. >> and i'm christine romans.t is friday, april 2nd, it is good friday, the holiest day on the christian calendar. it is 5:00 a.m. in new york. we begin with a big blow to the defense team's case in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. it came from an unexpected source. chauvin's former supervisor who told the jury thursday that chauvin should have stopped pressing down on george floyd's neck once he game unresponsive. >> also testimony from two paramedics one said he could tell from a distance floyd was dead, he wasn't breathing, and prosecutors also called floyd's girlfriend to the stand who spoke openly about their struggle with drug addiction. cnn's sara sidner starts us off this morning from minneapolis. >> yeah, i was just going to call you and have you come out to our scene here. >> reporter: the jury heard newly released audio of officer derek chauvin talking on the phone with his supervisor to explain his version of seechlts on may 25th, 2020. >> we just had to -- had to told the

i'm christine romans. it is thursday morning and it is exactly 30 minutes past the hour.dict against former minneapolis officer derek chauvin. likely just the beginning of a renewed push for policing reform in the u.s. >>> today the funeral of daunte wright the 20-year-old black man killed by police in am n this month and in just the 24 hours since chauvin's conviction another black man was killed by police in north carolina and a 16-year-old black girl was killed by an officer in ohio after she lunged at someone with a knife. >> all these killings at the same time that black communities face other forms of systemic owe operation like attacks on voting rights. in arizona a bill that could remove 200,000 people from the early voting list has cleared the house. debate over that bill grew heated. >> and on a day when people of color witnessed a small measure of justice with the conviction of derek chauvin, here in arizona we are taking a step backwards by now making it even more difficult for these same people to participate in democracy, to stand up and fight for justice. t

you would be hearing it from him. >> he doesn't have the megaphone anymore. >> christine romans, thank>> thank you, christine. >>> nasa just did something that has never been done before. it's that little guy right there. we will take you to space next. >>> coming up, a live shot from space. are we going live? >> i will be there. >> moments away from the closing arguments in the derek chauvin murder trial. stand by. did i miss anything? shhh is he eyeing the last bite of cheesecake? you go ahead. well maybe just half. i'll take half of that then. new philadelphia cheesecake crumble, cheesecake and graham crumbles in a personal serving because the last bite renae is not an influencer. and graham crumbles she's more of a groundbreaker. just look at the way she's reshaping, and reimagining, her 4 acre slice of heaven. it's not hard to tell she's the real deal. renae runs with us on a john deere 1 series tractor, because out here, you can't fake a job well done. nothing runs like a deere. get a 1 series tractor starting at $99 per month. i still think about pizza, and i still get to eat it

i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett.ew day starts right now. >>> good morning to viewers here this the united states and around the world. it's wednesday, april 21st. the front page of the minnesota star tribune says it all, convicted. the newspaper describing the guilty verdict in derek chauvin's murder trial of a moment of victory in a history of injustice. overnight, spontaneous celebrations breaking out across the country. nearly one year after the murder of george floyd. >> being able to know that it's justice for african-american people, just people of color, period, in this world, this is monumental, this is historic, this is a pivotal moment in history. >> derek chauvin waking up in prison this morning the judge revoking his bail immediately after the verdict. sentencing takes place in eight weeks, the other three officers at the scene with chauvin go on trying together in august. president biden said h

. >> good morning, i'm christine romans.his is thursday, april 1st, first day of the month. >>> breaking overnight another mass shooting in the u.s. this makes eight in march alone. four people including a child killed at an office complex in orange, california. one woman survived and is in the hospital in critical condition. >> the suspect also hospitalized in custody. it's not clear if he was shot by police or himself. >> over the next hours, days and weeks we will be attempting to determine and get as much information on the victims, our suspect and the relationship between those as well as the type of business which this occurred at. my understanding it's an upstairs and down stairs with a courtyard area. it is a situation that was moving from different areas so it is my understanding that it's throughout that area. >>> it's unclear at this point whether the attack was targeted or random. california governor gavin newsom calling the shooting horrifying and heartbreaking. in a statement overnight. we are staying on top of

