you know, there is an old saying in washington. it s not the crime, but the cover-up. so we already knew that the special counsel was looking into trump s handling of classified documents. we now know that they were looking to how they handled security footage in mar-a-lago, and whether it was tampered, whether was withheld. so that is a sign that the investigators are strongly looking into possible obstruction of justice charges. and then our fabulous colleagues, paul reid, and caitlin polantz found out that there are two senior trump level organization employees who are gonna go before the special counsel tomorrow. that s on the lookout for. and they are expected to be asked about that footage. and that reason why that was just so important, because they can really shed light on how this documents were handled. cnn reported that there is a footage of this other truncated who is running out boxes of documents from a storage closet. and so this is a very significant step in
there s a verdict. the jury in donald trump s civil rape case deliberated for just about three hours. the judge announced he will read the verdict at 3:00 p.m. it is 3:00 p.m. the lawyers are in the room. the judge is in the room. the jury is in the room. so any moment now we will hear from they decided. six men and three women were charged with that deciding. one, did donald trump rape carroll and did he defame her when he said she was lying. if so, how much money does carroll deserve to be fairly and adequately compensated for her injuries? in closing arguments, her attorney told the jury donald trump didn t show up because he knew he did it. trump s attorney said trump didn t testify because there was nothing to testify to. he said the whole story was an unbelievable work of fiction. kaplin said carroll was exactly donald trump s type and she played the video deposition where trump mistook carroll for his ex-wife, marla maples. he said she couldn t give a date to when the
everyone, have a good weekend. cnn news central starts right now. an insider at mar-a-lago, a major new development as the new york times reports on a potentially crucial cooperator in the classified documents probe. what this could mean for the special counsel s investigation. just in this morning, a surprising april jobs report, the labor market is heating back up. what does this mean now for the economy? we will break it down. plus, the countdown to the coronation is on. we re live at buckingham palace as the official crowning of king charles iii happens tomorrow. those major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. all right. we have to start with those april jobs numbers showing surprising growth in the labor growth in the labor market when other indicators have very clearly recently been pointing to possibly a cooling off. the new data was just released in the last 30 minutes and it shows employers added 253,000 jobs last month, t
them economic vandals who created a self inflicted financial crisis. not for the prime minister and his non domsing, not for the super wealthy they gave tax cuts to, but for mortgage holders all across the country. so does the prime minister know how many more people will be joining them on higher mortgage rates by the end of this year? well, mr speaker, thanks to the actions we re taking, in fact, the bank of england is showing that public expectations of inflation have now eased to a 15 month low, mr speaker. consumer confidence is at the highest level that it s been at since russia invaded ukraine. and because of our stewardship of the public finances, we can see a clear way to reduce debt and bring interest rates down. but, mr speaker, he keeps in this habit of quoting the former labour shadow chancellor. we know that our plans will deliver lower inflation and lower interest rates. but we know we know that his plans just mean more debt, mr speaker, and i quote. and i quot
but the district attorney there is still talking to witnesses and trump s lawyers are calling their own. and the blossoming friendship that has the world on edge. russian president vladimir putin and chinese leader xi jinping leading in moscow. what this might mean for ukraine. then, could parents be forced to buy separate plane tickets for their infant children? the new push that could ban babies from laps. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. and we start with our politics lead and the flurry of new developments in the various and sundry trump investigations. police in new york are setting up security cameras and barricades as they prepare for possible unrest after a possible indictment of the former president. trump said he expects to be arrested as soon as tomorrow over that hush money payment to porn actress and director stormy daniels. trump s former lawyer michael cohen was back answering questions at the prosecutor s office today over that $130,000 payment to k