United states of scandal with jake tapper new episode tonight at nine on cnn welcome to the whole story. Im Anderson Cooper, a year ago, a gunman armed with two assaultstyle weapons and a handgun, shot and killed three children and three adults. The Covenant School in nashville. It was one of the Deadliest School shootings in tennessees history. Theres led to a Renewed Push For Gun Control with thousands of people protesting in the state capital i dont three democratic lawmakers joined that protests and two of them were then expelled from the state house representatives. And unusual move that highlighted the power of the republican its in the state Legislature Tennessee is considered one of the most conservative states in the country, with some of the most restrictive laws and abortion and Voting Rights. But it wasnt always run by republicans for decades, democrats rule the legislature and the Governors Office than the party shared power until about a decade ago so how did this state e
Between former President Trump and special counsel jack smith. A short time ago, the federal judge overseeing trumps election case responded to a court filing from smith theres night. Smith is seek a protective order after trump posted this yesterday evening, saying, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Smith is pointing to that message and asking the judge in the case to set limits on trump and his legal team when it comes to publicly discussing sensitive evidence and the judge has given the trump team until 5 00 p. M. This sunday to respond. Just this afternoon, lawyers asked a judge for more time to weigh in on what restrictions should be imposed. Joining us now to discuss, democratic congresswoman Veronica Escobar of texas. Thanks for joining. When you saw these words that trump wrote in that threatening post, what did you think of that . What was your concern there . Well, good afternoon, jim. It was as predicted. I mean, i knew he would not be able to help himself. He
Of the year. Our team in d. C. Joins us to explain the impact this could have on the 2024 i want them to see what happens when you dont prioritize the safety and security of our kids above education. Because what happens is you get dead kids. Walking through one of the Deadliest School shootings in American History why parents are revisiting parkland the july jobs report, due to drop in the next few hours our team at cnbc joins us to break down what we can expect and what if couldt could mean fe American Economy and the headlines for the weweekend, i including thehe wos world d cup p match ththis sunu. Anand we dive into a g growg chicago tradition. Thousands of people splashing in Lake Michigan every week before work were jumping into friday, august 4, early today starts right now. And good friday morning. Im Valerie Castro im steven romo former President Trump on thursday stood before a judge for the third time thisyear an pleaded not gylfuilty to chargeo trying to overturn an Americ
Donald trump has another court date on the calendar after pleading not guilty for the third time in four months. Is he going to use this trial to relitigate the 2020 election again . And a Russian Naval ship towed away, the results of what appears to be a strike from an unmanned sea drone overnight. Sara is off, im kate bolduan with john berman and this is cnn news central. All right. These are the numbers hot off the presses, 187,000, 187 k jobs added in july, thats according to the bureau of labor statistics. The Unemployment Rate ticked down to 3. 5 . So these are the numbers, what do they mean . Standing with me here oh so naturally richard quest. You can answer the question. What does that mean . How big of a deal is that . Its important because if you are talking about a soft landing, according to one economist this morning, that is what a soft landing looks like. Why . It is lower than expected, under 200,000. The revisions of the last two months, they are also lower, which sugg
Traffic jams, flight delays, and Severe Weather. The Memorial Day Travel rush is off to anything but a smooth start tonight. Good evening, and thank you for being with us. Im Maurice Dubois in for norah. Nearly 44 million americans are heading out of town by road and by air, and they are having their patience tested for two reasons. First, there is a near recordbreaking number of travelers. The tsa says today could be the busiest day ever for passenger screenings. And then, there are the widespread storms thunder, heavy rain, and strong winds from the great plains in the midwest to as far south as georgia. All complicating the holiday getaway. We have Team Coverage of the weather and travel, and cbss Kris Van Cleave will start us off. Reporter major gridlock on an l. A. Freeway, halting the memorial day getaway, shut down for three hours during a police standoff. And those pulling into lax just found another traffic jam. Brake lights outside. Look at this line. Reporter and these long