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. >> thanks for joining us, i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. have a great weekend, everyone. "new day" starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar alongside john berman in washington on this "new day." rudy giuliani breaking the silence and new this morning, the warning he received, plus a confession letter with matt gaetz in a criminal investigation. >>> the coronavirus just explodes in india. we're going to speak with an icu doctor at the center of it all. and a new warns from al qaeda terrorists . >>> a very good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, friday, april 30th. >> that's what they told me when i came in. >> it's true. rudy giuliani is on the ropes and is speaking out for the first time. the former new york mayor appeared on fox to proclaim his innocence. his team expects to announce a court fight over this raid and they'll claim attorney/client privilege involving rudy giuliani's work for former president trump. >> the fbi warned rudy giuliani he was the target of a russian influence operation.

i'm christine romans. 28 minutes past the hour. mass shooting in america. at least eight people killed at a fedex warehouse near the indianapolis airport. local police are left trying to explain how this could happen again. >> minneapolis metropolitan police department the responded, they came in, they went in and they did their job and a lot of them are trying to face this because this is a sight that no one should ever have to see but we as indianapolis members need to come together. we need to support each other and understand that there are going to be people out there that are going to be emotionally upset and we need to support them regardless of any circumstance. this is a tragedy, but yet through it all we will come through it. >> jason carroll joins us by phone from indianapolis, he is on his way there to that fedex facility. jason, what do we know. >> reporter: as you know, a lot of folks waking up with this tragic news. we can tell you that a number of fedex employees at this point, still, christine, trying to be reunite

i'm christine romans. laura is off today. it is thursday, april 15th. exactly 5:00 a.m.n new york. we cannot continue the cycle. 20 jurors after the u.s. went into afghanistan president biden says now it's time to bring the troops home. his deadline for the troop withdrawal is september 11th. the anniversary of the attacks that led the u.s. into afghanistan. the president faced push back from senior national security and military officials, but the president decided to go ahead and withdraw. >> concluded that it's time to end america's longest war. we went to afghanistan because of a horrific attack that happened 20 years ago. that cannot explain why we should remain there in 2021. >> the president underscored his announcement with a visit to section 60 at arlington national cemetery where iraq and afghanistan war dead are buried. the image there told the story, more than 2,300 u.s. military lives lost over the course of those two decades. tens of thousands of americans wounded, countless afghans wounded. more than $2 trillion in taxpayer money spent, yet parts of afghan

i'm laura jarrett. >> hi, laura, i'm christine romans.rning. we begin in minnesota. facing twin tragedies in the twin cities, anger spills over late into the night. 1,000 members of the national guard to keep the peace called in after police killed 20-year-old daunte wright during a traffic stop. protesters in brooklyn center, just north of minneapolis, threw bottles, fireworks, bricks. police responded with tear gas. but peaceful protesters were out much of the day. >> on monday officials released the body cam footage of wright being shot. we want to warn you as we must too often here, this video is disturbing. >> don't. don't do it. >> i'll tase you. i'll tase you. taser, taser, taser. i [ bleep ] -- i just shot him. >> the police chief calls it an accidental discharge, but that's a little comfort to the people who knew daunte wright including the mother of his young child. >> he just made you feel better when he came around and i'm just hurt that he's gone. like i can't believe it. i didn't get to say good-bye to him. just to see him a

for laura jarrett, i'm christine romans.> hello, i'm brianna keilar alongside john berman on this "new day." a nation awaits the verdict as a jury decides the fate of a former police officer who kneeled on george floyd's neck. plus an unexpected twist in the trial as the provocative words of a democratic congresswoman become an issue in court. >>> the cause of death is revealed for the capitol officer who died after the insurrection. will this impact some of the charges? >>> and americans wipe down their mail and let it sit for three days, but a year later the cdc says that whole surface contagion thing, never mind. ♪ >>> a very good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world, it's tuesday, april 20th. in just hours deliberations will resume in the derek chauvin murder trial. 12 jurors now have the former police officer's fate in their hands in the death of george floyd. one of the three charges they're examining second degree unintentional murder, a guilty verdict could mean decades behind bars. >>> o

