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ready to discuss a prisoner swap. former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul and the executive director of the wnba players association will join us to break down the latest. also ahead, democrats reach an agreement on their economic package helping president biden make good on a major campaign promise. we'll have the latest from the white house. >> that is because, and willie, my gosh, our economy later job numbers have just come out. you talk about a resilient economy, man. it keeps rolling. >> this is an incredible jobs number. the july jobs report is in and much stronger tha...

Security and climate change investments, $300 billion in deficit reduction. nearly $290 billion in drug pricing reform revenue. and $65 billion in affordable care act subsidies. let's bring in congressional reporter for axios, alena treen, with more on how this deal got done. alena, what more could you tell us? she came around, that is great. is this good to go? >> well not quite yet, mika. but this is really the biggest hurdle for democrats getting this done. senator sinema was really not showing her hand on where she was and in the announcement of the deal last night, i know chuck schumer an...

Reduce inflation, even though it shows that it is not going to be adding money to the deficit. so they're going to use this to message against them even though it is really a huge success for democrats. >> alena treen, thank you very much for your reporting this morning. willie. let's bring in nbc news correspondent peter alexander. what is the white house saying today about the pros pecks for the deal. nothing is done yet. but chuck schumer believes he has the 50 votes. >> reporter: well you're exactly right. the white house feeling good right now as alena just indicated with this soon to b...