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Scuff defense. right now, get incredible savings on select behr ultra® paints, starting at $29.98* u.s. stocks finished fridays trading session mixed, but wall streets main indices remain near all-time highs. the summer of recovery, though, may have run out of steam. hiring has taken a big hit from the delta variant, and now joe biden admits the recovery is falling short. while unemployment dipped to 5.2%, just 235,000 jobs were added in august. thats nearly half a million fewer than economis...

October 2018 mass murder their, which he didnt. the allegedly asking a foreign leader to mislead the world about what is happening in afghanistan. it may not shock the census. what did shock many was the jobs report that our employers added just 235,000 payrolls last month. far fewer than expected 720,000. >> unemployment rate dropped to 5.2% and however the jobs of words showed the rate of unemployment actually rose up to 8.8% up to a .2% in july. and the slow learning hiring spree. we will see...

Month. >> reporter: call it the delta drag. jobs growth slowed in august as the delta variant surged. after very strong hiring in june and july, august was the slowest job growth since january. and the very sector that drove so much of the job gains this year stalled. hiring in leisure and hospitality was flat. employment in that sector is still down about 10% since before the pandemic. job losses last month were in retail stores, even without renewed lockdowns, americans are turning more cautio...

That the us economy is growing consistently. today we learned the economy created 235,000 newjobs in august, and the unemployment rate fell to 5.2%, the lowest it has been in 18 months. but despite the impact of the delta variant, and ill talk a little more about that in a minute, what were seeing is an economic recovery thats durable and strong. the biden plan is working. were getting results. so is the biden plan working? our business reporter samira hussain is in new york. i think we first ha...

I know what weve seen this year is continued growth, month after month, in job creation. theres no question the delta variant is why todays job report isnt stronger. >> president biden there citing the delta variant for a weaker than expected jobs report, even as unemployment fell to 5.2%, 235,000 new jobs added in august, but below the 720,000 predicted. joining me, jonathan alter, nbc political analyst, and also presidential historian. good to see you. take us inside the white house right now....

Million people will officially stop receiving the additional $300 a week in unemployment benefits granted to them by the c.a.r.e.s. act. a special program set up to support gig and nontraditional workers will also expire this comes on the heels of a disappointing jobs report on friday. the u.s. labor department says in august, unemployment fell from 5.4% to 5.2%, thats a good thing and it was in line with predictions, but the important number is not unemployment, its the number of jobs added. th...

Taliban government. meanwhile the taliban claim to be making advances in the panjshir valley, the only part of afghanistan they dont control. president biden has been touring one of the areas of louisiana that was hardest hit by hurricane ida last weekend. us presidentjoe biden has defended his record on the economy, after the rate ofjob growth slowed down in the last month. fewer jobs were created in the us august than at any other month this year. just under a quarter of a million people were ...

This is bbc news, the latest headlines: the uk and the eu say they wont recognise afg hanistan�*s new taliban government. meanwhile the taliban claim to be making advances in the panjshir valley, the only part of afghanistan they dont control. president biden has been touring one of the areas of louisiana that was hardest hit by hurricane ida last weekend. us presidentjoe biden has defended his record on the economy, after the rate ofjob growth slowed down in the last month. fewerjobs were cre...

Dozens and dozens and dozens of cars marooned, stranded. >> reporter: across the big apple first responders rescued hundreds from submerged cars including commuters stuck in stopped subway trains. >> roughly somewhere between 15 and 20 trains did get stranded and folks needed to be rescued. >> reporter: in central park 5.2 inches of water fell in just three hours. a one in 500-year rainfall event. >> my message to everyone affected is were all in this together. the nation is here to help. >> rep...

Recovery. the united states adding a very disappointing 235,000 jobs in august with the unemployment rate dropping to 5.2%. the big, big question today is with most benefits gone, why are there still so many open jobs and how much is the delta variant disrupting return to normal? marty walsh will be here to answer that question. and devastation across the northeast. 48 people confirmed dead. we were talking with two separate disasters unfolding notice northeast and south. the death toll rising...