royal regalia, and other patriotic knick-knacks. jan, old sleeping under tarps under makeshift camp s. decked in flags, for the occasion. take a look at big ben there. 300 feet tall and about eight centuries of history and has never been seen before. images of the national plants of england, scotland, wales, northern ireland, projected on it. and words dancing over, it including 14, queen elizabeth died, that had not been heard since 1952, god save the king. not far from mayor westminster abby, security tape is it is all around the city, were started warning the king and queen will arrive in a coach built for the kings mother on the 16th anniversary of her coronation. certainly a lot to cover a. bit about the circumstances. we will talk more about pomp and ceremony and the public relations of crowning a king. i m joined now by cnn s max foster. what is the mood like in london as these preparations continue? charles isn t as popular a figure as his mother was, as his childre
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
bringing you the regalia, processions and ancient rituals. we ll have all that and more, including the crowning moment itself later today at westminster abbey. these are pictures from inside the venue and how it will look for the grand ceremony. you can see the ornate chairs taking centre stage there, on top of the medieval mosaic floor of the church. crowds have been camping out ahead of the big day. they were treated to a surprise visit by king charles, the prince and the princess of wales. charles went to one side of the mall while william and kate went to the other. many continued to camp out despite the london rain, to save a spot on the procession route. let s go live now to bbc correspondent louisa pilbeam at the mall in london. we don t see you at the moment but i think you are standing among the crowd. we just looked this up, it s around 11 celsius in london, 50 fahrenheit, but it seems people are keeping warm. . ., warm. yeah, hello, i m here, don tworry. warm.
70 years, in other words. for some, at least, this is literally a once in a lifetime event. people are certainly treating it that way. they ve been camping out along the procession route, some for days now, wearing union jack, royal regalia and other patriotic knickknacks, young and old sleeping under tarps and tents on makeshift cots. around the city lanes to landmarks are decked in flags or lit up large for occasion. take a look at big ben there, 300 feet tall, embodying centuries of history as it s never been seen before. images of the national plants of england, scotland, wales and northern ireland projected on it. and words that had not been heard since 1952, god save the king. not far from there, westminster abbey tight as it is all around the city, where saturday morning the king and queen will arrive in a coach built for the king s mother on the 60th anniversary of her coronation. there is certainly a lot to cover. that s a bit about the circumstances. let s talk mo
warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m the anchor nobler max foster joining you live from london just ahead on cnn newsroom. dave. evacuations from the sudanese capital was launched from here in djibouti, a multinational effort led by the united states. we really fear that once a lot of the internationals have left, the fighting will really ramp up. president biden is expected to make his reelection bid official this week. if you take biden and your face them up against trump , biden leads that match up by three points. nobody knows what s happening. so it s the first instinct is the plane s going to bloat. life from london. this is cnn newsroom. max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, april 24th nine am here in london, 10 a.m. in sudan , where a growing number of foreign nationals are being evacuated as fighting rages between rival military factions . over the past day, more than 1000 people have been pulled out by vario