good morning, everyone and happy easter weekend. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday. april 8th camera walker. i m victor blackwell. it is good to spend a little time with you. let what every time i see you now, i just see you know, bunny ears and i mentioned i had bunny tail have no cocktail, but i was a mall easter bunny. and that s the thing. yeah you have this thing with you got it. bring the picture tomorrow. here s what we re watching today. conflicting rulings when it comes to access to a medical abortion pill. one judge halts availability of the drug another preserves access to it in some states were joined by doctor for more on what this means for women across the country. the latest jobs report shows economy is still trucking along, but we re seeing signs that things are cooling down what the numbers say about the fight to tame inflation. at least three people are dead following separate attacks in the middle east. we are live in jerusalem with the latest on
the lead starts right now. tensions continue to escalate in the middle east, new details and images just coming in as cnn learns of a new terrorist attack and tell aviv as israel strikes after a barrage of rockets hit along its borders, plus supreme court justice clarence thomas tries to explain after a bombshell report revealed his many family trips on a god in a private jet, all paid for by a billionaire republican mega donor. and thomas never disclosed almost any of it, plus vice president kamala harris dispatched to tennessee one day after state house republicans expelled two democrats. two black men who were protesting on the floor, but they did not expel the other democrat on the floor with them white woman. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we have some breaking tragic news from israel. you re looking at live pictures from tele viv after one person was killed and six wounded from a quote terror attack in a popular thoroughfare. in the city. israel says all of the v
cpac s dominated this year by trump loyalists, like representative jim jordan, marjorie taylor greene, and matt gates, kari lake a prominent election denier, who lost the governor s race in arizona last december was also a guest speaker. so is steve bannon, and pillow salesman mike redell. key republican leaders like house speaker kevin mccarthy, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and rnc chair woman did not take part in cpac this week. meanwhile, other possible presidential candidates sat out the conference in favor of a different event this weekend. a sign of how the republican party remains splintered with some of its members trying to chart a new path forward, and leave donald trump far behind. instead of cpac, florida governor ron desantis, former vice president mike pence, south carolina senator tim scott, and new hampshire governor chris sununu opted to attend a private retreat with donors hosted by the conservative organization club for growth. another group has
Photo illustration by Elizabeth Ciano // Stacker // Shutterstock Half of U.S. children depend on government programs for health care, and in some states, they're beginning to lose that coverage at rates that have concerned the federal government. Foo.