right now on "msnbc reports" breaking economic news on two fronts. president biden about to speak from the white house, his first comments since the better than expected july jobs report showing 943,000 jobs were added just last month. wall street so far liking what it is seeing, but why some experts are warning today's snapshot possibly already muddied by a delta variant and recent covid surge. we look for the president to address new reporting, the white house talking about withholding federal money from some parts of the country and an effort to getting vaccinations up and cases down. our business and white house teams are standing by to cover it all for you. also in d.c., house speaker nancy pelosi is going to take to the podium, her chamber getting ready to get their hands on that massive infrastructure bill. the senate poised to pass it

tomorrow. democrat senator john hickenlooper will join me with where this goes next. you don't want to miss that conversation. good morning, everybody. it's 10:00 a.m. on the east coast. i'm yasmin vossoughian in for hallie jackson. we'll start with breaking news on the economy. nbc's kelly o'donnell at the white house for us. also with us cnbc senior market correspondent dom chu. dom, i'll start with the good news. it is 10:00 a.m. on the east coast. folks are still waking up here and on the west coast, so let's talk about these massive job numbers, we're seeing two months in a row over 850,000 jobs added to the economy. talk me through it. >> the number say headline. you mentioned the 9 had 3,000 jobs created, yasmin, that's the big takeaway. economists were expecting 845,000 so better than expectations. also the unemployment rate ticks down significantly lower to 5.4%, economists were looking for about 5.7%. all of that represents the

fastest monthly jobs growth in almost a year and it wasn't just that jobs number. the number added wages also increased by 4% over the same time last year, lending at least some validation, some more validation perhaps to the notion that there is a tighter labor market out there. you mentioned the unemployment rate again. i mentioned it just now. that's the headline number. the number of economists looking also towards the separate measure of unemployment that tracks the number of people who are discouraged out there, those working part-time jobs or multiple jobs for economic reasons, that measure also fell to 9.2% from 9.8% in june. as for where the jobs are, no surprise here, it's leisure and hospitality, where a lot of the gains have been during the pandemic recovery, certainly as business and travel restrictions have been lifted, 380,000 jobs were created in just that industry alone, the majority coming from bars and restaurants. rounded out with professional

and business services and transportation and warehousing contributors to the upside, while there was a slight decline in the number of retail jobs. now, yasmin the big variable here comes in the next few jobs reports, which will shed light on some of the effects of the expiring enhanced unemployment benefits, most of which will end in september. whether or not that will boost the number of job seekers out there to replace income lost from those benefits, it's still going to be very confusing since the delta variant is still a very large wildcard that may cause some workers to actually consider staying at home depending on how the infection numbers develop, so certainly that's something that a lot of policymakers and economists are watching. >> i want to you take a pause. i want to dig into more of that, the delta variant, how it affects things going forward. looking ahead. kelly o., let's bring you into the conversation as we await the president to speak, hopefully at the bottom of the hour. we know how this president likes to run a little bit late. we're hoping he's going to be on time this morning. what are we expecting to hear

from the president when it comes to these jobs numbers? >> reporter: certainly the president has been looking and in need of politically some good news, and as we just heard the explanation of how this stands out as a bright spot, the president will certainly seize on that, but he'll also talk about the fact that more jobs are coming, he believes, if congress goes forward with his big agenda item of infrastructure. the president will likely talk about how there are tools available now that we did not see in the first waves of the pandemic, namely vaccines, an opportunity to again push vaccines as a way to be able to return to work, and other mitigation steps like using masks and so forth, but encouraging employment to have its own set of rules, private sector, government of course, he's already said that federal employees will be required to get the vaccine, but the president strongly taking hold in a broader way across many sectors of private enterprise to

