down more than predicted, dropping to 3 .9%. we ve got a great team of experts lined up to try and make a little more sense of the data. any second now president biden expected to talk about those numbers. there s a live look there at the presidential podium in the white house. as soon as the president starts, we will take you there. meanwhile, we re also keeping a close eye on this georgia courtroom. that is where the three men convicted of killing ahmaud arbery are set to learn their sentence today. all three face mandatory life sentences, but the judge still has some say in the matter. we re going to get into that in a few minutes. right now president biden s federal vaccine or testing mandate facing its most critical test yet. at the supreme court. as we speak. the justices are hearing oral arguments over whether some private businesses have to require employees to get the shot or be tested. we re going to have the very latest from the high court in a few minutes. let s s
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