Thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] live next to the u. S. Chamber of commerce in washington with german chancellor Angela Merkel focusing on u. S. German relations and the importance of the transatlantic trade and investment partnership. Which is getting attention on capitol hill. A survey released by pew Research Showing 53 of americans regard a trade agreement as a good thing. Been at theor has white house meeting with president obama on a number of issues. In particular on sanctions against russia over the intervention in ukraine. The ap saying that the president says violence escalating in Eastern Ukraine is making it obvious to the world that prorussian militants are not peaceful protesters. He voiced his support for the Ukrainian Government on the day of its first major offensive aimed at driving out the insurgents occupying government buildings across the east of ukraine. We will hear from t
Lets kick it up with what everyone is talking about and what else could be on the first friday of the month . Big upside surprise, 200 88,000 jobs traded last month and the Unemployment Rate drops to 6. 3 , the lowest since september of 2008. Impressive, those are good numbers. The most new jobs added to payrolls since january of 2012. Is that good news . The headline number is good but the details are not quite as good. Thats why we see the markets back off a little bit from their initial excitement. It is a tale of two surveys. The Establishment Survey is very good, to went 80,000 jobs this is the weather, its over and we are coming back on that but then you look at the household survey, it measures how many people were employed. We lost jobs, 73,000 jobs in the household survey. Which one is correct . Or more leave the labor force which drives the on employment rate down. If things were getting that much better, why arent people coming into the labor force . The discouraged workers
Boys pursuing an education are forced by their teachers to beg on the street. They sleep on cement or dirt floors, dozens to a room. And for boys who dont make their daily quote, the punishment can be brutal. Woodruff and its friday. Mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. Friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the government of ukraine launched a Major Military operation today against prorussian separatists in the east. Their target was slovyansk, and ukraines president reported many insurgents were killed or wounded but not without cost. James mates of independent Television News is there, and filed this report. Reporter helico
Boys pursuing an education are forced by their teachers to beg on the street. They sleep on cement or dirt floors, dozens to a room. And for boys who dont make their daily quote, the punishment can be brutal. Woodruff and its friday. Mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. Friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the government of ukraine launched a Major Military operation today against prorussian separatists in the east. Their target was slovyansk, and ukraines president reported many insurgents were killed or wounded but not without cost. James mates of independent Television News is there, and filed this report. Reporter helico
This morning, Raffaele Sollecito, who was convicted alongside knox, joins us for a live interview only on today. And nbc news exclusive. Michelle knight, one of the brave cleveland survivors on moving forward one year after her daring escape and the big decision shes made about the future. I felt like every brandnew start needs new beginnings. Today friday, may 2nd, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Happy, happy, happy friday. Im savannah guthrie. And im willie geist in this morning in for matt along with Natalie Morales and carson daly. Al is at Churchill Downs in louisville getting ready for tomorrows Kentucky Derby. We will hear from al in a minute. You can probably hear the shrieks all the way down there, because in memphis, tennessee, the royals are there. Princes william and harry, theyre in town in memphis for the wedding of a good buddy of theirs. They were out last nig