Out, 227,000 jobs created last month and a hiring surge thats much bigger than expected. Cnn chief Business Correspondent Christine Romans is here to break it down for us. Good morning. Starting on a strong note with hiring 227,000 new jobs in january. That is a Strong Performance and continuing a strong pace we have seen over the past few months. You can see january is the strongest weve seen since the summer. Here is the job gains, retail, 46,000 jobs there. In construction, for the year about 170,000 construction jobs added. Theres a lot of residential building. Theres business groundbreaking as well. In business, these tend to be higher paid jobs. Were talking about lawyers, people who work in information technology. Computer systems designer. Every month i see a lot of job creation in that category. When we look at the unemployment rate, you can see how dramatically it has fallen from those terrible days of 10 after the financial crisis, now sitting there at 4. 8 . Carol, this is
He is trying to distance himself from the president as he tries to get democratic votes to win confirmation. There is no question the president is trying to win this case in public opinion. Also all eyes here at the white house today. Once again on San Francisco and the ninth Circuit Court of appeals. President trump awaiting ruling on executive order on immigration and refugee ban that could be delivered today. Christine and miguel. This morning, donald trump will take part in the ceremony to swear in Jeff Sessions. He was confirmed in a 5247 vote mostly along party lines. I bitter setback for democrats, especially Elizabeth Warren. Warren refusing to remain silent firing off series of tweets. Theres no rule 19 to silence me anymore. Let me say loudly, this is just the beginning. If Jeff Sessions even makes the tiny attempt to bring racism and sexism in the justice department, he will hear from all of us. Consider this my warning. We will speak out and we will persist. The use of the
Tossed to white. Hes in patriots win the super bowl brady has his fifth what a comeback so all we need now is five more rings and we will be just like tom brady, also a perfect smile. Can we take a moment . This is for you. You got me a hat . I got you a super bowl hat. I was very worried about 10 00 last night. I got your daughter a patriots shirt. This is going to turn out okay, this show. I was seriously worried and i may have been emailing management saying im worried berman is not going to smile on the new show. You dont have to worry about that. Also this morning, a new showdown over President Trumps travel ban. The fate of that ban lies in the hands of the ninth Circuit Court of appeals as it weighs whether or not to keep the suspension in place. The Justice Department facing a 6 00 p. M. Deadline to defend the ban in a battle you can bet will almost certainly go to the Supreme Court. All this happens as President Trump gets ready to make his first major address to u. S. Troops
Suspension in tact on President Trumps refugee and travel ban. The ban halted four days ago by u. S. District court judge james robart. That prompted angry twitter attacks by the president of the United States. Some republicans and democrats are blasting the president for his criticism of the judge. And the u. S. Has been just as bad an actor as russia and Vladimir Putin according to the president. We have more from suzanne malveaux. Reporter after just the first two weeks in office, President Trump preparing now for a judicial showdown over the travel ban by executive order can stand. To the dismay of democrats and republicans, President Trump disparaged the judge who suspended the ban through tweets who said the socalled judge made a ridiculous move. Cannot believe the socalled judge put our country in peril. This could become an issue for republicans trying to get the 60 votes necessary in the senate to confirm trumps pick for Supreme Court justice neil gorsuch. Also republicans pub
Good morning, everyone. Its friday, april 28th. Im alex witt alongside richard lui in for Ayman Mohyeldin. Louis burgdorf is also joining us. Today begins the 99th day of Donald Trumps presidency with new comments this morning about how hes adjusting to the job and the challenges. In an interview last night, trump told reuters that the presidency not what he expected. I loved my previous life i loved my previous life. I had so many in going. I actually this is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier. I thought it was more of a im a detailsoriented person, i think you would say that, but i do miss my old life. This i like to work, so thats not a problem, but this is actually more work. And while i had very little privacy in my old life because, you know, ive been famous for a long time, i really this is this is much less privacy than ive ever seen before. Reuters also found the 2016 election is still at the front of trumps mind. Reporting that midway through a d