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Good afternoon, everyone, i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york. we are watching some major political developments on a friday afternoon. we could soon learn if the white house is closer to a bipartisan deal on infrastructure as president biden holds his second one on one discussion with senator shelley moore capito, the lead republican negotiator. this as the government reported that employers added 559,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 5.8%. while the economy added 1.6 million jobs in the last three months, there are still more than 7.5 million fewer jobs than there were before...

>> he might say, you're fired. thank you both so much. we're going to leave it there. coming up, i mentioned at the top of the hour, we just got the monthly jobs report. 559,000 jobs added last month. good news. we will get reaction from one of president biden's top economic advisers. first, behind this number are americans, millions and millions of americans who are getting back to work over the last few months and breathing a very big sigh of relief. >> it felt like over the past year just with covid and losing my job, i had to deal with a lot of bad news kind of over and over again. it ...

Peoplesponding to get covid under control and the bold action we took by passing the american rescue plan. >> here are the numbers for may, out just a few hours ago. the united states adding 559,000 jobs. that's just shy of the entire population of wyoming, by the way. the unemployment rate now 5.8%. that's down from 6.1%. so far, we have recovered roughly 67% of the jobs that were lost during this pandemic. a new focus on capitol hill, a possible bipartisan deal on infrastructure in the spotlight there. in a few moments i will talk to congresswoman lawrence. she's the co-chair of the democrat...

Packed stadiums, family gatherings, restaurants back to 100% capacity. what about the economy? is it on the same path? just a few minutes ago, we learned the united states added 559,000 jobs in the month of may, employment is still lower than pre-pandemic levels but the games are strong and in line with expectations. today's news follows a surprisingly weak jobs report we saw last month when experts were predicting a big gain. total employment is still creeping up but we are not back to where we once were. we talked about people moving into new industries and away from jobs they once had. the ...

Facing cross cutting pressures inside his own party. progressives pleading with him to drop the bipartisan talks and move to a budget procedure that allows for a simple majority to move biden's sweeping proposals. >> if we're going to stand up for working families, what we need to do is use reconciliation. >> reporter: as moderates crucial in a congress where democrats hold the narrowest of majorities, calling on them to continue. >> these take time. i know everyone's in a hurry right now. >> reporter: for biden, a critical moment coming as the may employment report showed 559,000 jobs added a...