what is your position in terms of the response of the labor department? really the safety standard coming out of the department of labor right now is nonexistent and that is a problem. i think that the response in terms of dr. birx unemployment e has been positive. in general, the guidance came out quickly, but we have not seen anything about refusal of suitable work, protecting public health, and safety guidelines. at a hearing that i testified at at the senate finance committee, only side -- one citation have been issued in health and safety --response to

the labor department has just released its unemployment report for the month of june. it will show us how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the slowly recovering job market. we also have the separate weekly jobs report on how many americans are filing for unemployment benefits. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger joins us. what are the numbers for june, jill? >> the economy added 4.8 million jobs last month. that is much more than most expected. we thought maybe 3 million, that really lends credence to the fact that the labor market, likely bottomed out in april. job gains in may, job gains in june. now, the unemployment rate. it came in at 11.1%. but once again, the labor department is warning that because of the way that people classify themselves, absent, versus unemplo oymecould be a full percentage point higher. but still the od continued impr one quick note of course, and that is that this report is earlier in the month of june. we do not see the impact of any of these additional lockdowns that are coming online from states and municipalities. >> conce

for the first time in 15 weeks, the labor department lorded an increase today in initial jobless claims with 1.4 million americans filing for unemployment benefits. and republican lawmakers are taking the first steps toward an agreement with the white house on virus-related legislation but have yet to present a united front in talks with democrats. the unemployment benefit runs out this week. admiral brett giroir, assistant director of health at the department of health and human services and testing coordinator for the white house coronavirus task force. thanks for taking the time with us, admiral. talking about testing, it is our pleasure because you are the expert on testing, and that's what everyone wants to know. right here in the district they announced the lag is too great and tests are not effective. this is of course being a problem throughout the country. you told my colleague savannah guthrie about ten days ago that the major problem was that commercial labs were behind on the processing, that you were going to be exerting a lot of effort to get those labs up to speed with pe

economy added 4800000 jobs in june as according to the labor department it's the 2nd straight months of gains after companies to shed a record 20000000 jobs in april the survey was completed in mid june however before the currents like in case numbers in the u.s. which has forced some states to impose new restrictions the u.s. unemployment rate is now 11 point one percent. and for more i'm joined by our financial correspondent ends quarter who is in new york for us yes wall street's on fire a quarter of the jobs that were lost in april back what kind of jobs are we talking about well it's mostly leisure and hospitality so restaurants bars coffee survey made up more than 40 percent of those job gains but we also see manufacturing for instance or construction in certain areas in retail not necessarily so much in department stores but in those areas as well so we saw pretty strong job creation for the month of june and you mentioned $4800000.00 jobs that we never ever had a chop increase like that but as you already hinted we shouldn't forget that just for the month of april we saw job

the labor department's report also showing a 5 year year-overr increase in wages.he numbers, stunning positives for the economy, for the country and for the president. even the left-wing national media had to take a deep breath and celebrate, at least for a moment, this great news. >> big hiring, 4.8 million jobs. it's a big positive to see this much hiring across the board. >> wow, these are really solid numbers. >> no other way to look at this but as good news. >> there's an optimism in the country that i think is often not showered with people who are on -- shared with people who are on air because we don't see the hiring. [laughter] lou: it hurt, but they did it, they got enthusiastic there for just a minute. investors today enthusiastic throughout looking at that jobs report. the dow closed 92 points higher, the s&p up 14, the nasdaq finishing 53 points higher for its 23rd record close of the year. think about it, 23 record closes. volume on the big board today, investors included getting ready for the holiday weekend, 4.2 billion shares traded. for this short

