What s coming down and gerri willis on what is going up at the stores but first, go to jackie on jobs. This has been the moment everyone is waiting for, the time when the economic recovery is on track postpandemic where pandemic unemployment benefits end. Today, seven and a half million workers who have received boosted unemployment checks will be cut off according to the century foundation. A group of people have already lost their benefits, 9. 4 million people as of midjuly. These were people who were not traditionally eligible for aid like freelancers who got it because of the crisis. The department of labor said that more than 72% of americans got one form of assistance or another. Recall that in march of this year, the american rescue plan extended benefits through labor day and democrats insisted more aid was necessary at that time all republicans questioned why reopening wasn t enough to end benefits and here we are now, many businesses struggling to hire workers as inflation is
We have a team of doctors standing by to ansz those questions. Post them on twitter with the msnbc answers. One way to address the once in a generation problem, vaccinations. For the first time in nearly seven weeks one million doses of the vaccine were administered on thursday. That includes $560,000 people getting their first dose. Ly talk with a small business owner that got 92% of his workforce vaccinated after most of them initially refused. His advice for how other small businesses can do it, too. I know it is a lot to digest, and just thinking about going back to the office with everything going on can give anyone anxiety. We re here to help. Ahead, advice on protecting your mental health as you return to the workplace. We re kicking off the hour on the future of work. Jake ward is in san francisco, the first major city to require vaccinations for indoor activities. Great to have both of you here. Jake, workers there will be required, as i understand it, to show proof their full
And russian president vladimir putin in geneva. We ll break down what you need to know. Why are american workers are worried and stressed out? brandnew poll reveals about how people really feel about their professional lives. The momentous bidenpollutants, but first, it s the economy. White house correspondent kevin corke focusing on higher prices you re paying and where they are expected to go from here. Consumers and investors began their morning with a flurry of government economic data for the month of may pointing to a bumpy u. S. Recovery including a 6. 6% spike in producer prices in the latest 12 months and a 1. 3% drop in retail sales. That s a big number. Between may 2020 and may 2021, prices up 6. 6%. The biggest jump recorded since the bureau of labor statistics started collecting data in november of 2010. The price index rising consistently since last september. All of this is happening is a new poll reviews motors pin most of the blame of the rising inflation on joe biden.
sympathizer. we are getting statement from the national security council. this kind of plotting is deeply concerning, the ukrainian people have the sovereign right to determine their own future and we stand with our democratically elected partners in ukraine. this morning former secretary of state mike pompeo spoke to shannon bream on fox news sunday. vladimir putin has wanting to put key leaders and all the kinds of things, state craft that are not overt. david: uncovering of alleged plot days after diplomatic officials met from the united states and russia in geneva. the talks yielded no results. this was not negotiation but a candid exchange of concerns and ideas. new fox news poll shows the president s approval rating down actually i m sorry, the u.s. embassy announced arrival of ammunition ordered by president biden. missiles are expected to arrive any day now. back to the poll, mike, i was mentioning fox news poll, the president s approval rating on its handling o
happens going forward. the stunning set back of the omicron variant sweeps across the nation. president biden saying he is sending americans a half billion testing kit. the new york times reporting the contract to buy the tests isn t even signed yet. good morning, everyone. i m julie banderas. benjamin is here. benjamin: i am benjamin hall and this is america s newsroom. if that weren t enough, the newspaper also reports that the website to order the testing won t be up and running until next month meaning the president dialing back his comments that the u.s. was near victory in the fight against covid. now admitting his efforts so far are falling short. president biden: nothing has been good enough. but look, here we are. last christmas we were in a situation where we had significantly fewer people vaccinated, emergency rooms were filled. you had serious back-ups in hospitals that were causing great difficulties. benjamin: rich edson is live at the white house with