the situation room . we begin with the state of unemployment in america, just three months before election day. both democrats and republicans have something to seize on in the newest jobs report. employers say they added 163,000 jobs to the u.s. economy in july. that s better than economists expected, and something for the obama camp to hang its hat on. but the romney camp is pointing to this figure, the overall unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 8.3%, because american households report losing 195,000 jobs. we want to bring in our white house correspondent, dan lothian. so sounds like kind of a wash, politically, dan. it does. and what the president is trying to do is highlight the positive, as you pointed out. yes, the unemployment rate did tick up to 8.3%, but what they re focused on is the fact that jobs were created, more jobs than expected. the experts out there, economists had expected that some 95,000 jobs would have been created last month, but as you pointe
tonight. president obama will be campaigning in the following cities this week. oakland, portland, oregon, seattle, new orleans, and mcclain, virginia. while the president is out getting money the associated press reports that poverty is on track to reach its highest levels since 1965. here now to react from washington, fox news analyst mary katharine ham and juan williams. juan, about 15% of americans going to be in poverty it looks like and the president is out campaigning much of the time, raising a million dollars, probably going to get a billion to keep his job. something a little unsettling about that, is there not? i think politics is the reality here, bill. you know that republics in congress who have been obstructing the president s job bill are going to be out campaigning. mitt romney is in london campaigning this week. bill: romney doesn t have any power to do anything yet. is he not in elective office. hold on. he has ideas. he should have ideas. is he running for pre
tonight. president obama will be campaigning in the following cities this week. oakland, portland, oregon, seattle, new orleans, and mcclain, virginia. while the president is out getting money the associated press reports that poverty is on track to reach its highest levels since 1965. here now to react from washington, fox news analyst mary katharine ham and juan williams. juan, about 15% of americans going to be in poverty it looks like and the president is out campaigning much of the time, raising a million dollars, probably going to get a billion to keep his job. something a little unsettling about that, is there not? i think politics is the reality here, bill. you know that republics in congress who have been obstructing the president s job bill are going to be out campaigning. mitt romney is in london campaigning this week. bill: romney doesn t have any power to do anything yet. is he not in elective off on. he has ideas. he should have ideas. is he running for president. b
tonight. president obama will be campaigning in the following cities this week. oakland, portland, oregon, seattle, new orleans, and mcclain, virginia. while the president is out getting money the associated press reports that poverty is on track to reach its highest levels since 1965. here now to react from washington, fox news analyst mary katharine ham and juan williams. juan, about 15% of americans going to be in poverty it looks like and the president is out campaigning much of the time, raising a million dollars, probably going to get a billion to keep his job. something a little unsettling about that, is there not? i think politics is the reality here, bill. you know that republics in congress who have been obstructing the president s job bill are going to be out campaigning. mitt romney is in london campaigning this week. bill: romney doesn t have any power to do anything yet. is he not in elective office. hold on. he has ideas. he should have ideas. is he running for pre
female voters. let s go to eleanor rat they are and judith miller and also a fox news contributor and mary walter radio talk show host. let s get some of these stats out of the way. for women, according to a lot of statistics make 77% of what males do. if you look at president obama s own white house his own staffers. there is another study out that says his staffers, women make 18% less than their male counterparts. so my question to begin with, is this. instead of allocating who gets legislate go who gets what. should they do something else. the caveat and what their experience has been. whole point of the democrats job