department of labor. the u.s. department of labor releases its new stats every thursday. we get out a newseaitel re tse data. we are doing everything we have readily available. we don there is no denial data element, for example. so each state has to cobble it together when you work different work queues, for instance, it will take longer to pros seas claim if you have to verify someone's identity. if you have to do a wage investigation. if someone's made mistakes. now we have to go back in and kind of investigate. so those are the kind of things that will alwsay e t longer. generally speaking and greatly for californians, because of a lot of the adjustments in our system, we can process large volumes of claims. most people from the time they apply for benefits until they get their first benefit payment if eligible should be able to do so in about three weeks. >> that's not what we're hearing. i'll get to that in just a moment. we have a lot of talk about here. has there just been a huge increase in people making claims, headlines in the papers and on abc 7 news, more peo

new cases continue 240000 workers register themselves as unemployed during the month germany's labor department create its short work scheme which keeps workers on payroll. numbers. and greenpeace activists have covered the headquarters of chancellor angela merkel's policy in black drapes with the picture all the german economy. and the slogan c.d.'s of shady deals with the coal industry the protest comes ahead of a vote in germany's parliament on legislation to phase out coal burning by 2038. jimmy has officially taken over the rotating presidency off the e.u. council standing in front of the brandenburg gate foreign minister heikal mas symbolically received the best and from his probation contra posh croatia held the presidency in the 1st 6 months of the. spell at the helm is said to be dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout one of the 1st challenges will be to make sure the block save india financial framework is approved by member states . we want to solve the most important problems that are the basis for completely getting out of the economic downturn into which we

the labor department says one. million americans filed for new employment benefits last week, that is the first increase since march and comes as many states have had to pause or rollback reopening's .50 2.7 million americans have now lost their jobs since the start of this pandemic. here in california, on employment claims are at the highest level in nearly 3 months. new numbers show california workers filed 292,000 new claims last week, it is up about 8000 .7 million workers have filed for unemployment since the start of the shutdown. and as greg lee reports now, a key benefit is now set to expire. >> we are all dreading the august 1 date. we call it doomsday. >> reporter: she fears reality is about to hit hard. the event planner lost her job, her husband was furloughed. they have two young kids. she has applied for dozens of jobs since march but nothing panned out. the only relief so far, the $600 a week extra unemployment federal benefit to help millions of americans. >> we live in the bay area. the cost of rai

what is your observation of the response of the labor department under president trump and his labor secretary, eugene scalia? caller: this -- guest: the safety standards coming out of the department of and that nonexistent is a real problem. the response in terms of unemployment insurance has been positive. i think in general, a lot of guidance came out very quickly, but we still not have seen anything about refusal of suitable work, we have not seen anything to protect public health, and we have not seen any safety guidelines. at a hearing when i testified in the senate finance committee, only one citation had been issued on health and safety in response to the tens of thousands of complaints coming in in response to the pandemic. we have to keep the virus from spreading. that is what is going to save the economy. without basic health and safety standards, i do not understand how that gets accomplished. on twitter from diana who says this -- my unemployed 27-year-old daughter lives at home's has a covid payment that has to be paid, car insurance, cell phone, gas, etc.. let's get to

also, the labor department reports another 1.4 million americans have filed for initial unemployment benefits last week. governor newsom had created a strike team to handle the backlog at the employment development department, and newsom says that the edd is operating on an antiquated sy in california from getting benefits that they have learned. the stto modernize technology at the department and employees will start addressing the backlog of unpaid claims. >>> minimum wage will increase by one dollar next year, despite economic struggles. governor newsom says the extra money will be helping lower income workers who have experienced hardships during the pen. the minimum wage will go to $14 an hour for companies with more than 25 employees, and $13 per hour for smaller companies. >>> apple, facebook, they well have quarterly earnings after the bell today. the four companies have a combined market cap of $5 trillion. they account for 16 percent of the entire s&p 500. facebook earnings were pushed back a day because of yesterday's testimony before the house judiciary committee. the big

