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 jobs in july, more than double what experts had predicted. the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.5%, and when you break down that number, the numbers fell for minorities. president biden state more people are working than at any point in american history. that s millions of families with the dignity and peace of mind that a paycheck provides. he goes on to say there s more work to do, but today s jobs report shows we are, quote, making significant progress for working families. with us now to
here s actress gena torres on the challenge of being afro-latina in hollywood. jena, you were forced to embrace one identity in hollywood? i felt like i was living in three worlds. there was my world i grew up in, spanish-speaking home, cuban parents, and you go out into the world and i m speaking english and i m in the bronx, south bronx. that s right! and then going into this industry, as an actress, then nobody recognizes you as either one. there was no place for me as a latina, and then as a black woman, i didn t identify as a black woman, because for me, it was it was cultural. right. because, of course, i present black, i am a black woman. i am also cuban. when you re here in the united states and they ask you to be in a box and you don t fit into the box, culturally, it was
A new report Tuesday ranks the Tampa-St. Pete-Clearwater metro area fourth in the country for the most dangerous roads for pedestrians, and transportation leaders shared what they are changing to help address the issue.