one of the factors driving inflation is this nationwide labor shortage. it continues. take a look at these brand-new job numbers. a mere 128,000 added jobs to the private sector just last month. this is less than half what was expected. it marks the slowest growth since the start of the pandemic. bill: if that doesn t make you feel better this won t, either. gas prices hitting another record high, $4.71 a gallon. we have hit a daily new high almost every day over the past month. sandra: people are feeling it. president biden saying there is no near-term solution to the problem and now the head of a major american bank is forecasting disaster. it is a hurricane. right now it s sunny, things are doing fine. everyone thinks the fed can handle this. that hurricane is right out there down the road coming our way. we just don t know if it s a minor one or super storm sandy. bill: north lawn of the white house, a lot of fires to put out there. jacqui heinrich begins our day.
Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york along with my colleague and friend, Chris Jansing, as history is being made in that Lower Manhattan courtroom. Donald trump is the first former president of the United States to stand as a defendant in a criminal trial. At any moment, could be facing the first witness to testify against him. Thats expected to be former National Enquirer publisher, david pecker. Hes likely to be pressed about alleged efforts to bury damaging stories about donald trump during the 2016 election. Earlier this morning, prosecutors gave their open statement, accusing mr. Trump of a criminal conspiracy to hide embarrassing relationships by preventing them from getting into the press, thus influencing the outcome of the 2016 election then covering it all up. The defense followed saying that mr. Trump did not commit any crimes, describing him as not just the republican nominee, but as the frugal business man, also a husband and a father. Defense lawyer todd bla
Back to August 2015 where prosecutors will ultimately ask him about a Trump Tower Meeting between him with Michael Cohen and Donald Trump. Where the allegation is that the Catchandkill Scheme was first concocted. It was a year later when karen mcdougals story, the former Playboy Model who alleged a tenmonth affair with Donald Trump, and stanlsz who had an alleged onenight affair with Donald Trump, ultimately those stories were bought either by ami or through Michael Cohen before the 2016 election. The opening statements really laid the foundation for both sides about where they intend to take this trial. For the d. A. s side, they made it clear they are going to call up Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen and paint a construct of a conspiracy, a longhatched conspiracy to protect Donald Trump politically from damaging stories, and one that included an acknowledgment by Donald Trump that he would eventually
more recent concerns being raised in the last few days, the director of the movie also making several, more than 30 trips to the titanic records himself, and he has been speaking out about similar concerns are so this is a timeline dating all the way back five years or so, even before the titan was fully operational in terms of going to the steps. operational in terms of going to the steps- operational in terms of going to the steps. can you bring us date and to the steps. can you bring us date and recovery to the steps. can you bring us date and recovery efforts - to the steps. can you bring us date and recovery efforts to l date and recovery efforts to pick up the debris of the titan submersible? these recovery efforts are continuing, and they are being led by some of these remotely operated vehicles, there is at least one in the area that will continue to scour the ocean floor, some two and a half miles below the surface, looking at the debris itself, we know that five key piec
until there was a certification done. interestingly, this was back in 2018. the first dive to the site of the titanic wreckage was in 2021, so this was several years before the titan started making these trips. and also, more recent concerns being raised in the last few days the director of the movie titanicjames cameron, who s also made several more than 30 trips to the titanic wreckage himself. he s been speaking out about similar concerns. so, this is a timeline dating all the way back five years or so, even before the titan was fully operational in terms of going to those depths. and carl, can you bring us date on recovery efforts to pick up the debris of the titan submersible? these recovery efforts are continuing and they re being led by some of these rovs remotely operated vehicles. there is at least one in the area that will continue to scour the ocean floor, some 2.5 miles below