out front tonight, china talks were. a top official of the chinese embassy in washington saying today, quote, taiwan as one of the very few issues that might take china and the united states to conflict, or even a war. this, coming soon after the white house summit to china s ambassador to condemn china s military activities near taiwan. activities, of course, that have gone into overdrive since has bicker nancy pelosi s visit to the island this week. today, 60 to chinese aircraft, 13 chinese warships, conducted activities around the taiwan straight. taiwan says 49 of those jets entered its air defense identification zone. chinese china releasing this video showcasing military readiness. showing lines of uniformed troops at the ready. look, this is the latest military propaganda video released by china yesterday, they put up this one, a rocket launch toward taiwan strait. they ve been conducting live fire exercises and they show multiple conventional missile launches. right b
world. i m wolf blitzer and you re 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 to americans struggling with stubbornly high prices. today there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there are more people working in america than at any point in american history. reporter: the unemployment rate dipping to 3.5% as the economy added 528,000 jobs last month. bucking expectations and tamping down fears of a recession. but the strong jobs report will do little to beat back inflation. americans number one concern. i know people will hear
A weeknight look at the news, featuring interviews, analysis and Panel Discussions hosted by Bret Baier. Jurors making comments on the weakness of the defense. Judge ellis said i see no earthly reason for a mistrial. Judge ellis tipped the names of jurors under seal citing threats he received but duncan doesnt sense any danger. Im not concerned. Had the verdict gone in the other way, i might have been. One thing that hasnt changed, paula duncans devotion to trump which was on display to her way to court. Every day when i drove i had my make America Great again hat in the backseat just as a reminder. Judge ellis said publicly sharing details of the deliberations could cause injury to the process but he told jurors they could do whatever they want. Paula duncan insists she did what she was told and kept an open mind even though she did have a make America Great again hat in the Parking Garage here at the courthouse. Bret peter doocy outside
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hill, thank you very much. to our viewers, thank you very much for watching. i am wolf blitzer in the situation room. you could always follow me on twitter and instagram at wolf blitzer. you could tweet the show at cnn s room. erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next, china retaliates warning the u.s. a potential war as it carries out a new military exercises dangerously close to taiwan. speaker pelosi s trip backfired big-time. plus, biden s agenda gets a big boost as it appears, right now, his budget packages on track to pass. one senator held it up until she got what she wanted. alex jones just ordered to pay $45 million in punitive damages to the family of sandy hook victim. but does this now mean for the conspiracy theorist? let s go out front. good evening, i m erin burnett.
senate still must merge their budget packages into a final bill this fall, this gunfight likely isn t over yet. bret: thank you. scientists studying the moon say they have found definitive evidence of water ice on the surface. they said most of the new found water ice is in the shadows of craters near the north and south poles of the moon. the scientists say this could possibly provide future human expeditions with a reliable source of water. up next, it s not just russia trying to influence the u.s. political system, will tell you who else is doing it. beyond our borders tonight, police in france say a man with severe psychiatric problems killed his mother and sister and seriously injured another woman in a knife attack in a suburb of paris. police shot and killed a man soon afterward today. isis is claiming responsibility but french prosecutors are not treating this attack as a terrorism case. police in southern bosnia say