happy good friday. i m bill hemmer. happy good friday to you. it s time to break out some colors, i decided, indeed. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. let s get you to the numbers. the united states added 236,000 jobs last month. that is the weakest growth since december of 2020. unemployment it ticked down to 3.5%. we re crunching the numbers. hello, steve. is this good? is this bad? what s it tell smart guys like you? what it tells you that things are beginning to slow. what is more important is what happened earlier this week, the report on manufacturing. report on surfaces, isns, purchase managers, a very good indicator of what s about to happen. manufacturing is in a serious decline. services, which have been a mainstay in terms of people being able to spend on services again after the lockdowns, that s beginning to show signs of weakening. people s savings are beginning to be run down. credit card debt is beginning to go up. the storm clouds are there
Were talking scarves gloves heavy coats long johns layers, whatever you have. Kristyn leon is in dupont circle. Good morning. Happy new year kristyn. Reporter good morning, maureen and wisdom. Yes, i actually got a scarf. I do want to say thank goodness for my photographer max. Oh, allison, i didnt realize it was you. Im so sorry. Back to what i was saying. I want to thank my photographer, max, here because if it wasnt for him, i wouldnt be dressed warm. These are miss gloves, these are his this is his scarf, everything, he even has ear muffs. Hes like a mary poppins of news right now. He has a trunk full of everything to keep warm. Thank goodness. It is cold. Lets get to that right now. Right behind me there you can see on that Sun Trust Bank sign, 13 degrees. Not much has changed out here in dupont circle. At least for me it feels a little bit doesnt feel like 13, let me tell you. It does feel degree temperatures here in this cakes. Case. I am miserable, im not going to lie to you bu
Youre right, we have clouds, cd theres a live look outside atsa the wheel down nationall harbor. Beautiful shot. Utif s its you can see the sunrise there behind the behind clouds and theyre dry downry dw there at National Harbor rightbr now but its not dry everywhere. Everywhere. We do showers especially ifecial youre watching north and west w this morning and were goingnin to get you straight to thetraito forecast. Your headline for the day today is showers especiallyspeca during the Morning Hours but eventually beale get back toeale the sunshine. If you take a look out your window, its rather gray and gy gloomy. By the time we get to the afternoon well have lots of glorious sunshine left. Lets fly around on Storm Tracker radar. Radar this is a closein view of of washington. Wash couple showers across Anne Arrundel county. Cou one was over annapolis but has h pushed over the bay. The b taking a look at the biggerr picture, theres your mainr m line of shower activity. Act we have showe
A few mills away from the maximum security prison where matt and sweat used power tools it is wooded swampy and full of black flies and ticks. If matt and sweat left the area there would be signs. We have heard from many they would they are very dangerous they would not stop at anything. Residents are still on edge as we are told the Saranac School district decided to keep the schools closed for a second day in a row. Neighbors are frustrated killers havent been caught but are being vigilant. I have the windows locked the doors locked and i have my weapons ready. If they broke out of prison they can get in my home. They were tricked into helping the murderers allegedly. Joyce mitchell reportedly admitting she smuggled matt and sweats the power tools they used to tunnel out. She was believed to have fallen for richard matt. It is revealed she may have had a relationship with sweat as well. They couldnt find enough evidence to take action back then. Ainsley and heather, police are hoping
Claudia cowens in sausalito, other side of the bay. claudia, good morning to you. good morning, bill. that s right, four days later, still no arrests or suspects identified in tuesday s tragic murder of tech executive bob lee, but as you mentioned we are now seeing that surveillance video showing how lee spent the final moments of his life, looking for help after being repeatedly stabbed in the chest. the daily mail website obtained this heartbreaking footage, showing lee staggering along the sidewalk, bleeding, trying to flag down a driver or a doorman to no avail. last night police chief bill scott says there have been good developments, reportedly a kitchen knife with a 4-inch blade was found in a nearby parking lot, but it s unclear if that was the murder weapon, and police have not released any details. this investigation is still in the early stages. because of this we are not commenting on evidence, nor will we speculate on the circumstances surrounding this