somewhere enjoying himself in the sun somewhere. happening now, in the newsroom, former white house counsel, pat cipollone spending seven hours with a january 6 committee, what we are learning about his testimony and how it could shape future hearings. the biden administration is celebrating a better than expected jobs report that economists say that could spell bad news for the effort to tamp down inflation. >> plus, deal or no deal. you on my skier to walk away from his bid to buy twitter, the company's board has to say about that. newsroom starts right now. a very good morning to you, it is saturday, july 9, and we are so happy to be with you this morning. >> up first, a key witness testifying before the january 6 committee, for more than seven hours. three different sources familiar with pat cipollone's testimony, describing it as very important, and extremely helpful. pat cipollone remember was among the handful of people who spent time with then-president trump as they watched the capital riot unfold on television. >> the committee is trying to determine what trump was doing and how he reacted to the violence in real-time. this interview was behind closed doors but it was recorded and portions will likely be shown at upcoming hearings. the next one, this coming tuesday, will focus on how the violent mob that attacked the capital came together, and the role of the extremist groups. >> for mail -- for more on pat cipollone's appearance, let's bring in marshall cohen, what can you tell us about what pat cipollone did and did not say behind closed doors? >> great to see you both here in dc. this is a huge moment for the committee. zoom out for a second, it was not a gift that this was going to happen, they interviewed 1000 witnesses over the past year, not him. these public hearings began, this summer, they issued private pleas, trying to get him to come in, they issued a public plea, liz cheney went public during one of the previous hearings and named names and said pat cipollone, you need to come and. he finally did yesterday as you mentioned, nearly 8 hours behind closed doors, that is a long time, what did he say? hopefully we will find out soon. they have another hearing on tuesday, but we have heard from sources that describe the interview as moving the ball forward on president trumps dereliction of duty, those critical hours on january 6, when the violence was raging, people were getting killed, people were getting hurt on the capital and he just sat in the white house and did not intervene. that is a key focus for the committee, but you know what, don't listen to me, why don't i tell you what representative california democrat on the committee, she was there, this is what she told our colleague about the pat cipollone deposition. >> i will say, mister pat cipollone did appear voluntarily, and answer a whole variety of questions, he did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses, and i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out, in hearings to come. >> they got it all on tape, it was a videotaped deposition, you can imagine they will rush the clips to the american people, their first chance is tuesday. >> we will be watching, marshall, thank you for being here. good to see you. the white house is touting president biden's economic policies after the u.s. labor market added 372,000 jobs in june, that is far exceeding expectations, and slightly easing fears of a coming recession. as you can see on your skin, unemployment held steady at 3.6%. >> labor secretary, marty walsh says the biden administration is pacing itself to avoid an economic slowdown. >> the president is not taking a lengthy approach but i think literally, this is a month by month approach, to see how we are moving forward. i don't want to say we will be in a recession because are doing everything we can to bring inflation and cost down. >> these gains are still being outpaced by sky high inflation and slowing wage growth. with go down to solomon for a breakdown on the latest jobs report. >> reporter: if we are heading toward a recession, no one told the job market. friday's report confirming the labor market remains very strong, u.s. economy added 372,000 jobs in the month of june, well above expectations, and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%. job loss in recessions tend to go hand in hand. pronouncing's -- we are not seeing signs just yet, but at the time when an inflation is at a 40 year high, the report has some economists concerned that continue job growth like this makes the job of fighting inflation even harder. demand for workers has been incredibly strong, there are about 1.9 job openings for every person looking. so, some companies are raising wages to attract workers. that is good news, except if we are in a situation where inflation is outpacing wage growth. essentially they are making more but can afford less. it is a vicious cycle. the fed has made clear its focus is bringing down inflation , when the fed raises rates, it makes borrowing more expensive and consumers and businesses tend to spend less, bringing down demand, and ideally, prices. the fed is expected to continue to raise interest rates in the months ahead, some welcome news for the fed in this jobs report, wage growth has actually slowed in the past several months, still high, but moderated. suggesting that the overheating in the labor market may be beginning to call. that could lead inflation lower. we will learn a lot more on the inflation when they release a key report on wednesday. boris, jessica? >> reporter: