good morning, everyone and happy easter weekend. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday. april 8th camera walker. i m victor blackwell. it is good to spend a little time with you. let what every time i see you now, i just see you know, bunny ears and i mentioned i had bunny tail have no cocktail, but i was a mall easter bunny. and that s the thing. yeah you have this thing with you got it. bring the picture tomorrow. here s what we re watching today. conflicting rulings when it comes to access to a medical abortion pill. one judge halts availability of the drug another preserves access to it in some states were joined by doctor for more on what this means for women across the country. the latest jobs report shows economy is still trucking along, but we re seeing signs that things are cooling down what the numbers say about the fight to tame inflation. at least three people are dead following separate attacks in the middle east. we are live in jerusalem with the latest on
and cause of global financial crisis. cnn s were held. solomon has the latest on the u. s economy. victor aymara. good morning. new data shows that the u. s economy added 236,000 jobs in the month of march that was just a touch lighter than economists were expecting. the unemployment rate also dropped to 3.5% it s a sign that the u. s labor market is still robust, but cooling. how can both things be true? well, 236,000 jobs. is close to some of the lowest job growth we ve seen in years. compare this, for example, to the 326,000. we added in february and the 472,000 we added in january so cooler, but the figures from march are still very much within the pre pandemic range. the unemployment rate also continues to hover around the 50 year low and while the unemployment rate for black americans remains higher at 5% it s also the lowest it has ever been. markets were closed friday and observance of good friday. but this is the type of report that investors perhaps wanna see
cooling job growth, but not drastically in a way that might forecast an imminent recession. next key inflation data on wednesday, april 12th when we received the consumer price index report, or c p, i victor aymara solomon. thank you. let s discuss those new jobs numbers and more of the day s top political stories with cnn political analyst and pbs news hour white house correspondent laura baron lopez. good morning , laura. good to see you. so look. president biden has called for a stable, steady growth to tame high inflation. you know, these latest jobs report numbers looks like good news for the white house. how s it playing politically? i think right now, the white house still feels like it s in a pretty good position, despite the fact that those numbers showed that even though people feel a little bit better about the economy, they still feel like it s in poor condition overall, and the white house in response to that is really trying to get out there more this year than they have