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,
welcome back. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m ana cabrera in for jose diaz-balart. moments from now, president biden set to leave the white house on his way to pennsylvania where he ll give his first campaign speech of the year. meanwhile, the republican candidates are going all in, in iowa, with just ten days left until the iowa caucuses. overseas, israel outlines its plans for the next stage of the war against hamas as secretary of state antony blinken heads to the region for the fourth time in three months. back at home, a monster winter storm barreling toward the east coast, impacting tens of millions of people. we ll tell you which areas could see up to ten inches of snow. great to have you with us. it s just 11:01 now. we begin this hour with the 2024 race for the white house, and ahead of the third anniversary of the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol, two presidents, past and present, are offering two very different versions for the fu
and ware housing. there was a little bit of good and a little bit of not so good in the report, and because of that mixed nature, we saw selling pressure on stocks and bonds earlier in the morning, ana, but now that shifted back toward modest gains in midmorning trading. we ll see if that holds. dominic chu, thank you for that update. just ahead, an iowa high school now a crime scene this morning. new details about the nation s latest school shooting that left a sixth grader dead. plus, more than 30 million bracing for a major winter storm set to hit the east coast. can you expect to see snow this weekend? and right now on capitol hill, lawmakers marking three years since the january 6th attack on the capitol. we ll talk to congresswoman norma torres who was trapped in the gallery that day, about how it has affected her life. back in just 60 seconds. you re watching ana cabrera reports. 0 seconds. you re watching ana cabrera reports. agility. (jen) that s enterprise intelligen