ukraine, and those of a russian spy base in cuba. mike gallagher of wisconsin joined me now, chairman of the house select committee on china. welcome, good to see you again. you wrote this week for my newspaper that the administration is pursuing zombie engagement. what do you mean? reporter: like a zombie in a horror movie, rising from the grave the biden administration is bringing back diplomatic and economic engagement from the dead. there are three risks to this approach, the first, even to get to the negotiating table the biden administration is slow rolling steps to defend ourselves from chinese coming is party aggression like ending expert licenses to while away, sanctioning officials engaged in genocide or transparency when it comes to the spy base in cuba. the second is because biden is afraid of provoking xi jinping and the relationship spiraling out of control, we incentivized the ccp to act, no matter what we do and the third and most basic concern is that it is
are in a fight for the finish, look at the map. you see the big names are hitting the trail in the final days. it tells you what you need to know about the race in states where frankly every single vote will count. and there is a remarkable ad we have to show you that claims to know what god wants. and on the 8th day god looked down on his planned paradise and said i need a protector so god made a fighter. oh my god. we are going to talk about that. i hope so. plus, the politics of pot, recreational marijuana is on the ballot in five states. most of them conservative red states. finally an issue that s bringing americans together getting high. [ laughter ] well, when you go low, they go high. i had to. i don t know why. it kalcame out as a whole thing fantastic. let s bring our experts on that. we have cnn political commentator scott jennings and keith and mark mckinnon. gent gentlemen, great to have you. i do live at 10,000 feet so i know something about
u.s. economy added some 261,000 jobs in october, the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 3.7%. that jobs figure lower than the month before, however, still higher than economists had forecast. cnn chief business correspondent christine romans joins us to break down the numbers. you always say wisely the trend is your friend. so what do these latest numbers show us about the trend in the job market and is this what the fed was looking for? so first i would call this resilient but slowing the rate of job growth here. 261,000 net new jobs added, you know, that is a strong showing in any economy, but the trend is important here. we re averaging about 400 and change a month this year and this is the slowest pace of job creation in almost two years. so still strong, still resilient, but starting to slow here. the government noting that that unemployment rate has been stuck in this 3.5 to 3.7% range since march. it s still stuck in that range, even after six months now of the
stories this morning. the last jobs report out just this morning. just before the midterms showing the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs in october. and the economy and inflation major concerns for voters with the elections now just four days away. so far across 46 states, more than 30 million americans have already cast their vote in early voting. this weekend several notable names are hitting the campaign trail. including a joint rally with president biden and former president obama in the crucial state and it is tight there of pennsylvania. former president trump, he ll be in florida. and new this morning, details about trump s own political ambitions for the next election. cnn has learned he s eyeing the third week of november for a 2024 announcement. our reporters and correspondents and analysts standing by to bring you all of the headlines. let s begin with kristin holmes about trump s 2024 plans. talk about what the next election is going to look like? what do we know.
polls. the heavyweights are hitting the trail with closing messages as key races tighten. biden, obama, trump, all ending up in pennsylvania, a high-stakes stat race there up for grabs as the woman who made dr. oz famous endorses his rival. maybe you ve heard of her. if i lived in pennsylvania, i would have already cast my vote for john fetterman for many reasons. elsewhere today is the last day of early voting in some states seeing historic turnout, more than 34 million ballots already cast. plus, talk about a tease. donald trump addresses the 2024 elephant in the room. i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? very, very, very probably. let s get out to the trail now. cnn s dianne gallagher and omar jiminez with us. it s the last day of early voting in georgia. tell us what you re seeing. reporter: you can probably see the line behind me, ana, that s completely wrapped around the building. this is typically the most robust day of early voting, the first