market. april s surprising jobs report. all this coming in right here to cnn news central. all right, surprising and impressive jobs numbers just in this morning from the labor department. employers added 253,000 jobs last month. that is a lot more than the 180,000 that were expected. the unemployment rate also dropped slightly, now 3.4%, it s down from 3.5%, and 3.4% is like the lowest level it s been since 1969. this report comes just two days after the fed raised interest rates for the tenth consecutive time, all in an effort to rein in inflation. rahel solomon is with us. these are good numbers. these are good numbers and the labor market continues to defy expectations. 253,000 jobs added in the month of april. as you said, stronger than almost every economist that was polled was expecting. also stronger than the months prior. i want to put that 253,000 in perspective. we did get downward revisions for the prior two months so stronger than that, but you can see this i
everyone, have a good weekend. cnn news central starts right now. an insider at mar-a-lago, a major new development as the new york times reports on a potentially crucial cooperator in the classified documents probe. what this could mean for the special counsel s investigation. just in this morning, a surprising april jobs report, the labor market is heating back up. what does this mean now for the economy? we will break it down. plus, the countdown to the coronation is on. we re live at buckingham palace as the official crowning of king charles iii happens tomorrow. those major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. all right. we have to start with those april jobs numbers showing surprising growth in the labor growth in the labor market when other indicators have very clearly recently been pointing to possibly a cooling off. the new data was just released in the last 30 minutes and it shows employers added 253,000 jobs last month, t
things to know for this friday, may 5th, 2023. federal prosecutors in the mar-a-lago investigation are now getting cooperation from an insider who worked for donald trump at his resort. that s according to new reporting from the new york times. police have arrested a former uc davis student in connection with three recent stabbings near campus. he s being held on two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. new overnight, a second mass shooting in serbia in as many days. eight people are dead, at least 13 others wounded. police say they ve arrested the gunman after an all night manhunt. also happening today, the april jobs report is going to be released. the number could help or hurt jittery markets that are on edge about the security of regional banks. and the uk preparing to officially crown its new king this weekend. the coronation dinner for king charles is set for tonight at buckingham palace. cnn this morning starts right now. so you have to be
electors that have immunity, there is also apparently a ninth elector whose identity remains unknown that has a plea deal, or an immunity deal. and the identity of that person is going to be, i think, of great interest to all of us. there are a limited numbers of suspects, but we are going to be talking about who it could be, what the implications could be. for not just the other electors, who don t have deals. but also for people in trump s orbit including rudy giuliani and lindsey graham. a classic whodunnit, i m going to go watch. have a great weekend. thanks to you at home for joining us. earlier this year, we learned about the republican party of georgia had paid more than $200,000 in legal fees to lawyers defending the fake republican electors. the trump supporters who cause played as electoral college electors in the 2020 election. tonight, we got news that 200 grand does not seem like money well spent. tonight s news started with the washington post reporting that
that the republican party in georgia paid more than $200,000 in legal fees to lawyers defending the fake republican electors, the trump supporters who cost played as electoral college electors and the 2020 election. well, tonight, we got news that the 200 grand does not seem like money well spent. tonight s new started with the washington post reporting that at least a pick trump electors have accepted immunity deals. the new york times then advance that reporting that at least one other elector also has a deal, although the persons identity remains unknown. in other words, a bunch of people are all talking. now, this is all part of fulton county the a funny willis is much broader investigation into all the ways that trump and his allies attempted to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. that includes fake electors scheme, it includes the trump campaign s potential involvement in an authorized breach of election equipment which took place in coffee county in georgia, and who