of smarta line economists with the labor department.lp to get employment back if osha had standards ,nacted which you have resisted but wouldn't that encourage workers to go back to work? eugene: i am glad you raised back to work. it is important that we take stock of the people who are on unemployment and we know people are there and we need assistance for them. but the best thing is to enable people to get back to work. that is what is so extraordinary about the economy that we had until the virus had unemployment at 850 year low. a 50 year low. we have made really good headway asking -- adding 7.5 million jobs in june which was better than what people were projecting. we have not thought that an osha rule was necessary. we do have enforcement tools at our disposal. we have brought several cases against companies that are not taking measures. but what we have done is provided guidance on safety to workers and employers through guidance that is detailed, flexible, industry-specific. it enables us to do more to let people know what to d

that's when the survey from the labor department was fielded. since then, of course, we have seen a huge spike a resurgence of infections and reclosing of a lot of the very industries that seemed to do a lot of the hiring. so leisure and hospitality, for example, had been responsible for about two of -- two of every five jobs that were added and leisure and hospitality establishments have been reclosed in texas, florida, et cetera. so that alongside a number of other metrics that ever with seen in the couple of weeks since this survey was fielded have suggested that the recovery may have sort of plateaued or even maybe stalling out despite these very strong looking numbers from mid june. >> big picture issue, right, is that you can't sustainably ride the roller coaster here, right? many economists and health experts will make the point and business owners i have talked to you know the two go hand in hand. economic recovery and controlling the outbreak because when you have people getting infected at big rates again, then that invariably brings t

labor department released weekly jobless report. 1.3 million new claims were filed last week.is slightly higher than economists expected. it is the 15th straight weekly decline after the first time claims spiked at nearly 7 million at the end of march because of the covid-19 pandemic, continuing jobless claims total more than 17.3 million. and that is down from more than 18 million the prior week. we'll see how wall street responds when the markets open in about 45 minutes. >>> the trial of two bay area college students accused of killing an italian police officer resumes today. yesterday the father-in-law of the fallen officer collapsed when a recording of the call for help from a fellow officer was played in court. court was then adjourned. finnegan elder admits to stabbing him but claims that it was self-defense and they didn't know that they were place officers. and a 19-year-old is charged with preventing a fellow officer from saving raga. dan 2340noyes reports are onlind also a full length documentary about what allegedly happened. go to abc7news.com/iteam. >>> developin

according to the labor department, when .3 million americans filed for first-time benefits last week. at about the same number as the week before. new claims are expected in the coming weeks as businesses are set to shut down. last month's report had unemployment at 16.3%. >>> the dow jones dropped 135 points, about half of a percent. nasdaq, s&p 500, also down. >>> a vaccine underdevelopment has produced antibodies in the uk in human trials. volunteers in the trial at oxford university also showed a boost in t cells which can kill viruses. a full report on the results is set to be released next week. drugmaker, astrazeneca, prepared to make doses as early as september. >> we will help try to accelerate the progression of other vaccine development. >> some health officials are worried that deals between pharmaceutical companies and wealthy nations will leave developing countries behind. that is why they are not calling for international purchasing rules for vaccines. >>> the united states, canada, and united kingdom, are accusing russia of stealing russia research on the coronavirus v

labor department released the latest weekly jobless report.ore than 1.4 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week. slightly higher than economists were forecasting, it snaps a 15 week streak of decreasing numbers of claims since the high in march when the pandemic shut down the economy. more than 16 million people are continuing to receive benefits and we'll see you how wall street reacts to all of this when the markets open up in about 45 minutes. >> that stings for sure. >>> a significant change for nearly 500,000 undergrads, the california state university system will be requiring either nick studies or a social justice course. this is the first major change for the system in 40 years. and it comes at a time oionaon injustice. which is a large part of our effort to build a better bay area. j.r. stone has more now from cal state east bay. >> starting in 2023, csu students will have to take a course in ethnic studies and social justice. >> reporter: social justice including things like the criminal justice system and public hea

announcer: a house appropriations subcommittee debates and votes on 2021 for the labors department health and human services and the education department. watch live today starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, or listen live with the free c-span radio app. mark esper and general mark milley testify before the house armed services committee on the authorities and role of the defense department related to severely month forstmann. watch live coverage beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, on demand at c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are on the free c-span radio app. >> america's future is in our hands. and gentlemen, the best is yet to come. announcer: president trump is hosting a rally in new hampshire. watch our live campaign 2020 coverage saturday at 8:00 p.m. on demand atspan, c-span.org, or listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. stateser: a number of across the country are seeing rises in the number of covid-19 cases. to talk about that and how officials are addressing it, we are joined by the ceo of the national association of county and city health officials.

