just enough jobs added to tout and just enough lost that it may start to cool the economy. but how will voters see today s numbers as they head to the polls? plus, donald trump very big on the very for 2024. i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? [ cheers and applause ] but will federal investigations catch up with him first very? and kevin durant tries to talk about the anti-semitic comments that got his teammate kyrie irving suspended and now forced to clarify what he meant. welcome back to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. it s crunch time. four days left for candidates to make their closing arguments to voters before tuesday s election. the trend suggests the republicans are well positioned to take the house, but control of the senate rests on a knife s edge which means every race is criminal. democrats got a moral boost today shows the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs last month. but a separate measurement of the unemployment rate ticked
battleground goes bionic? the lead starts right now. one of the most anticipated debates of the year. john fetterman versus mehmet oz as this political season kicks into overdrive for candidates nationwide. plus, distraction for democrats. the anger and outrage over a letter to president biden now retracted. and moscow shuts down an appeal to release brittney griner from a russian prison. is there any hope left to bring the wnba star home? welcome to the lead. we ll get to the midterms in just a moment. first, a significant step for the justice department and its investigation into the january 6th attack. sources tell cnn the doj is trying to force the testimony of pat cipollony and patrick philbin, the top two lawyers from donald trump s white house, and hear about their conversations with the former president. this is exclusive new reporting, so let s get right to cnn s sarah murray. this is an attempt to break through a firewall of sorts trump has used to avoid scr
former federal prosecutor andy mccarthy is standing by. first, david spunt who has been covering this all along, this very quick verdict. very quick verdict. we re talking three hours and ten minutes. when you have a verdict that quick, it s not favorable to the defendant. steve bannon, the former white house adviser to former president donald trump convicted on two counts of criminal contempt of congress. willful failure to appear before testimony before january 6. guilty. count two, willful failure to provide records guilty. steve bannon s team didn t put on a defense. bannon did not testify in his own defense, which was thought that he would. the government put on a case for about a day. jury selection began just on monday, a few days ago. this was an incredibly quick trial. steve bannon s team was upset. they filed a motion. last night in front of millions in the january 6 committee hearing, the committee played this audio clip of bannon from october of 2020. listen.
strained relationship between china and the united states. and on capitol hill, kyrsten sinema is in the spotlight. the arizona senator is staying sigh leapt on whether she will support a major bill for her own party. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we re going to begin with that major victory for abortion rights. voters in kansas have rejected an effort to remove the right to the procedure from the state s constitution. this marks the first time abortion rights was put to a vote since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade back in june. with the november midterms coming up, the kansas vote signals that abortion could be an energizing issue. according to an associated press estimate, turnout for yesterday s primary far exceeded other recent contests with about 900,000 kansas voters casting a ballot. president biden celebrated the win, writing in part, this vote makes clear what
exactly! don t delay the game with verizon or t-mobile 5g home internet. catch it on the xfinity 10g network. right now on early start, escape from gaza. foreign nationals gather at the gate this hopes that they too will be able to cross into egypt today. plus no accounting, donald trump jr. back on the stand after telling the court he did not handle his father s financial statements. and going nowhere at least for now. george santos no plans to quit after he survived a vote to excel him from the house. good morning, i m kasie hunt. it is thursday, november 2, 5:00 a.m. in new york, 11:00 a.m. in hamas where officials say there were more heavy israeli airstrikes overnight and into this morning. this time in the vicinity of the hospital and civilians in the jabalia refugee camp are digging out from an airstrike wednesday by israeli airplanes, send in o second in as many days. 80 were killed and dozens injured. several hundred have crossed into egypt. at least two ame