welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. surprisingly strong new jobs numbers are capping off what has been a big week for the biden administration. let s go straight to jeremy diamond. amid fears of a recession, the president has some momentum when it comes to the u.s. economy. at least in the short term. give us the latest. no doubt about it, this jobs report which the president called outstanding is more evidence that the u.s. is not in a recession. we saw the unemployment rate tick down to 3.5%. more than half a million jobs created last month. all of that painting a picture of a very strong and resilient jobs market. now of course, this strong jobs market doesn t do anything to address americans chief concern. and that is inflation. and the president and the white house very much aware of that. we heard the president talking about americans who may still feel they re struggling december fate st
Dysfunction of our political system. Isnt high time to try and fix it i will ask derek smallwell. Plus how to dueling speeches from President Biden and donald trump this week showed us exactly who they are and whats at stake in 2024. The gops baseless Impeachment Hearing was so bad their star witness shut down their case against joe biden on day one. Good evening, im mehdi hassan. We did in fact end up dodging a Government Shutdown this week. It would have been the 22nd shutdown in less than 50 years. After House Democrats and the non crazy wing of the house gop came together at almost a stminute yesterday to pass a plan that keeps the government funded existing levels while adding and money for Disaster Relief in tokyo from ukraine. He might want to write the date November 17th and your calendars. Thats when the majority, quote, unquote runs out again. We do this entire dance all over again. What was passed yesterday in a hurry through the house and the senate and on the president s d
Show, a Government Shutdown averted for now. The republicanled house is near disaster illustrates the dysfunction of our political system. Isnt high time to try and fix it i will ask derek smallwell. Plus how to dueling speeches from President Biden and donald trump this week showed us exactly who they are and whats at stake in 2024. The gops baseless Impeachment Hearing was so bad their star witness shut down their case against joe biden on day one. Good evening, im mehdi hassan. We did in fact end up dodging a Government Shutdown this week. It would have been the 22nd shutdown in less than 50 years. After House Democrats and the non crazy wing of the house gop came together at almost a lastminute yesterday to pass a plan that keeps the government funded existing levels while adding and money for Disaster Relief in tokyo from ukraine. He might want to write the date November 17th and your calendars. Thats when the majority, quote, unquote runs out again. We do this entire dance all ov
here s northern new mexico at a migrant shelter with a look at conditions on the ground. live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening. it s now been a week sings president biden said anything about the border and since then, the situation has grown. his one appearance today was to promote the paycheck protection act when asked about his thoughts on what was happening at the border. he didn t have an answer. the crisis at the border? now the same question for the press secretary. look, i don t think we need to sit here and put new labels on what we ve already conveyed. it s challenging. republicans from border states argue the crisis is clear. i believe this is deliberate. i believe this is what they want. though want open borders, and that s why they are not acknowledging that it s a crisis. the numbers are multiplying. i m not going to confirm numbers from here. but fox has confirmed. the number of migrant children in custody has tripled in t
It is tuesday, july 31st, fox news alert, a chilling threat on the other side of the southern border as mexicos murder rate skyrockets. Donald trump double down on a shutdown over the border wall. Jillian Lemonade Stand standoff. A 7yearold boy was ordered to close up shot. Jillian sobering numbers about drinking and shopping. Fox and friends first continues right now. Our producer has new music. Jillian who was it . Im not sure. I dont keep up with them. Nicely done. You keep up with them. Good morning. You are watching Fox And Friends First tuesday morning. Jillian thanks for starting your day with us. Donald trump doubling down on his threat to shut down the government over Border Security. Kim jong un 7 the clock is ticking toward the funding deadline. The clock is ticking, the october 1st deadline, Mitch Mcconnell talking about avoiding a messy fight over immigration. Appeared we were all in agreement but yesterday he
reiterated a reversal, he is not afraid of the showdown. If we