that does it for us on this friday morning, ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. happy friday. so glad you are with us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and it may be friday, but there s still a lot of news this morning, including big economic shifts. we just got the april jobs report, and instead of the decline economists expected, unemployment numbers ticked down. the unemployment rate is 3.4%. jobs were added, many more than expected. that is some good news, but with interest rate hikes, banking turmoil, layoffs, and store closures, how do you assess the state of the u.s. economy? former new orleans mayor mitch landrieu who s also a senior adviser to president biden will join us. plus, a judge could hand down a record sentence for a january 6th rioter today. how long that defendant could spend behind bars. and we re following reaction to the historic verdicts against members of the proud boys. what does it all reveal about the
Been staging dramatic unexpected breakthroughs in the last few years. the one nut they haven t been able to crack has been this race, the kentucky derby. i mentioned mandarin hero who s now going to be in the race. there s a second one named derma sodagake is going to be in this race, probably going to be one of the top five choices betting wise. ran in the united arab emirates derby to get in this race. put up an unbelievable time. keep an eye on those japanese horses. steve kornacki, thank you, enjoy. and you can watch the 149th running of the kentucky derby tomorrow on nbc, the network s full coverage begins at noon eastern, and is also available on nbcsports.com, the nbc sports app, and peacock. so we ll be tuning in. yes, we will.