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happening now. day four in testimony on drew peterson s murder trial. the former illinois cop is charged with killing his third wife, kathleen savio. vandals in california defacing a chick-fil-a restaurant. this week as supporters rallied around the fast-food chain after its president was criticized for supporting traditional marriage. today same-sex marriage advocates are planning their own demonstrations. we ll keep up to date on that. in arkansas, police are searching for an escaped inmate. authorities say charles hamner broke through a fence and stole a pickup truck. he is six feet tall and weighs 235 pounds ae looking fo. jon: just in those new jobs numbers the labor department saying that the u.s. economy added 163,000 jobs in july. that s the most in five months and much more than most economists expected. but the unemployment rate also ticked up to 8.3% from
live from both the president and governor romney. you will see it here on happening now. . but first right now brand new stories and breaking news. jon: violence and chaos across syria with new concerns that al qaeda fighters are infiltrating rebel forces. if the regime falls, who takes over after assad? the worst drought in decades pushing prices up at grocery stores nationwide. one way to keep costs under control. plus one u.s. city takes action releasing a training video teaching people how to react in the event of a workplace shooting. the three words you need to know. it s all new, all live, and it s happening now. jon: and, welcome to happening now on this friday. good morning to you. i m jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i m jenna lee. happening now our top story of the day has to do with the economy, those new jobs numbers. with the election 95 days a way the economy is a big issue and today s jobs numbers offer something for both campaigns, more or less. jon: m
still the number of jobs created in july was about 50% more than analysts had expected. it came after three straight months which fewer than 100,000 jobs were created. at can campaign speech last night mr. obama rejected romney and other republican claims that upper income tax cuts would spur job creation. they have been trying to sell us this trickle down, tax cut, ferry dust before. [cheers and applause] we have seen this, we ve seen this before and guess what? every single time, it doesn t work!. it didn t work then. it won t work now. it s not a plan to create jobs. it s not a plan to lower our deficit. reporter: july was the 29th straight month of job creation but the 42 san diego which unemployment is over 8%. no postwar president has been reelected with unemployment that high. jenna: a lot to consider today, wendell. thank you. jon: unsettling new information emerging from the battle to control syria. look at new amateur video from damascus reportedly showing morta
douglas waller, former correspondent for time and newsweek magazine recounts the life of william wild bill donovan, often thought of as the father of the cia. examines the office of strategic services and his thoughts on the use of counterintelligence. this lasts about an hour. i am glad that they have the photo of donovan up here. this is really kind of an iconic portrait shot. you will see that when you get to the oss society meetings, and this is the one commonly the most commonly a identified. actually, there is a funny story behind it. you will notice that his hair is cut short here. actually, he has a crew cut. he was out in the field most of the time when he was running the zero ss pretty like to go in on allied landings. very often he would have the ships barbara or the military part give him a crewcut before he went out. of course when he got back to headquarters he would get teased by the headquarters staff. in fact, wallace bull, he would pop his head in an