The rain, one of the bests counting on a big fourth of july weekend. Bests counting on a big fourth of july weekend. So why are there still so many open jobs? we ll dig into the economic picture, what it means for you, and getting answers from the experts including labor secretary marty walsh. But i want to start with an a allstar panel to help us break this down. Doug holtz eakin is president of the miles an hour action form and former economic adviser to john mccain. And jason furman, council of economic advisers during the obama administration, john hope bryant, founder of a nonprofit focused on financial literacy. And also an economics professor at northeastern university. Jason, take a look at this jobs number. What are your thoughts of where we are in the recovery? this was a good month for jobs. It exceeded expectations. If we can keep jobs at this pace and think that we can for a number of months, we ll be well on our way to repairing things. There are some mixed signals here.
the last word, ali velshi in for lawrence o donnell tonight. ali velshi, my knight in shining armor. good evening. we ve got the squirrels under control, rachel, which is good and glad we were able to get you back. have yourself a happy belated birk, maybe get a little celebration in this weekend because it s going to be another busy week next week. thank you, my friend. and thank you, thank you, thank you for rescuing me, i really appreciate it. always my pleasure, friend. have a good weekend. thank you, rachele. thanks. and thank you, to you at home, today the defenders of the united states capitol were attacked again. just 86 days after a pro-trump mob invaded the capitol in an attempt to stop congress from fulfilling its democratic duties. today s attack was much smaller. but it was as tragic. because the united states lost a martyr for our democracy in this new attack. that s how house speaker nancy pelosi described the police officer welcome billy evans who
today s attack was much smaller. but it was as tragic. because the united states lost a martyr for our democracy in this new attack. that s how house speaker nancy pelosi described the police officer william billy evans who died heroically protecting the capitol, a martyr for our democracy. officer evans died of his injuries after a man rammed his car through the north barricade of the capitol into officer evans and another officer, who remains in the hospital in stable condition. police say the suspect, 25-year-old noah green of indiana, exited his car with a knife and began lunging at the officers. at least one officer shot the suspect, who later died. police do not believe the attack was related to terrorism. so today, with the capitol insurrection still fresh in our collective memories, another family mourns the loss of their loved one and the nation mourns with them. officer evans had been a member of the united states capitol police for 18 years. today, officers paid
they want to spin about that day. that s why it s so important that we continue to uncover and memorialize the truth about january 6th, including the undeniable fact that race was a major motivating factor for the forces that wanted to tear down our american system by force if necessary. because those weren t black lives matter flags being waved by the insurrectionists in the halls of congress, and the overwhelming majority of those that stormed the capitol edifice were not folks of color. and by and large, it s not white voters who are being targeted by republicans in their suppression efforts being carried out under the banner of trump s big lie. that s why in advance of dr. martin luther king s birthday, we have a make it or break it moment for voting rights. senate majority leader chuck schumer calling on his caucus friday in his first session of 2022 to abandon the filibuster to advance voter protection legislation. as the midterms approach, with democrats already sheddi
expect some trans-atlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? never. all the armies of europe, asia and transfer infantry can a combined with all the fresh of their earth in their military chest with a bone apart for a commander could not by force drink from the ohio or make a track on the blue ridge in a trial of a thousand years. if danger ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. it cannot come from abroad. if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be our author and finisher. as a nature of free men we must live through all time or die by suicide. he was just 28 years old when he said this. all things the great emancipator saw the truth, death by suicide was the catastrophe facing the republic then and it is sadly the same today. the enemies of the american way seek to stoke our divisions, schisms and sicknesses in pursuit of their own agenda. they use all the tools at their disposal, money, manipulation, and even open propaganda to weaken our co