this is "early start," i'm christine romans. >> and i'm laura jarrett.about to hit a key battleground state, florida governor ron desantis expected to sign a bill passed along party lines in the republican state legislature. it's going to add new id and signature requirements for voting by mail and limit who can return a mail-in ballot. the pressure expands the powers of partisan observers during ballot counting and adds new restrictions on the use of ballot drop boxes. the bill is part of a republican-led effort nationwide to restrict voting access at the state level. a pair of voting bills could pass the republican-controlled legislature in texas as soon as next week. the bills would end 24-hour and drive-thru voting. that's how many people of color voted last year. the growing texas population is becoming more vie ders. texas picks up two congressional seats thanks to the census count. >>> president biden visits pennsylvania today, the next stop on his getting america back on fracture. he will be promoting trillions of dollars in spending that he says

i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. "new day" starts right now. on this "new day." president biden tells how he wants to expand the power of the government, but are the plans realistic. >>> plus, new details on the fbi raid of rudy giuliani's home and office, including what was

thanks for joining us, i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett.is "new day." do americans need to wear their masks outside? the guidance is coming soon. >>> plus a city on edge. the family of a black man killed by police say they were only allowed to see 20 seconds of the body cam video and their calling what they saw an execution. >>> news just in that president biden will be making a major move on the minimum wage today

this is "early start," i'm christine romans. should say we don't know if those reactions were because of that vaccine. very important to note that it is not clear. doctors have been telling us could be unrelated. so not really clear it's a reaction to the vaccine. good morning. >> yes, really, really important to be clear on that. good morning to you, christine, i'm laura jarrett. it's wednesday, april 14th, it's 5:00 a.m. here in new york. and we begin in morning in minnesota where we expect to find out today if charges are coming against the former brooklyn center police officer who shot and killed 20-year-old daunte wright. protests continued for a third night, hundreds of demonstrators remained mostly peaceful, but there were some skirmishes at the end of the night. >> before that the brooklyn center protesters knelt for nine minutes and 29 seconds to honor george floyd. his killer, former officer derek chauvin is on trial ten miles away in minneapolis. now the city of brooklyn center is coping with big changes here. cnn's j

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. >>> now here's christine roman with your before the bell report. >> hi, jim.ny earnings. amazon, apple, facebook, alphabet, and tesla among them. wall street focused on what top executives say about the future. big tech stocks soared over the past year so the bar is high to justify their pricey levels. we will hear from the fed chief jerome powell on wednesday. he expects the central bank to allow the economy to run hot as the recovery takes hold, how hot is still a question for wall street. the u.s. economy is set to boom this year. on thursday, the government will release first quarter gdp. 6.3% is forecast. that's up from 4.3% in fourth quarter. goldman sachs predicts economic growth will peak in the next month or two, then begin to moderate. in new york, i'm christine romans. >> announcer: before the bell, brought to you by e*trade. trade commission-free today w no account minimums. and go to cnn.com/before the bell to stay on top of markets and sign up for the daily newsletter. [music: “you're the best” by joe esposito] [triumphantly yells] [ding] don't g

cnn's christine romans joins me now to break down the latest jobs report. christine, this is above expectations, and it shows accelerating job growth, does it not? >> it feels like the beginning of the great american comeback, right? 916,000 in one month. in any normal time would be just gangbusters, but remember, these are lost jobs we are adding back. when you look at the trajectory here, you can see there's still more work to be done. we're still in a jobs hole. that jobs hole is about 8.4 million jobs. so we still have a ways to go. not everyone is on this rising tide here just yet. the jobless rate, 6%, it's the lowest we've seen of the pandemic, but still well above where we were when all of this started. and when i look at the sectors, jim, you can see exactly what's happening here. vaccines, warmer weather, reopenings and schools. we saw jobs added in education. we saw jobs added in leisure and hospitality. in manufacturing. in construction. jim, that is that red hot housing market that we're seeing in those construction numbers. the government calli

here's christine romans with your before the bell report. >> hi, jim. the march jobs report tomorrow since markets were closed on friday. it painted an optimistic picture. the u.s. economy added back nearly 1 million jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 6%, and that's a pandemic low. this week reports on the service sector and factory orders are due. investors will watch for signs of inflation in the price index. the dow soared nearly 7% in march, its best month since november, and all three major indexes rose in the first quarter. april tends to be a positive month for the market and it finished higher more than 64% of the time. in new york, i am christine romans. >> thank you. >>> i am jim acosta. i will see you back here next saturday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. the cherry blossoms are blooming earlier than predicted this spring. and my wonderful colleague takes over in the news room, pamela brown, after the break. happy easter. age-related macular degeneration may lead to severe vision loss. so the national eye institute did 20 years of clinical studies

