in need of good news after thursday s major sell-off. initially investors got some good news, but stocks opened strong initially, but now the dow is back down in negative territory. down about 55 points right now. let s look at the jobs numbers. the unemployment rate dipped to 9.1% in july. employers adsing about 117,000 new jobs, so what s the take-away of all this for you? we re going to talk to cnbc s maria bartiromo and jim kramer from the floor of the new york stock exchange in just a couple minutes. redmond o neill, the son of ryan o neill and the late farrah faucet was arraigned on thursday following his most recent drug arrest. what ryan o neal says about his son s latest trouble. and a remarkable couple we ve been following on today for more than a year now. rachel was paralyzeeds when she was pushed into her pool at her bachelorette party. she s finally married the man of her dreams. they are back from their honeymoon, and they ll be in our studio to talk to
we re back with more of today on a friday morning, the 5th day of august, 2011. another concert from adam levine and maroon 5 out on the plaza. guys, give it up for them. out on the plaza on a friday morning, great crowd, great music, great weather. mr. roker is responsible for that. i m matt lauer along with ann curry, tamron hall and al roker. it s been great. no kidding. boy, did you guys like that? it was good. anyway, coming up, a lot of talk about the last 24 hours, the dow dropping 512 points on thursday. this morning all the talk is about jobs, jobs, jobs. that s right. the jobs report is coming out this morning. a lot of americans are taking a close look at that. of course we re worried about what the state of the economy is and where is it going. we ll have that for you coming up. of course, a time to take a lot out of you but also takes a lot out of you is not getting enough sleep. have you ever had that feeling you ve got ven eight hours of sleep and you
morning. i m matt lauer here at the new york stock exchange. ann curry is uptown in studio 1-a. good morning. good morning. we can see it s quiet right now but there was a lot of emotion there on thursday as stocks were taking a nose dive. look at these images. yeah, there was a lot of emotion. including thursday s 512-point plunge. the dow has now fallen eight out of the last nine trading sessions. that wipes out all the gains for the entire year. and there are some real fears this morning that we re slipping into another recession. so how much did that nasty debt ceiling debate in washington contribute to these latest declines and is there any silver lining here? we ll talk to two of the best people on the business on subjects like this, maria and jim cramer. redman o neal, the son of ryan o neal, was arraigned last week. coming up, what ryan o neal had to say. also ahead this morning, remarkable couple we ve been following more than a year now. rachelle friedman wa
especially, you know, this part of the neighborhood. this is where we want the our children to play. this is where we want to raise our family and foal safe. so it s very concerning to hear something like this happen. reporter: now, the victim has been released from the hospital. police are asking that anyone who heard or saw anything early this morning, please contact them. they are offering a $1,000 reward in this case. live in olney, melissa melai, news4. thanks, melissa. the loudoun county sheriffs office is hoping a new rely released photo will help them track down a missing pregnant woman due this weekend. investigators say this is what 22-year-old bethany dekker looked like when she was nine months pregnant with her first child. they also released a picture of a tattoo she has on her left leg just above the ankle. family and friends haven t seen or heard from her since january. investigators don t know where she is or if she is alive. prosecutors in the lululem