this comes as the labor department reports the u.s. 4.8 million jobs last month and as the president heats up his rhetoric over how to frame our nation's past leaders. in a moment, we will talk with labor secretary eugene scalia but first mark meredith joins us live from the white house with the latest, mark. mark: mike, president trump invited family, friends on fourth of july celebration and other cities while covid cases are surging celebrations were canceled to help slow the spread. president trump watching flyover but in prepared remarks a more somber tone. >> we are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters, and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue what they are doing. mark: white house guests were encouraged but not required to wear masks or social distance, the speech echoed the president's fiery rhetoric a day earlier at mount rushmore while joe biden says americans should embrace the debate over racial injustice. >> past time to fully confront sys

the labor department this morning said that nearly 5 million americans returned to work last month as the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%. that data was compiled before the recent spike in cases and before states began to stop or scale back reopening plans. and another 1.4 million americans did file first-time unemployment claims last week. that's the 15th straight week that initial jobless claims remained above 1 million. >>> and with all of this, the white house still has not laid to rest the questions about allegations that russia offered payments to taliban-linked militants in afghanistan to kill american and coalition troops. the nation's top intelligence officials were on capitol hill today to brief the so-called gang of eight. that is the eight members of the house and the senate. the leaders of both the house and the senate, both parties, plus the leaders of the house and senate intelligence committees. that's the gang of eight. trump has said that he wasn't briefed about the allegations because the intelligence wasn't verified. his former national security adviser says he doe

that resembles the labor department's may jobs report. the labor department delivers its june jobs report tomorrow. that's a day earlier than usual as the market and government will be closed on friday in observance of independence day. but the market is starting out the second half of the year much like it finished the first half. with the numbers in the green. dow right now up 166 pointsis m 17 points. back to you len. >> all right, kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks, thank you much. >>> happening today minimum wage in hayward will be adjusted to $15 an hour for large employers. the hayward city council voted to increase the amount unanimously last night. but for employers with 25 or fewer workers, the rate will move to $14 an hour. a pay change will also happen in another east bay city today. alameda's minimum wage increases to $15 an hour but the increase applies to all businesses in alameda regardless of the number of employees. >>> quarter to 7:00 and new this morning, health officials now say young are spone for dri infec

he had to loan money everything so he demanded when did ok bt attempt to go to the labor department to file a case against his employer. mr pierce the people like them here labor here how do you. think they don't know you that anyway just want to meet my friend is there any way so there is no visitation to any of the. detention center this is not only foreign nationals even the lawyers can point to the detention centers to see the yeah. it's all closed for now. there's little he can do to hold. it right hon drives to the detention center anyway hoping to at least catch a glimpse of his friend. he can't call to see if he's ok because detainees aren't allowed phones when they come here i become emotional ice is unbearable for me i cannot meet him i don't know is eating or not i going to give him the food i'm very much worried about him ryan came to malaysia 6 years ago to study and now works in marketing he says he loves his job and living here but this crackdown has changed the way raihan sees the nation and made him think about leaving this is a total a clear act of racism visiting her

