it s a choice, a choice between two fundamentally different versions of america. in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? i m not here to compare anyone s atrocities or tragedies their families have dealt with. i m here to continue to expose sins that our world continues to put in darkness. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. well, it is friday, november 4th, 8 a.m. here in london. that s 4 a.m. in new york. and 1 a.m. in california where u.s. president joe biden will be waking up today just four days until the mid-terms. mr. biden spoke at a campaign event near san diego on thursday night. this weekend he ll appear at a pennsylvania rally with his old boss, former president barack obama. across the u.s. candidates are making their final pitches for control of congress and dozens of governorships are on the line in texas where democrat beto o rourke
i m jose diaz-balart we begin this busy hour with breaking news. the brand new jobs report shows the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs in october. which is higher than expected, but the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% from last month s 3.5%. this as the hispanic unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%. the black unemployment rate remains mostly unchanged and there you see the numbers at 5.9%. it s the last jobs report before election day on tuesday with the economy and the cost of living ranking as the top issue on voters minds headed to the polls. joining us with more is business and data reporter brian chung. whatever your takeaways. i want to rehighlight again the numbers we got about an hour and a half ago. in september we had 315,000 jobs added. the new jobs for october showing 261,000 jobs added in the month. but something that caught a lot of attention was the 3.7% unemployment rate that we clocked in as of october. that was a little bit higher than the 3.5% that we g
scrambled dozens of fighter jets in response to a large number of north korean military aircraft detected near the south korean border. about 180 million north korean airplanes were trapped. they were put in a readiness posture to respond to any potential threat. meanwhile, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations says the u.n. security council will meet today to discuss the worsening situation on the korean peninsula. blake essig is joining us live here. we re hearing a lot stimulated by north korea s actions. what efforts are being made to decrease these tensions? reporter: look, bianca, as you mentioned, there haven t been any missiles flying back and forth between north and south korea today, but the
f-35 stealth fighter jets this morning in response to that swarm of north korean military aircraft. as we ve been talking about, there are 100 or so american fighter planes taking part in large scale joint military exercises with the south koreans right now. those american pilots were put on alert. they weren t ultimately scrambled against the north koreans. on the diplomatic front, the u.n. security council is going to meet later today in new york to discuss the situation here on the korean peninsula. jose, right now, it is not looking like they are actually going to vote on any resolutions. it looks like this is just going to be a chance for the united states and its allies to voice their deep concern about what the north is up to. and the reality is, u.n. security council resolutions on north korea only really work if the u.s., if russia and china can get together and agree on them. jose, right now tensions are so high between the big powers over ukraine, over taiwan, that it is