thanks so much. new concerns this morning, about another coronavirus surge, as the latest cdc data shows nearly one third of americans live in a county with a high covid-19 community level. >> right now that includes major parts of the country including new york, houston, las vegas, and miami as well. let's bring in bolus, he has been following this. the cdc is urging folks to wear masks indoors in these areas. >> reporter: it is beginning to shape up like the summer of sub- variance, because the two key ones that are concerning officials right now, not only is there the high transmissibility but also this vaccine, evasive characteristic here that is concerning authorities, we do remind viewers, getting vaccinated continues to be the best way to stay out of the hospital or worse. they certainly have seen a significant increase in various parts of the country, about three fourths of those cases right now are made up of those sub- variance, when you look at the maps, you can see where they have seen at least a 55% increase, about 32% of americans right now living in communities are determined to be high covid-19 community level, you are talking las vegas clarke county, houston harris county, some areas of particular concern, miami-dade, and here, new york city where we have seen a 14% test positivity rate which is the highest that we have seen perhaps in recent months here, so much that yesterday, city officials here basically reissuing the recommendation, not a mandate, that simply the recommendation that people in public indoor spaces, and in credit outdoor spaces, not only use masks but use more of those high-quality masks as well. here, the city reevaluating the way that it continues to keep residents up to speed on the latest situation, eric adams basically saying that they are phasing out this color-coded covid-19 alert system, they are evaluating what kind of tools will be needed to sort of adjust with this ongoing fight. against the virus here. basically bringing in other experts to see exactly how they would approach this, but nonetheless, when you begin to see these numbers, that is a big area of concern. good news though, hospitalizations and deaths, those remain steady or potentially continue to remain low. just a quick reminder, that not everything is part of the country is out of the woods. >> covid-19 is still out there. thank you so much. so, president biden signed an executive order aimed at protecting access to reproductive health services in the wake of the supreme court's overturning of roe v wade. in his speech yesterday, he made clear that the best way to protect the right to abortion, is to codify roe v wade into law, by voting. biden's executive order attempts to soften the impact of the supreme court's ruling. jasmine is joining us now, and jasmine, tell us what some of the steps that the administration laid out in this executive order. what do they got here? >> reporter: they laid out some incremental steps as this administration is trying to find ways to protect access to abortion. now lives laying out the steps, the president used some really strong linkage here and i want to tell you about it, he said it was a terrible extreme, and totally wrong decision from an out-of-control supreme court, really rationing of that redneck -- that rhetoric there. he said he will do various amounts of things and that includes a coding access to abortion care and contraceptives especially as the administration tries to expand access to medication abortion. they want to protect patient privacy, especially as they want americans about using those periods tracking apps and the date on it, and establish an interagency task force to use every federal tool available to protect access, among other things. notably here, jessica and boris, what the administration really isn't doing or what they already said they are doing is laid out in this executive order. there are very few things that are new and steps that this administration has laid out in this executive order because the president is continuing to say over and over again that his ability to do things unilaterally just with the stroke of his pain is limited. instead, he is saying that change comes from the people, it comes from political change, take a listen to him making this argument yesterday. >> we need 2 additional pro- choice senators and a pro- choice house to codify roe as federal law. your vote can make that a reality. i know it is frustrating. and it made a lot of people very angry. the truth is this. it is not just me saying it. it is what the court said. when you read the decision the court has made clear, it will not protect the rights of women. period. >> reporter: so, obviously, a sincere message from the president there, but the reality here is that is fall short of the urgency of which abortion advocates and liberal democrats want to see this white house move, still though, the white house says that every option is on the table, when it considers potentially additional steps, when trying to keep protections in place for women when they want to access abortions in the country. >> the white house limiting the scope of that executive order, some democrats wanted them to build abortion clinics on federal land, the white house thinking that would probably wind up in a court room somewhere. jasmine, thank you for your reporting. looking overseas now, the body of slain former japanese print minister, shinzo abe, is back in tokyo. his body arrived today in his hometown accompanied by his wife, after his assassination in the