trump throws his support behind jim jordan for speaker, but will it make it easier for him to claim the gavel? and the jobs report stunner, the big numbers that economists didn t see coming and how the markets are reacting. plus, two people charged in a fake elector plot in michigan try to argue they re not guilty. just brain washed. how that worked out for them. and why the new jersey s attorney general s office is re-examining a deadly car crash from years ago involving senator menendez s wife. our nbc news reporters are following the latest developments. first we want to go to capitol hill where nbc s gary grumbach has more on the endorsement that could shake up the speaker s race. you ve got jim jordan reveling in the endorsement from the former president, steve scalise seems to be playing more of an inside game. talk us through it. reporter: jim jordan and steve scalise are really spending the day on friday here on zoom calls. they re meeting with different parts o
pyromaniacs and saboteurs are the republican words about his colleagues responsible for removing the speak e of the house, and now furious phone calls in a fight the replace the speaker, and what we are hearing from those jumping into the race now. and reversal of president biden now supporting a new barrier on the mexican border. a massive strike in ukraine today, and the deadliest russian strike in ukraine for over a year. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman, and this is cnn news central. this morning, the house is essentially frozen and unable to legi legislate, because it has no leader. the house members have gone home to their districts and that means any legislative work is stalled until the house republicans can come together to elect a new speaker to replace kevin mccarthy ho ohio s jim jon and steve scalise say they will take the job, but the road to 218 votes is fraught. this is what one republican congressman told john berman last hour. if w