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it's a ceremony not seen in the united kingdom in 70 years. tomorrow, the official crowning of a king, king charles iii to be specific. cnn is live in london. >> and after warnings that the u.s. could tumble off a debt cliff next month, the white house is signaling it's open to talks, but not about spending cuts. this just ahead of the big meeting between president biden and congressional leaders. can they avoid a default? a suspect is in custody this morning after a series of stabbings near the university of uc davis. details about who police say is behind the attacks, all of this right here on cnn news central. the countdown to king charles iii's official coronation is on, and this morning the king is on the move.
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last hour, we saw him as he left buckingham palace to meet with commonwealth leaders and soon we will see him welcome international guests who are attending tomorrow's fanfare, including first lady jill biden. just under 19 hours from now, a crowning ceremony not seen in the united kingdom in 70 years will happen. charles will formally become the royal leader of the uk. his wife camilla will also officially be crowned queen. tents are already lining the procession route as thousands of people descend upon the mall outside of buckingham palace. and cnn's selma abdulazeez is there with the crowds. just how excited are people? i understand you spoke to some folks who got to meet and shake hands with the king. >> reporter: sara, the excitement is through the roof here. you can just see behind me, this sea of tents. they are all the way down the mall. people camped out just hoping to
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get a glimpse of the procession, and as you mentioned, just a short time ago, king charles gave a preview. he came out on the mall. he shook hands including with these two lovely people, claire and lavelle. how did that moment feel? >> it was incredible. my legs went to jelly as he approached us. and i'm never going to wash my hand. >> reporter: there's no doubt about where you came from, all the way from toronto. tell me about that moment. >> it was incredible. absolutely surreal. just to be able to shake hands with the king and offer congratulations. it was amazing. >> reporter: this is a once in a lifetime moment. why come all the way from canada? >> because it's once in a lifetime. i wanted to be part of this so i'm here. when i found out the date of the coronation, i booked a hotel and my flights. >> reporter: you hear that story repeated across the mall time and time again. people are so deeply aware, so deeply conscious of the fact this is only happening once in a
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lifetime, as you mentioned, the first time in 70 years for a coronation to take place, and everyone here just wants to be a part of it, sara. >> you can tell her the rule is she can wipe her hand on her jacket and she never has to wash the jacket. i do recommend washing hands. thank you so much for joining us and giving us all that. john. >> yes, i have my special hat ready. this ceremony promises to be formal, precious, and historic, not necessarily in that order. westminster abbey has been the setting for every coronation since 1066 when william the conqueror was crowned. he of course, a famous frenchman of viking descent. there will be more than 11,500 officers on duty making this one of the largest security operations the city of london has seen. those officers will get a special coronation medal for their service, as will more than 400,000 others who have actively contributed to this event. invitations were sent to approximately 2300 people including roughly 100 heads of state from around the world for
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what it's worth, u.s. presidents do not or have not -- they don't go to british coronations. again, there will be two 1.3-mile processions through london. one to get the king to the ceremony, one to take him back to the palace for the drive to the service. king charles has opted to ride in the diamond jubilee state coach, built in 2014. it is newer to the collection, black tires with gold hub caps. but for the ride back, he's taking an older ride, much older. the gold stagecoach right there has been used in every coronation since william iv in 1841. it corners like it's on rails. >> i don't know how to follow you so i'm just going to go to someone else, including joining me right now is london's mayor, sadiq khan, to talk to us more about what the weekend means. what is this weekend going to be like in london? are you all ready? >> greats to join you.
