investors into panic as the dough plunges over 100 points. why the numbers didn t add up for wall street. a rescue from a hot car. it s not what you think. how an unexpected hitchhiker got stuck. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it s 7:00 on the east coast. thanks for waking up with us. we begin in afghanistan. secretary of state hillary clinton carried a message on partnership to work with afghanistan well beyond the planned troop pull out. afghanistan is now designated a major non-nato ally. the u.s. will keep up defense, security and economic relations with afghanistan even after the withdrawal. i am pleased to announce today that president obama has officially designated afghanistan as a major non-nato ally of the united states. we see this as a powerful symbol of our commitment to afghanistan s future. afghanistan joins nations like japan and australia on the non-nato list. shortly after the anuncement, clinton and karzai left for japan for a meeting of in
countries these days. the turnout so far has been pretty good according to the electoral commission. we expect to hear more when the polls close. they re expected to close in about two hours. possible extensions to that. so far we are told more voters than expected have turned out. who s on the ballot today? well, that is one of the key issues here, gary, is people are overwhelmed by the choice. thousands of candidates are running in this election for the national congress. most of them are virtually unknown to the libyan population who, for more than 40 years, knew one man only, moammar gadhafi, and today, his picture was replaced by the pictures of thousands of people. some are individual candidates running, others are representing more than 300 political entity, islamists, liberals, different political groupings. end of the day, gary, they have to work together, no matter who emerges from this election and it s very hard to tell with no real polling who will come out f
what may have caused this shocking end to a life seemingly spinning out of control? and great white shark spottings heightened. fears along the cape cod area. our own brian todd is on a boat with experts trying to track them down. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. right now a disappointing jobs report kicks off day two of president obama s bus tour into overdrive and arms his opponent, mitt romney, with new political ammunition to use against him. look at this. unemployment is stuck at 8.2%. and only 80,000 jobs added in june. the numbers are even worse when you look at minorities. we re covering all sides of this dramatic political story. our own dan lothian and dana bash, they are both standing by live. but first cnn s poppy harlow breaks down the numbers. hi there, wolf. i think the headline for this jobs report is disappointing. only 80,000 jobs created in the month of june. unemployment stays at 8.2%. we need to be creating somewhere between 300,000
good day to all of you. welcome to weekends with alex witt. it is 1:00 on the east coast, 10:00 a.m. out west. we ll get to what s happening out there today as mitt romney s battleground bus tour is rolling through pennsylvania. our crews on the ground are just now telling us a scheduled campaign event is moving to an undisclosed location because of protesters where it was originally planned. a bit earlier today in the community of weatherly he criticized president obama s economic plans. you ask your friends, you ask your small businesses about whether the president s policies have made it easier and are going to make it easier for them to hire people. job one in this country is to create jobs for the american people, and i will. nbc s peter alexander is on the trail. peter is joining me on the phone.
hour. today mitt romney kicks off his battleground bus tour and president obama returns home to chicago after both candidates drew millions of dollars from fund-raisers last night. in new york city, the president took in about $4.5 million, one fund-raiser was at the home of sarah jessica parker look at this. keep that picture up. pretty people. we show these graphics before and senor, this is a sister of our life. what? as republicans. so this is how unbelievable. how a democratic fund-raiser lo looks. yeah. you re beautiful. there was alicia keys. surrounded by beautiful, talented people. keep going. meanwhile, romney raised money in obama s hometown of chicago. stop right there. where are they? you re always by yourself, the dork in the blue brooks brothers suit. stars aren t there. i was at dinner the other night with friends who said why don t you guys have celebrities. celebrities don t want to be republicans. we have one. who? chuck no