The last word is next with Ali Valshi in for Lawrence.

Hey, Ali.

What a great show you had.

I thought the conversation with Governor Pritzker was great. You know, I didn't want to really dignify this topic, but earlier this week, Ted Cruz took a swipe at J.B. Pritzker on social media. I don't know if you saw this. It was beneath the dignity of a U.S. senator. he said, I wouldn't want to get between J.B. Pritzker and a Domino's Pizza line, which is a weight joke.

And then Pritzker came back at him and said, I wouldn't want to get between Ted Cruz and a trip to Cancun when Texas is in an emergency.

Tush. Tusha. That was a clapback if I'd ever seen one.

But that was a really important interview. And I'm looking for this October 11th to being with

a lot of our viewers and hearing directly from them. So I look forward to being with you there as well.

It's the best part. And since Lawrence is going to dance, I think because you also do the 10 p.m.

Maybe that means you're dancing too.

I'm going to do something.

I'm going to be with Stephanie. Stephanie and I are going to do a Belcheon rule thing, which will be. Perfect. We love it. Can't wait. I'm looking forward to that. Have yourself a great weekend. I'll see you next week. Thank you, All right. I want to talk about the economy. How bad is the economy?

So bad that Donald Trump is now trying to distract from the economy and the jobs numbers that he got this morning by talking about Jeffrey Epstein. Donald Trump posted at 9.56 AM after no doubt

watching 90 minutes of coverage of the abysmal jobs report that the Epstein investigation,

quote, is merely another Democrat hoax, just like Russia, Russia, Russia. The Department of Justice has

done its job. They've given everything requested of them. It's time to end the Democrat Epstein

hoax and give the Republicans credit for the great, even legendary job that they are doing, end

quote. Wow. Donald Trump does everything possible not to talk about Epstein, but he needed you

not to talk about the jobs numbers this morning. Here's the result of the great, even legendary job

that Trump and his rubber stamp Republicans are doing with the American economy. It created negative jobs.

Now, this almost never happens without a recession. The last time it happened was under Trump

during the height of the pandemic in December of 2020. The jobs report today revised the June

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