June and july figures were revised lower. Unemployment rate fell a notch to 7. 3 because more americans gave up the search for rork. Jim, were looking for silver lunings here. Not too many when you look at threemonth, sixmonth average now that is nothing to get excited about. Right. And everyone keeps telling me back and forth, well, wait until you see the revisions. Ive done a lot of work on this number. Ive looked at it for the last five years. This is it. This number does not look through. People will trade off this number. Dl is nothing spectacular about it. It does come in right before a fed meeting. If the taper is going to be light. We are going to see Mortgage Rates down. It will be down next week. We havent seen that in a long time. The question this morning is whether or not it would go to five. Whether the 30year mortgage would go to 5 . That doesnt appear to be in imminent danger now. Going back to 4 1 2 . This is remarkable because that is a very important component of the
Times over the past year. Well be taking all of this up and considering why the president is suddenly trying to pass responsibility for his own ultimatums and threats to assad, and his decision to authorize punishment with Foreign Affairs Committee Member congressman ted yohu who pressed secretary of state john kerry on the president s plans in a hearing held today. The syrian resolution passes the senate Foreign Affairs committee after members capitulated to the demands of senator john mccain. General david grain joins us to assess the strike plan but we begin tonight with the latest on the president s pitch on military strikes against syria and another attempt to distance himself from his own decision. The president today actually put the responsibility on the international community. Heres mr. Obama earlier today in stockholm, sweden. I didnt set a red line. The world set a red line. My credibility is not on the line, the international communitys credibility is on the line. And amer
Well be taking all of this up and considering why the president is suddenly trying to pass responsibility for his own ultimatums and threats to assad, and his decision to authorize punishment with Foreign Affairs Committee Member congressman ted yohu who pressed secretary of state john kerry on the president s plans in a hearing held today. The syrian resolution passes the senate Foreign Affairs committee after members capitulated to the demands of senator john mccain. Neral davigrain joins us to assess the strike plan but we begin tonight with the latest on the president s pitch on military strikes against syria and another attempt to distance himself from his own decision. The presidnt today actually put the responsibilityn the international community. Heres mr. Obama earlier today in stockholm, sweden. I didnt set a red line. The world set a red line. My credibility is not on the line, the international communitys credibility is on the line. And america and congress credibility is o
Action in syria. Many of those around the table are pressuring u. S. President barack obama not to authorize strikes. Nhk world has a report. The g20 summit chaired by Vladimir Putin began on tuesday. The crisis in syria dominated the talks. The leaders discussed the issue in a dinner in the evening. President obama is believed to have asked for the understanding of u. S. Military action against syria once it is approved boy congress. He is also believed to explain that the u. S. Has evidence the Syrian Government unleashed a chemical weapon attack. Some leaders including britain and france are possibly supporting the u. S. Stance, however Britains Parliament rejected a proposal to join any military action. Many other members are openly against the u. S. Plan. Russia and china are strongly opposed to military action without a Un Security Council resolution. The two nations are joined by italy, brazil, and other countries. Early in the day obama and japanese Prime Minister abe met on th
Like the science of fingerprints. No two people have the same fingerprint. Thats the scientific premise. Is that true . I thought so. In the Casey Anthony trial. In fact there is no nationl standard for any forensic testimony. The judge allowed in the smell test when it comes to death . And it had never been allowed in a court. And what about getting certified in forensics . You can do that online. If you want a certificate that says you are certified in forensics, this is the place to go to. Tonight ofrontline, correspondent Lowell Bergman joins with propublica in an investigation of one of the increasingly controversial tools of the criminal Justice System Forensic Science. There is something that people need to understand about bad Expert Witness testimony and bad science it doesnt just put innocent people in jail, it leaves murderers on the street. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public bro