would you sign a federal abortion ban into law. what i would do is negotiate so that people are happy. after a town hall peddling election lies, promising to pardon january 6 rioters and refusing to pick sides in the war on ukraine, his 2024 rivals remain largely silent. can you say if you want ukraine or russia to win this war? i want everybody to stop dying. as the field of challengers grows, can any of his rivals take him on without alienating his supporters. i ll talk to former republican congressman will hurd of texas who s considering his own bid for president in 2024. plus, moral compass. after a jury found trump liable for sexual abuse, his opponents mostly silent. i don t think it s where the american people are focused. does character matter anymore for republican primary voters? i ll ask russell moore, the editor in chief of christianity today. and border crisis. i want to be very clear. our borders are not open. as the biden administratio
3.4%. black unemployment a lowest ever level of 4.7%. job gains in health care, in the restaurant industry, construction, wages climbing, us is purltives are plenty. but yes, also disruptive. the fed suggesting this week it might be done with interest rate hikes, but these jobs numbers spiking after a downward trnd the past three months underlies the effect to cool the economy to tame inflation. let s get to new york and matt egan. walk us through the big numbers, and forgive me if i have to interrupt. this historic jobs boom continues. despite everything going on now, despite the fed slamming the brakes on the economy, despite the worst banking crisis since 2008, and despite the wave of tech layoffs we keep hearing about, people thought hiring would slow down in april. instead, it accelerated. 253,000 jobs added. 3.4% unemployment rate. to go low you have to go back to 1953 under dwight eisenhower. we saw across the board solid numbers here. professional services, health c
everyone, have a good weekend. cnn news central starts right now. an insider at mar-a-lago, a major new development as the new york times reports on a potentially crucial cooperator in the classified documents probe. what this could mean for the special counsel s investigation. just in this morning, a surprising april jobs report, the labor market is heating back up. what does this mean now for the economy? we will break it down. plus, the countdown to the coronation is on. we re live at buckingham palace as the official crowning of king charles iii happens tomorrow. those major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. all right. we have to start with those april jobs numbers showing surprising growth in the labor growth in the labor market when other indicators have very clearly recently been pointing to possibly a cooling off. the new data was just released in the last 30 minutes and it shows employers added 253,000 jobs last month, t
global health emergency, but the declaration comes with a warning. on wall street, the dow jumps 400 points this morning with good news from the banking industry, and a jobs report that beat most expectations. overnight, a major twist in one of the bloodiest fights in ukraine, in a furious announcement posted online, the head of russia s wagner mercenary group threatens to pull his troops out of bakhmut next week. at the southern border, officials say more than 2,000 migrants a day are now apprehended, just in the rio grande valley area. we re live with new video of just how desperate the situation is for men, women and children as the secretary of homeland security visits the area. and now to breaking news, the world health organization making a major announcement about the status of the covid-19 pandemic. the director general says more than a year now the pandemic has been on a downward trend and that the emergency committee that has been analyzing the data recommen
the former mp, jared 0 mara, is sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted for fraudulent expenses claims. and we ll hear more about a study of killer whales reveals that mothers make a lifelong sacrifice for their sons. the offical death toll from monday s earthquake in turkey and syria is now over 17,500. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. yes, you join is here, about two hours drive from the epicentre of this devastating earthquake, a place where the loss has been so significant that it is where the president has chosen to visit today, and where he hasjust president has chosen to visit today, and where he has just announced that new figure. i am hearing prayers being recited as we broadcast from here. one of the prayer leadersjust told us that 100 leaders have come from five cities across turkey to help bury the dead. in that main cemeteryjust behind us, 400 were buried yesterday. here, just behind, the refrigerated vans where the bodies are w