Good morning! It’s Friday, May 7, 2021. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:
1️⃣🏢 Big US job gain expected, if employers found enough workers
2️⃣💉 Pfizer officially seeking FDA approval for its COVID-19 vaccine
3️⃣🧫 India cases hit new record as calls grow for strict lockdown
4️⃣🗳 Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won’t seek reelection
📱 [Trending] this morning
Brooklyn boy buys $2,618 worth of SpongeBob popsicles from Amazon
A Brooklyn boy bought hundreds of SpongeBob popsicles from Amazon, putting his mom — a social work student at New York University — in a financial bind.
📅 What we’re watching
🔴 The White House COVID-19 Response Team will give an update at 10:30 a.m. ET.
🔴 The U.S. jobs report for April will be released this morning. President Joe Biden will speak about the results at 11:30 a.m. ET. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will react at 12:30 p.m. ET.
🔴 Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to discuss the U.S. southern border and the pandemic.
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