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i'm just coming from the excitement that was talked about. it's going to be the best day our city has seen for decades. it's going to be amazing. pomp, pageantry, a solemn religious service, hundreds of thousands of people from across the country, across the world. you have seen some of them along the streets of the ceremonial procession. we have more world leaders, presidents, prime ministers, first ladies, royal families than we have ever seen before in one place. a two-hour ceremony in westminster abbey, more than 2,000 dignitaries, including ordinary british people from across the globe celebrating our king's coronation. it's going to be an exciting day. >> you mentioned the number of heads of state coming. security around these huge international events is always a focus. i mean, you have so many heads of state coming. i was wondering this morning, how would you compare the security preparations and setup around the coronation as
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compared to the just recent the other very recent international event, which was the funeral service for queen elizabeth? >> so i have come from the special operations room that the police are running. we can't think of an example of an event around the world which has had this many world leaders and this many people attending. last year's funeral of her majesty queen elizabeth ii was big, but not as big as the coronation is going to be. not as many world leaders came last year, for obvious reasons, the short notice and so forth. when you think about global events, whether it's olympics, whether it's world cups, whether it's inaugurations, actually, there aren't as many world leaders as will be in london tomorrow. also the numbers of people around the ceremonial procession, and that's why it's a logistical nightmare. to give you an idea of the scale of the challenge, almost 30,000 officers involved.
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tomorrow, more than 11,500 officers involved. just doing the normal things. public order, making sure everyone is safe, but making sure the vips and dignitaries can enjoy themselves and be safe at all times, whether it's a prime minister from country a, president from country b, or some of the royal family from country c. we have to make sure everyone enjoys the coronation and is kept safe. >> can i ask you personally, as king charles becomes the head of the church of england, the coronation is also a deeply religious ceremony with the archbishop of canterbury leading the service. there is such religious diversery among the people of london as well as the country. you're the first muslim mayor of london. how do you approach this moment? >> listen, i'm proud to have met king charles iii on many occasions including when he was prince of wales. what king charles has said is unlike the queen who was the defender of the faith, he wants to be the defender of all
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faiths. and that gives us a sense of real pride in our king. and you're right, we're a country, we have a prime minister who is of hindu faith, a home secretary who is of buddhist faith, a foreign secretary whose mom is from sierra leone, and of course, the mayor of london who is a proud muslim, and all of us, we view king charles as now king, as we saw his mom as our queen. the reason the coronation is so important, yes, there is a religious ceremony, but the archbishop of canterbury and king charles iii have made sure it's inclusive to those of us from different faiths and backgrounds. that's why we're so proud of the fantastic coronation and being subjects and citizens going forward. >> i don't want to be the bearer of bad news but in terms of the weather tomorrow, it could be a washout. we're obviously all familiar with london weather, but what does that mean on coronation weekend?
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>> so to give you an idea of the impact on our city, hotel bookings are up by more fthan 70%. pubs are busy, shopping it going off the scales. record numbers of tourists in london this weekend. and in fact, the good news is the weather is going to clear up tomorrow. there's a bit of rain in the morning, but there will be a royal household, the balcony for the fly over, the fantastic concert on sunday at windsor castle. i can confirm exclusive to cnn, lion lionel richie will be in the house and katy perry. we'll show the world how to have a good party. >> i was going to watch already. now i must watch if lionel richie is going to be in the house. mayor, thank you so much. >> might sing all night long. >> i mean, i can't top it. mayor, great to see you. sara. we have some new cnn reporting that russia is
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throwing off american made rocket systems in ukraine but using electronic jammers. that's to make the rockets miss their targets. ukraine's military had hailed the himars systems as a game changer in the war, but this interference by russia could make them less effective. cnn's senior correspondent, national correspondent, alex marquardt is following all of the developments for us. how disruptive is this if russia is able to jam these systems? >> well, you're absolutely right. these himars systems have been absolute game changers for ukraine. they're the most celebrated, the most feared by the russians, the most important piece of weaponry that the u.s. has given ukraine throughout the course of this war. they're normally extraordinarily precise, to within ten feet. now, the rockets that the u.s. has given to ukraine, they fly around 50 miles or 80 kilometers. so quite a distance. but the russians have been quite
