now it s time for the last word, with ali velshi in for lawrence. good evening, ali. you set me up well with that conversation about having an economy that s working now, but not without hurdles and pitfalls, and this is not a good time to be messing with it. to be messing with it without insane list of demands that would never come to fruition. correct. and probably can t even passer own conference. correct. so thank you for that. and you have yourself a great weekend, it will see you next week. you too, buddy. our economic plan is working. that s the message from president biden today in, it has been his consistent message about the recovery from the pandemic since his election. today s jobs report showed united states economy added 311,000 net new jobs last month. that is way higher than the predicted 225,000 from dow jones. today s jobs report also gave us an incredibly low unemployment rate. 3.6%. now that s higher than the unemployment rate from last month
that would never come to fruition. correct. and probably can t even passer own conference. correct. so thank you for that. and you have yourself a great weekend, it will see you next week. you too, buddy. our economic plan is working. that s the message from president biden today in, it has been his consistent message about the recovery from the pandemic since his election. today s jobs report showed united states economy added 311,000 net new jobs last month. that is way higher than the predicted 225,000 from dow jones. today s jobs report also gave us an incredibly low unemployment rate. 3. 6%. now that s higher than the unemployment rate from last month, which was 3. 4%. but there s actually reason for that. it s a good one. it rose because more people were encouraged to drop into the workforce and look for. a job. 242,000 more americans enter the workforce looking for a job, to be exact. he s president joe biden today. the job is about a lot more than a payche
Meanwhile, in pennsylvania, police are now expanding their manhunt for a convicted killer who has been on the run since escaping from prison a week ago. On capitol hill, Senate Republicans are hoping for answers today about minority leader Mitch Mcconnells health after he apparently froze twice in two months. And excessive heat is expected to break records across the country today while we have got our eyes on Tropical Storm lee expected to become a major hurricane in just a couple of days. And we begin this morning with the very latest on the legal drama surrounding former president donald trump. The judge overseeing the case will hold a hearing today on motions by codefendants Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell to separate their positions, their portions of the case, from other defendants. It comes after all 19 defendants in the case pleaded not guilty and waived their arraignments originally scheduled for today. And todays hearing also comes as there are new developments in the fede