the s&p 500 setting new record closes. we have fox team coverage, charles payne in new york tells us how this all plays into the big economic picture. we begin with white house correspondent kristin fisher and the president s spin on the numbers today. good evening, kristin. good evening, bret. no surprise here, the white house and republicans are interpreting today s jobs report in drastically different ways. the white house says it is proof that the country needs these massive multitrillion dollars spending bills now more than ever. but republicans argue that some of the things in that first big spending bill are precisely what led to these weaker than expected numbers. it may be the biggest miss in decades, forecasters predicted gains of close to a million jobs in april. buff when the data came out this morning it, revealed that the u.s. economy had only added 266,000. and the unemployment rate picked up to 6.6% to 6% in march. i want to put today s jobs report in pe
key models predicting that by mid-may, the u.s. will have more vaccine doses than people who want them. and those who are getting the vaccine, the cdc says nearly one in ten have missed their second dose. back in march that number was closer to 3.5%. meantime, for many americans who are fully vaccinated, a big question that remains top of mind is do i really still need to wear a mask outdoors? i know i have that question myself. and we are hearing that new guidance is coming soon. joining me now, the direct offer of national institute of allergy and infectious disease, dr. anthony fauci, also the chief medical adviser to president biden. welcome to the show. thank you for joining us on a thun afternoon. how you believe fromming is it to you that sometime in mid-may, just a couple of weeks from now the u.s. could have more doses of the vaccine than people who are willing to receive them? is that a troubling sign for you? no, not necessarily, jim. i mean, i think we are going
sect defended the administration s policies. the border is closed. we are expelling families. we are expelling single adults and we ve made a decision that we will not expel young, vulnerable children. but the message that the border is closed is not slowing the rate of new arrivals. a temporary overflow facility for up to 2,000 children is now being set up in west texas to handle what the administration acknowledges is the largest surge in 20 years. president biden says he plans to visit the border, quote, at some point as reporters questioned him about the white house response. i know what s going on in those facilities. what more can be done, sir? a lot more. we are in the process of doing it now. republicans are seizing on the issue to hammer the president for reversing the trump policies, and now even some democrats are criticizing the conditions of the holding facilities for the migrant children. texas democratic congressman henry cuellar provided these phot
nice to be with you i m frances rivera friday is here and we re ending the week with the coronavirus pandemic it has been over two months since the first covid-19 the wall street ending its fatality was reported in washington state best month in three decades on a now the death toll reached over down note. the dow tumbled 300 points but 63,000 with more than a million confirmed cases. finished out april up 11%. according to johns hopkins the s&p climbed 13% in april, university, nearly 154,000 the third biggest gain s patients have now recovered from the virus in the u.s world war ii one out of california, the navy hospital ship usns mercy sent some sailors to dry land. the crew arrived in los angeles five weeks ago to relieve stress on area hospitals. after requests of fema, about 40 service members are helping to treat elderly patients at a nursing home meanwhile, in northern california, the town of alliance declared itself free of coronavirus. a privately funded stud
increase, what few flights remain are quickly filling up, raising new concerns about proper safety and social distancing. it comes as jet blue becomes the first major u.s. airline to require all passengers to wear face masks. here s abc s gio benitez. reporter: six seconds of video getting a lot of attention online. a passenger on an american airlines flight saturday from new york to charlotte, nearly full, people sitting side by side, some wearing masks. erin strine recorded the video. what was this experience like? you get on this plane, you were surprised to see so many people. it was shocking. it was the first time i felt truly unsafe. i recognized the risk that i was taking by agreeing to be on an airplane in the first place. while i wanted to believe all of the precautions would be taken that i had read on the airline s websites, there are lots of asterisks there. reporter: the plane was about 85% full. the airline says it s leaving about half of its middle seat