the lead starts right now. tensions continue to escalate in the middle east, new details and images just coming in as cnn learns of a new terrorist attack and tell aviv as israel strikes after a barrage of rockets hit along its borders, plus supreme court justice clarence thomas tries to explain after a bombshell report revealed his many family trips on a god in a private jet, all paid for by a billionaire republican mega donor. and thomas never disclosed almost any of it, plus vice president kamala harris dispatched to tennessee one day after state house republicans expelled two democrats. two black men who were protesting on the floor, but they did not expel the other democrat on the floor with them white woman. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we have some breaking tragic news from israel. you re looking at live pictures from tele viv after one person was killed and six wounded from a quote terror attack in a popular thoroughfare. in the city. israel says all of the v
is cnn newsroom. u.s. president joe biden will soon be on his way here to atlanta, georgia, just days after eight people were killed in a shooting rampage at a local spas, six of them were asian women. biden was supposed to promote his huge coronavirus relief package, but will now instead offer his support to the community. he will be meeting with the mayor as well as state officials and asian-american leaders. vice president kamala harris who is a black asian-american is also on the trip. police say it s too soon to tell if the shootings were racially motivated about you that doesn t mean this had nothing to do with race as cnn s amara walker reports. our investigation is looking at everything, so nothing is off the table. reporter: as investigators take a hard look into what motivated the suspect to go on a mass shooting spree in the atlanta area that left eight dead including six asian women, comments and actions from the captain of the cherokee county sheriff s de
americans also falling to a record low higher than the national average. but falling to 5% jake. that is the lowest level since the bls started tracking this data in 1972 and take a look at that the unemployment rate for black women also falling to 4.2% that is also a record low. so bottom line here. is this a calling? yes is this a gradual cooling isn t welcome news for the fed. i would argue. yes all right. rachel solomon. thanks for breaking it down like this. have a great weekend in our health lead now. 15 million americans who rely on medicaid coverage are at risk of losing it. 15 million and enrollment provision extended for the pandemic. has expired, and now states have the power to drop those deemed ineligible for the health insurance program. medicaid some states are moving faster than others, and as cnn s amara walker reports for us now that could lead to some accidents. i m doing wonderful. thank you. courtney mcknight makes dozens
finding against trump as long as certain conditions are met. this includes providing an explanation of the trump organization s document retention policy. the former president has also been ordered to pay $110,000 in fines. if he fails to comply by may 20th, the judge says that the contempt finding will be reinstated. administrators at delaware state university say that they are reviewing their options after the school s women s lacrosse team was subjected to what they believe was racial profiling. the team s business was stopped in georgia for a minor traffic violation. police say the stop was legal and routine. but the university insists that the team was racially profiled. amara walker reports. are they college students? okay. reporter: this body cam video shows georgia deputies searching college students bags during a traffic stop. on board, the women s lacrosse team from delaware state university, historically black college. on their way home after a game
vaccines. federal health officials are bracing for the first official omicron cases in the u.s. so they say there are likely far more infections across the globe than currently reported. dr. anthony fauci is going to join us to answer all of our questions on this new variant. first as amara walker reports, the rush to get ahead of this new variant is happening in the united states before experts know for sure if it s here or how widespread or how severe. reporter: omicron is a stark reminder this pandemic is not yet over. it s just got more of things that we don t like the look of. but we don t have enough information about whether it s more transmissible, whether it s going to cause more severe disease, and critically, is it able to escape the effects of the vaccine? reporter: while it will take weeks to have any definitive answers, south africa, the country that identified the variant, is offering clues. this new variant omicron has