Dana the largest protest in the capital. Causing chaos, assaulting Police Officers, Defacing National Monuments and burning the american flag. So far it appears the protest is getting a pass as charges are dropped. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Bill is off today. Welcome back for another hour. Martha im martha maccallum. The u. S. Park police announced 23 arrests, the crowd was pretty large. Many of those cases have already been dropped. The House Oversight Committee is demanding an update from police and prosecutors as republicans call for maximum penalties while democrats have been defending the protest as free speech. Some of it was, some of it crossed the line. Here is what the White House has to say. These are truly condemnable acts ripping down the flag, burning the flag, desecrating the flag in any way is abhorrent. Unacceptable. We support peaceful protests. We dont support this. I Cant Speak for Law Enforcement activities. If laws were broken yes,
the unemployment rate with an unexpected jump from 3.5 to 3.8% all pointing to an economic cooldown after that post pandemic boom. experts reacting this way. the 3.8% is the biggest surprise. the unemployment rate is actually a pretty meaningful indicator. a lot of times that s one of the first places that we see a recession coming on. so jumping to 3.8 is potentially the start of something concerning. unemployment rate is pretty shocking. the uaw goes on strike as many anticipate, i guess we might cross over 4%. there is no doubt the yellow bankruptcy impact of the numbers. sandra: we heard the trucking company yellow filed for bankruptcy leaving 30,000 people without jobs. the actors strike in hollywood and white house announcing new regulations with more negative impact on businesses, new wage standards for construction workers and extended overtime pay. steve moore, former economic advisor to president trump joining us ahead of the president s speech a few moments f
miles-per-hour as it heads for georgia and the carolinas. steve harrigan is in tarpon springs near tampa. what are you seeing now? we have about a foot and a half water on this street and we re with jim who has an auto repair shop. has had it here for 30 years. behind every house, every business along this road and along much of this town there is at least a foot of water. if you want to see what it looks like we ll look inside this auto repair shop. what did you try to save when the storm is coming? what did you try and do? put cars up in the air. put our own vehicles in the air. the shop equipment. we re wading through six inches of water on the ground. he tried to get the cars up on lifts. some of his air conditioning and valuable equipment, too. i have to say it s a mess here. it is. now look, a lot of americans want to know when you got six inches of water in a business you ve had for 30 years, as we can see these cars he has tried to raise them up here. tell m
hello partner. dana: it is a friday. always a good friday with you but in particular day. this is america s newsroom great to be here with you. former president trump was in town for the wake of murdered nypd officer jonathan diller. the new york spoofed. while biden was joking with the emcee, the former president was mourning with police several miles away. stephanie was just incredible. their child, brand-new beautiful babysitting there innocent as can be. doesn t know how his life has been changed. can voters trust a presidential candidate who has not won a single trump international golf club trophy? president biden: i told him when he was before he got sworn in. i will give you three strokes if you carry your own bag. bill: jokes. biden campaign said the event raised $25 million. dana: pro-palestinian protestors repeatedly heckled the president like this. president biden: there was an insurrection. shame on you, joe biden. dana: team fox coverage
that s part of the case as we await the first hearing in the georgia election matter since the failed attempt to disqualify d.a. fani willis. that was two weeks ago. the judge ruled she could stay on the case. former president trump and co-defendants say the whole thing should be thrown out. the hearing gets underway in less than an hour. no word on whether or not we see fani willis. stay tuned for more on that. we begin here in new york. president biden and former president trump will both be here today. the reasons for those visits couldn t be more different. if you are driving, stay home. traffic will be a disaster. it s thursday, i m bill hemmer. welcome to our broadcast. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we planned our whole day around the president s visit. former president trump ising to be oh long island this afternoon attending the wake of murdered nypd officer jonathan diller. president biden is at a fundraising event. joining him are forme