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welcome to "the lead." i'm kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with the money lead. wall street closing this hour mostly flat after today's jobs reported exceeded expectations. great news, obviously, but not slowing rising prices and fears of a recession. according to the bureau of labor statistics, the united states added 372,000 jobs in june and on average american paychecks are up 5.1% in the last year. but that's not keeping up with inflation, which jumped 8.6% annually in last month's report. that's a problem for president biden as he is struggling to convince americans...

Across the u.s. decrying what the trump administration is doing in separating these paren parents. what we do see on the ground is a crack in the glass. a tip of the iceberg perhaps. several parents have now been granted bond. and that is the first step toward what that woman is experiencing. once they can make bond, 1,500, maybe $2500. a ton of money to them. then they can get out. get verified through hhs. then they have to travel to wherever their kid is. that seems to be starting at the same time the trump administration is saying those that can't get bond they'll obtain them together unti...

Washington, wherever you are watching, thank you for joini us. begin with breaking news standing by from a news conference, you are looking at it live from the rose garden. the meeting comes five days before the summit between president trump and the north korean leader kim jong-un. let's go the white house correspondent jeff zel knee there in the rose garden. jeff, the president said he prepared for the summit next tuesday in singapore and doesn't need more preparation, what else can we expect to hear from the president. >> that was an interesting statement that he made sitting down with japa...

Once aga gaming both sides. coming one day after meeting with south carolina senator kim sco tim scott. jeff as wezeleny at the white h >> reporter: he signed a resolution here condemning the violence in charlottesville. of court from the deadly attack last month of that white supremacist rally but also reopened the old wounds. attempting to draw some type of a moral equivalence between the protesters and white supremacists. he was flying on air force one when he said this. >> i think especially in light of the advent of antifa, if you look at what's going on there, you have some pretty bad du...

>> jeff as well lanny thank you. . chelsea manning won't be attending harvard at all. calling it a mistake. school's offer was under increasing condemnation most notably from mike pompeo. branding manning a traitor and shaming university for placing a stamp of approval on her actions. coming up, the forgotten victims of hurricane irma. usz virgin islands devastated by the forms, aid and hope in very short supply. take you there next.