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LAHAINA, Hawaii — The wind had never felt so fierce. Folau Tone steadied himself as a gale whipped through his street in Lahaina. Trying to nail down the rattling tin roof on his family’s home, he gave up as fragments were stripped away. In West Maui, power lines were crashing down, and the electricity was out across a large swath of the island. Outdoor furniture and debris were flung across yards. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times Folau’s wife had already left for her j
you re in the situation room. another weak jobs report is raising new concerns about the pace of an already sluggish economic recovery. only 80,000 jobs were added in the month of june, significantly fewer than economists were certainly hoping for. the unemployment rate is holding at 8.2%. it all comes as president obama s trying to kick his campaign into a higher gear with a major bus tour through some critical battleground states. it s still tough out there. you know, we learned this morning that our businesses created 84,000 new jobs last month. and that, overall means that businesses have created 4.4 million new jobs over the past 28 months, including 500,000 new manufacturing jobs. that s a step in the right direction. our mission is not just to get back to where we were before the crisis. we ve got to deal with what s been happening over the last decade, over the last 15 years. manufacturing leaving our shores, incomes flatlining. all those things are what we ve g