Good evening. I'm I'm Amna Navas. Jeff Bennett is away on the news hour tonight.

The June jobs report exceeds expectations while slightly higher unemployment signals a pooling economy.

Labor Party leader Kere Starmer accepts King Charles invitation to form a new government after

a landslide victory in the United Kingdom's general election.

And Boeing faces a deadline to accept a Department of Justice plea deal connected to the

deadly crashes of 2 737 Max airplanes.

We will go to the ends of the earth

to make sure that this isn't just something

that goes away quietly. Welcome to the news hour. Today President Joe Biden is digging in. In more than

one appearance today he underscored that he has no plans to leave the campaign despite calls from some Democrats

and supporters.

We'll have more on that story later in the program.

Meanwhile, the U.S. economy added more jobs than expected last month, marking the 42nd consecutive

month of job growth.

Two hundred and six thousand new jobs were added in June.

Government hiring accounted for more than a third of those, followed by health care,

social assistance, and construction. Unemployment also inched up to 4.1%, making it the first time

it's risen above 4% in more than two years and there were other

signs of a cooling labor market. Job gains in April and May were revised downward by

more than 100,000 jobs. For a deeper look at what this means for the economy,

I'm joined by Robin Farzad,

host of Public Radio's full disclosure.

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