Unemployment rate. But if you look closer, theres a disturbing trend in the latest job numbers. Plus, president obamas top strategist as youve never seen him before. And during this hour, a member of the cnn team is ready to up the ante and reach for his own shaving cream. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Lets get right to the breaking news. The United States Supreme Court has agreed to decide a pair of cases that could determine the future of gay marriage throughout the entire United States. At issue is the federal government defense of marriage act that defines marriage as only the union between a man and woman and californias proposition 8 which banned gay marriage was overturned by an appeals court. Cnns crime and justice correspondent joe johns has been following both cases for us. Joe, explain the impact of todays decision. Well, it is big impact. As you know, this is one of those cases that people talk about over the water cooler. Lets sta
Thanks for your company. We begin with a record spike in coronavirus cases around the world. The World Health Organization says the global tally rose by more than 284,000, in just 24 hours. The u. S. , of course, especially hard hit, again. It had more than 73,000 new cases, on its own, on friday. And then, there is the question about what to do about reopening schools. Top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, urging caution. When you talk about forcing teachers to come back to school, you better be careful about that. And make sure you Pay Attention to, a, keeping them safe. And, b, keeping them healthy. As the debate rages, u. S. Immigration Officials Say new International Students wont be allowed into the country, if their classes are entirely online. They can come, if there is some kind of hybrid coursework. Keep in mind, Public School policy in the u. S. Isnt dictated by the federal government. Though, the federal government can and, obviously does, make rec m recommendat
Louisville. He latest . An hour away from the were here at Jefferson Square park where protestors tend to gather. Thats what they are doing right now. Just a short while ago, anderson, a group of about a couple hundred of them marched up jefferson street just about a few i dont know less than a half mile from where we are now. Where they confronted a group of white militia. They say they are out here to guard federal property. Last night, they were out here guarding a pawn shop and a gas station. So these two groups came together. There was some heated words exchanged, as you can imagine. Some of those saying its time for you to get out of here. Its time for you to leave. The members of the white militia saying, look, were here to protect everybody. As you can imagine, those who are black did not believe that. But at one point, the two groups are sitting there talking. Eventually, one of the organizers said, hey, its time for us to go. Lets get back to the park. So they are back here a
March incident involving a reporter. Moments ago donald trump tweeted wow, Corey Lewandowski, my Campaign Manager, and a very decent man was just charged with assaulting a reporter. Look at tapes. Nothing there. He adds this, why arent people looking at this reporters earliest statement as to what happened. This is before she found out the episode was on tape. That reporter michelle field responded on twitter because my story never changed. Seriously, just stop lying. Bring in brian stelter, the host of cnns reliable sources and our legal analyst danny cevallos. The accused the Campaign Manager of grabbing her arm. Fill us in on the details. Trump campaign has a contentious relationship with the press. This was a dramatic example. This this video that comes from one of trumps buildings, you can see Michelle Fields appearing to be grabbed by the Campaign Manager. She says she was shaken up by this incident. Right after it happened she spoke to another reporter from the Washington Post a
Constant communication with russian senior officials all this coming to light after the National Security adviser resigned. Michael flynn admitted quote he gave incomplete information. The story, he initially denied they talked sanctions and later that story changed today the president did not address that or the fact that his Campaign Aides were talking to russia but did praise the man whose resignation he just tendered. I think hes been treated very, very unfairly by the media, as i call it the fake media in many cases and i think its really a sad thing he was treated so badly. I think in addition to that from intelligence papers are being leaked, things are being leaked its a criminal act and its been going on a long time, even b before me, but now its really going on and people are trying to cover up a terrible loss that the democrats had under hillary clinton. I think it was very, very unfair general flynn the way he was treated and from what was illegally, i stress that illegally