across the entire country. the u.s. is averaging over 109,000 new covid cases a day. but we start with that new jobs report. josh letterman is at the white house. i also want to bring in stephanie ruhle, and jim mecina. thank you all for being with me. by the way he was also serving as president obama s campaign manager. let me start with you. we heard that the president will be speaking any moment now about this block buster jobs report. what will we hear? the white house is certainly breathing a sigh of relief today after fearing this report could have been worse than it was. i think you will hear two mayor themes from the president. the argument that his build back better approach is working. they have succeeded and now is the time to keep the foot on the gas when it comes to the bipartisan infrastructure bill, when it comes to the democrats 3.5 trillion spending bill, and other measures to try to make sure the economy is able to overcome some obstacles. the other key th
steve: in minneapolis 8250% increase in gunshot victims. who has been hurt the most? blacks and latino americans. in new york last june 97% of shootings victims were minorities. in los angeles according to the police chief nearly all shooting victims in the 2020 crime surge were in black and brown communities. listen to this report from minneapolis. the sound of gunfire has become so familiar and one predominantly black neighborhood the residents have grown numb to it. now, even the democrat politicians who a year ago pandered to defund the police activists are coming to their senses and reversing the reckless, dangerous, undermining of the police. but there is another consequence of the protests one year ago. it could be even more destructive. the potus helped advance a cause that is been trying for 100 years to occupy the commanding heights of american life and that cause is woke is him which in the space of just 12 months has become the new religion not just of the left bu
steve: in minneapolis 8250% increase in gunshot victims. who s hurt the most? black and latino victims. according to the police chief. . listen to this report from minneapolis. the sound of gunfire has become so familiar and one predominantly black neighborhood the residents have grown numb to it. now, even the democrat politicians who a year ago pandered to defund the police activists are coming to their senses and reversing the reckless, dangerous, undermining of the police. but there is another consequence of the protests one year ago. it could be even more destructive. the potus helped advance a cause that is been trying for 100 years to occupy the commanding heights of american life and that cause is woke is him which in the space of just 12 months has become the new religion not just of the left but of our corrupt and decadent establishment too. you see it in the woke corporations mouthing blm propaganda. mcdonald s change their twitter handle to amplifying black voices
steve: in minneapolis 8250% increase in gunshot victims. who has been hurt the most? blacks and latino americans. in new york last june 97% of shootings victims were minorities. in los angeles according to the police chief nearly all shooting victims in the 2020 crime surge were in black and brown communities. listen to this report from minneapolis. the sound of gunfire has become so familiar and one predominantly black neighborhood the residents have grown numb to it. now, even the democrat politicians who a year ago pandered to defund the police activists are coming to their senses and reversing the reckless, dangerous, undermining of the police. but there is another consequence of the protests one year ago. it could be even more destructive. the potus helped advance a cause that is been trying for 100 years to occupy the commanding heights of american life and that cause is woke is him which in the space of just 12 months has become the new religion not just of the left bu
to fly out of washington, d.c. until the 6:00 p.m. tonight. instead, they very quietly gathered a press pool and left yesterday about 4:15. the president appeared in kyiv, not on his original itinerary. we were told he was just coming to poland to commemorate the one year anniversary of the russian invasion instead he droons into an active war zone. the new york times is reporting that he took an hour s long train ride from poland into the ukrainian capital that is besieged by the russians right now and while there he announced an extra half a billion dollars in new u.s. security assistance. listen. that announcement includes artillery ammunition for himars and howitzers, nor javelins, raiders, they will protect the people from aerial bombardments. he rattled off a lot of different kinds of assistance. it is all equipment that the u.s. has given ukraine so far. ukrainians van v. been asking for f-16s that s not on the list of things the president gave as half a billion do