hello, everyone. thanks for joining us this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. a desperate man hunt is under way in texas, a gunman killing five people including an 8-year-old and police are racing to a house in cleveland, texas, overnight. on reports of an active shooter. at least three others were wounded in a brutal attack. and now the search is on for the suspect who took off before police arrived on the scene. cnn s ryan young is following this breaking story for us. so tell us what we know thus far, that is taking place in a house, does this mean that everyone knew each other, meaning the suspect and the victims? well, it appears they were neighbors. and in fact, they were talking to him across the street, he had a gun, and apparently, he s been firing in that yard, according to the sheriff, many times, and they asked him to stop shooting because it was disturbing the baby inside the home. and at some point apparently he became angry and then actually went inside the
in just two days, 118 congress will be sworn in with republicans in the majority in the house and kevin mccarthy is vowing to fight to become house speaker until the very end. but the question remains. could a group of heart rate lawmakers keep them from reaching the magical number of 219 votes. also one of the most controversial members of the new congress, new york republican george santos said take his seat lying about everything for his family history to his finances. we ll talk to another new yorker, democratic congressman richie torres, with reprising which insulation to make in a crime for candidates to lie. in the new year brings new concerns about a new variant. new covid variant. according to the cdc. it now presents over 40% new cases. well astronauts prior to what we should do to protect our family and ourselves. we bring with you begin with you with some for some breaking news out of new york city. where three police officers were injured in a machete attack
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
i m going to sub-l in paris. and this is cnn the stage is set the day is here and just 15 hours, joe biden and donald trump will be squaring off and what could be the most fateful presidential debate in us history. good morning, everyone. cnn this morning his live in atlanta. it is 6:00 a.m. here on the east coast. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us when president biden and former president trump take this age tonight here at cnn s world headquarters in atlanta, a sitting president and an ex-president will be debating for the first time ever. and it is just shy of four years since they last song each other face-to-face before joe biden beat donald trump. and in a modern first, trump refused to stand on stage and hand power to his successor at the inauguration. so help you god. so help me god. congratulations, mr. president trump, flying away from the white house in his helicopter, leaving washington for the last time as president, i remember watching t