say have employees vaccinated, that will give confidence, not only to those in the workforce, but to clients and customers that they interact with. so one argument will be the tools are in place to better weather the delta variant. >> right. >> they will highlight the signs that the economy is in fact moving forward, and the president likes to talk about wage growth. there isn't always an opportunity to do that. that's a statistic he may highlight today as well. >> so dom, i want to dig a little bit into the bad news of all this, right, because these jobs numbers were taken a week before we saw this massive surge in covid cases around this country, because of the delta variant. we're nearing 100,000 cases a day, which is astounding to think about, we are surpassing the numbers that we saw last summer. i think a lot of folks are predicting this could affect kind of the rebound in the economy, that we're seeing. what are we expecting and how do you explain that considering these massive job numbers? >> that's the biggest variable a lot of economists are looking at right now. they can't model around this

because you don't exactly know how this delta variant is going to affect things. like you said, some of these survey numbers for this unemployment report were taken before we saw this huge surge in the number of delta variant cases. if this kind of track continues the way it is right now, this could be as good as some of the job numbers get for the near to medium term because folks out there will feel like maybe it is better for me to stay at home, better for me not to go out there right now and look for a job. the issue is whether or not, there's a balancing act many americans have to look at. to replay some of the income lost as enhanced unemployment benefits expire or whether or not they feel it's better off for them to stay at home. this is a tough decision to make, because you're weighing economic considerations against health considerations and that's the key for a lot of people going forward. whether or not those people feel it's safe enough to go out there and right now, if you look at

places like in the united kingdom and even in india, there is at least this idea after a certain time period it appears there is a peak to the delta surge and a rollover in decline,'u.s. were to follow that same trajectory, that would bring you into the month of september as well, so there are so many variables that a lot of people are looking at right now, with regard to how these numbers play out. >> going to be focused on that in september. looking elsewhere for some guidance as we deal with the surge in the delta variant. kelly, dom, great to see you. thanks for joining us on this. we're talking about obviously the coronavirus and also following two big developments when it comes to the covid vaccine, of course, in the mandates this morning. nbc news confirming the biden administration is actually considering a move that could potentially pull federal money from certain institutions, unless they require employee vaccinations, and then an announcement just out from united airlines, they're going to become the first major domestic airline to require all

64,000 of their u.s. employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. with that, we bring in josh ledderman at the white house, tom costello covering the airline industry. josh, these talks are in the early stages so far, possibly hearing from the president about this later on. talk to us about this new reporting and if this is more of a potential scare tactic or something the white house is really considering, pulling this funding. >> reporter: the white house is going back to the drawing board. clearly they realize what they have done so far on vaccinations has not been sufficient in terms of cajoling people to get the vaccine, but they also have determined that it's not within their power to simply mandate every single american gets the shot. they can't do that. the white house now looking what else is possibly within our federal authority to actually encourage vaccinations. so for example, you have thousands of nursing homes across the country that gets lots of medicare money.

can we say if you want to be eligible for federal medicare dollars, you have to require your employees to get the vaccination. now, a white house official tells us this is in the very early stages of discussions and anything being reported is pre-decisional but we also heard a few minutes ago from commerce secretary gina raimondo, who spoke to stephanie ruehl saying we're trying to be as creative as possible, looking at whatever we can possibly do but do it thoughtfully and deliberately, because they want to get it right. >> tom, i want to talk to you about this united airlines development. are you seeing this as not the first but really kind of the first of many other airlines getting on board with this vaccine mandate, and could this mean that passengers could also be required to be vaccinated in the future, as they are requiring their employees? >> i don't think that's going to happen. united has come out and said

they don't anticipate that they would require passengers to be vaccinated. they are telling the 67,000 employees they need to have proof of vaccination by the fall. it's a little bit of a sliding line, we're probably talking the mid to late october, and if they are vaccinated, if they can't show proof of vaccination and don't have a medical or religious reason not to be vaccinated, then they'd be terminated. united already said about 80% to 90% of their pilots and flight attendants are vaccinated, requiring new hires to be vaccinated. this is about united essentially leaning forward on this as a major fortune 500 company trying to set the bar. if the government can't require private citizens to get vaccinated, employers can, and united clearly believes it's in its interest to require that, not only from the safety of its employees, and its passengers, but critically important, united wants the business traveler to come back and if we're already

