spending pools, that move is gonna force desantis to file paperwork within the next 15 days. that s officially acknowledging his intentions to run for president for the first time. even though he hasn t officially announced yet, he has been acting like a presidential candid for several weeks. yesterday, travel to the early republican primary state of iowa. where he attended a pair of events and met with voters. super pac backing him had to santa s 2024 signs, merchandise available yesterday s event and during a speech, he turned his attention to the election. as bad as things are going right now, if things do not go well for us republicans in 2024 it s gonna get a whole lot worse. we must reject the culture of losing that isn t affected our party in recent years. the time for extra races is over. we gotta demonstrate the courage to lead and the strength to win. if we do that, if we make 2024 election a referendum on joe biden and his failures. if we provide a positive alt
now it s time for the last word, with ali velshi in for lawrence. good evening, ali. you set me up well with that conversation about having an economy that s working now, but not without hurdles and pitfalls, and this is not a good time to be messing with it. to be messing with it without insane list of demands that would never come to fruition. correct. and probably can t even passer own conference. correct. so thank you for that. and you have yourself a great weekend, it will see you next week. you too, buddy. our economic plan is working. that s the message from president biden today in, it has been his consistent message about the recovery from the pandemic since his election. today s jobs report showed united states economy added 311,000 net new jobs last month. that is way higher than the predicted 225,000 from dow jones. today s jobs report also gave us an incredibly low unemployment rate. 3.6%. now that s higher than the unemployment rate from last month
that would never come to fruition. correct. and probably can t even passer own conference. correct. so thank you for that. and you have yourself a great weekend, it will see you next week. you too, buddy. our economic plan is working. that s the message from president biden today in, it has been his consistent message about the recovery from the pandemic since his election. today s jobs report showed united states economy added 311,000 net new jobs last month. that is way higher than the predicted 225,000 from dow jones. today s jobs report also gave us an incredibly low unemployment rate. 3. 6%. now that s higher than the unemployment rate from last month, which was 3. 4%. but there s actually reason for that. it s a good one. it rose because more people were encouraged to drop into the workforce and look for. a job. 242,000 more americans enter the workforce looking for a job, to be exact. he s president joe biden today. the job is about a lot more than a payche
he is told he can testify before a grand jury investigating a hush money payment to an adult film star. is this a sign criminal charges are coming next? meantime, new 2024 polling from iowa puts trump at the top of the list in favorability. florida governor ron desantis right behind him, and making his first visit today to the state is a possible contender. we re live from iowa. new developments in the kidnapping and killing of americans in mexico. what the drug cartel blamed for the violence is now claiming in a new letter. and another devastating storm system in the forecast. heavy snow in the chicago area, and in california, a fear of flooding as people are still trapped. and we re keeping a very close eye on the white house, where president biden is expected to speak at any moment on the better than expected february jobs report. we ll bring you those remarks when they begin. there you see our live shot at the white house. the president expected to speak any momen
potential economic disaster, nbc news has learned that staff for former president biden and congressional leaders were set to meet again today to compromise on the debt ceiling. republicans are by house leader kevin mccarthy want to make raising the debt ceiling contingent on an agreement to cut spending in unravel key pieces of president biden s agenda. but president biden wants a clean bill that raises the debt ceiling with no conditions at all, which is what happened three times under donald trump s presidency. treasury secretary janet yellen says of the debt ceiling is not raised, america could default on its loans as early as june 1st. i want to go straight to nbc news capitol hill correspondent, julie tsirkin. julie, good morning to. you thank you for being with. us i guess i have to ask you this question, as somebody who covers this. in a normal world, these would be negotiations. staff of congressional leaders