us. thanks for watching this jam-packed friday hour of this show. find us on twitter @hallieonmsnb. we turn it over to craig melvin who picks up our coverage now. good friday morning to you. craig melvin here from msnbc headquarters in new york city. new signs that the economy is grinding into a higher gear. covid infections and rate of joblessness, lowest level since march of 2020. a few moments ago, president biden addressed what a new jobs report says for our future as we dig our way out of this pandemic. >> no other major economy in the world is growing as fast as ours. no other major economy is gaining jobs as quickly as ours. none of the success is an accident. it isn't luck. it's due in no small part to the cooperation of the american

peoplesponding to get covid under control and the bold action we took by passing the american rescue plan. >> here are the numbers for may, out just a few hours ago. the united states adding 559,000 jobs. that's just shy of the entire population of wyoming, by the way. the unemployment rate now 5.8%. that's down from 6.1%. so far, we have recovered roughly 67% of the jobs that were lost during this pandemic. a new focus on capitol hill, a possible bipartisan deal on infrastructure in the spotlight there. in a few moments i will talk to congresswoman lawrence. she's the co-chair of the democratic women's caucus. women have been hard by the pandemic. the new jobs report shows there's still a long way to go. i want to get to our reporters

on the ground covering this jobs report. the bigger implications for us. mike memoli is at white house. stephanie ruhle has made her way to westfield garden state plaza mall in new jersey. garrett haake is in morgan. >> dale: virginia. mike, let's start with you. we heard from president biden. how does this build momentum behind the president's economic agenda? >> reporter: craig, if you remember the jobs report a month ago, white house was very much on the defensive then. jobs were weaker than expectations. now you have the white house -- you heard from the president a more bullish tone, an opportunity to tout what they see as a broader trend here of robust economic growth. the president highlighting on a day when there's so many statistics and data points, economic terms, some of the

ordinary ways in which americans are seeing an economy that's back on the move, as he put it. that the united states is seeing because of the success, as he put it, of the covid relief plan, the ability to return to the economy, caregiving is an option back on the table for americans. ultimately, schools being reopened. we can't separate this from the context of the debate that's happening in washington right now about the president's infrastructure plan. you heard him try to sell the idea of the progress we have seen in order to push forward the argument that we need more support. his build back better agenda, the jobs plan, rescue plan, in order to highlight -- he used the word strategy. a successful strategy there his view of growing the economy from the ground up and the middle out as well. the president trying to sound that bullish tone as we heard a few moments ago. take a listen. >> america is finally on the move again. as we continue this recovery,

we're going to hit some bumps along the way. of course, that will happen. we can't reboot the world's largest economy like flipping on a light switch. we're on the right track. our plan is working. we're not going to let up now. we're going to continue to move on. >> reporter: craig, of course, you heard him say that this is not an accident. we're the only major economy that has seen this kind of growth. that's important in the context of what we're going to see in the next week, which is the president heading overseas, meeting with the g7 leaders in which we will hear something biden advisors have been talking about, a foreign policy for the middle class. biden trying to sell his economic vision both here in the u.s. but also overseas, craig. >> mike memoli there at 1600 pennsylvania. let's go to stephanie ruhle now, hanging out at a mall in jersey. take us through the top lines from this report, if you will. what does it say about the trajectory of our economic recovery? what does it say about american

workers and their thinking right now? >> reporter: craig, it's really good news across the board. people are getting back to work, consumers are spending. this mall that i'm in right now, we saw people lined up to get in some of the shops before they were open. this is very good news. the economy is certainly recovering. you saw the president talking about that in a very prideful way. however, it makes the needle even more difficult to thread as he pushes for more spending. you saw mike mention it before, talking about childcare, for example. republicans have been arguing before we go and spend more money, why don't we spend some of the unused covid money? there was $39 billion for childcare. when you talk about expanded unemployment, we are seeing states terminate that expanded unemployment saying they don't need it anymore. with so many job openings right now and people going back to the workforce, there's an argument to be made, maybe we don't need to have those expanded benefits