he had to loan money everything so he became under the window ok bt attempt to go to the labor department to file a case against his employer. mr pierce the people like them here labor here how do you. think they don't know you that anyway just want to meet my friend is there any way so there is no visitation to any of the. detention center this is not only for the nationals even the lawyers can point to the detention centers to see the yeah. it's closed for now. there's little he can do to hold. it right hon drives to the detention center anyway hoping to at least catch a glimpse of his friend. he can't wait to see if he's ok because detainees aren't allowed phones when they come here i become emotional it's. unbearable for me i cannot meet him i don't know is eating or not i going to give him the food i'm very much worried about him ryan came to malaysia 6 years ago to study and now works in marketing he says he loves his job and living here but this crackdown has changed the way raihan sees the nation and made him think about leaving this is a total a clear act of racism visiting here

new numbers from the labor department show nationwide 1.4 million americans filed for unemployment benefits last week and that is more than expected and comes as some counties rollback the reopening s >> it is a combination of the layoffs caused by the immediate increased lockdowns and the new narrative really emerging in the state. >> reporter: in the meantime to state senators are urging the governor to issue an executive order to keep edd phone lines and operations open 24 seven and to staff the broken call centers and in a letter to the governor they write quote this is a monumental failure of government when californians need it most and while californians struggle to make ends meet, the very least government can do is put in the man-hours necessary to straighten this out. >>> coming up next, huge evfor canceled by presidtrump and his team late this afternoon. >> it is just not right with what happened recently, the flareup in florida. >> unfortunately the next step i think is to remove the image. >> the chief of the san jose police is under fire tonight by a group of workers. >> also

the labor department has the unemployment rates and they expect 1 million+ americans file for unemploymentbenefits. it might be on the rise as more states rollback reopenings and close back down. bars, restaurants and other nonessential businesses -- the extra $60 a week expires this weekend. >>> seattle will learn more about its new hockey team today. the nhl posted a video to twitter last night which says that have a major announcement. the video shows a fishing boat on the water suggesting they unveil the name or logo and it could be marine themes. it was awarded a team back in 2018 and their 32nd franchise is expected to start play in 2021. that is your cbs money watch report, go to this website. i am diane king hall. >>> historic bar in san francisco has been saved from shutting down indefinitely thanks to its neighboring diner. the iconic bar twin peaks tavern reopen for outdoor dining and drinks over the weekend with the help of orphan and this. twin peaks tavern is one of the only in the city to receive historical landmark status. >> crews who shut down barriers. the city calls it

the labor department releasing its weekly jobless report, showing another 1.3 million americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, the 17th straight week of more than a million claims, just a staggering number there. nbc's jo ling kent joins us to break down these numbers for us. jo, what is the picture that is painted by this 17th week of staggering jobless claims? >> reporter: good morning, eamon. the number here really underlines the fact that the economy and so many workers are still hurting very badly. 1.3 million unemployment claims filed last week is just the beginning of the story. as i dig deeper in the labor department report, you see that 928,000 people also applied for pandemic unemployment assistance, and those are the people who are self-employed part-time workers who are receiving that c.a.r.e.s. act money. as we look ahead, when you look at the chart, it's hard to really understand why this is continuing until we look at the number of cases of coronavirus in some of the hardest-hit microeconomies, california, florida and texas among the hardest hit and that's r

now the republicans have decided to push an approach that the administration's own labor department rejected as unworkable. so if the republican plan can't work, then the stark reality is that the republican plan remains cutting off the $600. what kind of leader punishes unemployed workers in the midst of a crisis? the harm ofamilies and businesses is not theoretical. and the last -- in the last recession we let emergency unemployment benefits lapse and the harm to individuals and retailers was immediate and substantial. in illinois, if republicans let average xpire, the benefit will be cut by 63%. hard working americans deserve relief. we must protect workers and families. we must do it now. there's no time to waste. there's no time left. now is the time and we must act immediately. i'd like to present representative kildee from michigan. mr. kildee: thank you, chairman davis. speaker pelosi. chairman neal. joined by mr. evans and ms. chu, both of the ways and means committee. appreciate all your efforts. we're here today with one message for the president and for the senate majority leader

