determine the balance of power here in washington. joe biden is spending like a drunken sailor at every single opportunity. he just says yes. i ve stood up to democrats when they re wrong on this issue including, by the way yes? including the president. when the president decided to do something dumb on this and change the rules, you know, that would create a bigger crisis, i told him he was wrong. back to that in a moment. up first, strong new economic numbers and why they just might clash with how you feel about things right now. the government s monthly jobs report came out, 263,000 jobs were added to the economy in september. and you see upward revisions in the july and august numbers, too. unemployment falling to the lowest level in 50 years. 3.5%. the superlatives are plenty. 21 consecutive months of job growth. half a million more jobs now than in february 2020. wage growth up, too, but a little bit slower. americans going back to the office. in normal time
what is the latest? well, certainly a significant, significant development here, something that the families have been wanting. and this is the most important thing really in this story. this community, the parents here, they have suspended, the school district now, moments ago in a press release, announcing they are sus ppending their schl police department. several officers at this police department. of course they have faced an enormous amount of scrutiny in their response for taking no action at all. they were there, had knowledge of the school, stood around and did nothing. so now comes word that this is something the families have wanted. also significant because of our reporting, we discovered they are announcing they are placing the lieutenant, miguel hernandez, the lieutenant he was the commander of this police department after they fired the former chief pete arredondo. what s important about miguel hernandez, he was responsible for vetting officer alejandro. he
lashing out over sweden joining finland in seeking nato membership. the kremlin is now threatening to retaliate. and there s a significant new development impacting the nationwide shortage of infant formula. a deal has just been reached to reopen a plant that was shut down because of a recall. how soon will desperately needed nourishment for america s babies are back on store shelves? we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . we begin with new evidence that the buffalo shooting suspect was plotting a racially motivated slaughter for months. visiting the city back in march, and potentially looking to attack a second store. cnn s brian todd is on the scene for us, following all the new developments tonight. this was a straight-up hate crime, pure evil. reporter: tonight, police revealing details about the meticulous planning that went into the massacre of ten people in a buffalo store
You could have missed it. if i wasn t paying attention, but i noticinged a small sign. his mouth moved slightly and my gut, i knew something was up and we were immediately, in town, luckily very close to lancaster to the hospital and came straight here. just an amazing story, something so small she noticed but ultimately could have saved his life. he is doing great, she says, and is expected to make a full recovery but wolf, he will not be out of the hospital by tomorrow. primary day here, you is the front runener that democratic primary, supposed to be in pittsburgh tomorrow night and giselle will be there making remarks, says we may see him virtually but may be at the hospital recovering. turning to the republican side of this primary, seeing a surging surging kathy barnett, coming out in the few last days a to compete with mehmen oz endorsed