around the world, i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster joining you live from london. just ahead on cnn newsroom. it s house after house that has been flooded. it s great living on the river. not so great living in the river. we were expecting a flood, but not like this. we re cooperating fullfully. i m wondering why the vice president of the united states had classified documents outside the hands of the intelligence community. this is an investigation of joe biden and that s where the committee will focus. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s wednesday, january 11th. 9 a.m. here in london, 1 a.m. in ka california where officials and residents had to clean up and dig out of mudslides. there s more massive winter storm heading to the state. we re not out of the woods. we expect these storms to continue at least through the 18th of this month. we expect a minimum three more of these atmospheric rivers in di
yet happened. the lead starts are right now. republican officials rushing to defend trump with a variety of claims and chexcuses as the forr president faces a possible indictment. i think in your heart of hearts you know too that this you can this is just political. is this all firing up the maga base? we ll talk to two former trump insiders. plus, meeting with a menacing message, leaders of russia and china coming out of their second day of talks and offering deliberate prolposals about a future collaboration. and a colorado dentist accused of killing his wife by lacing her protein shakes with arsenic, how his internet searches became evidence. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and a high alert day for new york city police bracing for possible unrest if donald trump is indicted. an internal memo shared with cnn shows that all nypd officers are expected to be in uniform and ready for deployment today, although law enforcement
u.s. economy added some 261,000 jobs in october, the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 3.7%. that jobs figure lower than the month before, however, still higher than economists had forecast. cnn chief business correspondent christine romans joins us to break down the numbers. you always say wisely the trend is your friend. so what do these latest numbers show us about the trend in the job market and is this what the fed was looking for? so first i would call this resilient but slowing the rate of job growth here. 261,000 net new jobs added, you know, that is a strong showing in any economy, but the trend is important here. we re averaging about 400 and change a month this year and this is the slowest pace of job creation in almost two years. so still strong, still resilient, but starting to slow here. the government noting that that unemployment rate has been stuck in this 3.5 to 3.7% range since march. it s still stuck in that range, even after six months now of the
We are getting out of here. Major a Desert Lakebed turns into a massive mud pit forcing festivalgoers to shelter in place and conserve food and water. No one has seen this effect in here ever. Major as summer winds down, americans from the midwest to the east face brutally high temperatures. Its the big september heat. We are talking 167 million above 90 degrees today. The convicted killer who escaped from a prison in Chester County, pennsylvania, is still on the run. We are doing everything in our power to get this guy. Major north Korean Leader kim jong un announces a trip to russia to talk weapons with Vladimir Putin. How one airline is cracking down on skip lagging, a popular trick for cheaper flights. We will explain the pros and cons. I used skiplagged to pay less, and i ended up paying a lot more. At this pennsylvania eye clinic, kids are excited to copy this rescue cat who wears one of her 25 pairs of glasses. Its always been my goal that i create a positive and fun memory. Som
Here in jerusalem. As we continue our live breaking coverage of the war in israel on americas late newsrael, fox at night, fullr coverage of the war coming right now, but we have a Breaking Nowwe Hav news update on the Mass Shooting in lewiston, maine. The suspect, 40yearold, robert card, accused of killing 18, hamas found dead with ad selfinflicted gunshot wound. C. B. Cotton is gathering more information and we gesl get to her live in minute. Meantime, sunrise in gaza, 48 minutes away and the Ground Fighting between hamas and Israeli Defense forces is reportedl e gunfy happening right now. And the ground war hasnt. Officially even begun. And were told the expanded Ground Operation Es in the earln going are aimed at prepping the battlefield and laying a pathway for more Israeli Soldiers to join the fight. Tonight, team fox coverage. The chief National Securityov Correspondent Jennifererag with more on the u. S. Response to iranian proxy u On Americannc troops. The chief correspondent