federal reserve to jump start the stalling economy and happened after the labor department reported it stuck at 8.2% with just 80,000 jobs created last month. and so what more can be done to turn things around? that s the big question that everyone is asking, republican critics, for example, to let the private sector take the lead. the american people know what has to be done. get washington out of the way. empower the individuals and small businesses, let them flourish, but the president refuses to change course, he s doubling down on policies, that are holding us back and making things worse. and then, joining us right now the founder and managing partner of cargill investments. he has a whole different look at this, mickey, thank you for joining us. the president says it shows that the economy is moving in the right direction, the bottom line, is this good news or bad news? how should americans perceive this? well, i think it s really
what may have caused this shocking end to a life seemingly spinning out of control? and great white shark spottings heightened. fears along the cape cod area. our own brian todd is on a boat with experts trying to track them down. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. right now a disappointing jobs report kicks off day two of president obama s bus tour into overdrive and arms his opponent, mitt romney, with new political ammunition to use against him. look at this. unemployment is stuck at 8.2%. and only 80,000 jobs added in june. the numbers are even worse when you look at minorities. we re covering all sides of this dramatic political story. our own dan lothian and dana bash, they are both standing by live. but first cnn s poppy harlow breaks down the numbers. hi there, wolf. i think the headline for this jobs report is disappointing. only 80,000 jobs created in the month of june. unemployment stays at 8.2%. we need to be creating somewhere between 300,000
in a presidential election run thauf weekend. we should tell you that riot police, military personnel have taken up positions outside the court. ben wedeman joins us in just a few moments with the latest on this. as soon as we get ben wedeman, we ll bring it to you. back to the u.s. you know the old saying, when it rains it pours. for the obama campaign it appears to be a gully washer. lately the president has had some bad poll number, some bad headlines, some democrats are expressing doubt about his message and his chances come november. big donors are sitting tight with their money. for mitt romney, several things appear to be going right. he is raising a lot of money and his poll numbers have been getting better. a little more than two hours from now, both men take to the stump in the battleground state of ohio with dueling key economic speeches. they won t be face to face, but you can bet that they won t mince words about each other either. so, cnn s jim acosta joins us
deterrent than banning it. don t you have the right to be fat and die when you re 45 years old, too. alisyn: you know, you re paying that. you know that there s a that s the argument. let us know. meanwhile, we ve got more energy. are we out of gas yet. alisyn: no, still on. clayton: the nation s unemployment rate at 8.2% and only 69,000 jobs created last month. economy remains in focus as president obama and mitt romney gear up for november. the private sector is doing fi fine. for the president of the united states to stand up and say the economy is doing fine it s going to go down in history as an extraordinary miscalculation and misunderstanding, a president who s out of touch. dave: although the president later backtracked on that comment. how are his policies impacting america s economic freedom and liberty. alisyn: a special guest, let s bring in the reverend,
responsibility is the right approach to take for, i think, not only the united states but also for europe. okay. republicans are saying you re blaming the europeans for the failures of your own policies. the truth of the matter is that, as i said, we ve created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private-sector is doing fine. where we re seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government, oftentimes cuts initiated by, you know, governors or mayors who are not getting the kind of help they got in the past from federal government and don t have the same kind of flexibility as the federal government in dealing with fewer revenues coming in. and so, you know, if republicans want to be helpful, if they really want to move forward and put people back to work, what they should be thinking about is how do we help state and the local governments and how do we help the construction industry because the recipes th