joining the msnbc reports lineup with the premier of anna cabrera reports at 10:00 a.m. eastern. we look forward to that. chris jansing reports starts right now. hey, everything,body, good you, i m yasmin vossoughian in for chris jansing in new york city tennessee democrats saying the world is working as they slam republicans for expelling two black representatives from the legislature. their message to protesters outraged over it we re also now learning the vice president traveling to tennessee as well to meet with lawmakers there amidst all of this going on. also, new allegations about supreme court justice clarence thomas allegedly taking advantage of half a million dollars worth of gifts and trips from a republican mega donor the new report from propublica and how thomas is responding. and the latest jobs report shows a good, not great number as hiring falls to roughly half of what it was a few months ago. what it means for the economy and your wallet coming u
early in my tenure at the court, i sought guidance from my colleagues and others in the judiciary and was advised this sort of personal hospitality are from close personal friends who did not have business before the court was not reportable i have endeavored to follow that council throughout my tenure and have always sought to comply with the disclosure guidelines these guidelines are now being changed. as the committee of the judicial conference responsible for financial disclosure for the entire federal judiciary just this past month announced new guidance, and it is, of course, my intent to follow this guidance in the future democratic lawmakers are calling for action congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez said in a tweet, this degree of corruption is shocking, almost cartoonish. thomas must be impeached members of the senate judiciary committee, democrats dick durbin, sheldon whitehouse called for changes in the supreme court code of conduct. i want to bring in jake sherman,
cover of course those horrible tornadoes in the area. the folks that have been affected by the water crisis were the most vulnerable, right? they were the poorest people in the city what are you seeing with this situation now? you re really just seeing people try to scramble and try to coordinate through basically community and grass roots efforts to find out who doesn t have a car that can drive to the neighboring city where the city of jackson s landfill is located to drop off their trash. who s not able to get away from work before 2:00 p.m. today to go out to the dump site that the city has set up in the city. what can they do to assist them, you know, one volunteer organization i spoke with said before this breakdown, they were already going out to some individual s homes who were elderly and that it was almost
and democratic iran. thank you very much nazanine, it s wonderful to see you again, and we re committed to staying on this story. i m glad you re getting some support from the white house in going there today as well. i hope so, thank you. best of luck, thank you. we can report also that vice president kamala harris is heading to tennessee today and i believe will meet with state lawmakers there trying to rally behind the two justins as well as caroline johnson who also was exteld t expelled happy easter to all, wishing everyone the best for ramadan and of course continuing passover week. remember, follow the show online on facebook and on twitter @mitchellreports, and a quick programming note, starting this monday, anna cabrera
the unemployment ray is 3.5%, which is essentially a 50-year low. people have jobs in this market. as you mentioned, it s going to be different sector to sector. take a look at what drove the job gains in the month, leisure and hospitality. think bars and restaurants adding 72,000 jobs in the month. we also saw job gains strongly in the health care sector adding about 34,000 it s not all good everywhere, when you look at retail trade, these would be jobs at the mall, for example, contracting by about 15,000 so yes, there s some pockets of this labor market that don t quite look all that strong, but of course the big story isn t necessarily the labor market where unemployment is low. it s about inflation and inflation again we can see a picture of average hourly earnings increasing by 4.2% year-over-year that s slower than the pace of inflation, which is 6% people s wages not necessarily keeping up with the price of things going up across the board. you sand i spoke a couple of