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effective at jamming them, we're told. now, those rockets are guided in part by gps guidance, and those gps signals can be jammed. i spoke to one ukrainian source who talks to drone operators on the front lines. those operators fly forward and look at targets. we're told the himars have been having a harder time being precise, harder time missing their targets -- sorry, hitting their targets and sometimes missing their targets. what has had to happen is the u.s. and ukraine have had to come up with work arounds to pierce through that russian jamming. so they'll figure something out to get around that jamming, then the russians will come up with a countermeasure, then the u.s. and ukraine will have to come up with something to counteract that. in the words of a senior pentagon official, this has been a game of cat and mouse. it means that they constantly have to be tweaked to maintain their effectiveness on the battlefield. >> the russians are in the midst of a spring counteroffensive. they are bombing over and over
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and over several different parts of ukraine. ukraine has said look, they're preparing for their counteroffensive. this has got to be solved, correct, before that goes forward? >> yeah, the himars have been so critical throughout this conflict, and they will be absolutely critical during this counteroffensive. so it is of the utmost importance that they are effective. they need to be able to fire well beyond the front lines. a hit communication hubs, logistical hubs, ammunition depots, and so that is why there is a new focus, a renewed focus, i should say, by the u.s. to help the ukrainians take out russian jammers so that the himars can maintain that tactical edge that they have been offering the ukrainians so far. >> cnn senior national correspondent alex marquardt, thank you so much for all of that. john. >> so the national could default on its debt in a matter of weeks
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police said that she died after being attacked from behind. the identityf the suspect has so far not been released. and newly released documents reveal details of a search of bryan kohberger's home and his office after his arrest for the murder of four university of idaho students. authorities performed blood tests of over 60 stains at his apartment and at least three tested positive for blood. police also searched a storage closet and his desk at his washington state university office. both were empty. and a big legal win for singer ed sheeran. a jury ruled he did not violate the copyright of marvin gaye's classic song "let's get it on" when sheeran wrote his hit, "thinking out loud." >> i'm obviously very happy with the outcome of the case and it looks like i'm not having to retire from my day job at all. at the same time, i'm unbelievably frustrated that
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baseless claims like this are able to go to court. >> sheeran and one of the plaintiffs who sued him hugged and spoke at length after the vict. she said she respected the jury's decision wroorb. >> as the united states barrels toward a june default on the nation's debt, the white house is signaling it's open to talks but not about the spending cuts the republicans want, but talks of a short term fix. biden and congressional leaders are set to meet in the coming days. arlette saenz is live at the white house. what are you hearing on this? >> reporter: well, kate, president biden and republicans remain far apart on how to address the debt ceiling and avoid a default. but they have started, the white house, to express some openness to possibly having a short term fix to the debt ceiling. now, earlier today, one of the president's top advisers here at the white house, mitch landrieu, said this is a manufactured crisis, as republicans are not moving towards raising the debt
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ceiling without conditions attached, as has been done in the past. but yesterday, the omb director did say that the white house could be open to a more short term fix. she did not detail exactly how long that extension could potentially be, but take a listen to what she told reporters about how it could be something they could talk about down the road. >> at least that part of the conversation about length, i would love to be in that part of the conversation because we're at least in the positive. default is off the table, so i'm happy when we get to that part of the conversation. we're not there yet. and the idea is to put brinksmanship to bed and get to talking on making sure we avoid default and once we're talking about timeframe, that means we're at least on the right side of this debate. >> reporter: now, this all comes as the white house is really trying to issue these dire warnings about the impact of potential default would have on the american economy, but right
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now, all eyes will be on that tuesday meeting as president biden sits down with house speaker kevin mccarthy and other congressional leaders to try to find a way to talk about this debt ceiling issue as the country is barreling toward a potential default in less than four weeks. >> thank you so much. trying to put brinksmanship to bed seems a tall order in washington right now. >> if you can stay with me, we're going to explain some of this. debt default would have a major impact on tens of millions of americans from social security to veterans benefits to how much you pay for a loan. here's a look at potential downsides. first, social security. about 66 million retirees, disabled workers and others receive monthly benefits from social security. for two-thirds of them, it makes up more than half of their income. and if the u.s. defaults on its debt, those payments could be delayed.
