are you listening to what i m saying? children are dying. 9-year-old children. the solution is not to arm the teachers. have you ever worked in a school? tense moments on capitol hill yesterday. as democrats demand action on gun legislation following the deadly school shooting in nashville. we ll have more of that heated exchange and the latest from tennessee in just a moment. meanwhile, donald trump is fighting a judge s order to force some of his former staff and aides to testify about january 6th. we ll go through the legal precedent that is not on the former president s side. and also ahead, some new reporting on how top republican donors are feeling about a third option in the 2024 presidential race. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 30th. opening day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we begin this morning with new details about what we learned about the suspect and investigation into this week s deadly school
happy good friday. i m bill hemmer. happy good friday to you. it s time to break out some colors, i decided, indeed. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. let s get you to the numbers. the united states added 236,000 jobs last month. that is the weakest growth since december of 2020. unemployment it ticked down to 3.5%. we re crunching the numbers. hello, steve. is this good? is this bad? what s it tell smart guys like you? what it tells you that things are beginning to slow. what is more important is what happened earlier this week, the report on manufacturing. report on surfaces, isns, purchase managers, a very good indicator of what s about to happen. manufacturing is in a serious decline. services, which have been a mainstay in terms of people being able to spend on services again after the lockdowns, that s beginning to show signs of weakening. people s savings are beginning to be run down. credit card debt is beginning to go up. the storm clouds are there
tiktok ceo told congress, this company is not a security threat to millions of americans or in the platform. well, congress isn t buying it. we are talking to some influencers about the potential ban. of tiktok and what that would exactly mean for them. in our celebrating her story series, we are talking to caroline o connor, major league baseball s second highest ranking woman. i have something to say. former president donald trump has been taking hits on the legal front all week. he could be indicted in the next. yet again, there are concerns that the former president s incendiary rhetoric could be putting lives in danger. alvin bragg is investigating former president trump. regarding a hush money payment. to stormy daniels during the presidential campaign. yesterday, bragg was the target of a death threat. brad received a letter that said, alvin, i m going to kill you. an envelope with suspicious white powder, which was determined not to be dangerous. not to mention, there
was related to low-level gang activity. it appears there are some developments at the news conference. let s listen in. appreciate your patience. at this time let s introduce sheriff billy woods, sheriff of marion county, and some of our investigative team. first of all, i appreciate everybody being here. we re here for two reasons, because of an extremely tragic incident that s occurred, but on the other side of the coin a conclusion to that tragedy. as all of you are well aware, last thursday, march 30th, we received a call near forest lakes park, where our first victim, layla silvernail was located suffering from a gunshot
good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 30th. opening day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we begin this morning with new details about what we learned about the suspect and investigation into this week s deadly school shooting in nashville. new video shows a group offer the fid students fleeing the school. the man who filmed this video said he was driving by the school when he heard the gunfire, he jumped out of the car and helped stop traffic so children could run across the street. meanwhile community members held a candlelight vigil for the three children and three adults killed in monday s shooting. first lady jill biden attended the event. in the meantime we re learning