pleading not guilty in the georgia election subversion case. why some of his co-defendants are turning to crowd funding to cover their defense. a manhunt underway after a convicted murderer escaped a pennsylvania prison. the district attorney says the killer s depravity knows no bounds and warns the public he is extremely dangerous with nothing to lose. and this hour the labor department is set to release the august jobs report. a snapshot of how the u.s. economy is faring. can the labor department stay in the sweet spot, not too hot, not too cold, a little goldilocks here, friday. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. former president trump has pled not guilty for the fourth time. this time he is saying he didn t conspire to overturn the results of the 2020 election in georgia in the case brought by fulton county d.a. against trump and 18 ledged co-conspirators. the former president opted not to enter the plea in person next wednesday, waiving his arraignme
friends, it s a jobs report smack dab in the middle of the presidential election. we have the details for you. plus hours after entering a not guilty plea donald trump filing a motion to sever his case from his accused co-conspirators, the former president wants to delay while others want a speedy trial so how will the judge respond? plus a record number of americans are packing in one last summer trip this labor day weekend. i m rahel solomon alongside kate bolduan and boris sanchez this morning and cnn news central starts right now. the latest jobs report has just crossed and here is what the report shows on the surface, 187,000 jobs were added last month, the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.8%, but there is so much more in there than just that. cnn s vanessa yurkevich has the details for us. what do you see inside these top line numbers? this is a good report, a little bit above expectations but still a comfortable number both on the jobs added and the unemplo
about. here are a few of the conversations we thought you shouldn t miss. we have some new polling to tell you about that shows a tight general election race between joe biden and donald trump. in the first, biden leads trump by three points, 48% to 45% among registered voters. that s within the poll s margin of error. that follows polling that shows a neck and neck battle for key swing states. in the latest poll, tied at 45% in michigan and pennsylvania. in wisconsin biden leads by a single point which is within the margin of error. molly is an msnbc political analyst and also with us, conservative attorney george conway is back with us. the polling shows donald trump has a big problem. of course. with women voters. in the quinnipiac survey, 60% of women say uithey plan to vote f joe biden compared to 35% for trump. if that happens in november, it would be a three point improvement on biden s 2020 numbers, a year when women cast more votes than ever before and turned o
people. and that s really a tragedy. exactly. well, russell moore, thank you so much. i hope you have a wonderful easter weekend. that does it for us this morning. katy tur picks up the coverage right now. right now on msnbc, dollar signs. democrats have a record fund-raising night, $26 million for a three-president special. what donald trump is saying to try and spin his money woes. plus, unlike anything they have done before, the biggest crane on the eastern seaboard arrives to start salvaging the remains of the key bridge. also ahead, one year the wall street journal s letter to you, the reader, as evan gershkovich marks a year in prison. what the paper wants you to know. an nbc news exclusive. what federal agents found in the homes of sean diddy combs. it is 10:00 a.m. here in new york. good to be with you. i m katy tur in for ana cabrera. it was the best of times. it was the worst of times. if charles dickens were writing a book about campaign finances, it
i wouldn t want to get into it. to me, that is very personal. when i talk about the bible, it is very personal. you don t want to get into a verse that means a lot to you ? the bible means a lot to me but i don t want to get into specifics. is there a favorite bible verse or bible story that has informed your thinking or character through life, sir ? i think many. when we get into the bible, i think many, so many. are you an old testament guy or new testament guy ? probably equal. you may think an aide would slip in a sheet of paper with john 3:16 so trump could pretend to know something about the bible. but, no. and, that reality is part of what makes trump s latest drift so amazing. all americans need a bible in their home and i have many. it s my favorite book. we must protect content that is pro-god. we love god and we have to protect anything that is pro- god. we have to bring christianity back into our lives and back into what will be, again, a great n