3.4%. black unemployment a lowest ever level of 4.7%. job gains in health care, in the restaurant industry, construction, wages climbing, us is purltives are plenty. but yes, also disruptive. the fed suggesting this week it might be done with interest rate hikes, but these jobs numbers spiking after a downward trnd the past three months underlies the effect to cool the economy to tame inflation. let s get to new york and matt egan. walk us through the big numbers, and forgive me if i have to interrupt. this historic jobs boom continues. despite everything going on now, despite the fed slamming the brakes on the economy, despite the worst banking crisis since 2008, and despite the wave of tech layoffs we keep hearing about, people thought hiring would slow down in april. instead, it accelerated. 253,000 jobs added. 3.4% unemployment rate. to go low you have to go back to 1953 under dwight eisenhower. we saw across the board solid numbers here. professional services, health c
top fox executive rupert murdoch under oath admitted election lies peddled on his network were simply a business decision, saying, quote, it is not red or blue, it is green. what else did murdoch admit? plus, when winning the battle does not end the danger. cnn treks across a booby tracked land littered with mines in ukraine. but first, the supreme court on the record. hear what the justices said about president biden s plan to cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt, and whether biden even remotely has the authority to do so. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re starting today in the money lead in fate of president biden s plan to wipe out $400 billion, that s b with a billion now rests with the supreme court. justices today heard oral arguments in two cases challenging biden s plan. the biden administration argued yeah, they have the power to forgive financial loans in order to protect americans brought in by the covid pandemic. six republican states and
appearance is scheduled for tuesday and his attorney says he plans to waive an extradition hearing. begin this hour new york city were police say three officers are in stable condition after a machete attack last night at a new year s eve security checkpoint near times square. alexis mcadams is live in new york city and has the details. hi molly, thankfully those three nypd officers are recovering. we are learning the details of the teenage suspect investigators tell me drove all the way hear from maine. police calling him a violent islamic extremist the fbi says they have been following closely for weeks. take a look here in your screen this is where it all unfolded. we all know there s some people i hear less site in new york city on new year s the three officers attacked in midtown manhattan during the celebrations as thousands were gathering, knight trolled trevor bickford pulled out this machete style knife and started swinging according to police. he struck two offi
college kids and all, and they told me about it at 7:00 in the morning. and that is my life. will: when they re hosing it off. brian: when they re hosing it off. never invited to the party. always invited not even the after party, the clean up. will: nashville, you see those pictures and ramp up the contrast and the color saturation. is that real? ainsley: doesn t even look real looks like disney world. will: so vivid and beautiful. it s not. that s real. that s nashville they are hosing it off and brian will be there to be the aftermath. ainsley: tax free state. so many people are moving down there. brian: they can t be happy living tax free don t you feel the guilt that we are paying such high taxes. ainsley: they have more money. brian: you live in a tax free state. will: walk around burdened thinking about you. brian: you have a lot of tolls. steve: will while we do have a lot of tolls. property tax is high. on the toll front tolls here as well.
viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with the buffalo bills revealing just a short time ago what happened to safety damar hamlin who collapsed during last night s game in cincinnati. the team says hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on the field. he remains in critical condition. right now here s a live picture outside cincinnati s uc medical center where he is being treated this hour. carolyn manno has the story. reporter: one important note is that his heart was restored on the field. you saw the startling, chilling images of cpr right there. of all of the nfl players around him. he s being administered cpr. he was transferred to that hospital. right now he s sedated and still in critical condition. they released a statement a couple of hours ago. i don t anticipate they will add to that. i think that s all we re going to hear from now. the hospital is expecting to update us on his condition but, again, i don t think th