market. april s surprising jobs report. all this coming in right here to cnn news central. all right, surprising and impressive jobs numbers just in this morning from the labor department. employers added 253,000 jobs last month. that is a lot more than the 180,000 that were expected. the unemployment rate also dropped slightly, now 3.4%, it s down from 3.5%, and 3.4% is like the lowest level it s been since 1969. this report comes just two days after the fed raised interest rates for the tenth consecutive time, all in an effort to rein in inflation. rahel solomon is with us. these are good numbers. these are good numbers and the labor market continues to defy expectations. 253,000 jobs added in the month of april. as you said, stronger than almost every economist that was polled was expecting. also stronger than the months prior. i want to put that 253,000 in perspective. we did get downward revisions for the prior two months so stronger than that, but you can see this i
the border, thousands more are coming every day than just last month, and that s before title 42 expires next thursday. plus, markets are soaring after the april jobs report blew away expectations, unemployment dropping back to its lowest level in more than 50 years. the good news may be short lived, especially if republicans and the white house can t agree on how to raise the debt limit in the next three and a half weeks. can the president tap into his decades of experience as a deal maker when it matters the most? we start, though, in texas where that highly anticipated surge of migrants crossing into the u.s. that we were expecting after title 42 expired next week has already begun. that s raising new fears about whether the immigration system can handle the growing humanitarian crisis, and what s in store for u.s. border communities with thousands more people still on their way. and the rio grande valley where the dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas will be speaking next
that case in just a moment. also on capitol hill republicans and democrats are sticking to their demands on the debt ceiling despite a fast approaching deadline. we ll look at the fall back options being discussed at the white house. and the latest from donald trump s civil rape trial as jurors yesterday watched more of the former president s video deposition. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with the scramble to avoid a first ever government default. with the clock ticking both republicans and democrats are still refusing to budge when it comes to debt ceiling negotiations. according to new reporting in the wall street journal the white house is weighing potential fall back options. people familiar with the matter tell the newspaper administration officials and lawmakers are considering alternatives like a short-term increase in the borrowing limit that would buy them time to f
ri tonight on all in. so, we just stormed the effing capital. january 6th will be a day in infamy. the proud boys will stand back and stand by for sentencing. we have secured the convictions of leaders of both the proud boys and the oath keepers for seditious conspiracy. our work will continue. tonight, the guilty verdict for donald trump s footsoldiers and congressman, jamie raskin, on the connective tissue from the leaders of the mob, to the man who sent them. then another supreme court ethics blockbuster. the same megadonor treating clarence thomas 11th vacations and paying his mother s rent is caught paying the private school tuition that child thomas raises his son. plus, the prosecution rests in the trump civil rape trial, as the accused is offered a second chance to testify. and the mysterious case of a formerly pro abortion north carolina democrat, now suddenly voting with republicans to restrict abortion access. all in starts right now. good evening from new y
so, we just stormed the [bleep] capital. january 6th will be a day in infamy. the proud boys will stand back and stand by for sentencing. we have secured the convictions of leaders of both the proud boys and the oath keepers for seditious conspiracy. our work will continue. tonight, the guilty verdict for donald trump s footsoldiers and congressman, jamie raskin, on the connective tissue from the leaders of the mob, to the man who sent them. then another supreme court ethics blockbuster. the same megadonor treating clarence thomas 11th vacations and paying his mother s rent is caught paying the private school tuition that child thomas raises his son. plus, the prosecution rests in the trump civil rape trial, as the accused is offered a second chance to testify. and the mysterious case of a formerly pro abortion north carolina democrat, now suddenly voting with republicans to restrict abortion access. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes.