kentucky derby. this is early start, i m laura jarrett. and i m christine romans. it is friday, april 30th. happy friday, everybody, it is 5:00 a.m. exactly in new york. we begin with the great american come back. the economy roars back in the first quarter. the economy grew 6.4% on an annualized basis in the first quarter, the best first quarter since 1984. that strong number showed huge gains in consumer spending and business investment. goldman sachs now estimates the economy for the year could grow 7%, the best in 30 years. layoffs are slowing, weekly jobless claims still double what they were before the crisis but that trend incredibly important. the housing market is the strongest it s been in years, home prices setting new records as buyers scramble to find homes amid an inventory crunch. the pandemic moves americans lives online, that has been a boom for tech earnings. amazon s profit more than tripled in the first quarter to $8.1 billion on $108 billion in sales
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening, we begin this evening with president biden in london kicking off a week-long visit to europe with some very big foreign policy challenges on his plate. he ll be making stops in great britain and finland and also on the itinerary is the centerpiece of this trip and the nato summit in lithuania as the war in ukraine grinds past with no end in sight and amid calls for kyiv to be granted membership in the nato alliance. arlette, there is a lot riding on this trip, isn t there? yeah, there certainly is, jim and president biden is now in london where he will meet with rishi sunak before heading to the castle to meet with king charles and really, the hallmark moment of this week-long trip to europe will be that nato summit in lithuania. president biden is heading into that summit hoping to once again shore up support and assistance for ukraine as it faces this long slog of a war against russia. now the
plus, a suspect under arrest after killing six people with a knife outside of a school in china. and this it s up to my knees. i know. historic rainfall causing deadly flash flooding just north of new york city. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m rahel solomon in this morning for christine romans. we begin this morning in london where president biden is set to make his first visit to 10 downstairsing street as president. he will meet one-on-one with british prime minister rishi sunak. the two are expected to tackle issues like the war in ukraine, among other things before heading to lithuania for the start of the nato summit. cnn s arlette saenz is traveling with the president. arlette, what is on schedule here? reporter: well, president biden will arrive here at 10 downstairsing street in literally just a short while. they just rolled out the carpet for him. it will mark the sixth meeting that president biden will have had with rishi
prince william iii. it was a similar vigil held by king charles and his family. the wait time is at least 14 hours to see queen elizabeth. people are now asking people to not come and join this line to avoid, quote, disappointment. woor canadians. the queen was also the head of state of canada. we ve all come, none of us know each other. so we ve all come by our selves but we had a fantastic night. it s been great. my mom went to diana s when she was young so she wanted us to feel the experience. well, from the crowds waiting 14 hours to view the queen s coffin and to nearly 500 world leaders and foreign dignitaries, including president biden in london for the queen s you funeral. our roarers have it all covered. and naddo, let s start with you. you ve been with these folks in line since yesterday. many of them waiting 14 hours. what is it like out there. reporter: absolutely, boris. we ve been here for several rights now in a row. i have to say it is remarkab
others demanded they leave. first americans were paid to stay home during the pandemic. now many are refusing to return to their offices. who is d.b. cooper, what happened to amelia earhart. will cain joins me for an update on america s unsolved mysteries. before i get to my monologue. remember my show where i told you we were in the secret service and situations really sucked and you had to embrace it. is america learning to deal with biden by just embracing the suck. according to the a.p., joe biden has a 45% job approval. how is that. how is this plans approval rating not 10% or less. what is going on. are we living in an alternate universe? the suck is getting worse. year over year inflation just popped against at 8.3% in august. inflation means you pay more for everything. because the inflation suck is getting worse. what about the border? a memo went out from dhs instructing border agents how to release migrants into interreer year cities and states. we have had 2 milli