and president biden tries to celebrate a strong jobs report while his attention is otherwise consumed with inflation and gas prices and gun massacres and more. the beginning of what could be a long hot summer. plus, delicate diplomacy. biden refuses to confirm a meeting with saudi arabia s de facto ruler and he once vowed to make the country a pariah because of its horrific record on human rights. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead and president biden heralding a, quote, terrific jobs report while also acknowledging record high prices are causing serious problems for far too many american families. there was good news in the jobs report released this morning. u.s. employers added 390,000 new jobs. unemployment stayed at a near record low of 3.6%, and 96% of the jobs lost during the pandemic erupted are back, but none of that will immediately help lower the sky-high costs of everyday goods such as groceries or gasoline. the current rate of
get it at four imprint.com in brynn for certain the cnn presidential debates june 27th, nine live on cnn and streaming on max it s monday. june 17. right now on cnn this morning. biden and trump, according votes and cash on the campaign trail, it s the first debate less than two weeks away israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu dissolving is six member war cabinet insisting it does not need to exist in over 1,000 people forced to evacuate it is a raging fire north of los angeles continues to spread out of control 6:00 a.m. here in washington, here s a live look at the white house the morning, everyone. i m on a rod. you in for kasie hunt. it s great to be with you. we begin with president biden warning americans not to vote for donald trump while donald trump wanting black americans not to vote for joe biden a busy weekend for both candidates, raising cash according votes, which is ten days to go before the first presidential debate right here on cnn. president biden at
my staff is dealing constantly with every member of the house and senate who has wanted to talk about guns. it s been a constant interchange. the president sounding cautious on whether his direct involvement would warrant a deal. i ll do what i can to try to see that we have some real progress. and jake, when it comes to the economy, one in the president biden warned about today were the job numbers slowing in the months ahead as the federal reserve is raising interest rates to try to tame inflation. the president says that s going to be a good thing if you re not seeing huge numbers we have seen play out over the last several months as the economy is trying to recover from the covid-19 pandemic. of course, jake, those have been the numbers you have been looking for almost every month when the report comes out so this has been something the president is saying now is going to be different. they are going to be smaller numbers, but jake, he says that s a good thing, a sign of a
apparatus and their desire to essentially rerun an election. just absolutely insane. maggie haberman, thank you. can t wait to read the book confidence man, the making of donald trump and the breaking of america. not going to be published until october. today, we learned a child who survived the uvalde massacre in texas will appear on capitol hill next week along with the police commissioner from buffalo, new york. up next, the new push for gun legislation in congress versus what americans really want. is there a meeting of the minds there? we ll talk about it. stay with us. a (ted) after talking and texting for years, we got married. for the family plan. (jane) and then we really expanded our family. for the wireless savings. (ted) it seemed like the responsible thing do. (jane) and then, just yesterdaymy sister told me about visible.
everyday goods such as groceries or gasoline. the current rate of inflation in the u.s. is 8.3%. president biden said this week there s not much he can do to lower prices in the near term. the white house is also struggling to find a legislative way to attempt to curtail gun deaths, a way that republican legislators would be willing to go along with. one of the key democratic negotiators on capitol hill telling cnn he s preparing for failure. kaitlan collins starts off our coverage with a closer look at how the white house is trying to get their arms around this slew of problems. that s a sign of a healthy economy. the number of americans working or looking for jobs rose last month in a promising sign for the economy and president biden. working-age people have come back into the workforce at a faster rate in this recovery than at any point in the last 40 years. the labor department says u.s. businesses added 390,000 jobs in may, as the unemployment rate stayed steady at 3.6%.