thanks for joining us, everybody, i'm christine romans. hi, john. >> i'm laura jarrett. "new day" starts right now. >>> hello. i'm brianna keilar alongside john berman. lebron james is under fire for a tweet targeting an officer involved in a shooting. >>> plus just in, president biden revealing what changes are coming to the u.s. and your household to fight the climate crisis. >>> once you get the coronavirus vaccine, what are your chances of being infected? a brand-new study may give us the answer. >>> and newly revealed audiotape allegedly showing a capitol officer directing units hours before the insurrection to only monitor anti-trump protesters. >>> hello. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, april 22nd. this morning tensions over policing in america is still incredibly high one day after celebrating the derek chauvin guilty verdict. minneapolis is in mourning yet again. daunte wright is being laid to rest. this is 11 days after being fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop. police say a former police

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let's get straight to our chief business correspondent christine romans. >> i am want to get to the jobsture first. finally we have initial jobless claims, the lowest of the pandemic. just 596,000 -- or 576,000, first-time jobless benefits in the most recent week. you ku see from the chart, poppy, what that looks like. the trend is now pretty clear that fewer people are being laid off. historically, these are still pretty big numbers, but we know the mass layoffs have slowed and we're starting to see hiring again. when you look at the pandemic program, altogether, 707,000. look, we've been over a million again and again and again all through this dry sis. altogether, 16.9 million people receiving some sort of a jobless check. that's an army of people who are getting income replacement from the american government but you can see that number is also going down. >>> the other report, retail sales, wow. vaccinations, reopenings, and, quite frankly, those stimulus checks, retail sales up 9.8% in march, really a remarkable number there. a big burst there. we had been expecting -- some economi

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christine romans has the before the bell report. >> it is another big week for corporate earnings thisresults. expectations for the quarter are pretty high. analysts say blowout earnings don't necessarily mean a blowout mark. according to america of america companies that beat on earnings underperformed in subsequent days that suggests the markets has already priced in the good news. that's likely to be the case again this earning season making forward looking guidance more critical. i don't understand earnings, the market will tune into apple's march. in new york, i am christine romans. >> announcer: before the bell brought to you by e trade, trade commission free today with no account minimums. this is how you become the best! [music: “you're the best” by joe esposito] [music: “you're the best” by joe esposito] [triumphantly yells] [ding] don't get mad. get e*trade and take charge of your finances today. (vo) nobody dreams in conventional thinking. it didn't get us to the moon. don't get mad. it doesn't ring the bell on wall street. or disrupt the status quo. t-mobile for business us

i'm christine romans. it is friday, april 23rd. happy friday, everybody. it is exactly 5:00 a.m. in new york. it's also 5:00 a.m. at cape canaveral where in less than an hour crew 2 will launch to the international space station. the latest joint venture between nasa and spacex. our rachel crane is there. cabrera-b we know the mission was delayed for a day because of the weather. conditions look good today. tell us what you are seeing and what the mood is there. >> reporter: that's right, christine. all systems are a go, it has been a smooth countdown and we are track noog issues for the scheduled launch today at 5:49 even time this morning. let me tell you about where we are in the countdown of today's launch. the astronauts are currently suited up, strapped into their seats, the hatch of endeavor is closed. there has been a series of systems checks, coms checks, leak checks that have been conducted. the next major milestone is 45 minutes before launch, so we're just minutes away from that, when spacex launch director will do the go for propellant call. 35 minutes before countdo

. >> i'm christine romans. it's 30 minutes past the hour. as closing arguments begin this this morning in the trial of derek chauvin. a verdict could come as soon as this week. cnn's josh campbell is live for us in minneapolis this morning. what is the feeling this morning, josh? >> reporter: it is quiet tense here. this isn't a minneapolis most people recognize. it's turning into a fortress day by day with plywood on businesses downtown. police precincts are vounlded by fencing. there are members of the national guard posted in and around the city. again, out of an abundance of caution. we saw already an incident that would raise the tensions over the weekend. that is two of these guards members were fired upon, authorities say, early sunday morning. two injured. nonlife threatening. it shows what authorities are a grappling with. it comes down what the verdict will be in the trial of the former officer. everyone here, indeed, around the world watching for that. the governor here in minnesota spoke out describing some of the tensions. he sa