seeing businesses pulling back because of the delta variant, in other words not requiring people to return to the office as originally planned around labor day, now, pushing that back further and further into this year or next, united has got to be in its view among those companies leaning forward to enable business to function, to get business back in the air again in terms of everyday passengers. >> tom, just quickly here. do we have any indication as to what happens if you are a united employee and you refuse to get vaccinated? does that mean you're terminated? >> you'd be terminated. >> tom costello and josh lederman thanks foryour reporting. just 20 minutes from now the president will speak about the new jobs report that exceeded expectations. capitol hill house speaker pelosi about to brief reporters ahead of a final senate vote on the massive infrastructure bill this weekend, but up next, i have senator john hickenlooper who helped negotiate that bill on any last-minute road blocks

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welcome back, everybody. you see on your screen right now we're watching for house speaker nancy pelosi to start to speak any minute on what reporters are trying to get questions of course about the expected house time line for the infrastructure bill which could be on the verge of heading that way with the senate vote expected tomorrow, and then as senators rush to smooth over a potential new wrinkle, the congressional budget office releasing its estimate saying the bill would add more than $250 billion to the deficit over the next ten years. garrett haake is on capitol hill following this for us. great to see you. thanks for joining us. there's a lot going on this morning. cbo some senators saying hang on for a moment. that estimate does not show the full picture here. this is all paid for, and then there's a lot of questions about

house speaker pelosi, is really going to plan to navigate the demands of progressives for progress and other $3.5 trillion reconciliation first. >> yeah, that's right. we're in a bit of a holding pattern today, with a big chunk of senators out of town to attend the funeral of former senator mike enzi. we got to the end of the night last night there was a push to see if it would be possible for the senate to finish its work on the bill last night before the break for the day today. they weren't able to get there in part, bill haggerty of tennessee said the cbo report numbers do not add up. i don't want to do this tonight. let's delay it. the reality of the cbo report it shows a $256 billion deficit over ten years. the senators who put together this package say yep, that's right. based on what the cbo can do, but they're limited in how they do the math. the argument that the senators make is that the cbo can't

include dynamic scoring. a fancy way of saying the way in which the money will be spent will grow the economy and revenue. they can't double dip to use a less technical phrase to count money that's saved that's already allocated for something else, so money spent on covid relief, the cbo counts that as spent and these folks are saying, the senators who put this bill together are saying we're going to repurpose that money. that shouldn't count against us. this is a long way of saying senator haggerty's objection will slow this process but likely won't stop it. the bill has significant momentum and expected to get significant bipartisan support when that final vote comes around probably as soon as saturday but it shows the power that one senator can have to pump the brakes on anything that the senate is trying to do in a hurry. >> garrett haake, thank you. john hickenlooper of colorado, one of the senators who helped negotiate the deal on the bipartisan infrastructure deal. senator, good morning to you. >> good morning, yasmin. expectn

there. haggerty kind of putting a pause on things because of the cbo report. are you afraid of more haggertys in the pipeline because of this cbo estimate? >> i think there's going to be a lot of discussion, and that was the whole point, leader schumer has taken already 22 amendments that have been processed over the last week, some from republicans, some from democrats, the point is this is the way democracy is supposed to work and we're trying to show not just america but this world that democracy can succeed and that requires conversation and discussion and persuasion, and i think we can get bill hagger to see the scoring was too limited and this bill does pay for itself, and not only that,' going to build infrastructure that will have a more than just a typical dynamic effect on the economy. we'll grow the economy dramatically by making these investments. >> how quickly do you expect this bill to pay for itself, from your own estimations that

you guys have been doing and tracking? >> there's always a lag. it is hard to say six months or a year, but as we make these investments, they are going to create additional revenue flows into the federal government, so in that sense, when you anticipate the growth in the economy, the jobs that will be created and the overall expansion of the economy, that money as it comes in, in the normal process of paying taxes, that will pay the federal government back for the money that's spent to build roads, to help electrify america and transition to a clean energy future, the biggest investments in water infrastructure ever, those kinds of investments are all going to get paid for by the economic growth. >> senator, you got another obstacle ahead of you, that's the reconciliation bill, $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. speaker pelosi saying we need to see the bill along with the infrastructure bill. progressives saying we need to see that bill if we're going to move this ahead. how quickly do you expect to see

