approach to crime which critics say is a culture of lawlessness. we will be joined with thoughts. john: brand-new numbers, a pulse on the u.s. economy. latest jobs report beating expectations, but still head winds from the highest inflation in four decades and record high gas prices. welcome to you today. anita: happy friday to you, the u.s. economy adding 390,000 jobs for the month of may one employment rate of 3.6%. number of job openings remains near record highs, 11.4 million positions going unfilled. john: gas prices keep climbing, more expensive to top off the tank. national average for a gallon of gas increasing another $0.05 overnight to 4.76. up $0.17 from a week ago, and 1.72 higher than last year. president biden speaking on the may jobs report and acknowledging the toll inflation is taking on american families. the president putting the onous on congress. anita: karl rove in a moment, but first white house correspondent peter doocy live from the north lawn
And we are sending our care to her family tonight. Thanks so much for watching this room with wolf blitzer starts now its tuesday, may 21, right now on cnn this morning and explosive admission from Michael Cohen in a dramatic clash between the judge and a witness in the final hours of the trump Hush Money Trial, plus an angry response from President Biden after the International Criminal well, court decided to see an Arrest Warrant for israels Prime Minister. Was growing uncertainty in the middle east. Whats next for iran after the sudden death of their president . Alright, by they, im hearing washington alive. Look at New York City on this Tuesday Morning. Good morning, everyone. Kasie hunt. Wonderful to have you with us in just hours. Donald trumps criminal Hush Money Trial set to resume in new york. This comes after an explosive monday in court. Former trump fixer, Michael Cohen, admitting to stealing thousands of dollars from the Trump Organization. Another hit to the credibility o
Fake news, just fake news, i refuse to accept it. And onto the next question, here we go. Are, looking forward to the debates. Have a good weekend. Today was day leavening the first criminal trial of a former american president , the prosecution called to the Witness Stand One of Donald Trumps closest confidants, hope hicks, Communications Director and longtime aide. Hicks was constantly by trump s side navigating each crisis that came his way. And that was why prosecutors used hicks testimony to take the jury all the way back to one of the most important and memorable moments the 2016 campaign. As a warning, this next part is vulgar. I bought some to text in case i start kissing her. You know, im automatically attracted to beautiful kissing them, its like a magnet. And they let you do it, you can do anything. Grab them by the [ bleep ] the access Hollywood Tape. A recording of donald trump in 2005, openly advocating sexual assault, bragging about his ability to assault women. When you
Hill is abc Senior National political reporter, sahel kapoor. So, lets talk, sahil. In light of representative gates saying that he is going to move to oust Kevin Mccarthy, what are you hearing about members on capitol hill, talking about, with respect to yesterday and how we move Going Forward . Well, charles. This is something matt gains has been threatening force quite some time. Now he never wanted Kevin Mccarthy to become speaker in the first place. He never voted for him. He just backed off and said he would vote present along with several others in order to pave the way out of room to move. But the price of Doing Business, you know, Kevin Mccarthy decided to change the rules that any one member of the house could call a motion to vacate. He decided that was the cost of Doing Business with his republican hardliners. Is allowing him to be on a short leash. This is what we saw yesterday, speaker mccarthys declaration of independence from matt gaetz. He is been threatened by gaetz r
being, well, all those things. a brad new ad, part of a $50 million ad buy set to air in key battleground states starting immediately says americans face a clear choice in november, watch. in the courtroom, we see donald trump for who he is. he s been convicted of 34 felonies, found liable for sexual assault, and he committed financial fraud. meanwhile, joe biden s been working, lowering health care costs and making big corporations pay their fair share. this election is between a convicted criminal who s only out for himself and a president who s fighting for your family. i m joe biden and i approved this message. so the message comes at a time when there are some signs out there that as much as trump would like us to believe that he wears his convicted felon status as some sort of badge of honor, a pretty vital slice of the electorate, the one that still resides here on earth one with the rest of us, sees his conviction for what it is. a poll of adults says that 53% o