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our chief business correspondent christine romans joins us now. what's going on here?h over the weekend. the scene was just horrific. it took firefighters 4 hours and 32,000 gallons of water to put out the fire. the batteries they said kept reigniting. one man found in the backseat the other in the front passenger seat. no driver on this tesla. but tesla's elon musk says the data logs the auto pilot feature was not engaged. even if it were, auto pilot couldn't work on the road because the street the car was on didn't have lane lines. no details from musk what the ta logs did show or covered the moment of the crash. the use of the word auto pilot some encourage owners to believe the car can drive itself. the ntsb is investigating the crash. >> let's talk about peloton. this is something i've been talking a lot with my friends and family about. facing intense pressure to recall their treadmills which cost about $4,000. these are pricey things after dozens of accidents but the company is pushing back strongly on this. what's happening? >> over the weekend the consumer pro

our chief business correspondent christine romans is here.huge for j&j. >> and watching to see how this shakes out in the overall market for investors. as you know, stock markets have been predicting and forecasting that vaccinations would be very fast, fast adoption. less hesitancy. i think than what we've been seeing. and anything that could cause people to be more hesitant about vaccines or could slow mass vaccination in the united states is something that would be detrimental to the u.s. stock market. stock investors have been living in a different world for the past year, right? the s&p 500, the dow, nasdaq up 20%, 30%, 40% because they see into a post-covid world and the key to that is vaccination. this hiccup for johnson & johnson is something we're watching in terms of the broader market overall. vaccinations really are the answer. and there's no question here that economy to reopen, reopen safely is going to take millions and millions of people who feel safe to be vaccinated. now one reason why i think you're not seeing a bigger sell

christine romans joins me.d breadth and number of significant companies in this country going public with their opposition. how significant is this? >> i want to show you what it looks like. this is "the times." it's also in "the washington post." it's two pages. thousands and thousands of words of these names of these companies and business leaders and law firms. some of the biggest law firms in the country. nonprofits. this is what we're talking about. we are talking about facebook, cisco, target. lots and lots of companies saying democracy is at risk here if we restrict voting for anyone. the statement here, for american democracy to work for any of us, we must ensure the right to vote for all of us. this is the new ceo of citi also signed this. jane frazier, warren buffett, kenneth frazier of the merck ceo and the former amex ceo are the ones who spearheaded this and got all of these people to sign on here. unclear where they go from here. it's a powerful statement, but what message do they send to some of

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i'm christine romans. it is wednesday, april 28th, 5:00 a.m. in new york. president biden's first address to a joint session of congress is tonight. he will seize a once in a generation chance to change america for working americans. his case, bigger government solves problems like ending a pandemic, equalizing the economy and making life better for millions of working people. we have brand-new details this morning on the president's $1.8 trillion american families plan. it calls for low and middle income families to pay no more than 7% of their income on child care for kids under five. it also provides paid family and medical leave. it would make two years of community college free and provide $200 billion for universal pre-k and extend or make permanent several key parts of democrats covid rescue plan including that expanded child tax credit, affordable tax subsidies. the presidents wants to finance this by hiking taxes on the wealthy in an economy that is working poorly for millions of americans. cnn's kaitlan collins has more from the white house. >> re

i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett.states may be banning vaccine passports but europe is granting them. >>> plus, hospitals are buckling. crematoriums are overwhelmed as the coronavirus explodes in india. we'll take you now. >>> just hours from now, the family of a black man shot and killed by police may see the body cam for the first time. >>> and he's done more defending, kevin mccarthy. why he's targeting the workplace.

