we begin with breaking news from the white house. president biden has tested positive for covid-19, again. after about the position to the president says we re four consecutive days of negative tests. president biden tweeted, quote, i have got no symptoms but i am going to isolate for the safety of everyone around me. and the physicians update said, this development represents what he is calling rebound positivity. but for now, there is no reason to bring in a sheet treatment. we are going to bring you any updates as we get them. but first, let s get caught up on a busy week, y all. big moves by the january six committee, and the justice department. we are going to break those down in just a few minutes. but first, something you probably thought would never happen. i know i was skeptical. democrats finally agreed on legislation to curb climate change. and to get the economy a boost. the inflation protection act came about after intense negotiations with senator chuck schumer
welcome to the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with the money lead. wall street closing this hour mostly flat after today s jobs reported exceeded expectations. great news, obviously, but not slowing rising prices and fears of a recession. according to the bureau of labor statistics, the united states added 372,000 jobs in june and on average american paychecks are up 5.1% in the last year. but that s not keeping up with inflation, which jumped 8.6% annually in last month s report. that s a problem for president biden as he is struggling to convince americans his economic agenda is working. my economic plan is moving this country in a better direction. reporter: more signs on friday of a robust u.s. labor market. the economy adding 372,000 jobs in june, far beating economists expectations and the unemployment rate remaining at 3.6%, near historic lows. president biden celebrating the news, saying the u.s. has now recovered all of the jobs lost du
that had couldn t even get an abortion after being raped. and then went to indiana, brought to indiana, and got her health care there, and then the doctor that performed the procedure got in trouble, or at least didn t really get in trouble, didn t do one thing wrong, but the attorney general starts looking into her. when you hear stories like that, voters here it, regular people hear it. and i think that s what was resonating with them. they want to be able to make their own decisions on reproductive health care. and i don t think we can put in their minds what they thought of restrictions or not, i just think that the views that we re seeing is what they voted on, right? we ve got people, including senator mcconnell, who said that they want to put a ban into law, of an outright ban. we have governors in states like texas who have talked about putting even more restrictions, states like missouri, where someone proposed criminalizing it, people have proposed suing people wh
health care there. then the doctor that performed the procedure got in trouble, or at least didn t really get in trouble, didn t do one thing wrong but the attorney general starts looking into her. when you hear stories like that, voters hear it, regular people hear it. and i think that s what was resonating with them. they want to be able to make their own decisions on reproductive health care. and i don t think we could put in their minds what they thought of restrictions or not. i just think that the views that we re seeing is what they voted on, right? we ve got people including actually senator mcconnell who ve said they want to put a ban into law, a ban, outright ban. we have governors in states like texas who have talked about putting even more restrictions in place. states like missouri where someone proposed criminalizing it, where people have proposed suing people when they cross lines or not allowing them to get their own health care in other states. all these thin
and we ll get a live reaction from the white house. but we begin with the house committee investigating the deadly january 6 capitol insurrection. holding its first in a series of highly-anticipated public hearings last night. the panel released previously unseen footage of the riot. and featured damning testimony to make the case that the january 6th attack was the direct result of then president donald trump s desperate attempts to cling to power. the chairman of the committee congressman bennie thompson said at tack was the culmination of a attempted coup coordinated by extremist groups like the proud boys and answering trump s call. ally, after ally, claim that the election was stolen from him were false. including testimony from his former senior campaign aide, his elder daughter, his former attorney general, we want to warn you, we did not bleep the curse word bill barr used in his deposition. i made it clear i did not agree with the idea of saying the election was st