And julia coronado, former economist at the federal reserve. Good morning to you both. We are 30 minutes from President Biden making remarks on the economy. Mon, these numbers are not what economists thought wed be seeing. What are you hearing from the White House pokes behind the scenes . Reporter theyre trying to highlight some of the good signals of hope in this jobs report, for instance the fact that the Unemployment Rate fell to 5. 2 , which is the lowest it has been since march of 2020, when the pandemic of course kicked off in full swing, and so many jobs were lost, and the fact that so far, 76 of those since the pandemic began have been recovered, leaving more than 5 Million jobs still to go. This is something we really got a preview of about a month ago when the president spoke on the July Jobs report. He wasnt ringing a note of celebration, he was worried about the hard work to come and the potential impact of the delta virant. You can expect a repeat of those things today. T
plus on to the senate now for a big bipartisan breakthrough. a month scramble of meetings, breakdowns and near rebellions leads to 314 yes in the house on a deal to steer the united states around a debt default. from wall street to the whout, one of the most powerful men in corporate america doesn t say no to a future in politics. up first for us, critical new cnn report ing on a special counsel investigation evidence trail that we now know includes a record ing of donald trump admitting he kept a classified record when he left the white house. trump right now is on the campaign trail between iowa. a reminder of the unprecedented place we find ourselves. a state investigation sb n georgia and two tracks of the federal special counsel investigation. and yet, he is at the same time the front runner for the 2024 republican nomination. ask he vows to carry on his campaign no matter what prosecutors allege. this exclusive new cnn reporting is this. special counsel jack smith h
debates. mr. trump accepting president biden s proposal to square off as early as next month and again in september. one-on-one without robert f. kennedy jr. or other third party candidates according to the current rules in a studio without a live audience by passing the presidential debate commission that has run every general election debate since 1988. in new york today the trump legal team gets another chance tomorrow to cross-examine michael cohen as the trial could wrap up sooner than expected. also the white house taking hits from all sides as it prepares to send $1 billion in weapons to israel after withholding heavy bombs that could have been used in rafah. plus russian forces pushing deeper into eastern ukraine prompting president zelenskyy to cancel foreign trips and stay close to home. and moments from now, president biden honoring fallen police officers at an annual memorial event on capitol hill. we ll bring it to you live. good day. big news on the political fr
Funded facilities is not a suitable use of dod resources. as you see from that testimony that austin gave and that grilling that republican congressman matt gaetz gave him as well as mark milley, this has become a politically contentious issue and lots of republicans are asking why these are taking place on military bases across the country. now the pentagon is telling facilities across the country that they do not want these bases to be used to host these kinds of events, even though it s unclear whether any taxpayer money will go towards it. still they say just the mere use of these facilities is not something that they want to continue moving forward, john. natasha bertrand, live for us at the pentagon. i suspect maybe the right will be happy and some incoming to the secretary from the left. just moments ago president biden making remarks at ukraine.
i want to thank chris coons. congressman rochester. thanks for their friendship and their leadership. john carney, you are doing a hell of a job, pal. i have only one regret. he used to work for me. then he became governor. thank you for having us. it means so much. i must tell you. emily: president biden making remarks on the new benefits for burn pit victims, united states servicemen and women who were exposed to these toxic burn pits and hopefully they will get the much needed addressing and management if they so deserve. they so deserve. moment.utnumbered in just a