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>> reporter: the federal reserve just made history announcing that theyre raising interest rates by 3/4 of a percentage point for the second meeting in a row. we havent seen anything like that in back to back meetings in modern fed history, but were not in nor times. were dealing with the worst inflation inflation prices in 40 years. inflation remains elevated due in part to russias invasion of ukraine and very high food and energy prices. so the fed is stepping in and acting like the ...

release of brittney griner and paul whelan. cnn learning exclusively that the u.s. is now proposing a deal to exchange a convicted russian arms dealer for the two americans. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." >> we begin with new evidence that the justice departments criminal investigation of january 6th is picking up steam big time. a star witness from the house hearings is now cooperating with federal...

the target of the georgia special grand jury investigative ef ef efforts to overturn the 2020 election. his lawyer confirmed that to cnn saying that a prosecutor from the fulton county d.a.s office informed him of that today. giuliani is expected to go before the same grand jury on wednesday, and its not clear if he will invoke the 5th amendment. >> giuliani met with georgia state legislature three times in december 2020, this is right after the election, and during those meetings, he ...

avlon in for john berman this morning. it is the clearest sign yet that the criminal investigation into january 6th zeroing in on former president donald trump himself. our exclusive new cnn reporting reveals that trumps lawyers are talking directly with the justice department about the events of january 6th. the talks are said to be focused on whether conversations the former president had while in office can be kept from investigators due to executive privilege. >> now, in an intervi...

frankly the headline number, matt, is a big one here. also it shows healthy growth in several sectors of the economy. >> yeah, jim. this is blockbuster growth. and it is pretty remarkable. this number is going to go a long way towards shutting down this idea that the u.s. economy is already in recession. to be adding more than half a million jobs, in a month, at this stage of the recovery, is pretty impressive. let me give you some context around this 528,000 job figure. this is twice ...

fine, despite persistent fears of a recession. the u.s. government released the latest jobs report this morning. and it far exceeded what economists expected. it showed the economy adding 528,000 jobs in july. thats more than double the number analysts expected. on employment, falling to 3.5%. and these numbers present a new complication for the federal reserve, which has been hoping to cool the jobs market, in an effort to bring down inflation. at the same time, senate democrats now p...

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...

issues. and here in wyoming, you know, we have same-day registration. it is the right of people to register whatever party they want to register as. and my message is one for all wyomingites, i represent every single person in this state and i believe that there are thousands and thousands across our state that fundamentally understand why it is so important to have somebody that will abide by oath of office. >> there might be democrats that would vote for cheney. >> yeah. >> remarkabl...

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...

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...