chief business correspondent christine romans has the details here. christine? >> good morning.le to land the next astronauts on the moon with some vulgar body part humor thrown in here. jeff bezos has the rocket company blue origin. its protesting nasa's latest contract with elon musk's spacex. nasa is moving forward with the spacex as the sole contractor for the human landing system, citing costs but blue origin filed a protest saying nasa downplayed technical challenges in the spacex proposal. in nasa's own words, it has made a high-risk selection. their decision eliminates opportunities for competition significantly narrows the supply base and not only delays but endangers americans' return to the moon. not uncommon to dispute a government contract. what is uncommon here, guys, elon musk's response. musk on twitter replying to the news mocked blue origin, quote, can't get it up to orbit, lol. and there's more. musk also retweeting a picture of the blue origin lunar design known as blue moon with moon whited out and the world balls instead. so think rocket science meets locke

christine romans is off this week. it's 5:00 a.m. here in new york.ing look no further than michigan for proof of why now is not the time to let your guard down. more than 8400 coronavirus cases on saturday, that's the highest total since december. and while access to the vaccine expands, some lingering hesitancy remains.

chief business correspondent christine romans joins us with that. >> reporter: the new era of purpose board room, the powerful business roundtable issuing a statement minutes after the verdict. our country needs to take steps to address its racial inequity in law enforcement. tim cook quoting martin luther king jr., justice for black men won't flow into society from political decisions -- tim cook quoted martin luther king jr. businesses face pressure from their customers to take a stand at least not to stand back. companies face pushback from both sides, from the left not speaking up and doing more to address fundamental unfairness in american society. push back from the right for speaking too much. last week a show of force from hundreds of companies united in the voting restrictions. others paused all political donations. it's fine line to walk here, some companies are criticized for not taking a stance on china but they weigh on u.s. domestic issues, broad agreement this is a reckoning in america. >> they were all here this last year, they're not in a vacuum and the people who run

i'm christine romans. >> great to have you back. i'm laura jarrett. it's monday, april 12th.begin with the big breaking news overnight. 10 miles from where former officer derek chauvin is on trial, police shot and killed a black man during a traffic stop in brooklyn center. that's north of minneapolis. authorities say officers were attempting to take 20-year-old

christine romans is off this week. it's 5:00 a.m. here in new york. this morning look no further than michigan for proof of why now is not the time to let your guard down. more than 8400 coronavirus cases on saturday, that's the highest total since december. and while access to the vaccine expands, some lingering hesitancy remains. at easter service at one predominantly black church in detroit, the pastor there said he's wrapping a pro vaccine message in the language of faith. if god can use doctors for oncology and cancer, surely you can use doctors for covid-19. you must have your faith but also use the doctors. get the vaccination. >> the challenge now vaccinating americans faster than the variants can spread. on the one hand, you have the u.s. just surpassing an average of 3 million shots per day. it's extraordinary and more vaccine appointments are opening across the country every day. on the other hand, hospitalizations have been stubbornly stuck at about 40,000 for three weeks now, largely driven by the spread of the variant first detected in t

i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. "new day" starts now. >>> i'm john berman alongside brianna keilar. states may be banning vaccine passports but europe is granting them. >>> plus, hospitals are buckling. crematoriums are overwhelmed as the coronavirus explodes in india. we'll take you now. >>> just hours from now, the family of a black man shot and killed by police may see the body cam for the first time. >>> and he's done more defending, kevin mccarthy. why he's targeting the workplace. >>> good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is monday, april 26th. dust off those passports. a european vacation this summer. it's a possibility after a year of travel being shut down. there's one camp. you must be fully vaccinated. andy slavitt tells us vaccines are the only way for americans to get back to normal life. >> i think we're increasingly going to see a world where people who are vaccinated will enjoy a lot of freedoms. they can take a lot of activities with low risks, reunite with f

christine romans joins us with much more on that. >> good morning. for years have lobbied for critical improvements to america's economic backbone. but they don't want to pay higher taxes to fund it. the white house wants to take back some of the trump-era tax cuts for business to pay for roads, bridges, technology upgrades and to fix what they call a rigged tax code. >> our corporate tax system is broken. the 2017 tax law made things worse. >> major profitable corporations in this country paying less in taxes than a teache er or firefighter. >> reporter: congress slashed the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% and retained many write-offs and deductions that helped companies keep their tax bills low. now the biden administration wants to lift the corporate rate to 28%. but companies argue they may plenty of other taxes and raising their corporate rate now would derail the economic recovery. >> going to put american businesses at a competitive disadvantage in a fiercely competitive world. that's bad for u.s. businesses and ultimately bad for am

i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. it's 5:00 a.m. here in new york.n cities crying out for justice as america faces another unarme

