
A morning newscast featuring breaking news and weather reports. A morning newscast featuring breaking news and weather reports. Area, ostensibly to rally for a representative locked in a dead heat in the house race. He seems more interested in pleasing his base than boosting candidates. Earlier, he stumped in pennsylvania for lou barletta, going up for a seat against bob casey. But he spent time listing his grievances against the media and touting his accomplishments, and when talking about Lou Barlettas opponent, trump described that as the boring stuff because sources tell cnn that President Trump is increasingly frustrated with the russia investigation, the fact that its still going on and seemingly produced no evidence of collusion. But the probe could be far from over, as President Trumps legal team is continuing to negotiate the final details of a potential sitdown interview between President Trump and special counsel Robert Mueller. And aides tell cnn that they hope by filling t
voting apparatus and election equipment in a few counties in georgia. so there s a lot of exposure here, and it s all about which people can be connected through the evidence to these various pieces of the conspiracy? i think that s why we re hearing now about the potential use of racketeering charges and expanding into other states. it s not because fani willis is going to indict a crime that occurred in another state, but if she wants to bring racketeering charges, she s going to want to show a pattern. and she can show a pattern in georgia alone, but if she shows a pattern across a number of states, as representative lofgren was talking about, as katie was talking about, that s a really powerful case. and it shows there s no mistake here, there s no accident. this was vast. and pieces are in georgia but it s part of something a lot bigger. of course, trump, he couldn t have stayed in power in georgia. of course the plan was rolled
governor and republican secretary of states swore up and down there was no fraud, they passed an anti-fraud law. they re asked to come out and vote again in a runoff. it s remarkable and moving to hear them say we are not fatigued. just talk about the sophistication of the georgia voter. i tell you what, they ve been here before. there are probably a few places in this country that have the robust voting apparatus. all kinds of organizations touching people who are hard to reach in rural communities, in the heart of the black community. there is a big concern about voter suppression. and folks say look at early t voting. there is no suppression here.ea today at this polling place that was pretty busy all day. the last hour, about 20, 25 h people, we counted them who camt out and they were turned away. they said we voted here for years. now you h have the wrong precin. they vote here in the general election in november, but then they were turned away, including an 82-year-old woman,