Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Paul manafort spent 2. 2 million on Home Entertainment technology. Including 10,000 on a karaoke system. A lot of details prosecutors packed in. We will hear more from his accountant today as they delve into his finances. Dave and kaylee. Thank you, jessica. Can the u. S. Economy keep up the pace of swift job creation . We get a look at the labor market this morning when the July Jobs Report is released. Economists are expecting 190,000 new positions. The Unemployment Rate is expected to tick down to 3. 9 . It rose in june as more than 600,000 americans got off the sidelines and entered the labor market looking for work. The big mystery has been wages. That number expected to hold steady at 2. 7 annual rate. Wages have been stuck in that range for the past three years. As the labor market tightens, wages rise, but the growth has been slow since the great recession. Wall street is looking at where the jobs are created. S
ivanka trump s reaction was baffling in that regard. she effectively suggested that the question was ridiculous. in fact, her family seems to believe the press is the enemy of the people. ivanka also told michake all that they are not responsible for the separation of the families at the border. why isn t ivanka trump applauded for breaking with her father? she wasn t applauded for it at home. should she be applauded for showing break here and showing she is willing to stand up and have her own voice? i think a lot of people may be with you on that. she did break with her father. that is difficult of itself. the other end of the spectrum will say how is she doing when she asked about breaking with her father. what is she doing to help shift policies? i think that is one of the big criticisms of her with the family separation thing.
speculation, former fbi director james comey will break his silence when he testifies before the senate intelligence committee. comey expected to open up about his interactions with president trump including the allegations that trump pressured him to stop his investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. here to discuss that, michake, former federal prosecutor and former independent counsel. also special assistant to robert mueller, the man tapped to be special counsel, which means you are just the man we need to be talking to today. thank you for being with us. thank you. so am i playing it up too big, or is this truly potentially history that we may watch? potentially it s history depending on what comey says. comey has three broad areas to talk about. the first area is his direct interactions with the president. there was the meeting in the oval office in february with