Afghanistan, the drawdown in the next few days . President biden no. Were on track exactly as to where we expected to be. But we just i wanted to make sure there was enough Running Room that we could get wouldnt be able to do it all until september. A rational drawdown with our allies. There is nothing unusual about it. Are you worried the afghan government might fall . President biden we were in that war for 20 years, 20 years. And i think i met with the afghan government here in the White House in the oval. I think they have the capacity to be able to sustain the government. There will have to be more negotiations down the road, i suspect. But i am concerned that they deal with the internal issues that they have to be able to generate the kind of support they need nationwide to maintain the government. [inaudible question] if there is evidence that kabul is threatened as some intelligence reports it could be in six months or thereabouts, do you think you have the capability to help p
We head into a Holiday Weekend with Gas Prices hitting a sevenyear high and americans paying a whole lot more At The supermarket. Dana Mark Meredith is following this story from washington for us. Good morning. New economic data from the labor department. The Unemployment Rate just unde from the month prior. Good news. Employers adding more jobs than what economists were expecting. Government reporting some 850,000 nonfarm jobs added last month. Where were the jobs added . No surprise, Leisure And Hospitality. Restaurants and hotels are selling out and professional businesses services as people go back to work. Fewer jobs added in manufacturing than you may expect and some jobs lost in construction. One of President Bidens advisors is calling the Jobs Report fantastic. The White House is still to insist the recovery has a long way to go. Critics say the president s push to spend trillions of dollars could crush the economic growth after the pandemic. They want to spend so much money. T
The rain, one of the bests counting on a big Fourth Of July weekend. Bests counting on a big Fourth Of July weekend. So why are there still so many open jobs . Well dig into the economic picture, what it means for you, and getting answers from the experts including Labor Secretary Marty walsh. But i want to start with an a allstar panel to help us break this down. Doug Holtz Eakin is president of the miles an Hour Action Form and former economic adviser to john mccain. And jason furman, council of economic advisers during the obama administration, John Hope bryant, founder of a nonprofit focused on financial literacy. And also an Economics Professor at northeastern university. Jason, Take A Look at this jobs number. What are your thoughts of where we are in the recovery . This was a good month for jobs. It exceeded expectations. If we can keep jobs at this pace and think that we can for a number of months, well be well on our way to repairing things. There are some mixed signals here.
Is the draw down going to be done in the next few days. Were on track exactly where we expect it to be. We want today make sure there is enough Running Room to make sure that we would not be able to do it all nm september. It is a rational draw down with our allies. So there is nothing unusual about it. Were in afghanistan for 20 years now. And i think i met with the afghan government here and in the White House. And i think they have the capacity to sustain a government, theyre going to have to be down the road, but i am concerned that they deal with the eternal issues to be able to generate the kind of support they need nationwide to maintain the government. If there is evidence that kabul is threatened, some of the intelligence reports suggesting that it could be in six months. Do you think you have the capability to help provide any kind of air support, military support, to keep the support . We have worked out a Ka Pass they can be value added, but the afghans will have to do it.
Families as rescuers stop the search for now. Nancy pelosi makes her picks for a committee to investigate the capitol insurrection. One, Liz Cheney who may face more punishment from her own pa pa party. And the Arizona Voting rights restrictions are upheld. We begin with a huge final Day Message from the Supreme Court. Two decisions as the court wraps the term. In both decisions the conservative decision tilted the decision. Arizona, the decision is enormous because of Coast To coast republican efforts to restrict Voting Rights. Democrats challenge two arizona rules. One, that tosses out ballots when voters show up at the wrong pre precinct. The ruling was 63. That a reflection of the courts powerful conservative majority and it sends a clear signal this court believes states get wide latitude in the voting rules. We are joined with the big final day decisions. Very big, indeed. And the take away from this is that this is going to make it a lot harder for challengers of these Voting La