it? >> i think it's always been thought that we are working on these bills together and yet they are completely separate, and i think it's appropriate that we go ahead, let's get the infrastructure bill done, and then we'll work on the reconciliation bill, and make sure we get that done as well. but it's going to, next week is going to be a very busy week. >> i'm sure that you have seen the breaking news on the jobs numbers, given a pretty good financial picture, economic recovery picture moving forward. but it doesn't necessarily include some of the more recent changes from this new covid surge of the delta variant, of course. do you think this jobs report is going to make it harder to defend specifically the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill? >> no. absolutely not. i think the jobs numbers are great and look how far we've come, but i think we've got to keep our eye on where we're going, and how far we still have

to go, and this economy is still just beginning to get back the momentum that it had before covid, and we've got to get, make sure that not only do we get back that momentum but also create an economy that lifs everyone up, allows women to come in the workplace and get better jobs. a lot of the things that we saw during our year of covid, we have a chance to address them now. i don't think we want to miss this opportunity. >> i want to talk about voting rights, while i have you, merritt garland out with an op-ed, we have to tackle voting rights. it is crucial for this country when it comes to voting rights. senator schumer saying there will be a vote ahead of the august recess. do you agree with that time line? >> yes, democracy, this is the most sacred right of all our rights. every other right we have depends on our right to vote, and that means that everyone should be able to vote easily, the local counties or municipalities shouldn't create

obstacles to make it harder for people to vote, and i think we've got to address that. i think we've got to keep addressing it. again, the primary, the right to vote is the primary foundation of our democracy. >> senator, before i let you go, the cat is out of the bag. i have to ask you this question. would the infrastructure bill have been negotiated with or without senator manchin's house vote? >> i think senator manchin has played a significant role in getting this bill done, but sos akyrsten sinema, mark warner, a number of republicans, susan collins and lisa murkowski, a whole lot of people that made this happen but certainly, you know, joe manchin coming out and talking about voting rights when he did and making such a passionate, his speech to the democratic caucus on how important voting was and how we all had a vested interest in making sure that every american can vote. he was pretty powerful.

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welcome back, everybody. texas democrats are making one final push. the group about to speak on capitol hill, urging the federal legislators to take up voting rights legislation that would blanket any restrictive measures coming out of their own state. senate majority leader chuck schumer pledged earlier this week to hold a vote before the body goes into recess. finding the ten republicans needed to pass that bill is unlikely. you're going to remember a group of texas democrats left their state for washington weeks ago in order to block republicans from passing a restrictive voting rights law. governor greg abbott is making his own push calling the legislature back into a second special session with the hope that they will pass a wide agenda that includes those election rules as well as 16

other items on the governor's to do list. i want to bring in senior digital reporter jane tim, who has been following this for us. thanks for joining us. let's talk about the special legislative session number two, we should say. what is the governor looking to get done here and will it happen? >> yes, the governor abbott's wish list is long, 17 different items, six new ones from the last session. the special sessions can last 30 days. he's not going to get it all done but top of his list, the election legislation, allocating federal covid relief builders, bail reform, wants to ban mask and vaccine mandates in schools and another big one is punishment for the first walk-out, we're on the second walk-out, remember. he defunded the legislature branch essentially pulling funding for thousands of employees who work in district offices, have tiers in the legislature and wants the

lawmakers to put that funding back and if they don't do that, they run out of money at the end of the month, excuse me. so all the employee also no longer get paid. he's trying to put pressure on the lawmakers, get them back to austin and back to work but without those texas democrats giving quorum to that legislature, they can't do anything. all they can do in the next special session is sign warrants for their arrests and try and get those lawmakers back unless they have a quorum. you can't do anything without that. >> at this point, is he still threatening arrest, jane? >> absolutely. they are pretty determined to get lawmakers back. abbott is thought to have presidential ambitions and thought to be looking on the national stage and this is not a fight they want to back down from. election integrity, legislation, as he put it, is top of his call, but the texas democrats won't tell me exactly what they plan to do next. they say all options are on the table. the only thing they'll confirm is they're determined to keep

