Washington Today (8-4-23): 187K jobs created in July, unemployment rate drops to 3.5%

Labor Department says the U.S. created 187,000 jobs in July, below expectations, but the unemployment rate falls from 3.6% to 3.5% and wage growth is faster than inflation. We get reaction from Vice President Kamala Harris, the President of the Federal Bank of Atlanta and the CEO of the NASDAQ stock exchange, we talk with The Hill's business reporter Taylor Giorno. (4) Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) leads a bipartisan delegation to tour the Majorie Stoneman Douglas high school, site of the deadly mass shooting five years ago, just before it is torn down. In the 2024 presidential campaign candidate Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) visits the southern border in Yuma, Arizona and candidate, former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) travels to Ukraine. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says Congress does have the power to legislate the ethics of the High Court and the Justices have been discussing adopting an ethics code on their own, but there is no agreement yet on how to proceed. Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. https://www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/ Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at https://www.c-span.org/quickguide/ Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at https://www.c-span.org/classroom/ C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: https://donorbox.org/support-c-span?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Video_Description&utm_campaign=Donations&utm_content=Donate Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CSPAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/cspan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cspan/ Subscribe: C-SPAN Podcasts: https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ Newsletters: https://www.c-span.org/connect/ #cspan