you re in the situation room. it s part economics snapshot, part political football and there s only three more jobs reports coming out before the november election. the latest one released today has something for everybody. the labor didn t reports better than job gains in july. the unemployment rate still picked up a notch. dan, how does all this play out on the campaign trail? reporter: for mitt romney it allows him to say see, i told you so. unemployment still going up. it s still above 8%. what the president is doing is not working. the president was putting the spotlight on what he says is working even though he admitted there s still a lot of pain. thank you everybody. reporter: surrounded by a group of hand picked middle class and workers, president obama defended his policies and emphasized gained in a struggling economy. 163,000 jobs created in july. 1.1 million so far this year. 4.5 million over the last 29 months. those are our neighbors and family membe
sandwiches. a delta spokesperson says the needles were found in sandwiches in flights from amsterdam to minneapolis and seattle and two flights to atlanta. two of the needles were found by passengers and one was discovered by an air marshall when delta found out about the needles in the food, the airline said it notified all 18 flights from amsterdam to stop serving the sandwiches. here s what one passenger who got one of contaminated sandwiches said when he spoke to kstp. i bit down on it so i wasn t biting down on the sharp side but the flat side. it could have been, you know, a bad injury orally, but had i taken a big swallow and swallowed that down, i d have a needle inside. that would be very concerning to me. gate gourmet provided the sandwiches to delta. a spokesperson says this is a terribly upsetting situation. first and foremost is the safety of the traveling public. there s nothing more important than the safety of the passenger and crews. gate gourmet says it
him. and he smiled. and he was ready to have lunch with his children. did he seem happy? he was happy because he was going he was having lunch with his children. martha: she said he was okay, getting ready for lunch and in a good mood. adam housley is outside the courthouse in los angeles. good morning, adam. reporter: the prosecution has done a pretty good job making sure they have the drama of that day. they will get into the medical part where they will have to battle to keep the jurors aware. alvarez testimony talking about the children and all sorts of different thing that happened on that day and the time line. but one point he talks about having to take the vials and putting this medicine in a bag.
you ve done in your life. back in the old days, remember mitt romney got hit hard on this. people look to your actual track record. this woman had a messy departure from hp and now you find out she laid off tons of people. that s a hard thing to get past to people who have to vote for you. two things, one, the situation is slightly unique in california in that fiorina s resume is not the resume you want to be running on in this election. barbara boxer did a good job making clear what that is. removed as hp executive, took a big golden parachute, et cetera, et cetera. number two, what you saw in those two clips is fascinating. first clip carly fiorina basically referendum. this is a referendum on barbara boxer, she s been in washington too long. boxer comes back and says, this is a choice between what i ve done and what carly fiorina is done. that broadly is the two arguments that the parties are making, democrats trying to make it into a choice, republicans trying to make it into a ref
you ve done in your life. back in the old days, remember mitt romney got hit hard on this. people look to your actual track record. this woman had a messy departure from hp and now you find out she laid off tons of people. that s a hard thing to get past to people who have to vote for you. two things, one, the situation is slightly unique in california in that will fiorina s resume is not the resume you want to be running on in this election. barbara boxer did a good job making clear what that is. removed as hp executive, took a big golden parachute, et cetera, et cetera. number two, what you saw in those two clips is fascinating. first clip carly fiorina basically referendum. this is a referendum on barbara boxer, she s been in washington too long. boxer comes back and says, this is a choice between what i ve done and what carly fiorina is done. that broadly is the two arguments that the parties are making, democrats trying to make it into a choice, republicans trying to make it into