CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper July 7, 2024
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...