hello and thanks so much for joining us. i m ana cabrera in new york. it is 10:00 eastern. this morning president biden is overseas for a high stakes summit in japan. it s a delicate balancing act for the president touting the u.s. as an economic power house to the allies while simultaneously working to stop the u.s. from teetering on the brink of default. back in washington, the president s team is furiously negotiating with congressional republicans. now just two weeks left until our country runs out of money. plus, tiktok going viral, but not in montana. the state becoming the first in the u.s. to ban the popular social media app, but will it actually work? so now we re just going to start banning tiktok on a state by state basis, huh? speaking from my own page in montana here, i am going to keep posting. we ll have a live report coming up on the legal fight over the ban and on the other states that may follow suit. and new reporting this morning about how s
growing and renewing concerns about his age. on the other hand t could be that the guy it could be that the guy misspoke. the white house later clarified he was merely referring to a previously-scheduled interview. oh boy. so, um, you know, i i think we ve got a lot of work to do. i m and i m doing a major press conference this afternoon, so, um, i love you all, but i d like to ask you to leave so we can get down to business. reporter: when he said that, literally everybody in washington was like, say what? now, biden did that previously-scheduled interview, as expected, and in it, he touted his decades of washington experience as a great reason to support his re-election bid, despite the fact that he s 80 years old. i ve required a hell of a i ve acquired a hell of a lot of wisdom and know more than the vast majority of people and more experienced than anyone that s ever run for office. reporter: in the meantime, the latest jobs report gave the president a
that does it for us on this friday morning, ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. happy friday. so glad you are with us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and it may be friday, but there s still a lot of news this morning, including big economic shifts. we just got the april jobs report, and instead of the decline economists expected, unemployment numbers ticked down. the unemployment rate is 3.4%. jobs were added, many more than expected. that is some good news, but with interest rate hikes, banking turmoil, layoffs, and store closures, how do you assess the state of the u.s. economy? former new orleans mayor mitch landrieu who s also a senior adviser to president biden will join us. plus, a judge could hand down a record sentence for a january 6th rioter today. how long that defendant could spend behind bars. and we re following reaction to the historic verdicts against members of the proud boys. what does it all reveal about the
hello, welcome to bbc news. we start in the middle east, where israel has ordered the mobilisation of reservists in air defence units, fighterjet pilots and drone operators, as tensions rise in the region. in the latest escalation between israel and palestinians, two israeli women were killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. the authorities say a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. the latest development comes after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the airstrikes targetted areas of the gaza strip and lebanon israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel, launched from southern lebanon, which the israelis blamed on hamas. these images from gaza show the aftermath. they re the heaviest airstrikes that israel has carried out on gaza since la
sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s ollie foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. the second round is well under way at the first golf major of the year, the american brooks koepka has moved three shots clear at the top of the masters leaderbaord. he was one of the early starters at augusta and birdied the par five second move to eight under. he had beenjoint leader withjon rahm and victor hovland who don t start their second round for another few hours. koepka then eagled the eighth to move to ten under. he is one of 17 rebel liv series golfers who are taking part at augusta. jason day has made a strong start, but has just slipped back to six under, fourth on the leaderboard. scotland s women failed to qualify for this year s world cup, but they have claimed a morale boosting victory over the co hosts australia. they won 1 0, nicola docherty with a long range effort straight after the break that went in off the post. the match was being played a