western city, when he was making a campaign speech. >> funeral services will take place monday and tuesday, in the meantime, police investigating the killing, searched the home of the suspected gunman, police say he has confessed to that shooting. paul hancock is into tokyo with more including police reports that he made multiple types of guns, what else can you tell us, paula? >> reporter: jessica, there are multiple threats to this. we will start with the suspect himself, a 41-year-old unemployed man, who police say attacked the former prime minister, at 11:30 am. they say he used a homemade gun, later that afternoon, friday afternoon, they went and searched his apartment and found a number, multiple of a set of homemade guns, they said , that they were made of iron pipes, which were taped together, there were some with three pipes, some with six, some with five, and they say that they believe that he bought many of these parts online in order to create his own gun. they also believe that he did use the most powerful of those weapons, in order to attack shinzo abe. now, shinzo abe's body as you said, is here in tokyo, this evening, we have been outside his house and seen a number of people coming to pay their respects, but back there, we understand the investigation is still very much underway, the police chief himself has said that he feels responsibility, he takes responsibility for what has happened, saying that there were problems, he cannot deny that there were problems with the security detail for shinzo abe on that day and that there is an investigation into that as well. as you say, there will be a funeral services on monday, there will be a wake for shinzo abe on tuesday, there will be a memorial service , we understand from nhk, public broadcasting here in japan, that they could well be just for family and also for close friends of shinzo abe. it is not clear at this point what, if anything, will be done publicly for japan and for those in japan. we have seen globally, that there is shock and commiseration's and condolences coming from around the world, flags flying at half mast for example, in washington and here, no lights on the tokyo tower. paying tribute to the former prime minister. >> paula, thank you for that reporting. still ahead this morning, officials in texas pushback on a damning report that officials could've taken out the shooter, and did not. what we are learning from that report, and what kinds of questions investigators, looking into the police response may have. miller protest expected today in the nation's capital, fofollowing the reversal of roe wade. we will take you there, live, after a quick break. one-of-a-d whoa... ...which leaves you feeling... ahhhhhhh listerine. feel the whoa! a monster was attacking but the team remained calm. because with miro, they could problem solve together, and find the answethat was right under their nose. because with miro, they could probor... his nose.her, ♪ my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 2 system. with a painless, one-second scan i know my glucose numbers without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7. take the mystery out of managing your diabetes and lower your a1c. now you know. try it for free at freestylelibre.us psoriatic arthritis, made my joints stiff, swollen, painful. emerge tremfyant®. tremfya® is approved to help reduce joint symptoms in adults with active psoriatic arthritis. some patients even felt less fatigued. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge tremfyant® with tremfya®. ask you doctor about tremfya® today. the lows of bipolar depression can leave you down and in the dark. but what if you could begin to see the signs of hope all around you? 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>> while the attorney general and the department of justice have been very clear that their investigation is really in an effort to identify best practices, to find out what happened and what should be done the next time. they are not looking at least on the surface, for things like criminal violations and prosecutions. but, i think the federal probe, bringing in investigators, who have a lot of experience with crisis situations, with forensic evidence from crisis situations, we have a better chance about getting an actually neutral objective, holistic view of everything that took place, and where the response fell short. >> andrew, while we have you, i want to pivot to the news this week that you were involved in, apparently the irs asking a watchdog to look into a choice to conduct a really uncommon, rare tax audits of yourself, and former fbi director, james call me during the years when donald trump was president, you have called this a good first step, what are you hoping comes of this investigation? >> boris, i mean the facts that we know, the fact that both of us were subjected to these audits that are conducted, apparently, randomly, or according to the irs, people are selected completely at random. the odds of that happening are so incredibly remote and then later on top of that, what we know about how we were both treated by the former administration, both obviously target by president trump, and that still continues to this day , i think that gives rives to a very strong indicator that this needs to be investigated. what i am looking for here is a thorough and transparent investigation by the ig, i think they should conduct that as quickly and as well as they can, but essentially they need to release the results of that investigation to the public, in an effort