through september. maybe that money can be deployed elsewhere. it's a really good time for those who are looking for work. we are finally seeing wages go up. more and more employers have either made an awful lot of money this year, corporate america or small businesses have gotten a lot of support from the government. the president mentioned it that $28 billion for restaurants that came through in the last few weeks. this is a good time for workers who are looking for more benefits, more support and more money. we are in a good place. >> you say frequently that wall street isn't main street. the markets not disappointed by this report. the outlook among businesses and folks who are shopping at that mall and other malls around the country, shopping on main street, what's likely happening nationwide with regard to consumption and consumers getting out there and spending money? >> reporter: it's really strong,

craig. whether it's people who are working from home who saved so much money in the last year, they are out there spending. or remember all of the government stimulus. we are seeing that stimulus back in the system. here is an interesting sort of fun fact about the mall. you remember even before the pandemic, we had been talking for years about the american mall dying. that amazon affect. in the last year, when all of us had no choice but to click buy, we started to miss that in-person experience of sales people, of walking around, the social aspect of the mall. i swear to you, you know, i have new jersey shopping mall nostalgia in me. you can feel that mall hangout spirit as people are just back and shopping. >> the fellowship of communal shopping. mr. haake, let's come to you for a moment there in west virginia. here is the thing. this report comes at a crucial moment for the president's agenda, especially this push for bipartisan infrastructure bill. where you are the two senators

central to this bill's future. how does this jobs report shape movement around that on the hill? or does it? >> reporter: i think mike referenced it. it's going to increase the pressure or the desire for democrats to try to push the jobs plan through sooner rather than later. the president has made itagenda. almost no matter which way this jobs report fell, you could kind of predict that the white house would say, if the numbers were bad, we need the jobs plan more. if the numbers were good, think how much the jobs plan will help. that's going to make the phone call between the president and shelley moore-capito more important today. as i found yesterday interviewing manchin, he is not interested in doing a infrastructure package without republican support. he is not interested in being pushed on it further by democrats who are getting impatient with this process. listen to what he told me last night.

>> i represent the state of west virginia. that's who hired me. i represent the best possible fashion i can. i'm not going to get in a situation where i'm placating to different people that want different things. it's my state. it's the people who know me. i haven't changed. i'm not changing. >> reporter: are you ready to go it alone with democrats if they are not? >> i don't think you should. >> reporter: at all? >> i don't think right now. we need to be bipartisan. >> reporter: that feeling about not going it alone, craig, extends to manchin's feelings about the voting rights bills that the senate is expected to take up in the next month, that for the people act in the senate. manchin said he thinks it would be a disaster if democrats pursued that without republican support. republicans are not going to support that bill. expect to see these two virginians in the congressional spotlight for some time to come.

. >> what does senator manchin say about the pressure he is getting from the left? >> reporter: he is aware of it. you heard it here. i pressed him on this point as it regards voting rights bills. he said, they have to keep fighting. he is representing west virginia. he says virginians don't want him to change his position on the filibuster and on the voting rights issues. we will find out whether he ever faces a serious primary challenge. it's a very red state. manchin is attuned to the criticism. he is aware of it. he hears it. so far, he is not moved by it. >> mike, again, just as garrett pointed out, president biden going to be talking to republican senator shelley moore-capito this afternoon. what is the president expected to say to her?

do we know what the president is doing behind closed doors to make sure he has backing from members of his own party who don't always see eye to eye with senator manchin? >> reporter: the pressure from the left not just on senator manchin but on the president. we saw a demonstration this morning as well from a leading progressive group worried that as he is having conversations with senator capito, he is indicating a willingness beyond where they are comfortable to give too much to the republicans to move into their direction. i was with the president earlier this week in tulsa when we remember he referenced senator manchin as well as senator sinema, those two moderate democrats who are an impediment to moving along. that's why these talks are so important. the president would love to push forward a more progressive plan. unless he has those democratic votes, knowing the way republicans have operated in the past, he might need them. he needs to be very mindful of senator manchin as well.

