escape from jail has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. authorities in indiana close inside on the fugitives. they were on the run for more than a week. also tonight the white house criticizing vladimir putin s remarks as, quote, patently false when he claimed that at moscow victory day celebration that nato and the west are to blame for the war in ukraine because he falsely claims they were threatening russia. and the senate passing a pill that ex spands security for supreme court justices after the draft opinion that would overturn roe v. wade. but i want to turn now to cnn s sam kiley for what it happening in ukraine as putin celebrates victory day in moscow. reporter: one man s parade for the many. the many on parade for one man. and on the eve of victory day, authorities here say 60 people died in a russian airstrike. the victory over german nazism once united the people of russia and ukraine. not anymore. this is what putin s modern campaign to de-nazify uk
the russians are accused of breaking their promises for evacuations. still, they re doing everything they can to get people out. translator: russian shelling does not stop. but civilians still need to be taken out. women, children, many children who are still there. just imagine this hell. and there are children. more than two months of constant shelling, bombing, and constant death nearby. reporter: meanwhile, sources tell cnn, ukrainian had some help from the u.s. in targeting russia s flagship last month. the warship sank on april 14th after ukrainian missile strikes. the sources say the ukrainians spotted the ship. then asked the americans for confirmation that it was in market the moskva. the u.s. provided intelligence about the ship and its location but wasn t involved in ukraine s decision to launch missiles. a ukrainian commander says wounded soldiers inside the azovstal steel works are dying in terrible agony. those who are able are fighting to defend the plant.
top of a brand new hour here on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor blackwell. strong economic indicators after a volatile week on wall street. employers added 428,000 jobs in april. the unemployment rate is staying right there at 3 p.6%. an hour before the closing bell, the dow is down about 300 points. this has been a turbulent week. investors had their worst day of the year yesterday. stocks fell more than a thousand points after the feds interest rate hike, and live this hour, the president is in hamilton, ohio, right outside of cincinnati. he s about to meet with manufacturing leaders and promising to make inflation a top priority. joining me now, cnn s matt egan, and cnn s john harwood who s traveling today with the president. let s start with matt. the number, 28,000, higher than what was expected. what does this mean for the recovery? today s report paints the picture of a hot jobs market that continues to defy expectations of a slow down. 428,000 added this
best of all, prop a won t raise your taxes. vote yes on prop a for fast, safe, reliable transit. good friday to you. this is andrea mitchell reports. i m kristin welker in for andrea. u.s. intelligence helped sink russia s cruiser in the black sea. two ukrainian anti-ship missiles struck it in april, making it the largest russian war ship sunk in combat since world war ii. the pentagon insisting no specific targeting information was shared. we do provide them information about russian units, at sea and ashore. i can tell you, we didn t provide specific targeting information for that ship. we were not involved in their decision to strike that ship. jill biden is in romania preparing to spend mother s day on the ukraine border meeting with refugees and aid workers. she spoke to my colleague ahead of her departure. have you spoken with mrs. zelenskyy? i got a letter from mrs. zelenskyy. i have spoken to the first lady of poland. she gave me her list of things that they
we re watching how this report drives the markets, because, of course, thursday the dow plunged big time wiping out hundreds of billions of dollars from the market in the single worst day since 2020. any moment now president biden will leave the white house for a trip to ohio where he will be putting the focus on a key aspect of the economic recovery. manufacturing. we will let you know if he stops to take any questions from reporters. plus, chief justice john roberts just made his first appearance since that political earthquake. the release of the draft opinion on abortion. he has tough words for whoever leaked it. lawmakers and advocates concerned about the court overturning roe v. wade warn other rights could be next, including same-sex marriage. ahead i will get reaction from the ceo and president of the trevor project, an organization that provides help to lgbtq youth. we are keeping our eye on ukraine. nbc has new reporting on the role of u.s. intelligence on the bat