What does that mean for the economy? let s begin right there with cnn business anchor julia chatterly. Good morning, jim. Make no mistake, this was a strong jobs report. The u. S. Economy adding back 943,000 jobs in the month of july, not the only good news today, though, too, we saw positive revisions to the prior two months adding back around 100,000 extra jobs we weren t expecting. All of this is good news. Where did they come from? well, as you d expect, the toys, the leisure sector gave us back 380,000 jobs. Restaurants, bars, hotels have been trying to add people back, forced to pay more wages. We saw that playing into these numbers in july. Also the education sector, 220,000 jobs extra added back in the education sector. We know this has been a challenge all through the years as many students have remained educated at home. Also the seasonal effects where you normally see jobs lost in the education sector this month, clearly not the case for the month of july. What does that giv
Right now on msnbc reports breaking economic news on two fronts. President biden about to speak from the white house, his first comments since the better than expected july jobs report showing 943,000 jobs were added just last month. Wall street so far liking what it is seeing, but why some experts are warning today s snapshot possibly already muddied by a delta variant and recent covid surge. We look for the president to address new reporting, the white house talking about withholding federal money from some parts of the country and an effort to getting vaccinations up and cases down. Our business and white house teams are standing by to cover it all for you. Also in d. C. , house speaker nancy pelosi is going to take to the podium, her chamber getting ready to get their hands on that massive infrastructure bill. The senate poised to pass it tomorrow. Democrat senator john hickenlooper will join me with where this goes next. You don t want to miss that conversation. Good morning, ever
Authoritarian strong man working to consolidate control. Tomorrow, we re going to speak with a leading opposition figure in that country about her efforts to give power to the people. Be sure to join us for that. I m excited about it. That does it for us. Chris jansing picks up coverage right now. Hi there. I am chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. It is monday, july 19th. We start with breaking news. Just days before the olympics set to kickoff in tokyo, a shocker for team usa. An alternate on u. S. Women s gymnastics team tested positive for covid. The team already in japan but the name of the athlete has not been revealed. It is just the latest setback for team usa after yesterday s announcement that tennis star coco goff tested positive too. She will not be able to compete. Back in this country, new covid cases fueled by the highly contagious delta variant are now rising in all 50 states. That s the first time we have seen that in six months. It is driven by cases among the unvacc
Election was stolen from trump, and senator ron johnson of wisconsin whom trump praised for getting to the bottom of things. The notes pointing to trump s perceived coup accomplices are now in the hands of those members peers in the house oversight and reform committee, which is investigating trump s efforts to overturn his defeat. The extraordinary new window into conversations with top justice department officials and the expresident represent fresh smoking gun evidence of trump s abuse of power and frantic efforts to cling to power at all costs. The notes illuminate a well worn theme of the trump presidency, the expresident s imperviousness to facts. The times writes this, the officials also told trump the justice department had no evidence to support a lawsuit regarding the election results. We are not in a position based on the evidence, they said. We can only act on the actual evidence developed. Trump then cass at this gat cas. He said people are angry blaming the doj for inact
In her first ever interview since making medical history, she had this message for anyone still having doubts. Please do have the jab. There s nothing to it. Don t be afraid of a needle just to save your life and to save other lives. Please have it done. What about the business is waiting for the vaccine to be rolled out further? i am for the vaccine to be rolled out further? iam in for the vaccine to be rolled out further? i am in liverpool where they were hoping today would be a return to normal. Instead they are asking how manyjobs will be lost as the weight goes on. Defeat for wales, but it feels like a victory. They re through to the knockout stage of the euros, despite losing to italy in rome. Their manager says it s phenomenal. Good morning. It is the summer solstice and for many it is going to be a dry day with variable amounts of cloud, a few showers, except in the south, where it is going to be cloudy and breezy with some rain. Good morning. It s monday, the 21st ofjune. Our