thank you so much for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. we are so grateful. the beat with ari melber on a friday night starts right now. thanks, nicolle. appreciate it. welcome to the beat. we begin with what some democrats are tout as the best day for domestic news within the biden presidency. not only the best days for the economy in this choppy covid era with all the upheavals but we re going to go through the numbers for you, the single best day for economic numbers in literally 50 years. the unemployment rate has not been this low, in other words, the unemployment rate has not been this high since americans were seeing things like this. hi, this is dick clark and it s time now one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind. as we chart our goals we shall be lifted by our dreams. i like your show, and i like your style shouldn t you brand be true today? kid, the next time i say go someplace like bolivia, let s go someplace l
and 48 hours to come up with the next generation of video games. we ll be hearing from the man behind the global gamejam. hello there. we start here in the uk, where the bank of england has raised the cost of borrowing for the tenth time in a row. the half a percent rise puts uk interest rates at 4%, their highest level in more than 1a years. a bonus, of course, for savers, but it piles more pressure on businesses and those with mortgages, loans and credit card debt. the good news is that the bank now thinks the uk s recession will be shorter and less severe than it previously thought, and there s a hint that rates may not have to go any higher. but a recovery could take years as our economics editor faisal islam reports. the squeeze continues. an official interest rate of 4% should not feel huge, but it does, and notjust here in nuneaton, forjoanne, who runs a furniture and gift shop. the mortgage a furniture and gift shop. the mortgage on a furniture and gift shop. th
emergency after a devastating outbreak of tornadoes ripping through the south. at least 23 people are confirmed dead in mississippi and another person was killed in alabama. dozens more are injured and at least four others are still missing. at this hour. many of the deaths happening in the town of rolling fork, mississippi. neighborhoods there were leveled the mayor sharing this bleak assessment of the damage on cnn this morning. when daylight comes, you can get a more visual of what happened last night. it was dark. we re using flashlights. so now i can see what i didn t see earlier this morning and is worse than i saw. this morning at three o clock throughout the throughout the morning. it s worse. communities. let s go. cnn s isabelle rose hollis is there in rolling fork, isabel? um i mean the mayor, saying that town is gone. and fred, the constable of a nearby county who came here and saw this with his own eyes described this as a landfill. and if you take a look right b
through the gag. the alleged leaker and the judge jack to share a is back in court this morning facing a judge to see if he ll get out on bail or stay behind bars as he awaits trial, just as the defense secretary puts a deadline on figuring out exactly how the pentagon league happened and how to stop it from happening again, $787 million, just the beginning, fox forced to pay in a store it some for lies about the 2020 election. new reporting on what could be an even bigger lawsuit just around the corner. disturbing and offensive, newly released racist messages from officers in the northern california city have sparked protests outside the police station. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. hours from now the 21 year old air national guardsman accused of leaking a trove of classified documents. he s going to be back in a federal court. today s hearing will determine whether jack teixeira will stay behind b
asking for help. mother from venezuela telling the new york post she s waiting for food, clothes, and a place to work. chief economic advisor says core inflation is likely on the rise. inflation will come down with a slow down in the economy or a major recession. dodger is in trouble. recovered underneath, and the giants come from behind, and knock off the packers! that was a great win, but this is not great. we start with the fox news alert, explosions rocking kyiv as russia carries out a new assault on ukraine overnight. many people are dead. was in the last hour, the u.s. embassy issuing a dire warning urging american still in the country to shelter in place. ainsley: alexandria hoff is monitoring the situation and joins us. what s the latest? residence in multiple cities have been one to take shelter. we have trey yingst on the ground reporting that, at this hour, there s currently a total blackout in kharkiv and he reports sessions are aiming at civilian