good morning. breathe it in deep. the weekend is here. and welcome to cnn this morning. i m boris sanchez. is and i m paula reid. boris, it s great to be with you. we appreciate you getting up bright and early. amara is skiing somewhere in europe. here s a look at what we re watching this morning. overall we created more jobs in two years than any administration created in the first four years. president biden taking a victory lap following a strong jobs report. where we re seeing those jobs. plus a stunning free falls that led to the second largest bank collapse in u.s. history. and testing the waters. presidential hopefuls sworm iowa this week as the gop race heats up. we have new reporting about when ron desantis might announce that he s running. i looked on the ground and it was flooded. he seems to be in a smiling mood for a natural disaster. california soaked by the another round of storms. those atmospheric rivers washing out roads, collapsing bridges and
are more than what many analysts expected and a sign that still strong hiring continues despite the ongoing efforts of the federal reserve to cool it off to tame inflation. wall street is reacting to report, and you can see right now the stocks are down, and well, it is mixed and stable at the moment. matt egan and m.j. lee are standing by to have a look at what this means while we wait for the president. what stands out for you, matt? it is amaze, kate, that the economy is still adding this many jobs despite the federal reserve s warnings, and despite the jobs gains, and people are still being hired at a rapid pace. and so, 311,000 jobs added in february, and this is how strong the job market is, and hiring slowed significantly in february, and yet, i still came in at a strong levelsh and a level well above expectations, and so no sign of a recession here at all. the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.6%, but remember, that is coming off of the 53-year low in january, and a
two americans kidnapped in mexico now back in the u.s. for treatment. other two are dead as the search for their killers ramps up. why ukrainian forces refuse to retreat from the bloody battles if bakhmut, president zelenskiy warning about consequences if russia seizes the city, new u.s. senate bill aims to give the biden administration the authority to ban tiktok. we ll discuss what data the ap collects and whether it should really be considered a threat to national security. . . live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us, the two americans who survived a deadly kidnapping in mexico on friday are back in the united states. according to mexican officials la washington mcgee and eric williams were found in a wooden house in mattingly on thursday, williams s wife tells cnn he was shot in both legs, mcgee was not injured, her mother told our affiliate she s spoken with her daughter and doing ok but struggling with fact she had t
jackie ibanez has the latest, jackie. good morning, ashley and todd, efforts to bring four americans kidnapped friday offering $50,000 reward for information leading to their safe return. brand-new surveillance video shows the moment the three men were kidnapped heavily armed men trekking one person after another into the back of a pickup truck shortly after entering the city. the footage shows the suspect holding long guns and wearing bulletproof vest. authorities believe it was a case of mistaken identity. the victims were wrongfully targeted peer of the travelers have been identified as latino, zindel brown and a to eric james williams of south carolina. according to a family member, they were heading to mexico for a medical procedure. she said, this is like a bad dream she could wake up from. to see a family member thrown in the back of the truck is unbelievable. the president of mexico says the entire mexican government working to bring them home safely. the white hous
the body of zindel brown has been turned over to u.s. authorities. the other american shot in this incident is recovering in a hospital in texas after being shot several times. carlos, thank you. coming up, a cnn exclusive. christiane amanpour speaks to an american citizen who has been imprisoned in iran for the last seven years. why he says it feels that he has been abandoned by the u.s. and his message for president biden, ahead. ah (sfx) car racing -final boarding flight to wait. is that a phone? look at the performance! the graphics. thatat thing s a gaming machin. a new chalallenger! faker! that man s a gaming legend. everyone fasten your seatbelts. and here we goooo!