Kentucky derby. This is early start, im laura jarrett. And im 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 its 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. Amazons profit more than tripled in the First Quarter to 8. 1 billion on 108 billion in sales. The earnings comi
And a new warns from al qaeda terrorists. A very good morning to our viewers in the United States and around the world. It is friday, friday, april 30th. Thats what they told me when i came in. Its true. Rudy giuliani is on the ropes and is speaking out for the first time. The former new york mayor appeared on fox to proclaim his innocence. His team expects to announce a court fight over this raid and theyll claim Attorney Client privilege involving Rudy Giulianis work for former President Trump. The fbi warned Rudy Giuliani he was the target of a russian influence operation. The russians were trying to damage then candidate joe biden ahead of the 2020 election. Joining us now, cnn senior Law Enforcement analyst and former fbi Deputy Director andy mccabe. Andy, these defensive Intelligence Briefings that were given to Rudy Giuliani and then ron johnson, how big of a deal is this . What does it tell you . Giuliani and johnson are trying to dismiss it as not a thing. It is a thing. One,
Reporter good morning. Joel greenberg reportedly says he and gates paid for sex with a minor who was just 17 at the time. In a letter, greenberg claims he and gates thought the woman was 19 years old but later learned she was underage. Weve spoken with several women who are involved with these two men and we have reported that greenberg paid women on behalf of gates after some sexual encounters. Stone says he doesnt recall any letter. He said he never heard Greenburg Implicating Gaetz and he never tried to get him a pardon. And he said he never asked or received payments from greenberg. And what is gaetz saying about this latest twist . A spokesman for gaetz responded with a statement saying in part gaetz has never paid for sex, nor has he had sex with a 17yearold as an adult. The story does not add anything of substance and certainly no evidence for the wild and false claims about representative gaetz. In fact, it goes in some way to show gaetz was long out of touch with mr. Greenberg
Churchill down, an annual tradition. Oh my god its the weekend hands up for the weekend its the weekend i would never have heard this i if i did not worker. I would not tolerate an eagles fan. As the eagles get Devante Smith in the draft. Good morning. Watching Fox And Friends First on friday morning. Laura lets get to the news, President Biden celebrating his one hundredth day in office touting his massive spending plan during a rally in georgia. Jillian the president prepares to pitch his plan for infrastructure. Reporter heading to philadelphia later today, back on the road, he will be in philly. The white house is pushing for historic levels of spending. 1. 8 trillion to the American Families plan, the pitch to the Public On Thursday and atlanta. That is why i proposed the american jobs plan. A once in a Generation Investment in america, the biggest jobs plan since world war ii. Winning congress over, probably spending money but raising taxes, republicans pushing right back. In 100
The evidence, or is going to run away with the evidence. But could have destroyed the evidence i couldnt destroy the evidence, because the evidence is exculpatory, it proves the president and i are innocent. Its like projections, theyre committing the crimes. Projection. Rudy giuliani said the Search Warrant were based on suspicions he illegally lobbied for an ukraine international, something he claimed he never did. But this morning the New York Times added critical details to the reporting. The times reports the investigations focused on the circumstances surrounding the firing of the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, back in 2019. Key question, what did giuliani do or say that might have contributed to her losing her job . Was he acting on behalf of his clients then President Donald Trump or ukraine officials . While all of that was going on, were learning the fbi was warning giuliani he was the target of a Russian Campaign to spread lies about thencandidate biden and