Our moms and dads struggling to purchase diapers, our child care providers and workers who have continued to look after our kids, our family caregivers who are helping iowa seniors and those most at risk during this pandemic. And to ensure we are prepared for whatever might come next, lets not only focus on the immediate needs but on the long term. National priority for critical medical supplies and other materials to be produced right here in the United States of america. We should never again depend on a foreign nation to protect our citizens, especially one like the communist party of china, which has been continually and unsurprisingly deceptive about this threat from the very beginning. Folks, while we still have a ways to go before we can return to life as we know it, we will get through this. And when we do, we will revive the great economy we built together and prepare for an Even Stronger future together. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor. Mrs. Capito mr. President
it is good to be back with you for this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead this hour, the welcome surprise from the december jobs report showing the u.s. labor market closed out 2023 with a bang. plus, former blade runner, oscar pistorius out on parole after serving almost a decade in prison for murdering his girlfriend. how her family is responding. the latest from iowa where that horrific school shooting has rocked the community of perry. new reporting on how the school s principal acted to save his students. and house democrats and their push to get supreme court justice clarence thomas off the key 2024 ballot. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that new jobs report. nbc senior business report christine roman is with us. give us the big adnes. look, it was a sol i woul - solid end to the year, 216 new jobs in december. they eected the job market to keep slowing because of the fed rate increases, and the job
situation to give others the opportunity to leave the cafeteria. mercy one medical center is one of two hospitals that responded to this incident. it s a level two trauma center. they saw two of the victims. the remaining three were transported about a mile away to unity point methodist medical center. that s a level one trauma center, so victims with more serious injuries were likely transported there. as of today, representatives from both hospitals say they are treating some victims, but it s unclear exactly how many. what is clear, though, chris, is that the community is still reel from an attack that in the words of governor kim reynolds has shaken the state to its core. there was a vigil held at wise park in perry, iowa, the location where many students were first reunited with their family. emotions were high when they gathered there last night. hundreds gathered. pastors delivered messages of hope and community in both english and spanish. nbc attended that candlelight vigil an