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and well go inside the negotiations. and this cnn exclusive, sources say donald trumps legal team is now talking to the justice department. it signals that there is a big and ugly fight coming over what the former president can shield from federal investigators. but we begin the hour with a wow. the july jobs report gives president biden important economic momentum on employment hitting a 50 year low. 500,000 plus more americans hired just last month. so forget recession talk. at lea...

jobs report any minute now at a bill signing. but lets look at the numbers. joining us is rahel solomon and jeremy diamond. lets look at the gains. the fact that this was more than twice what experts were expecting. >> and so some experts have said that this was an uncomfortably hot jobs report, at the very least it was surprising. when you look at the report and where the jobs were, line after line, industry after industry, it was growth, growth, growth with some of the largest gainer...

were almost at 10 million jobs, almost at 10 million jobs since i took office. thats the fastest job growth in history. 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. >> cnn business correspondent rahel solomon joins me now. put this into context. what do these numbers actually mean? >> not only did these numbers surprise to the upside, but it was broad based across ...

neighbors against neighbors. a fight over who gets to use the river that fuels life. we visit two states that are facing off. hello. welcome to "the lead." we begin this hour with our world lead. a pair of escalating international crises. russia and the united states are now indicating theyre ready to hold talks about a prisoner swap. just a day after a russian court convicted american basketball star brittney griner of drug smuggling, and sentenced her to nine years in prison. poten...

welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." surprisingly strong new jobs numbers are capping off what has been a big week for the biden administration. lets go straight to jeremy diamond. amid fears of a recession, the president has some momentum when it comes to the u.s. economy. at least in the short term. give us the latest. >> no doubt about it, this jobs report which the president called outstanding is more evid...

"america reports" on this friday. white house getting good news on the jobs market but will a massive spending plan send the economy into another tailspin, making an already bad inflation problem even worse? hello, everyone. i am sandra smith in new york. >> jon: i am jon scott info john roberts. the labor department says the u.s. added 528,000 jobs last month. the on employment rate also falling slightly to 3.5%. >> both numbers beating expectations. wages are still largely out of ste...

ready to discuss a prisoner swap. former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul and the executive director of the wnba players association will join us to break down the latest. also ahead, democrats reach an agreement on their economic package helping president biden make good on a major campaign promise. well have the latest from the white house. >> that is because, and willie, my gosh, our economy later job numbers have just come out. you talk about a resilient economy, man. it ke...

beijing has stopped cooperation with the u.s. on military operations and climate change. meanwhile, russia indicates it is ready to discuss a prisoner swap, one day after a court sentenced brittney griner to nine years in prison. we begin with the increasingly complicated state of the u.s. economy, after a string of not so great data on economic growth, inflation, and consumer sentiment. a sign that things may not be as bad as many think. the government says employers added 528,000 j...

at the same time, it shows the labor market is not slowing, despite all the efforts by the federal reserve to cool down the economy, so they going to be raising rates again, for sure, maybe even higher. in a moment, ill speak with a member of the white house economic counsel of advisers what it means for your wallet. also this morning, to secure the release the brittney griner, sentenced to nine years in a russian prison. last night, a striking moment pausing before tip-off and the cro...

ambassador. today israel launching a serious of air strikes in gaza, who they were targeting, and the incident civilians that may have been caught up in the cross fire. good day to you. im peter alexander in washington. for my friend hallie jackson. and joining me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie vitale and anna palmer. with great gratitude we are all inside with some air-conditioning on this stifling d.c. day. allie, lets walk through this kyrsten sinema, the deal th...