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mary, what do you make of the jobs report and what do you have to tell us about the underlying strength or weakness of the economy. mary: i think it was very good news and it beat the estimate and i think what we have had to face in all of this, we are not getting back to february anytime soon unless we have the virus basically solved, there are lots of parts of the economy that are not going to (the fact that we are doing better than just treading water that we made some gains, i think it s really good news. in the half cap i would say there s less momentum, we had better momentum in june and in may in terms of adding new jobs, were still down 13 million jobs and i think as we try to get below 6% unemployment, right now at ten-point to percent that will be where it becomes more difficult to restore those jobs short of a vaccine. paul: jason, it would seem on mary s momentum point, the flare up in the summer in the virus in the south and southwestern states did seem to ....
the executive orders include extending enhanced unemployment benefits and the federal moratorium, the president also plans to extend the suspension on student loan payments. this as talks between the white house and democratic leadership remains at an impasse. the two sides trading blame after missing friday s self-imposed deadline. eric: let s bring in john on all this. john, they couldn t get an agreement on capitol hill. the president is doing what president do, taking presidential power, executive order, trying to help americans. it would be limited in what congress refocus and democrats together could have done. it might be something, we ll have to see, it s the elements ourselves was describing, extending unemployment benefits, by how much and for how long. it s unclear if the democrats an extra $600 a week, republicans wanted 200, now up to 400. something on student loans, evictions, maybe relief for renters but not landlords. it will be more restrictive beca ....
assault of the government of the united states. democrats accused barr of violating protestors civil rights and sending law enforcement to portland and other u.s. cities as a prop to bolster the president s reelection prospects. let s bring wall street journal columnist and deputy editorial page editor dan henninger, columnist kim strassel and editorial page writer gillian. kim, did democrats achieve what they were calling on attorney general? kimberley: they claimed that they we wanted to hear from the attorney general but they didn t let him speak. the real idea behind this is they wanted to accuse him and the trump administration of essentially sending storm troopers into cities and abusing protestors rights and wanted to accuse him of politicizing the justice department by having ordered reviews of what happened in the 2016 election in terms of the trump-russia collusion investigation and some of the mueller indictments. the problem is that the attorney general is ....
30 million without that benefit at least for now. mark meredith is live at the white house with the latest on where the negotiation goes from here. reporter: democrats say the enhanced unemployment benefits impact the majority of americans that have been struggling since march. the white house appears morey gear to extend the benefits but it s unclear for how long and how much money that may be the case. the negotiations, they are still ongoing. we heard from white house chief of staff mark meadows who spoke right after wrapping up the rare saturday negotiation session. we re a long ways apart. i don t want to suggest that a deal is imminent because it is not. but like with any deal, as you make progress, i think it s important to recognize that you re making progress. and not set an unrealistic expectation that we re just a few items away. because there s still substantial differences. reporter: democrats also called today s meeting productive but say they too re ....
america s news headquarters, i m eric sean. arthel: hello, i m arthel neville. the white house and congressional democrats blaming each other for stalemate, both sides disagreeing on number of issues including term limit for 600-dollar unemployment benefit and funding for businesses schools and covid-19 testing, reaction now from both sides earlier today. for the 19th straight week over a million americans filed claims for unemployment insurance. millions of people are food insecure in our country, millions are on the verge of addiction, people need resources in order to meet the needs of their families. it s time to make a deal fanned we are going to be able to succeed in this is taking what started the first day of a good foundation, of productive discussions and building upon those and until we reach an agreement and hopefully in the next couple of days. arthel: all right, more from mark meredith, he s live at the white house, hey, mark. mark: arthel, good aftern ....