all this comes despite the fact that many economists were expecting a low number, perhaps even a negative number in the january report because the survey was taken in the middle of last month s covid spike. joining me now to break it all down, i want to bring in cnbc senior economics reporter steve liesman, jason fuhrman, douglas holtz-eakin, an economist and president of the american action forum, and karen kimbrough, chief economist for linked-in. i don t know if all of you are surprised as all the headlines would indicate we should be, but, steve, what s your take on these numbers is this report as good as it looks? i am surprised, but i m also a little skeptical. i think viewers have to know the bureau of labor statistics has had a very difficult time in this pandemic counting jobs. you teased that in your opening remarks when you said how much the prior months had been revised. there was an original print, i guess they said it was 210,000 in november. that number is no
were killed in all. u.s. forces surrounding him early thursday morning in the syrian village not too far from the turkish border. witnesses describe a standoff pun khau waited by a blast. john kirby briefed the press on the raid a short time ago. we have no doubt that his death will have a blow on isis and their potential to conduct future operations. i do want to remind that they are still a threat, and we re not nobody is taking a victory lap here. we re going to stay at this. they still remain a threat and they still espouse this extreme ideology and intent to kill, to maim and terrorize. he was named the top leader of isis in 2019 after his predecessor was killed in a u.s. raid. the president addressed the special forces operation from the white house earlier this morning. this operation is testament on america s ability to reach out and take out a terrorists no matter where they hide around the world. a strong message to terrorists around the world. we will come an
along with the coordinator in africa. brett mcgurk, both interviews live this hour. and president biden in new york city meeting with state and local leaders on gun violence, and exclusive nbc reporting as we re coming on the air. the chunk of change the president is throwing out to prevent a breakdown. i m hallie jackson. courtney is at the pentagon, and kristen welker is at the white house. there have been a lot of new details since early this morning when we heard about this strike, when we heard about this raid. so let s talk about the timeline here because we have new pieces of that. at first, we know it was about a two-hour mission, months in the making according to spokesperson for the pentagon, john kirby, and once u.s. special operations forces arrived, they secured and isolated the compound. they got on their bull horns and they were asking people inside to get out. not too long after that, the isis leader sit off a bomb on the third floor, and then a bun fight st
track in the country killed a u.s. contractor. five u.s. troops and another contractor was kilt will not wounded. prepared to forcefully protect our people. norah: when a telco takes the stand after a ski collision. tonight, the mystery of missing footage of the crash. i was skied directly into by mr. sanderson. xcel energy said it discovered a new small leak of water contaminated with tritium. can t penetrate your skin. the cause of the leak has not yet been determined. not many people get to return to the scene of their death. what does that feel like, when all is said and done and you ve saved a life? it s honestly one of the best feelings in the world. good to see you. i love you, man. norah: that evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. we want to begin with growing concerns about violence, as donald trump is using increasingly ominous and threatening rhetoric as his legal challenges amount. the top democrat in the house mor
hammers states right abortion policy after a major ruling in arizona on that issue today we ll take a look at it. parents of the michigan school shooter sentenced to at least a decade in prison for involuntary manslaughter. a precedent-setting conviction and now sentencing. veterans still working in the 45er89 of the mainstream media elite about what he calls his employer s lef leftist lurch. bret: but, first, breaking tonight horrific terror plot thwarted. fbi officials say a teenager in idaho planned what are described as horrific and violent plots against churches on behalf of the isis terror group is now in custody. what was he planning? were there others involved? correspondent david spunt starts us off tonight with this breaking news from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. a disturbing story. fbi agents arrested this 18-year-old student one day before they say he planned to attack more than 20 churches killing as many people as p