friends, it s a jobs report smack dab in the middle of the presidential election. we have the details for you. plus hours after entering a not guilty plea donald trump filing a motion to sever his case from his accused co-conspirators, the former president wants to delay while others want a speedy trial so how will the judge respond? plus a record number of americans are packing in one last summer trip this labor day weekend. i m rahel solomon alongside kate bolduan and boris sanchez this morning and cnn news central starts right now. the latest jobs report has just crossed and here is what the report shows on the surface, 187,000 jobs were added last month, the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.8%, but there is so much more in there than just that. cnn s vanessa yurkevich has the details for us. what do you see inside these top line numbers? this is a good report, a little bit above expectations but still a comfortable number both on the jobs added and the unemplo
and happening right now at a d.c. court, a member of the proud boys facing sentencing for his role on january 6th, how long he could face behind bars. good day to you, it s 10:00 this friday morning eastern time. i m peter alexander reporting from washington, we are going to begin with that breaking economic news, the u.s. economy adding 187,000 jobs in the last month, in the month of august, nearly 20,000 more than what the analysts have been predicting. the unemployment rate, as you note, it went up about, well, 0.3% to 3.8%. the highest place it s been since february of last year. we want to get to nbc news business and data reporter brian cheung. he is at the big board with the very latest on all of this. brian, walk us through these numbers and what you find significant. yeah, good morning, peter. there s a lot of numbers in here. let s add a little bit of context to help us understand exactly what it is we re looking at. as you mentioned, 187,000 jobs. that s how
apparently in la la land but this is cnn tonight. it is a very busy news night and for covering all of it for, you we ve got our breaking news, the man hunt going on right now for a convicted murderer who broke out of a prison in pennsylvania today. danilo is on the run after escaping the chester county prison, which is about 30 miles west of philadelphia. he had been sentenced to life without parole last week for the murder of his former girlfriend, stabbed 38 times everyone in front of her two young children. the dea says, quote, his depravity knows no bounds and this is someone who has nothing to lose, unquote. we have the very latest on the manhunt with dozens of law enforcement agencies, canine units are out, drones are, out helicopters, and we ll talk with that be a. plus, the very jailbird on trump turned himself in just one week ago in georgia is now the scene of a deadly violent act. and inmate was killed and at least two others injured in a mass stabbing and this
the unemployment rate with an unexpected jump from 3.5 to 3.8% all pointing to an economic cooldown after that post pandemic boom. experts reacting this way. the 3.8% is the biggest surprise. the unemployment rate is actually a pretty meaningful indicator. a lot of times that s one of the first places that we see a recession coming on. so jumping to 3.8 is potentially the start of something concerning. unemployment rate is pretty shocking. the uaw goes on strike as many anticipate, i guess we might cross over 4%. there is no doubt the yellow bankruptcy impact of the numbers. sandra: we heard the trucking company yellow filed for bankruptcy leaving 30,000 people without jobs. the actors strike in hollywood and white house announcing new regulations with more negative impact on businesses, new wage standards for construction workers and extended overtime pay. steve moore, former economic advisor to president trump joining us ahead of the president s speech a few moments f
gets there, we ll take you there as well. but on the cleanup and investigation following the death the collapse of the bridge earlier this week, we hope to get some news from the governor. now, let s go to msnbc s julia chester, 20 from baltimore. julia, as we await this update, i know oakland arrives to begin this very dangerous task of clearing up the wreckage. what can you tell us about the efforts? alex, you can see a little bit behind me, the site of the bridge, and one of the cranes in the distance, which are pretty much standing by to really get working. there is a whole category of equipment heading to baltimore, including 7 floating cranes. the navy is providing 4. 1, overnight, another, set to come here monday. in addition to 10 tugboats, 8 salvage vessels, 9 barges and 5 coast guard boats. they are sparing no resource to get this done. it is a challenging, unprecedented salvage operation , made particularly difficult by the conditions in the water and the fact th