>> mike memoli, stephanie ruhle and garrett haake. thanks to all of you. we are keeping an eye on capitol hill for another reason. right now, don mcgahn, former white house counsel to president trump, testifying. jerry nadler outlined some of the issues he is likely being asked about. robert mueller's russia probe, allegations of obstruction of justice, even former president trump's attacks on his credibility. leigh ann caldwell is on the hill covering this. there's going to be a transcript that's released from this hearing. in what ways could his testimony be used by the committee, even by congress down the line? >> reporter: craig, mcgahn was one of the president's -- the

former president's closest advisers and often protected the former president from his worst instincts as well. mcgahn became a central character in the mueller report. his name was mentioned hundreds of times. what mcgahn did is he refused to direct then deputy attorney general rod rosenstein to fire mueller, despite demands from the former president. he also defended the former attorney general jeff sessions, the first one, for recusing himself from the mueller probe. he knows a lot, craig. after a two-year battle with mcgahn where he defied subpoenas issued by the house judiciary committee, well, mcgahn is finally here today. back to your question, what is the committee and what is congress going to do with it? it's kind of unclear. it's not like the congress is going to be able to impeach the former president a third time as

long as he is not in office. what this transcript does is it will add to the public record of what the former president did, perhaps contribute to an obstruction case in some of the states, including new york, who are doing investigations. they also couldn't decline the opportunity to hear from mcgahn. it's congress' role to investigate, something they have been pounding for the previous four years during the former trump administration. when the opportunity arose, they had to take it. we will eventually see what the transcript said. my republican sources think don mcgahn will not sell out the former president, saying he is a lawyer soldier. we will have to wait and see what comes of this. >> leigh ann caldwell on the hill. keep us posted on this friday. thank you. we just dug into the broad strokes of this new jobs report. still ahead, we will look a little more closely at what it

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hair on fire. that is how one former government official describes the biden administration's posture right now in the wake of several major cyberattacks. this morning, we are learning more about steps the white house is weighing. it could involve the military. we are learning just how seriously it's being taken at the justice department. in a new interview, the fbi director is comparing the challenge to 9/11. in a new memo to the deputy attorney general, that warns federal prosecutors across the country to keep a closer eye on these attacks. ken, to remind our audience here, just this week alone, we

have had attacks targeting the largest meat supplier, the massachusetts ferry system and we learned of an earlier hit on new york's transit system back in april. what are you learning about what actions the white house is weighing? >> reporter: craig, these ransomware attacks were considered a criminal nuisance. what our new reporting is saying is that the biden administration is no longer treating these as something to be handled solely by the fbi and justice department. they treat it as a national security threat. what that means is that they are deploying the intelligence agencies to spy on these ransomware criminals, most of whom are in russia and are given sanctuary there. they are considering offensive cyber strikes, which could mean anything from disrupting communications of the criminals to turning their computers into bricks. that's a dicey proposition. that would mean ordering an

offensive cyber operation inside a sovereign country. that could invite retaliation. as the former general counsel of the nsa said to me, what we're doing so far just isn't working. >> it does not seem to be. ken dilanian, thank you so much. one of the next crucial steps in stopping covid is getting kids vaccinated. in new york city, sites are popping up in schools. we will go live to one in the bronx next. close encounters. of the government kind. we have a preview of that new intelligence report on mysterious sightings in the sky. what can be explained and what can't be explained. first, it's the end of an era with duke's basketball coach. i asked him what he is most

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always good to see you. what are you seeing there at the school? how are kids and parents feeling about it? >> reporter: i will tell you how they are feeling about it in a second. i want to show you this is the school, the bronx academy. normally, we would be talking about what happens in the building. they have done something particularly interesting today. out here in the playground, look what's going on. they set up tents. this is for kids 12 to 17 years old, as well as people in the community, to come out here and get vaccinated. it's all part of the city's push and a pilot program at four city schools in the bronx, a neighborhood that's been hard hit by the virus and where there's been some vaccine hesitancy. this population among people who are predominantly black and hispanic. they are in partnership with

teachers' unions to make this happen. some parents think it's a good idea. >> some people want to get it. some people don't. me personally, i want to get it. i want my children to get it. it's good for me. >> teachers are excited. it's safe for them. teachers want to teach. this is an opportunity for them to come back to school in september in a safe environment. >> reporter: they are trying to make this fun. you can hear, i think, and see there's a dj over there. they have balloons. they are handing out ice cream, party favors and tickets and raffles. they think they need to be vaccinated in order for there to be herd immunity. 118,000 12 to 17-year-olds in the city have been vaccinated. that's 23% of the age group. it's 1% higher than the national

