ahead. sandra: president biden addressing the debt and deficit as inflation rages around americans. sky high prices, most aggressive move on interest rates in decades. will likely boost borrowing costs for millions and the country. great to be with you. john: we get over the hump and slide into the weekend. this is america reports. skyrocketing prices from gas to meat has the country on edge. americans are increasingly learned about the state of the economy. the vast majority saying it s in bad shape and only getting worse. sandra: 61% of americans disapprove of biden s handling, and the party stares down a potential red wing in november. john: first peter doocy is live at the white house. why are the democrats pivoting to the economy today. peter: republicans more and more say a leading issue is the economy, so president biden is trying out some new material to try to counter them. let me tell you about this ultra maga agenda, it s extreme. it will actually rai
yesterday s job report came as a pleasant surprise for the biden administration. expectations were low given omicron-related job absences. take a listen. as a result, the month s jobs report may show job losses in large part because workers were out sick from omicron. reporter: well, instead, the labor department revealed 467,000 jobs were added last month, the largest gains found this leisure and hospitality showing a return to social activities despite the ongoing pandemic. the president credits the rebound to the resilience and grit of the american people. our country is taking everything that covid has thrown at us, and we ve come back stronger. i m pleased to report this morning, and many of you already know, that america s job machine is going stronger than ever, opportunity for hard working men and women all across this country. america is back to work. reporter: while the report also showed wages climbed 5.7% in january, those gains have been canceled out by r
people growing older and better medicine keeping people alive longer, the french people say no to the plans. highest constitutional court is expecting to give a ruling next week as to whether or not the law is constitutional or whether parts of it have to be reined in. the protestors hoping to put enough pressure on the french president already survived loss of his majority in the parliament and two votes of nonconfidence to back down, scrap the plan and then everything will stay as it is right now. we ll see if that happens. something happened, not sure if american would come. right now the war between russia and, you know, ukraine, probably they would support financially but not physically, not maybe just sending missiles, that kind of thing, not really helping us. is it worrying to you about a possible invasion? sort of, but not too much. sort of, yeah. john: some residents of taiwan reacting to the threat from china as we wait to hear from the white house about
with more. happening right now in missouri search and rescue efforts are happening as a massive tornado ripped through the state. plus, what you need to know about what s being calleded the most consequential election in the year liberals have a won of the supreme court in a major battleground state that could shape the 2024 race. and in chicago a win for progressives in the highly watched mayoral race and just hours from now a high profile meeting between house speaker mccarthy and the president of taiwan despite warnings from beijing. how the chinese government is responding coming up this morning former president donald trump is plotting his next legal steps one day after becoming the first american president ever to appear in court as a criminal defendant. trump is accused of falsifying business records as part of what prosecutors say is an illegal conspiracy to undermine the 2016 election manhattan district attorney alvin bragg says hush money payments were made to
massive bridge linking russia to the annexed territory of crimea. why this is a big deal both strategically and symbolically and how ukrainian and russian officials are now reacting. also, a major shakeup in uvalde, texas. the school district suspends its entire police force and puts two officials on leave. how if families are reacting. plus hurricane ian blasted its way through florida, knocking out electricity to millions. one community in the storm s path never lost power. how they made it through relatively unscathed. hopeful news in the fight against breast cancer. new day starts right now. it s great to be with you this morning. it s saturday, october 8th. thank you so much for spending some of your morning with us. boris, sorry you re not. you re stuck with me now. that s right. we re grateful to have you, amara. i m so pumped that this is your new home. congratulations to amara walker, being named the new co-anchor of weekend new day. thank you. of