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
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
condemn. the proud boys stand back and stand by. the proud boys celebrated that shout-out from then president trump during a debate in 2020. months later, members of that group would be heavily involved in the violence on january 6th. and now they are facing serious prison time for their actions. much more on yesterday s guilty verdicts in just a moment. meanwhile, in new york jurors in donald trump s civil rape trial heard more of his video deposition yesterday while taking through some of that testimony, and also ahead, more ethics issues for supreme court justice clarence thomas. this doesn t sound it s not good. it keeps on coming, and i m not sure what the consequence is here but it looks really bad. there is new reporting that clarence thomas wife was paid nearly $80,000 by a nonprofit that had a case before the high court. and her payments to her would come with instructions from leonard leo not to tell anybody she s getting the money. seems pr
wife s income, which is several 100,000 those dollars. and his book income. the book, and then there s the massive cash flows from a harlan crow in a fierce ways that should be considered taxable income. should be enough for some tires, lawrence. i know a lot of people who can buy their own tires and don t have billionaires support. or a book. or a lucrative side gig. paid for by leonard leo. but, you know, teaches out is this a. everybody bounces their own sheet. i m still waiting for someone to pay for my tires. never had the pleasure. dreams. set the bar high, lawrence. thank you, alex. have a great show. eat show tonight donald trump, who is a self confessed insomniac, even before he became a criminal defendant will be struggling to fall asleep with two frightening words stuck in what is left of his mind. insider witness. this is one of those nights when we have had to throw out and redone range much of what we were going to be presenting to you tonight beca