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it could also take longer for veterans to get their disability payments and pensions. and even paychecks would be stalled for the 1.4 million active duty military members and more than 2 million federal civilian workers. if you look at the big picture, and the economic effect, a debt default would likely be disaster for the financial markets. moody's analytics has estimated stocks could shed as much of a third as their value or around $12 trillion, yes, with a "t" in household wealth, even if the impasse were solved very quickly. the cost of borrowing money and paying off debt would also of course rise because interest rates on loans, credit cards, and mortgages are often based on treasury yields. that is on top of the increased cost americans are already facing from rate hikes and finally, a debt default could trigger an economic downturn, as you might imagine. analysts suggest the jobless rate could jump to 5% if it
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lasted a week, and over 8% if the standoff lasts more than six weeks. let's hope it doesn't happen. john. >> thanks for that cheery report. very gloomy. you know what's not gloomy? this new jobs report. new this morning, a surprising report from april revealing employers added 253,000 jobs last month. that is way more than analysts had expected and shows the labor market is doing fine when other indicators pointed to a possible showdown, slowdown, the unemployment rate dropped from 3.5% to 3.4%, tied for the lowest level since 1969. very low. with us now, the chief economist for the payroll firm adp. one way to describe this jobs report and i keep looking at the numbers is bafo. how do you see it? >> that wasn't the first word that came to mind, but it's a very strong report. and you know what made all of
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the difference? the difference was made by the fact that people came off the sidelines and into the labor market. we're seeing labor force participation rate in this report for prime age workers finally exceed what it was before the pandemic. that's good news for labor supply. and it means that the labor market has momentum in terms of hiring too. very strong report, and any adjective you have that rhymes with strong is great for me. >> bafo does not rhyme with strong, but it means the same thing. in terms of where we're seeing these jobs being added, it's service sector, largely. professional and business services, health care, leisure and hospitality. talk to me about where you're seeing strength. >> exactly that. in those consumer facing services. recall that when the u.s. lost 20 million jobs in march and april of 2020, much of it was in the service sector.
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it was the hardest hit component of our economy, and that's because face-to-face interaction became problematic with the health care crisis. now, as we are on the other side of that, that hiring has really been strong. leisure and hospitality has been the stalwart of the jobs rec recovery, but in this report, we saw health services, education services, professional business services, even information technology, which had big headlines in terms of layoffs for large companies, even that showed hiring strength. so that broad based hiring in the service sector was also matched with pretty solid hiring in the goods sector as well. so i think one of the great things about this report is that that hiring wasn't isolated. it was really across all industries and all sectors. >> very quickly, what about the fed here? because occasionally, you hear that the fed, what they want to see is actually maybe a slowdown in hiring. but can it also be a good thing that the fed is, you know,
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raising interest rates and the economy is holding up prettywel? >> this is a rare report, and if you match that with what we're seeing in the adp data, it's rare because you can have your cake and eat it too. we saw a lot of hiring, but matching that with the adp payroll data, wage growth actually is moderating, and if you look at the jobs report over a period of month, you see that deceleration in wage growth. that's great news for the fed because wages are not going to be the driver of inflation, even though we're seeing all this hiring. hiring is good for the worker, good for the economy, but having moderating wage growth is good for the fed who is trying to contain inflation. >> seems like one of those days we might be able to take yes for an answer, at least from the econom economic data. kate. ahead for us, police in davis, california, have a man in custody who they say was responsible for three stabbings that really terrorized that college community.
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last hour, we saw the king greeting guests outside of buckingham palace. there he is right there shaking hands with people. soon he's set to welcome international guests who are attending tomorrow's fanfare. tomorrow morning at dawn here in the u.s., the actual ceremony that has religious as well as national themes. his wife camilla will also be officially crowned queen. sara. after a series of stabbings rattled the campus of uc davis, police arrested a former student in connection with those attacks. they say 21-year-old carlos dominguez was arrested on two counts of homicide and one count of attempted murder. officials believe he is behind three stabbings that spanned five days. those attacks left two people dead and one severely wounded. cnn national correspondent camilla bernal is joining us from los angeles with more details. what more do you know about this suspect in the case who was a former student? >> reporter: he was, and that's
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what's interesting here, sara. he was a third year student at uc davis. and the university says he was separated due to academic reasons. they did not give an explanation as to exactly what happened, but we do know he was a student there. and look, it was really other students, members of the community that essentially helped police arrest him and led them to the suspect. what authorities here say is that they received about 15 phone calls on wednesday from members of the community who had been on edge after all of these stabbings, and they essentially followed him, saw that he matched a description of the suspect. and one of them following him to the point where authorities were able to finally find him and arrest him. here is the chief of police and what he said happened after that initial arrest. >> we decided to first arrest him for possessing a large knife that was on his person when he
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was picked up. he was wearing a backpack and in the backpack was a large knife that was consistent with one that we were looking for based on evidence from the first homicide. >> reporter: now, authorities say that a lengthy interview followed. it said or authorities said that it took hours essentially and that he was described as someone who was reserved. they also say that they do not have a motive, but that they do have evidence. not just linking him to the crime but also showing that these victims fought back. again, this is two people that were killed and one that was severely injured. she is still recovering at the hospital, so of course, this community hoping that she's okay, and also hoping to get more answers as to why exactly he did this, sara. >> camilla, thank you so much for that report. kate.
