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good morning, everyone, and welcome to your "new day." i'm amara walker. >> and i'm phil mattingly. and today all eyes are on capitol hill after days of deal-making. democrats get ready to vote on a critical part of president biden's economic agenagenda. we'll tell you what's in the bill and what it means for millions of americans. >> plus it was a week of twists and turns in the courtroom. now a jury has ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay up to the parents of a sandy hook shooting victim. and war of words. tensions heat up between the u.s. and china after nancy pelosi's...

intimidating you, so that's good. intimidation is the best form of flattery. >> it is. hi, don lemon. over to you. hold on. well, hello, how are you are? >> i want to get to the news now. see you tomorrow night. have a good evening. >> goodbye. >> this is "don lemon tonight." we're getting more and more revelations from the january 6th investigation. new tonight, this is a cnn exclusive, the former president's lawyers now in direct talks with the justice department for the first time, talks about his attempts to use executive privilege to stop members of his inner circle from testify...

this is a cnn exclusive. the former president's lawyer is now in direct talks with the justice department for the first time, talks about his attempts to use executive privilege -- from testifying about their conversations with him while he was president. and we know that pat cipollone and his deputy, patrick filament has both been subpoenaed this week. this may be all about preventing witnesses like don from testifying about everything that they know and you've got to wonder why the former president is so determined to keep under wraps, when is it? there is more. sources telling cnn...

we're almost at 10 million jobs, almost at 10 million jobs since i took office. that's the fastest job growth in history. today there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there are more people working in america than at any point in american history. >> cnn business correspondent rahel solomon joins me now. put this into context. what do these numbers actually mean? >> not only did these numbers surprise to the upside, but it was broad based across the economy. when you look at the report line after line, industry after industry saw positive job...

in this case, it is quite jam packed. we're covering what's gown on in saudi arabia, all of that and vladimir putin going to that neck of woods, iran next week. let's talk about what happened this week with the president's trip, wrapped up now in the royal kingdom. peter doocy in jeddah, saudi arabia, with more. peter. >> reporter: neil, the president is aboard air force one. we expect him to take off for joint base andrews in maryland any minute. he came to the middle east looking for gulf leaders to boost oil production capacity because he thinks that might help lower gas prices ba...