motors all wrong? john: electric vehicle push the latest issue fueling criticism that president biden is out of touch with everyday americans. sandra: barely been 24 hours now since the big celebration at the white house, the president celebrating his massive climate and social spending plan yesterday, even while rising inflation numbers sent the stock market into a tailspin. welcome back, as america reports rolls into hour two. we are keeping our eye there in the motor city, i m sandra smith in new york. great to be with you, john. john: i m john roberts in washington. the president in detroit. the city where thousands of workers are losing their jobs in the name of going green. prices continue to hammer american families. people are hurting, and then they look at washington and they say how are you not noticing? how does joe biden have a celebratory speech as the numbers come out knowing that people are hurting? john: senator rick scott is standing by. first to
script and inspiring america. good evening everyone pessimism about the state of the american economy turned to welcome surprise today with new numbers confirming the nation is still cranking out jobs at a brisk pace a whopping 528,000 new jobs added last month. the unemployment rate dropping to 3.5%, tying the prepandemic low. the figures suggesting the country has not edged off into a recession. not to be ignored however inflation. still eating into pay checks and a federal reserve poised to raise the key interest rate next month for the fifth time this year in an effort to slow the economy and bring prices down. after suffering bad economic headlines for weeks an enthusiastic president biden today trumpeting the job gains with the steady drop in gas prices kelly o donnell reporting now from the white house. reporter: an unexpected summer scorcher the hot jobs market. employers added twice the number of jobs predicted for july 528,000. the unemployment rate dropping to
and stolen. that view was wrong then and it is wrong today. that comes as the justice department is ramping up its criminal investigation into the fake electors scheme that was concocted by trump and his allies with federal agents delivering grand jury subpoenas to at least four people yesterday. this is at a scale that we had not seen before from doj. it raises questions about how deep they are in to the fake elector scheme with their investigations. we will have much more on that in just a moment. that is the justice department branch of all of this. the congressional side of the investigation picks up in a few hours with a new hearing focused on the former president s pressure campaign to get the department of justice to intervene in the 2020 election. joining me now ellie honig former federal prosecutor. we can tell a lot by this witness list today. we can, john. let s set the scene. mid-december 2020 now it s about a month and change after the election, we are a few
coming right up. sandra: begin america reports with the supreme court striking down a new york gun law that could have far-reaching implications for the nation s largest cities. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to be with you, john. john: john roberts in washington, welcome to the thursday edition of america reports. justices ruling 6-3, harder to carry a concealed handgun in public if you live in new york and similar laws in other big states will likely be challenged as a result of today s decision. this as the nation awaits another major ruling on abortion, sparked protests outside the home of conservative justices and attacks on pro life centers across the country. sandra: the latest incident in jackson, michigan, 80 miles west of detroit. congressman says several windows were broken and the front door smashed at the building he shares with a pro life group and the vandals left their calling card in a spray painted message on a sign outsid
to argue the negative, that electing republicans in the future would be akin to electing terrorists who would seek to blow up our entire system. this is just an extra ordinarily dangerous course for republicans to be taking in terms of our democracy. the republican party can no longer say they don t agree with the insurrectionist, the bigots, the racists. there may now be people aligned with what s a premises or in congress. how you protect the country from them? it could be that we have a republican majority in congress this fall, and if that happens, you may see republicans in congress wanting to cut the money to the department of justice to turn the lights out. we may lose our democracy. laura: the attorney general issued ominous warnings. the top domestic threat comes from racially or ethnically motivated violence, extremist, specifically those who advocate for the superiority of the white race. laura: they announced new task forces. i decided to establish