You know i could do this all day. I really could. But i wont. I wont. Okay. One more. One more. Know i could do this l day. I really could. One more. Donald trump calls africanamericans thugs, muslims terrorists, latinos rapists and criminals and women bimbos. Hillary clinton believes racism, hatred, injustice and bigotry have no place in our country. She fights for us. I have to say, i do just love to see how she gets under Donald Trumps thin skin. Good morning. It is tuesday, june 28th. June 28th. Yes. Oh, my gosh. You know what meacham was telling me june 28th. It was a massive day. It was, as jon said, the battle of Sullivan Island, the first in 1776. I feel like theres something on the schedule. The first decisive victory over brits. They were fighting over the restaurants in charleston. The creation of carolina day. Okay. From the battles of today. That happened today. Thats not what i was talking about. With us on set we have managing editor of Bloomberg Politics and cohost of a
Report on va hospitals across the u. S. Did excessive wait times lead to the deaths of some of americas veterans . Hello, im whole repowolf blitzer reporting from washington. Were following breaking news in the break through in fighting between militants in gaza and israel. Officials announced a new ceasefire has been reached, israel only a few moments later said it has accepted the truth. Power correspondent reza sehe is joining us from cairo right now. Reza, walk us through the details. What do we know about this ceasefire . Wolf, i think whats important to stress is this does not address the core demands, the core issues that have been the source of this. A temporary ceasefire where both sides have agreed to stop fighting, which is good news, and at some point return to cairo and engage in indirect negotiations. We spoke to a senior egyptian official a short time ago. And he essentially tells cnn that this is the same initiative, the same agreement that was on the table one week ago
Were expecting it to begin about 14 minutes from now. As craig melvin mentioned, right before the top of the hour, our thoughts and prayers and concerns today, right this minute, are with a former president and a former first lady. George h. W. Bush 41 and barbara bush are both hospitalized, both in Methodist Hospital in houston, texas. Though, the medical circumstances of the former president took a bad turn overnight and into the morning. They had to sedate the former president to clear his airway, both former president and former first lady are hospitalized for respiratory issues. White house correspondent Chris Jansing is standing by with an update on all of it. Reporter let me start with what i think well hear from the president , which is expressing his concern for former president goenchts h. W. Bush, and barbara bush. He suffers from a form of parkinsons. Hes been hospitalized before with breathing problems. Any time youre 92 years old and you have a problemlike pneumonia, it i
Month. A strong rebound. We had been worried about that number we saw in february, what was happening in the American Economy, were we starting to see, you know, global winds biting here in the United States and it looks as though that february number was an anomaly. The last three months to get 180,000 on average the last three months. That Shows Companies are still hiring. The Unemployment Rate down to 3. 8 , thats pretty much steady with where it had been. You look at that number, thats a generational low. That shows you a full recovery from the great recession. So where were the jobs . In business and Information Services 34,000 new jobs there, specifically in Architectural Engineering services, Computer Systems design, that is a good job category here, also in management and technical consulting services. Look over there in the middle of your screen, healthcare that has been a steady performer now for years. There are jobs all along the wage spectrum in healthcare that continue to
Worse. And escape plans. He made extraordinary escapes from two prisons in mexico and now authorities worry that the notorious drug lord el chapo could do the same in this country. Whats behind their concern. Wolf blitzer is off. Im jim acosta and this is a situation room special report. He may have bonded with his japanese host over golf and sumo wrestling, but President Trumps real affinity seems to be with north korean dictator kim jongun as he wraps up his tokyo trip, the president has undercut japans Prime Minister shinzo abe and his own National Security adviser by saying hes not personally bothered by north koreas latest shortrange missile test and doesnt see the launches as violations of United Nations resolutions. And the president could not resist the chance to agree with north koreas declaration that democratic frontrunner joe biden is a, quote, lowiq fool, even as the president called kim jongun a very smart man. Ill talk with congressman Gerry Connolly on the oversight and