fighting it, but we do know that one of the leaders of this walk-out, and the move to d.c., he does plan to stay in washington through the end of the senate session, so we do know there is some precedent for at least one democrat sticking around and trying to put pressure on washington. >> we'll keep our eyes on this, jane timm, appreciate it. an nbc news exclusive, we learned nearly 1,800 americans directly affected by the 9/11 terror attacks, they don't want president biden to participate in any memorial this year, as he follows uhm on a pledge to declassify evidence from 9/11. courtney kube is at the pentagon with reporting. good to see you. this all has to do with what these families believe may be a link between saudi arabia and the hijackers and the promises made by then candidate biden. >> that's right. so this is a group of families as you mentioned, yasmin, people

who are victims who were killed that day, family members, some individuals who were injured, first responders, many sickened from their time working at ground zero, nearly 1,800 people are saying to president biden, look, if you will not declassify any evidence or documents that the u.s. government has related to any potential involvement by the saudi government in the attacks on 9/11, then don't come to any of our memorial events this year. last year, october of 2020, when joe biden was still the candidate for president, he sent a letter to these families and said he pledged full transparency and he said he understood why these families wanted this information declassified and he would do everything working with his department of justice to provide them the information that they are asking for. since then, according to one of these family members, brett eagleson, who i spoke with about this story, he said since then, the biden administration has not been responding.

members of congress reached out to find out what information they had about the documents being declassified. this morning, this group, they released a statement and it reads in part that "since the conclusion of the 9/11 commission in 2004, much investigative evidence has been uncovered implicating saudi government officials in supporting the attacks. through multiple administrations, the department of justice and the fbi have actively south to keep this information secret and prevent the american people from learning the full truth about the 9/11 attacks." so that's a really important point here, too, yasmin. this is not just something the biden administration has kept quiet but also the previous administrations have as well. these families feel it's the 20th anniversary, this is a time where people, the american public are paying attention to what happened that day again, and they are hoping that they can get some movement on this issue now. >> courtney kube, thank you for your reporting on this, appreciate it. taking a live look at the white house, everybody, where we are awaiting the president to

speak about the july jobs numbers, just out this morning. next up, new this morning, the fda strategy for vaccine boosters. what we will learn, and when it will be released, plus new reporting on who is taking over the congressional investigation into the trump department of justice, and why. we'll be right back. balancedn for strength and energy. whoo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, now introducing ensure complete! with 30 grams of protein. fine, no one leaves the table until your finished. ensure complete! fine, we'll sleep here. ♪♪ it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win.

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topped 200 million people and on a more encouraging note, the biden administration announcing 70% of adults in the united states have had one shot of that vaccine. kerry sanders is standing by for us in ft. lauderdale and dr. celine gawner. kerry, florida is seeing a new surge in covid cases and hospitalizations as i just mentioned. the new super spreader event, the anticipation prediction for this thing. what is going on there? >> reporter: yasmin, i am currently in sunrise, florida, the bb&t arena, and at the stadium we have these big trucks back here, going to be a monster jam event this weekend. the trucks get out, the fans come, about 27,000 and this is the conflict. people have been living under this sense of yes, we have coronavirus, but we also want to live our lives and get out and

do things, and when you have a large group of people, doctors tell us, that's how coronavirus spreads. they have since october been doing these monster jam events around the country, and the promoters say they have had nobody come back and tell them that they were the case of a super spreader event but they also know that they have to encourage people to follow safe distancing, protocols. there will not be a requirement for folks to have mask although they encourage folks to wear masks at events like this. they're prepared. they know people are coming. they're checking to make sure that people are coming to the building, like for instance us, showing our vaccination cards today, revealing that we have actually had the vaccinations, doing our temperature checks, but after all of that, they still have a large number of people coming. listen to what one of the folks who is part of this event here had to tell us. >> every event we've been to has been selling extremely well. we're in july going to 100%

