good morning, everyone and happy easter weekend. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday. april 8th camera walker. i m victor blackwell. it is good to spend a little time with you. let what every time i see you now, i just see you know, bunny ears and i mentioned i had bunny tail have no cocktail, but i was a mall easter bunny. and that s the thing. yeah you have this thing with you got it. bring the picture tomorrow. here s what we re watching today. conflicting rulings when it comes to access to a medical abortion pill. one judge halts availability of the drug another preserves access to it in some states were joined by doctor for more on what this means for women across the country. the latest jobs report shows economy is still trucking along, but we re seeing signs that things are cooling down what the numbers say about the fight to tame inflation. at least three people are dead following separate attacks in the middle east. we are live in jerusalem with the latest on
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
families first coronavirus response act allowed medicaid recipients to automatically have continuous coverage during the covid federal public health emergency, even if they no longer qualified. during the pandemic. medicaid enrollment grew by more than 21 million, according to kff. it s a monumental task for many states dealing with staffing shortages and high turnover rates, which experts say raise the risk of procedural mistakes so they don t lose coverage because there are no longer eligible. they lose coverage because some sort of mistake has happened along the way, whether that be on the part of the family on the part of the state agency worker both working hard, you know this will disproportionately impact. children in the latin x community here in georgia and black children the easiest way to avoid losing coverage for those still eligible. they should be on the lookout for those notices. and when the notices come open them right away and take whatever action is needed to make su
everyone enrolled in the medicaid program. states will have about a year to re verify the eligibility of all 92 million enrollees of medicaid and the children s health insurance program, or chip, a free or low cost health insurance for low income people . mcknight says she s concerned that some will learn they ve lost coverage when they re seeking medical care come in, and timmy has broken his leg and i can t pay for that because i didn t find out about this unwinding period. until it was too late. there will be many people who will be dis enrolled despite remaining eligible simply because they are unable to complete the renewal process for the past three years, the families first coronavirus response act allowed medicaid recipients to automatically have continuous coverage during the covid federal public health emergency, even if they no longer qualified. during the pandemic. medicaid enrollment grew by more than 21 million, according to kff. it s a