erin burnett. and the market looking for the slightest bit of good news, and got a little bit today and surged. the dow is up 213 point, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we haven t been able to clear that hurdle since march. it s been a really grim stretch. so there was a little bit of relief today. the bottom line is this. the american economy only has to add another 316,000 jobs to get back to where it was in january 2009 when barack obama took office. now, that would mean that he breaks even. but remember, in january of 2009, the economy was in a really bad place, and what he needs to do to make people feel really good, like the economy is recovering, is not only to break even for himself, but get ba
of course. and the voice of england a knockout performance by singing sensation alfie bolt. this is pierce morgan tonight. good evening from london, where the first four weeks of the 2012 summer olympics are coming to a close, the drama, controversy, emotions. as for the medal count, u.s. and china are battling. american swimmer ryan lochte a gold medal winner, heartthrob and it s his birthday. he ll join me in a moment. and the fastest woman on earth. ryan, how are you? i m doing good. congratulations. thank you. you just ruined a lunch date i had. it wasn t really a date. it was a female friend who talked nothing about you. i m sorry i ruined your lunch. i didn t mean to. you ve had a great games. i guess when you came, you probably weren t sure about expectations in terms of medals. you re walking away with a hat full of them. two golds. are you happy? yes, i m happy. i m coming back to my country with five olympic medals. and that s amazing right the
soccer star whose heart stopped 78 minutes and he lives to tell all about it. this is pie morgan tonight tonight from london. not just a good evening from london, a great evening for america, thanks to gabby douglas. makes the u.s. proud, the first to win team gold and individual all around gold for gymnastics. that s not the only record. she s the first black woman to achieve that honor. truly an historic day. and 20 medal are now for michael phelps. wins the 200 meter medley. for the women, more pride. rebecca sony broke her record in the 200 meter breast stroke. let s get the latest on this amazing day for the americans. christine brennan, sports columnist for usa today. what a big day for the americans. absolutely. i was at gymnastics. you could have been at swimming and had the same headlines. watching michael phelps going to the 20th medal, he wanted it badly. got a look at a guy with not enough golds same i am having that. and ryan lochte, and phelps not winnin
outfront tonight, mitt makes a bold promise. 12 million jobs. take a look at this ad in the wall street journal. written my romney s top economic advisor. first of all i want to draw your attention to the cartoon. there is obama on a tortoise with a whip. and romney on a horse going so fast that his tie and horse tail are flying in the wind. what was it supposed to be the tortoise and the hare? the newspaper denied the catchy cartoon but every word was written by glen hubbard. here in the second to last paragraph is the claim. president romney would create about 12 million new jobs in his first term and millions more after that. which means, just to get to 12 million the first term, 250,000 jobs each and every single one of his 48 months in office. he says he will do that by cutting regulations and cutting taxes. does it add up? first the good news. there have been a few times in american history where this has happened. the chief economists of jp morgan notes it happened i
take a look at this ad in the wall street journal. first of all i want to draw your attention to the cartoon. there is obama on a tortoise with a whip. what was it supposed to be the tortoise and the hare? the newspaper denied the catchy cartoon but every word was written by glen hubbard. here in the second to last paragraph is the claim. president romney would create about 12 million new jobs in his first term and millions more after that. which means 250,000 jobs each and every single one of his 48 months in office. he says he will do that by cutting regulations and cutting taxes. does it add up? first the good news. tlt have been a few times in american history where this has happened. the chief economists of jp morgan notes it happened in the 1990s. that is where the good news ends for the romney jobs claim. since 1939 only 27% of monthly jobs reports have shown growth of 250,000 jobs or more. the research also notes the united states has never had four straight years whe