i'm christine romans. laura is off today. it is thursday, april 15th. exactly 5:00 a.m.rk. we cannot continue the cycle. 20 jurors after the u.s. went into afghanistan president biden says now it's time to bring the troops home. his deadline for the troop withdrawal is september 11th. the anniversary of the attacks that led the u.s. into afghanistan. the president faced push bac

to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, this is "early start," i'm christine romans is friday, april 16th. it is 5:00 a.m. in new york. we begin with breaking news. it has happened again. eight people are dead in another mass shooting. this one at an indianapolis fedex facility. here is an employee who was inside the moment the shooting began. >> me and my friend just got our lunch, we had sat down in the back of like this metal smoke shack kind of deal, literally i opened my chips, got my sandwich, about to take a bite, he was about to take a bite out his sandwich and we heard two loud metal clangs at first, they didn't sound like gunshots at first because there was, again, there was a loud complaining after the first two and then my buddy levi stood up as he was like kind of squatting at the bench and then looked over and out into the parking lot, didn't see anything yet, then we he

welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, this is the "early start," i'm christine romans will hear from the president about 8:00

i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. "new day" starts right now. brianna keilar live from the nation's capitol on this "new day." president biden tells how he wants to expand the power of the government, but are the plans realistic. >>> plus, new details on the fbi raid of rudy giuliani's home and office, including what was confiscated from one of donald trump's closest confidantes. >>> and the officer who died at the capitol. how this changes. >>> one major city is set to lose thousands of doses today because not enough people want them. >>> good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, april 29th. i think "the new york times" put it best. during the campaign, joe biden touted himself as a transitional president, but after his first big speech to congress overnight, he's declaring himself not as just transitional, but transformational, transforming the relationship between the government and the people. today the president is spending the 100th day of his presidency on the road, roads he wants a lot of

. >> good morning, it's thursday morning, i'm christine romans, april 29th. it is 5:00 a.m.w york. >> after just 100 days, i can report to the nation america is on the move again. >> a government working for the people. in his first address to a joint

here is cnn's christine romans with a look at how the economy is moving past the covid shut down. >>s of a comeback in the economy. vaccinations, warmer weather and epic stimulus. great news this week that layoffs are slowing. a lot of work to do, but historic government aid is flowing to weather the storm. there are 17.4 million people getting some sort of jobless check, and stimulus checks are hitting bank accounts now. the irs and the treasury department sent out another 2 million stimulus checks last week. that brings the total to 161 million payments worth more than $379 billion. another sign of recovery, the tsa screened more than 1.1 million travelers wednesday. american airlines bringing pilots and flight attendants back on the job, and the ceo of southwest this week said the worst is behind us. real estate is booming. millions of people looking for a home, and they can't find one. if you do, get ready to pay above asking price. home prices hitting records last month. the highest prices the national association of realtors started tracking these prices back in 1999. it's a se

you can have christine romans, you can ask erica hill, mikhaila ferreira. know why you can't hold on to a good woman. i don't know why everybody leaves you, but it's true. and just thank you from the bottom of my heart, john. this has been a wonderful partnership, and i know it will continue and our friendship will never end, but this has been really, really special. >> i mean, despite the fact of some of the things we've seen in the last 6 1/2 years, i'd do it all again in a heartbeat. i'd do it all again in a heartbeat. look, i know how lucky i am and have been. and i know how lucky the next guy is going to be. so i want to hear from him. your next co-anchor, victor blackwell. >> dear alisyn. a-l-l -- are there two ls? no. dear alisyn. a-l-y -- wait, no, why. there's an "i" first. dear alisyn. a-l-i-s-o -- i think i was -- no, there's no "o." hi friend. this is just a note to say i am looking forward to working with you monday through friday, 2:00 to 4:00. yours truly, victor. p.s., won't it be great to not be awake at 3:00 a.m.? >> yes, it will. yes, it

i'm christine romans. it is wednesday, april 28th, 5:00 a.m. in new york.nt biden's first address to a joint session of congress is tonight. he will seize a once in a generation chance to change america for working americans. his case, bigger government solves problems like ending a pandemic, equalizing the economy and making life better for millions of working people. we have brand-new details this morning on the president's $1.8 trillion american families plan. it calls for low