Worlds ability to recover from the pandemic. Worlds ability to recover from the andemic. ,. ,. , Worlds Ability to recover from the andemic. ~. ,. ,. , masks are no more at least for vaccinated americans. The cdc says those whove had theirjabs can take their masks off anywhere, anytime. Indoors or out. We have all waited for this moment when we can get back to some sense of normalcy. And ive been speaking to the godfather of Shock Rock Alice cooper on his return to his hometown Of Detroit where he has just recorded a new album. Hello im Laura Trevelyan in washington. Christian fraser is in london. Israeli forces are massing on the border with gaza as the military considers plans for a possible ground invasion. Israel has continued its Air Strikes on gaza where people say they endured the worst night since the 2014 war. At least 83 people are reported to have been killed in gaza since monday. Seven people have died in israel. Palestinian militants have continued Firing Barrages of rock
bill. we ll explain when he s planning to do that and what s next for the president. plus, at least 98 people are dead after a fuel tanker exploded in sierra leone. we re live in free town. announcer: live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. terrifying accounts of concert goers fighting for their lives are emerging from friday s deadly crowd surge in houston, texas. and we re hearing from the artist whose at the center of it all. at least eight people were killed and scores of others injured when the massive crowd rushed the stage at the massive festival. the victims are all under 30 years old. one witness says all hell broke loose when rapper travis scott took the stage with people literally being crushed by the surging crowd. this is the message to them, scott posted on social media a short time ago. i just want to send out prayers to the ones that was lost last night. we re actually working right now to identify the families so we can hel
fighting for the oval and the airwaves. president biden kicking off his 2024 campaign with a major speech and a historical landmark in a key battleground state, as the republican front runner, donald trump, makes a final push in iowa days before the caucuses. we re tracking both. plus, secretary of state antony blinken is in the middle east again, as multiple flash points threaten to erupt into a regional conflict. and, as israel reveals its next phase of the war against hamas. and before he opened fire, the iowa school shooter is a belize a video on tiktok from a school bathroom. new details about the deadly shooting and the heroic actions of the principal. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. here in minutes, president biden will be arriving in pennsylvania one day before the third anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol, to kick off the 2024 campaign year with his pitch that this
this week, may just go down as one of the best weeks of joe biden s presidency to date. let s start with the economy, today, we got a truly stunning jobs report for july, u.s. employers added 528,000 jobs, more than doubling projections. and the unemployment rate, it fell to 3.5%. the last time the unemployment rate was that low was in 1969. 53 whole years ago. the economy is now recovered all of the nearly 22 million jobs lost since the start of the covid pandemic. president joe biden and his signature aviator sunglasses took a much deserved victory lap earlier today. we re almost had 10 million jobs. almost a 10 million jobs since i took office. that s the fastest job growth in history. today, there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there are more people working in america at any point in american history. in a relief for drivers all across america, gas prices have dropped nearly $1 from highs in june. highs that were driven in
all of the nearly 22 million jobs lost since the start of the covid pandemic. president joe biden and his signature aviator sunglasses took a much deserved victory lap earlier today. we re almost had 10 million jobs. almost a 10 million jobs since i took office. that s the fastest job growth in history. today, there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there are more people working in america at any point in american history. in a relief for drivers all across america, gas prices have dropped nearly $1 from highs in june. highs that were driven in large part by supply shock after vladimir putin started a war with ukraine. the average price of gas is now $4. and in many places, including in many red states, gas prices are well below $4 a gallon. president biden highlighted the seven-week decline in gas prices in his speech today. gas prices are coming down. down almost $1 a gallon from where they were just a month ago. and we are ma