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in north carolina, the republican front-runner in the race for governor is facing scrutiny right now for including mocking school shooting survivors like david hogg and the other children who lived through the tragedy at marjory stoneman douglas high school. this is new reporting coming from cnn's k-file that uncovered the postings by current lieutenant governor of north carolina, mark robinson. andrew, can you lay out for us what you found? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. he has a lengthy history of attacking student activist survivors of that 2018 shooting in parkland, florida, calling them spoiled little bastards is prostitots for their advocacy for gun control. many of these attacks were deeply, deeply personal. i want to show our viewers just a few of them. first, take a look at this, i guess, meme that he shared, and this is just coming two weeks after the shooting. in a post, he said that the
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students rode a river of blood to 15 minutes of fame. we should also note, by the way, robinson was 50 at the time he made these posts. the students were 16, 17, 18. that one coming less than a week after the shooting. in this other post that we'll see here, robinson refers to the students as communists for their advocacy for gun control, talking to people in his mentions on facebook who was referring them to nazis. he said actually they were communists. and then take a look at this last post here where there was quite a harsh response to people who were mocking these students at the time. robinson actually makes light of it, tweeting the crying laughing emoji to people who said that they shouldn't be making fun of these students.
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he was saying that they were children who should know their place. >> you have reached out to robinson's campaign on this. what do they say? >> so, we did reach out to his office earlier. we did not get any response to any of these comments, which you are still on his facebook and twitter right now. >> andrew, thank you so much for that reporting. john. a major announcement this morning from the world health organization. covid no longer a global health emergency. so how might this change your everyday life? ♪ ♪ ♪
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all right, a major announcement from the world health organization just a few moments ago. they say that covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency. this is three years into the pandemic. cnn's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is with us now. what does this actually mean, elizabeth? >> reporter: john, let's take a moment and mark the day. the public health emergency that the w.h.o. declared, that was january 30th of 2020. and today it ends, may 5th, 2023. now, does this mean there's no more concern about covid? there is still concern. there is a concern that it should still be followed because you don't know what mutations are out there, you don't know what waves there might be.
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so it's an acknowledgment really that the crisis is for sure over, but there are still reasons we should be following it. let's take a listen to the doctor at w.h.o. >> epidem logically, this virus will continue to cause waves. what we are hopeful of is we have the tools in place to insure that the future waves do not result in more severe disease, don't result in waves of death, and we can do that with the tools at hand. we just need to make sure that we are tracking the virus because it will continue to evolve. >> reporter: the doctor also mentioned that we need to be looking out for new viruses. if this pandemic taught us anything, it's that new viruses evolve all the time and we need to be on the watch for them. >> i have to say, when we put those dates up on the screen and you said let's just take a moment, what a time. i mean, what a stretch of time the world just went through. so with the end of the global health emergency, what are the
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implications here in the united states? >> so in the united states, our domestic public health emergency is scheduled to run out on may 11th. it's run out before and it was renewed. the thinking now among many people is it won't be renewed. may 11th really will be the end, we will follow in effect what w.h.o. has done. and that will have an impact. there are certain things that were paid for like covid tests that likely won't be paid for, it kind of depends what kind of insurance you have, medicare or private or medicaid, so there are things that will definitely change, but hopefully it won't affect too too many people. >> elizabeth cohen, welcome news. thank you so much. kate. the iconic american product now at the center of tens of thousands of lawsuits. more on the cnn investigation into claims against johnson & johnson talc baby powder. to treat my sleep apnea, i'm sleeping much better. in fact, it's making me think of doing other things i've been puputting off.
