JUDY WOODRUFF: The pace of hiring in the U.S. picked up last month, as many states began easing
coronavirus restrictions. The Labor Department reported that employers added 559,000 jobs in May.
That was double the amount in April. And the unemployment rate fell to 5.8 percent.
In Delaware, President Biden hailed the report as proof his economic plans are working.
JOE BIDEN, President of the United States: No other major economy in the world is growing as
fast as ours. No other major economy is gaining jobs as quickly as ours.
And none of this success is an accident. It isn't luck.
JUDY WOODRUFF: We will take a closer look at the jobs report right after the news summary.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today urged teens to get
their COVID-19 vaccinations. A new CDC study found hospitalizations of young people were
up in March and April, and nearly a third of those patients were admitted to an intensive care unit.
Researchers said it may be due to more dangerous virus variants or to school reopenings.
Former President Trump will remain suspended from Facebook for two years following his incitement
of January's Capitol insurrection. Facebook made the announcement today in response to
recommendations from the social media giant's Oversight Board. Mr. Trump said the suspension
is -- quote -- "an insult" to the millions of Americans who voted for him in 2020.
Former White House counsel Don McGahn testified today before U.S. lawmakers
on the Russia investigation and former President Trump's possible obstruction of justice.
It was part of an agreement reached last month in federal court.
McGahn arrived at the Capitol for a closed-door interview with the House
Judiciary Committee more than two years after Democrats sought his testimony.
A transcript will be released in the coming days.
Hundreds of people in Hong Kong today defied the police to mark
the anniversary of Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Crowds marched and flashed
cell phones in Causeway Bay after police had banned a candlelight vigil at a nearby park.
Authorities arrested several of the event's organizers.
LAW KWOK-HOI, Senior Superintendent, Hong Kong Police: It is emphasized that
it is an offense under the public order ordinance if anyone takes part in or advertises
or publicizes an unauthorized assembly. The maximum penalty is five years imprisonment.
JUDY WOODRUFF: We will get the perspective of a Chinese political dissident later in the program.
Back in this country, President Biden rejected a revised spending offer
from Senate Republicans amid efforts to reach an infrastructure deal. He spoke with their lead
negotiators, Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, who proposed an additional $50 billion.
But the president said that offer still fell short. The two agreed to speak again on Monday.
Fisher-Price is recalling a model of its baby rockers after four infant deaths. The 4-in-1
Rock 'n Glide Soothers were designed to mimic being rocked in someone's arms. The babies who
died were found on their stomachs after being placed on their backs unrestrained.
There's word that a forthcoming U.S. intelligence report on UFOs
spotted by military pilots has found no evidence of a direct link to aliens.
But, as The New York Times and others reported, it does not rule out that possibility either.
Investigators also said that some of the sightings could have been experimental
technology used by other countries. The report is due to go to Congress later this month.
And stocks rallied on Wall Street today, as the May jobs report boosted confidence
in the economy's recovery. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 179 points
to close at 34756. The Nasdaq rose 200 points. And the S&P 500 added 37.
Still to come on the "NewsHour": a Communist Party dissident
discusses repression in China on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre;
the U.S. Border Patrol increasingly drops off migrants in rural areas without resources; David
Brooks and Jonathan Capehart break down critical infrastructure negotiations; plus much more.