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world. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." we begin this hour with very encouraging news for the u.s. economy. and for the biden administration. tonight the president is seizing on the much better than expected jobs report as he caps a week of unexpected successes. here is our white house correspondent jeremy diamond. >> today we received another outstanding jobs report. >> reporter: tonight president biden hailing another strong jobs report and promising more relief t...

Eastern flank and attend humanitarian events on the unfolding humanitarian crisis and across the border in ukraine, look at this devastating new video in from that mariupol theatre bombed nine days ago. ukrainian officials now say at least 300 people were killed in that attack. officials say hundreds could still be missing with initial estimates saying between 800 and 1300 people were there seeking refuge. remember, that was a shelter, wolf. >> so, so heartbreaking. you hear those horrendous sto...

Media and in conservative media by his minions. >> we know, barbara starr reporting, general milley is not going to comment on this. its not surprising, carl. your thoughts? >> hes not going to comment, but also i want to say something, what dana was just saying, this idea of the delusional deep state that is part of the trumpist agenda needs to be dismissed immediately. and we need to go back to the specifics and the expansion of the reporting on the authoritarian dangerous, and as milley himse...

Strikes, in the minds of the u.s. but very much a message to tehran, a message to bagdad to get the militias to stop doing this. >> very good point. barbara starr reporting from the pentagon. thank you very much. in an upcoming book, bill barr admits then president trumps allegations of election fraud were baseless and that barr knew that. he told jonathan carl in this book that comes out in november, quote, my attitude was it was put up or shut up time. if there was evidence of fraud, i had n...

They want to hear. ana? >> let me ask you about a related development, barbara. the three navy s.e.a.l.s. pictured with officer eddy gallagher will not face the review board. tell us more about that. >> yeah, thats right. of course gallagher -- this is what really led to spencer being fired. very complicated. there was going to be a review board, an impartial military review board of all of those navy s.e.a.l.s. being able to keep their s.e.a.l. status upon retirement. the president intervened i...

>> reporter: for the commanding officer of uss gladiator, the mission is making sure that if iran lays mines in the vital strait of armus waterway, the ship will be able to find and destroy them. >> we take it as a threat that is something that could happen and we need to be ready for and prepared for. >> reporter: u.s. military officials say that some of the new russian missiles and weapon systems going into iran are so strong with long ranges, very powerful that it means the u.s. military may ...

Im sure that secretary of state mike pompeo will be discussing this with the north koreans in the near future about really how to dismantle their programs in a year. if they have the strategic decision already made to do that and theyre cooperative, we can move very quickly. >> if they have the strategic decision made to do that. the trump administration has been saying ever since the singapore summit all is well, the north koreans are going to denuclearize. again, not so fast. its been defense ...

Case. wolf. >> absolutely, barbara starr reporting from the pentagon. how justice may consume washington and eventually change the country. well talk about the break iing news with chris cuomo. hes getting ready for tonights edition of cuomo prime time. why build a new high tensile steel chassis just to lower the driving position 10 millimeters? why forge intake valves out of titanium, simply to make them a few grams lighter? why make paddle shifters out of magnesium when aluminum would suffice?...

Policy success. hes got the mueller report looming over. weve got midterm elections. hes bullying our allies, trudeau, all of europe disdanes him, anger in the middle east over moving the embassy -- u.s. embassy to jerusalem, so he needs to at least come out with a symbolic win in singapore. that just might mean we got along well and were going to have future talks. there could be cultural exchanges, a few incremental policy advances. i dont believe this is going to be a grand slam. you played t...

Book now at lq.com. president trump said this weekend he just needs a few seconds with kim jong-un to know if the north korean leader is serious about making peace. the words he used, its my touch, my feel. thats what i do. after the pleasantries on tuesday officials are concerned about how much to trust any promises ordeals made by the north korean leader. kim has a well documented history of going back on his word. cnn pentagon barbara starr is joining us now. barbara, promising to get rid o...