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this sunday, cnn's new series the whole story with anderson cooper investigates claims made against one iconic american product. thousands of people have alleged that johnson & johnson's now discontinued talc baby powder is responsible for their cancers, and one case, a jury agreed, hitting them with a $4.7 billion verdict, and explores some experts' concerns that other everyday products could have on your health. >> this isn't a problem that's just limited to baby powder. i mean, it's easy to imagine that puff of baby powder and the likelihood that we might inhale it. but there are many other things we put on our bodies every day that are just as likely to
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inhale. think of a foundation or a blush or an eye shadow that you would put on your face. >> if the powder i put on my face this morning contained talc, you would say it wasn't safe? >> personally, i would say certainly you took a risk that that product may be contaminated with asbestos. >> yikes. an attorney for johnson & johnson maintains the company investigated all scientific or suspected findings to the best of their abilities and that the product does not cause cancer. joining us now for more on her exclusive report is cnn's pam brown. pam, how did you get interested in looking deeply into this story? and what do you think your biggest dicovery is? >> reporter: well, i have to say, that was an eye opener, talking to scott faber, who you just played there, saying look, you took a little risk here if your powder that you put on your face contains talc. i know we're going to talk about the fda's regulation or lack thereof of cosmetics in a bit,
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but look, johnson & johnson talc based baby powder is an iconic product, right? just the johnson & johnson brand is cemented in american culture. it is such a big part of our daily lives. it is woven in our lives. i grew up with the baby powder, so i was wondering as i embarked on this story and this investigation how can there be so many people now 40,000 plaintiffs suing johnson & johnson saying look, that baby powder contained asbestos which caused my cancer and how can johnson & johnson say flat out, there was never any asbestos in our baby powder, we have done the testing. the science shows this, and our product is safe. so we followed the journey of these three women who are bringing suit against this multi-billion dollar company and we look at the claims that they are making, what they are using to back up their claims, and then we sit down with the lawyer for johnson & johnson, allison brown, who says flat out, the
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product is safe. here's what she had to say. >> so johnson & johnson is at the center of this. so it is essential to hear from this lawyer who has been defending johnson & johnson in court. >> the first thing that is most important for me that people know about these cases is that they are doing an enormous disservice to a very important issue of women's health. what we can say with 100% certainty is that we have never confirmed a finding of asbestos in any product that has been sold and that decades of scientific testing and study have shown that our talc is safe and does not cause cancer. >> reporter: and it's really interesting, sara, because i asked her about the fda finding in 2019, the fda found one sample, asbestos in johnson & johnson talc based
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baby powder, and she said the fda was wrong, that actually the lab where it was tested was contaminated and they did more than 150 tests outside of that, independently, it showed no asbestos. it's really interesting to go deep here, and to look at all sides of this unfolding legal drama that continues to this day. >> can i tell you what surprised me about some of the things you found that i haven't seen the whole report, but i have seen a little bit of it, that the fda does not actually regulate personal care products or cosmetics before they hit the shelves. so what does that mean? they have to self-regulate and we have to just trust what they're saying is true? >> reporter: essentially yes, and of course, it's terrifying for us. of course, we put on makeup every day for our jobs to go on television. and so do so many women all around the world, right? but i learned through this investigation that cosmetics are
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regulated differently than other cosmetic -- i'm sorry, other consumer products. and that the onus is really on the companies to make sure their product is safe before it hits the shelves. and it wasn't until december of 2022 where the fda was given more authority and that authority is after a company says their product is safe, the fda can come in and say let me look at that verification and they can order a recall if necessary, but still, before it hits the shelves, it's the company that is the one verifying its safety, sara. >> just is surprising. pam brown, thank you so much. thank you for doing this investigation. speaking of which, tune in to the whole story with anderson cooper this sunday, may 7th, at 8:00 p.m. eastern for the premiere of shaken, baby powder on trial. john. so the labor department just released the april jobs report. what it says about the stability of the economy. i think you're going to like it.
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