caitlin collins had asked a single question, these people were saying that trump, a former president and the leading candidate by far for the republican nomination, should be barred from tv, banned, exiled, silenced because they just don t like him. but that s ludicrous. this wasn t a rally where he just gets to pop off. and whatever you think of trump, shouldn t journalists question him as part of the campaign? as it turned out, the town hall turned into an absolute train wreck, even many people at cmn being sharply critical. but the alternative, banning trump from the airwaves, is suppression of speech, and that is not journalism. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, george santos versus the media mob as he is indicted for fraud. the first 24 minutes of the cnn event was spent on two of donald trump s true curing subjects recurring subject, the 2020 election and the capitol riot, and that insured a clash from the start. it was not a rigged election
biden family, their associates and their companies received over $10 million from foreign nationals and their companies. some of that money came if from a chinese company and went to hunter biden s company. maria: today to, house oversight committee chairman james comer on his next steps in forcing the fbi to turn over that document he says proves joe biden was part of a bribery scheme can. one of many business deals with foreigners while he was vice president. plus, house intelligence committee chairman mike turner on his investigation into the spies who lied about the biden laptop the right before the election 2020. then is it a calculated lie or just sheer incompetence? i want to be very clear, our borders are not open. people who cross our border unlawfully and without a legal basis to remain will be promptly processed and removed. maria: then why has border patrol apprehended 10,000 illegal migrants a a day after title 42 the was lifted amidst new calls to impeach home
red hot jobs report. the u.s. economy adding more than a quarter million jobs as the jobless rate ticked down. the fed s inflation fight just got more complicated. a dire threat to moscow s war machine. the head of wagner, the mercenary group deployed in the war against ukraine by the tens of thousands, says he could pull out his forces. this is only the latest potential challenge for the kremlin as russia braces for an upcoming counteroffensive by ukraine it is hoped will end the war once and for all. a ceremony fit for a king. the uk preparing for the royal coronation of king charles iii. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. recession fears did not stop the u.s. job market from booming in april. analysts were expecting 180,000 new jobs. employers came in much hotter, creating 253,000, and the dao is loving it but these robust numbers could complicate the fed s efforts to rein in inflati
reminiscent of o.j. and that white bronco chase a back in the 90s. the plane took off and hours later landed at laguardia. what suspension, and no one was immune. it s what gets everybody to watch the news. they re going to cover him like a burka. they pretend he s awful, but all of those clowns need him to survive. we covered it like that [laughter] clowns! you know, it s live, it s happening, he s landing. it s a beautiful day in new york, it s the big trump plane howard: the next day, everything was soon. soon, the defendant to leave trump tower for lower manhattan courthouse, and there go the cars. now you know what these were about, ratings. so the media had trump where they wanted him, back on center stage. or is it the other way around? i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: we caught only brief glimpses of donald trump before and after the arraignment in the stormy daniels case. one still photographer capturing the grim image before manhatt
we re not looking for a new cold war. and i make no apologies, and we will compete. and we ll responsibly manage that competition so that it doesn t veer into conflict. paul: let s bring in seth jones, senior vice president of the center for strategic and international studies and author of the book, three dangerous men: russia, china, iran and the rise of irregular warfare. seth, welcome. good to the see you again. so what lessons do you draw froa balloon episode, and should americans be reassured by the way it was handled? paul, i brought two major lessons from the balloon incident. one ises the only it is the only one of the few visible examples we ve seen of a much broader effort by china which views the united states as its major competitor to collect information including within the u.s. homeland. there has been extensive activity, and there continues to this day to collect information through the confucius institutes as part of the thousand talents program, as part