new numbers out from the labor department today.e have seen more than a million jobs lost across this country for 18 weeks now. have been struck talking to people here by how many haven't gotten the benefits over the duration of this economic crisis. one is glenn patin, i caught up with him after he met with someone today. take a listen to what he had to say. >> well, last few month have been terrible. you know, i'm about three months behind on rent. a couple months on my car. food has been hard to get. trying to apply for s.n.a.p., but you know how that goes. it's been pretty bad. i have never needed benefits before. i have never seen anything like this before. america is a great country. we shouldn't be struggling like this. even with a pandemic. you know? our government should be able to take care of us. >> katy, a lot of people here talking about that federal benefit, that $600 per week benefit part of the initial c.a.r.e.s. act as being so crucially important. this facility serves 2,000 people a week. you can kind of distill th

labor department reveals worse than expected jobless claims for the last week. there were 1.4 million initial claims filed. that's up from the expected 1.3 million. it is the first time that the weekly tally has risen in more than three months. it is also the 18th straight week in which initial claims total more than 1 million. joining me on capitol hill with a look on all of this is msnbc's garrett haake. good to talk to you. the senate is racing to try to get a stimulus package finalized. it's not going to happen in time probably to get relief to millions of americans by the end of this month. where do the negotiations stand right now? >> ayman, i wouldn't say they're racing. they're stumbling. these senate negotiations have had a hard time getting off the ground over the last couple of days. republicans in the senate, of course, they control the senate, have still largely been arguing amongst themselves about what they want to even be in their first offer to democrats for when the negotiations get going in earnest. i'll just say coming out of carol's reportin

we had some pretty surprising news coming from the labor department which is why futures trading hasly positive factor looking for more than 400 point jump. once we begin trading today, the jobs report better than expected in for the month of june. the labor department reported that. 4.8 million jobs were created the month of june economists really expecting 2.9 so we had the. unemployment rate dropped to 11.1% from 13.3% in may so all great news. in fact we are expecting the president to speak momentarily, we may have a live picture to share with you this morning from the white house where was announced a short time ago the president will speak to the media and the nation we assume it's related to these latest job numbers will have to wait and see but obviously we've got a camera there. we're waiting for him to step out and once he does we'll bring it to you live. >>at 6.29, though let's first check the weather john what are we looking at today, well we are going to be seeing a good amount of sunshine later on today, you're already seeing some peeks of it through the low clouds that

congresswoman dina titus says the coronavirus pandemic is making things worse statistics from the labor department show that in april may and june women experienced higher unemployment rates than men and women are also more likely to be exposed to the virus because women tend to work in front-line jobs that 2 of health care workers 2 thirds of social work. there's also grocery store and fast food workers over whether and a very frightening share of women. >>you show up to work. and report that they have symptoms because they fear losing their job doctor william spriggs chief economist at a f l c i o says those women are also less likely to have access to proper health care meanwhile white house economic adviser larry kudlow says reopening schools is one way to help women in traditional families too, but. >>single moms. who have to work. >>but if the kids are home, but the solution is not a simple one more than 75% of teachers are women, the kaiser family foundation says one in 4 teachers may be at risk of severe illness from covid-19 in washington alexandra le mon. >>george floyd's families of the

germany's labor department credits its short-term work scheme, which keeps workers on the payroll for relatively low numbers. germany has takeover -- germany has taken over the rotating leadership of the united nations security council. germany's time at the helm is set to be dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout, one of the first challenges will be to make sure that the eu's financial framework is approved by all member states. >> we want to solve the most important problems that are the basis for quickly getting out of the economic downturn into which we got a as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. this has to happen in solidarity. no one should be left behind. in europe, everyone needs to do well because only ththen will we be able to profit from each other. we have to ensure that above all, europe becomes united and is seen as a united force against the background of competition between the major powers -- the united states, russia, and china. we will only be able to defend brent: that was the germann foreign minister speaking earlier today. a vote on co