average. the mayor wants to do better than that. that's why they are trying to make this not only an issue for good health but also make it fun. offering as many incentives as they can for people to come out and get vaccinated. another thing, no appointment necessary. just come in. kids can just arrive at school and get their vaccination. come back just a couple of weeks later for the second dose, because they are giving out the pfizer vaccine here. >> will they come back for the second dose there as well? >> reporter: absolutely. they want to make it easy. one thing the mayor is saying is they don't want people to go and find vaccination sites. they are bringing those vaccination sites right here to the community. it couldn't be any easier than making it happen right where kids go to school. this is not unusual in this country. back in the 1950s, schools were the sites where kids got their polio vaccines. starting something new. >> looks like and sounds like

it's quite the vaccine party there. >> reporter: it is. >> thank you. getting more kids back in school means getting more women, especially moms, back in the workforce. this morning's monthly jobs report showed encouraging signs on that front. at the peak of the pandemic, nearly 11 million people were out of work. that number has dropped to just below 4 million. that's welcome news for my next guest, brenda lawrence of michigan, she co-chairs the democratic women's caucus, which has been pushing hard for economic investments to help women. thanks for your time on this friday. >> thank you for having me. >> two weeks ago, your caucus held a roundtable that as i understand it was especially focused on the loss of women from theargely because of childcare. i want your reaction to the job numbers that just came out. >> we are going in the right

direction. we still have a lot of work to do. the goal is to secure the necessary amount to implement a childcare system. a woman cannot go to work if they don't have childcare for their children. that's why we are so excited about the american rescue plan. it's working. it's the first step. the american jobs plan will help rebuild our country, including invest in our infrastructure and in a good childcare -- efficient childcare system. we have been using our voice because some people say, that's a woman thing. but i have had town halls in my district in michigan where men said, i pay more for my childcare than i do for my mortgage. childcare is a critical issue. i was at another town hall and one of the men said, i have exhausted all my leave during this pandemic, because we didn't

have childcare. we know that childcare is an american family issue. president biden has been zero focused on this. we will not stop until we get an investment in our childcare system. >> remind our viewers and listeners just how bad the economic picture got for women. this headline from january, good summary. a year ago, women outnumbered men in the u.s. workforce. now, they account for 100% of jobs lost in december. last month, cnbc reported, more women left the labor force than joined it in april. specifically, what steps are you looking at to try and close the gap as we see more americans get back to work, more kids back into the classroom? >> you know that the mantra for the democratic party is build back better. right?

we can't build back better if we don't do it with women. including women in jobs that will be key for the infrastructure plan to ensure that they are trained, they have access. the childcare piece and raising the minimum wage. the majority of the minimum wage jobs in america are held by women. i have talked to multiple women who work multiple jobs, one to pay for childcare, and the other to pay for the necessities of life, food, shelter and for -- to be able to clothe their children. because childcare is such a very high expense in america. a single parent in america trying to work and pay for childcare, making the minimum wage that we currently have, it's a formula that doesn't work. as we rebuild back better, including women in these jobs that we call non-traditional,

but they shouldn't be, they should be included, and every aspect of our economy. we know the minimum wage would be transformational. we do know that having efficient, safe childcare in america will be one of the keys. no one paying more than 7% of their salary for childcare in america. >> no one should pay more than 7% of their salary in childcare, regardless of where they live in this country? >> we have a cap on it. obviously, if you are over $175,000 combined income, you don't need the subsidy. if you are in that lower income level, we feel in america that you should get childcare credit so that you can send your child to childcare and work and contribute to our economy and make america -- build it back better with all hands on deck.

