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we begin this hour with breaking news on the economy. there is new data sugg the american job market remains strong. this morning, the govnmt reported that employers added a whopping 336,000 jobs last month. that s nearly double t 170,000 jobs economists had predicted. the unemployment rate held steady at3.8%. and when you break it down,he hispanic unemployment rate fell 0.3%. while the black unemployment rate rose 0.4%. we re keeping a close eye on the white house where the president is set to speak about this jobs report and national manufacturing. we ll bring you those remarks when they begin. joining us now, dominique chu. what s behind the numbers? not many people at all were forecasting for this kind of job growth pointed out by the doubling of jobs created over the forecast. what this does suggest is that the u.s. economy is still extremely resilient and that s a good thing. there s a lot to unpack. but the big takeaway from this report, the economy is growin ....
administration announced it would expand the wall. president biden today saying, quote, i was told i had no choice because the wall money was appropriated by law under the trump administration. our team on the border. also tonight, the battle for house speaker. former president donald trump appearing to take himself out of the running by endorsing one of his top capitol hill allies, and what kevin mccarthy said today after reports he may leave congress. philippe now a post tropical cyclone taking aim at the northeast. a flood watch for new york city. in vermont, the armed and dangerous suspect on the loose after the suspicious death of a woman along a trail near a college. police pleading to the public for help. the surprise new jobs report. 336,000 added in september, nearly double expectations but does it raise the odds of more interest rate hikes? the investigation into a major concern over the nation s 911 network. why help may not arrive in time if you te ....
ambulance sirens and screams of fear common events shattering the peace on a regular basis in new york. washington, d.c. strive to enforce the law while confronting safety challenges. a big deal. don t know how to figure it out. they have to get on it. dana is back on monday. sandra k. smith has the honors today. sandra: no better way to kick off my friday than with you, william. good to be here, thanks for having me. i m sandra smith. the epidemic of violent crime raising serious questions about political priorities as d.c. crime rates skyrocket. everything from murder, carjackings to assaults, prob re and rampant shoplifting. despite the city council chairman proclaiming earlier this year there is no crime crisis in the nation s capital. at this cvs store in northwest d.c. shelves are just empty. not because of supply chain problems or booming business, but because thieves are walking in and walking out with absolutely everything. bill: the mayor says the city is ....
for america and for our allies thousands of miles away. plus, a pair of courtroom dramas playing out right now, one in new york where donald trump s are fraud trial is pushing ahead, albeit without the former president in attendance. and in georgia where his former attorney sidney powell says there s proof she had nothing to do with breaching local elections equipment, accusing prosecutors of holding back information this whole time. but there s yet another twist, and witnesses in oregon say they literally could not believe what they were seeing, a small plane making a deadly plunge into a home packed with people. we ll explain what happened later in the show. but we begin with congress at a crossroads, testing the notion of whether a government created for and by the american people is truly up to the task, with the speakership vacant and no clear path forward, the basic functioning of government is now in question, whether we can pay our bills, avoid a government ....
the pentagon warns money is going to run out. the president being briefed. the disarray on capitol hill, does it worry you won t be able to deliver the aid the u.s. promised to ukraine? it does worry me. the president backtracking on his promise, now approving construction to restart the border wall. this as the migrant crisis escalates and approval of his immigration policy plummets in the polls. trump s courthouse tantrum. i m stuck here because i have a corrupt attorney general that communicates with the doj in washington to keep me nice and busy. the former president storming out of his trial which he was attending voluntarily and fund-raising at the new york attorney general responds. the donald trump show is over. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in new york. congress is out for a week, but among republicans, the race for speaker is alrea in full ing. house republicans steve scalise and jim jordan are off and running. there are plenty of ....