of the secret service prostitution scandal goes public with lurid new details. sh he says the scandal has ruined her life too. we begin with today s much anticipated update on the economic recovery. the numbers say the recovery is still alive but barely. the unemployment rate ticked down to 8.1%. mostly because thousands of people left the labor force. employers added 115,000 new jobs in april. tens of thousands fewer than most experts predicted. any way you or the presidential candidates look at it, the numbers could be better. there are still a lot of folks out of work, which means that we have to do more. if we are going to recover all the jobs lost during the recession and if we are going to build a secure economy that strengthens the middle class, we are going to have to do more. anything over 8%, near 8%, anything over 4% is not cause for celebration. this is a sad time in america when people who want work can t find jobs. all right. our chief business correspon
bond hearing. and the oldest and most traveled space shuttle welcomed this hour at the museum where it will live out its days. more than 13 months after its final mission discovery on public display in a hangar near dulles airport in virginia. it s part of the national air and space museum, home to that stuff that won t fit in the building you ve probably visited on the mall in d.c. discovery flew into dulles on tuesday and its sister shuttle endevour was bound for los angeles and atlantis kennedy space center in florida. we re following live pictures this morning. after 38 seasons at the university of tennessee, it s about two and a half hours until the end of an era. pat summitt is stepping aside as the head coach of tennessee s women s basketball team. summitt will now take the title of head coach ameritus. the is expected to make an announcement at 1:30. this comes after a year after summitt was diagnosed with early onset sal ziemers. we now know a body found
nomination is his, if he pulls off an illinois upset. spring nearly sprung. what the heck is this? no joke. more in an a foot of snow on the ground in flagstaff, arizona. more on the way, too. bizarre. a major late winter storm shutting down the interstate 40 for nearly 200 miles. in nebraska and oklahoma, the trouble is tornadoes. look at this. storm chasers captured this twister in the town of willow, oklahoma. reynolds wolf is tracking all of the severe weather. dozens of occupy wall street demonstrators arrested in ugly pictures in lower manhattan. they re trying to reoccupy the park. and how sweet it is. the sweet 16 is set after 11th seeded north carolina state, upseeded georgetown. up next for n.c. state, kansas on friday. we begin with breaking news from france. three people, two children, have been killed on a shooting outside of a jewish school in toulouse, france. several people were reportedly injured by this gunman. security has been ordered tightened a
crowd. plus, sarah palin speaks today. will she officially endorse anyone? but there may be more political intrigue in maine, as well. we ll take you there, as well. from cnn s world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. and maine is where we ll start this morning. maine s republican voters are heading to the caucus site this morning to choose their candidate for president. it s pretty much a two-man race for the state s 21 delegates. ron paul has a strong ground game white mitt romney is making a last-minute push. shannon, good morning to you. set the scene for us. people very excited up there in maine and the country, as well. you re right. the caucus goers are just getting started. you just had the pledge of allegiance and this is about to get under way. this is no ordinary contest like we ve seen. this is a little different. for one, we re expecting mitt romney and
which the arab league should continue to use in its efforts to make active. mr. president, we are feeling terrible pain because of the horrible events we are all aware of, and we ask that god bless all those victims so that bloodshed might end and that the various factions of the syrian people might be able to reach a democratic state in order to create a single open-ended society which would enjoy understanding and concord. we hope that the security council will not have to deal once again with this situation whereas it is getting worse. of course you love your family, but can you really picture this? grandparents, mom and dad, kids we hope that all those who have and grandkids all in the same household? influence on all the parties a lot of people are in fact doing just that. christine romans finds out why and how it s actually working. spare no effort whereas the reporter: meet the laflers. security council has not been able to arrive at a decision so i m dad. i m