labor department says unemployment nationwide declined 2% last month. the jobless rate goes down to 11.1% in june from 13% in may. employers added nearly 5 million jobs. however, another 1.4 million people filed for jobless benefits. that means 19 million people are currently collecting unemployment. the leisure and hospitality industry hired back more than 2 million workers. the retail sector rebounded but 740,000 jobs. economist say it's too early to declare a recovery. with new coronavirus outbreaks across the south and west slowing down reopening in many areas. >> the gains are beginning to wind down. that may reflect the fact that this reopening is losing a little momentum. >> negotiations in congress over a fourth coronavirus relief package won't resume until later this month. president trump says he agrees with democrats who want another round of direct payments to americans.and development apartment announced they are and extending and up limit benefits in california for an additional 20 weeks. >>> san francisco police are asking for the public'

now republicans have decided to push an approach that the ministrations own labor department rejected is unworkable. the republican plans can't work, the stark reality is that the republican plan remains cutting off the $600. what kind of leader punishes unemployed workers in the midst of a crisis? the homes of these businesses are not theoretical. we let emergency unemployment one of its last in the home to individuals and retailers was immediate and substantial. in illinois, if republicans with the $600 expire, the average benefit will be cut by 63%. hard work in america deserves relief. we must protect workers and families we must do it now. there's no time to wait. no time left. now is the time and we must act immediately. i'd like to present representative. >> thank you. joined by mr. evans in the committee, appreciate your efforts. we are here today with one message for the president and senate majority leader. do your job. millions of americans are at risk of losing everything they've worked for and the only thing holding them together has been this unemployment benefit and the

the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%, according to the labor department. that good news comes with a big catch. cbs' adriana diaz reports. >> reporter: the nearly five million jobs gained sets the record for the most jobs ever added in a single month, and after nearly 20 million jobs were lost in the shutdown, that's welcome news. but there's a catch, says labor economist diane swonk. >> because we already know from much more real-time data that the layoffs have already started and places have already had to close down-- restaurants, bars, >> reporter: the numbers were taken before many of the states were pushed to relapse, something that haunts restaurant owner ana santos-vitelo in schaumburg, illinois. she just reopened last friday after nearly four months closed. >> i'm very concerned, adriana, because if that happens again, i don't know. it's going to be very difficult to come back again. >> reporter: can you even can't. going through this one more time? >> i can't. it would be horrible. >> reporter: her biggest fear is laying off her employees, like c

however, the labor department says the unemployment rate remains historically high. over 20 million jobs were lost in the first two months of the andemic. president trump kicked off a briefing on today's unemployment numbers. the president didn't answer any questions but treasury secretary mnuchin did and he talked about what the administration wants as part of the next pandemic recovery package. pres. trump: thank you very much, everybody. this is mostly an economic conference. we have steve mnuchin with us, larry kudlow. news d like to anouns the for the american country, there's not been anything like this record setting, just put out that the united states economy added almost five million jobs in the month of june, shattering all expectations. i was watching this morning, the expectations were much lower than that. the stock market is doing extremely well which means to me jobs. this is the largest monthly jobs gain in the history of our country. the unemployment rate fell by more than 2 crer pent -- percentage points, down to just about 11%. we're down to the 1

the labor department said it better than expected 4.8 million jobs were added last month and the unemployment rate dropped nearly 11% even though summer returning to work and others are being laid off. 1.4 million americans filed for unemployment last week. now that more states are going into lockdown again, experts are not sure what the future holds. >> we really need to see how things progress from here. i think the spread of the virus is really the key factor in whether or not the economy continues to improve in the second half of the year. >> californians without jobs can get an extra seven weeks of benefits and part of a program called said at and it becomes available when the state has higher prolonged periods of unemployment. >>> investors have been sharing the jobs report and the dow closing 92 points higher and the nasdaq with a record high and s&p 500 up to close at a winning week. >>> democrats slamming the white house for how it handled intelligence that russia may have offered bounties for killing u.s. troops in afghanistan. a group of top lawmakers including house speaker nancy