capacity. fans are coming and having a great time and the venues are working overtime ensuring all proper protocols are followed between enhanced cleaning, enhanced ventilation and cashless touch points. >> reporter: we have heard that really just about every facility and airplanes we've heard that, those protocols put in place, tends to make sure that people are not spreading the vaccine but still trying to live or spreading the virus but still trying to live their lives. now at the same time, across the south, as you noted, especially in the south, we're seeing this increase in the number of coronavirus patients, for instance here in broward county, the largest health care system here is memorial, and memorial has seen an incredible increase in the number of patients, a third of all the patients in the hospital here have covid. >> wow. >> they have told elective surgeries they must delay them and so from oklahoma all the way down, mississippi, alabama, all

the way we're seeing with these increased numbers, people saying okay, maybe i didn't want to get a vaccine but now i will. even in tennessee in the last two weeks, a 90% increase in the number of people showing up to get vaccines. we have some video here, you can see folks getting vaccines in orlando yesterday. among the people who was there, a father who brought his 1-year-old son, because he said look, school begins next week. i thought this is probably the best thing to do. let's listen to what he had to say. >> the reward outweighs the risk and with him going back to school in a week or so, just wanted to make sure he was covered and you know, as healthy as he could be. >> to be on the safe side, because everything that's going on right now and everybody going back to school. >> reporter: there's joraline williams with his dad getting their shot. at the end of the day, the health officials say perhaps most importantly is if we are going to protect ourselves

against this fast-spreading delta variant, we need to have more people vaccinated and in the south especially, where people have chosen not to get vaccinated, and we're seeing the fast spread of this, there's an urgent call to rethink your decision not to get vaccinated, and perhaps get vaccinated now. >> kerry sanders for us, appreciate it, kerry. dr. gowner, get's talk about some of kerry's reporting ending on a high note, increase of vaccinations we're seeing a bit across this country. that's good news. we also kind of understand the dilemma so many floridians are facing, americans across the country wanting to get back to life. possibly attending the super spreader cases. florida 20,000 in one day, 100,000 cases in one day across this country. the numbers are fairly astounding. we're hearing from the fda of a possibility of a plan for booster shots around the corner. what should our expectations be when it comes to the possibility of a booster shot?

>> looking at the data, looking at how different groups of people pond to the vaccines, it's clear that highly immunosuppressed people, so here i'm talking about people who have had organ transplant, a lung or kidney transplant, people who are on highly immunosuppressive drugs because they have cancer or auto immune disease, people who have aids, so people who are highly immunosuppressed do not respond as well, develop as strong an immune response to the vaccines. it's not waning immunity. they never really developed that strong immuno response. giving an extra dose of vaccine to the highly immunosuppressed people we can induce a better immune response. i think you'll see guidance from the fda and eventually from the cdc recommending that that population, the highly immunosuppressed get an extra dose. >> so are you suggesting that you don't believe all americans will have to get that extra dose

of a vaccine? >> i do not think all americans will be getting an extra dose of the vaccine, especially not in the short term. i think that's something we are still studying and if you look at other vaccine regimens, many vaccines are given as three, four doses and you're done. it's not a yearly booster. i do think we may be headed towards a three-dose regimen at some point down the line but i don't think that's in our imminent future right now. >> dr. gounder, we mentioned at the top of the show new reporting from nbc, the biden administration considering withholding federal funding for certain institutions like nursing homes, for instance, that don't require their workers to be vaccinated. do you think this is the right route? >> this is what we call pay for performance. this is something that medicare, medicaid does routinely. so if an institution does not have certain medical safety practices in place, if for example they're not counseling patients who have had a heart