>> how should we pay for it, congresswoman? >> that is a discussion that we are having with our republicans, as you know. the president just mentioned that he is going to the table again with the republicans. he proposed a tax structure that will pay back that money. but in the end of the day when we are negotiating -- the republicans say, we don't want to raise taxes. they are saying they want to increase the debt because we need to pay for what we use our taxes for and balance our budget. i sit on appropriations. i know how to count. i was a mayor. i know how to balance a budget. in reality, in the spirit of being bipartisan, in the spirit of getting the job done to address these needs that poll after poll told us, this is a priority.

we need to make it a priority. when we have high unemployment and we have women who are not working and families who are not working because they don't have childcare, we are doing the math. we must pay for this. we have different avenues. but we're at the table negotiating in a bipartisan way. >> congresswoman brenda lawrence, we will have to leave it there. thank you. thanks for your time. enjoy the weekend. >> thank you so much. today is gun violence -- end gun violence day. >> yes. we are wearing orange here. every four years we hear a lot of complaints about how we nominate presidents. that could be finally changing. could states like iowa and new hampshire lose their outsized influence? we have a look at a state that's trying to shake up the entire process. and about new hampshire, former vice president mike pence spoke there thursday night. his first formal stop there since the 2020 election. he talked about the january 6th

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night. not just seeing action in new hampshire. nevada making bold moves to perhaps get to the front of the line before iowa in our primary process. lawmakers there okayed a bill trying to become the first presidential nominating state. there's the headline there. the bill just waiting for the governor's signature. even if he signs it, it will be up to the national parties to accept it. i want to bring in the host of "zurlina." how realistic is it that iowa does not go first in 2024? >> i think after the debacle in 2020, i would put more money on the side of it not going first in 2024. ultimately, it will be up to the national party, which is now led by the chair of the dnc.

the party is going to make the decision. the argument for why changing the calendar would be beneficial to the party but also more reflective of the diversity of the country is looking at what happened in 2020. not just the debacle of iowa itself but how -- i think there was outsized coverage of some candidates doing well in the early states who did not resonate with black and brown voters ultimately and who did not come away with the nomination because of that. that was always going to be the case. it was obscured because so much attention and money is put into iowa and new hampshire when that's not going to tell you much about where the democratic party is. >> that's an interesting theory. candidates like who? who benefitted more from that early coverage in those states where so many of the folks -- >> the first -- >> go ahead. >> the first candidate would be mayor pete. it's no shade to mayor pete.

but i think that candidates like mayor pete and even senator amy klobuchar, who didn't really track with black voters -- they didn't register with black voters early on in the process when the polling was taking place, before iowa and new hampshire, and yet because they were polling so high in those states -- as you know, pete buttigieg probably has an argument as to why that was a very frustrating outcome with it being confusing. ultimately, their weak showing with black and brown voters, it put them in a weak position to try to win the democratic nomination. >> that's a good point. we remember that moment when jim clyburn endorsed biden. it put him on the path toward the name nation. look what happened after south carolina. look at this map.

all these blue states, biden won. why not my home state of south carolina? why shouldn't south carolina be first? >> there's a good argument for south carolina going first as well, craig. i would say that south carolina does have a little bit of an advantage. the chair of the dnc is from south carolina and ran for that senate seat in the last cycle. maybe they have an insider there who might tip the scales. it's not up to him. it's up to the national party. i think that there is an argument for south carolina. definitely not a state where you have 88% white voters. that's not the democratic party, that's not representative of the present or future of the democratic party. >> as far as what iowans seem to think about that, i want to read party of a statement from the democratic chairman.

iowa going first does not take away from other states' abilities to hold primaries. it adds to the conversation. he goes on to add that iowa, quote, provides the perfect grass-roots opportunity for candidates who don't have the name recognition or funding to break through in larger states. do you think that there could be backlash -- could they face backlash in iowa if a candidate goes to another state first? >> maybe. i guess any state could get hurt feelings if they are not picked first. i think iowa and the folks in iowa in the democratic party need to look at where the party is headed and the demographics of the party. the most recent runoff was in georgia. that happened because of black, brown and indigenous turnout. those voters are not really frankly represented in high numbers in the state of iowa. while it is grass-roots and less expensive, that is true, you could do the same type of

process and also have a primary instead of a caucus, which is really outdated and inefficient, in one of the more diverse states and have candidates, even those who have low name recognition, but perhaps a message that resonates with those communities of color, and you are making a democratic primary look like the electorate they are trying to court. that just makes sense to me. >> thanks, as always. check out "zerlina" on peacock. there have been 155 days of 2021 so far. according to the gun violence archive, we have seen 232 mass shootings this year. they define that as a shooting with four or more people hurt or killed. today, you might notice a lot of folks are wearing orange to signify gun violence awareness day. it's a day set aside to honor victims and survivors of gun

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