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. welcome back, eastbound. we're following some breaking news on governor andrew cuomo who was the subject of a stinging report this week. we just learned that one of the women identified in that report has filed a criminal complaint. gabe gutierrez is with us. great to see you this morning, thanks for jumping on camera for us. you have an open criminal investigation, what does this mean for the governor? >> yeah, yasmin, several local attorneys are looking into this case, these allegations, and

seeing if it rises to the level of criminal charges. we just learned a short time ago that one of the accusers that was mentioned in the attorney general's report referred to his executive assistance number one filed a criminal complaint with the albany county sheriff's office. according to the local sheriff here, a spokesperson for the local sheriff, she filed that criminal complaint. now yasmin as you know executive assistant number one is the accuser referred to in the report that had numerous interactions with governor cuomo. she alleges that the governor would touch her inappropriately, reach in for pugs and at least in one instance when she was taking a selfie with him that he allegedly touched her in her

backside for at least five seconds. perhaps more serious in that report is that at one point when he reached in for a hug, she says, and she told investigators that he reached under her blouse and touched her inappropriately. the governor repeatedly says he did not touch anyone inappropriately. he says he frequently hugs and kisses people in public as gestures, but that he did nothing inappropriate. this is separate from the political pressure, of course, that governor cuomo is facing here in albany. the judiciary committee plans to

meet on monday and right now governor cuomo is staying silent, he did not speak since that prerecorded statement that he put out. >> so you answered one of the questions which is have we heard from the gofer so i'm wondering if we will hear from him since we have not heard from him since then. >> yeah, that is a big question. the pressure is mounting on him. many are wondering what his next move will be. kate snow spoke with the chair of the democratic party yesterday. according to jay jacobs the governor still feels that his story has not gotten out there. but many lawmakers say he has no other choice. they have the votes to impeach

him. it is not a matter of if, but when. they feel like he has no other options. the question right now is what will the governor do next. as we understand he has been in the executive manx here in albany. we have not gotten a response from his officer or his team. there was a statement that a spokesman put out yesterday that said the governor was cooperating fully with the impeachments. he has a deadline of next friday to submit any new information that feels relevant to that impeachment inquiry. >> any idea at this point, gabe, that this could expe despite the impeachment inkwur ri even though it has already at this point been expedited? >> you mean the criminal complaint? it remains to be seen whether or not that will happen. according to the spokes person

it is possible that potentially the governor at some point could be arrested. but this is something that several district attorneys are looking into. the goran has not been charged with a crime at this point but it is an escalation of the charges that he could file. again. he denies those allegations. >> a major development here. thank you for joining on, we appreciate it, gabe. so it is already tasked with investigating the deadly riot at the capitol. now the january 6th select committee has more on their

plate. they are canceling two interview that's are coming up. joining me now is betsy woodriff swan. thank you for joining us on this. why are they giving it to the committee? >> this is an abrupt development. they have not given an explanation for why they're making this change. it is taking longer for the american public to learn what was going on in trump's final weeks. that said the case being made is that it makes sense for this democratic national committee is laser focused on trump's final weeks to pick up the baton from the house oversight committee and be one central clearingous

for all of the threats related to that incredibly huge moment. and nancy pelosi said the house oversight committee has very broad jurisdiction and that in her view it might make sense for that committee to use their resources on a host of adisal problems and challenges facing the country including the ongoing investigation into the coronavirus administration. >> so republicans have criticized the january 6th select committee that is being politicized. will it make those criticisms louder? >> it a will create a major tactical disadvantage for republicans. if they had been there, it would have been staff hired by

protrump republicans that would have played a role in the way they played out. but because they will be interviewed by the january 6th committee that they're boycotting, that means there will not be any trump friendly staff to try to push back against whatever points they could be trying to develop. we expect to antitrump committee mens to have staff, but we think they will take a different tact then say staffers for jim jordan may have taken. >> any idea when the next hearing is? >> we know the senate judiciary committee will have closed door hearings in the next few days. their investigation is running in parallel and it will be moeing quickly and immediately. betsy, thank you so much for

joining us. >> thank you for watching this hour of right now more news with jose diaz balart. >> referee: good morning, i'm in for craig melvin. this hour we're following breaking news for you. any minute now we're expecting to hear from president biden after a block buster july jobs report. the biggest monthly begin since august. we're going to hear from the numbers and what it signals about an ongoing recovery. 943,000 jobs were added beating expectations. that's just under the entire population of delaware. but