washington, d.c. up and down the atlantic seaboard today as a matter of fact. the big picture from the cnn severe weather center in just minutes. we want to turn now to presidential politics. the presidential race with just 59 days until the election the campaigns are kicking into high gear. president obama is in the swing state of florida right now hoping to win a state he captured in 2008. his republican opponent mitt romney is following the same strategy. he is in another swing state, virginia. another state obama won four years ago. but one republican thinks they can capture this one this november. in afghanistan a suicide bomber killed six civilians and wounded four others today near nato s headquarters in kabul. the police chief says children were among those killed. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the bombing. the u.s. embassy in kabul condemned the attack saying insurgents have no respect for life. police believe the suicide bomber was a teenager. milit
good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. on the west. we begin with president obama urging voters to stick with him in november as he hits the campaign trail in the battleground statement of flor this morning, but a very disappointing jobs report in the heat of the summer may cool off his message. even the president says the jobs growth is not good enough. employers hit the brakes on hiring in august. the economy added only 96,000 jobs, well below expectations, while unemployment fell to 8.1%. that s largely because many people have simply quit looking for work. but the president did try to put a positive spin on things. after losing 800,000 jobs a month when i took office, businesses added jobs for the 30th month in a row. we ve added more than 4.6 million jobs. but we know that that s not good enough. we can do better. we need to create jobs even faster. we need to fill the hole left by this recession. we need to come out of this cr
good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. on the west. we begin with president obama urging voters to stick with him in november as he hits the campaign trail in the battleground statement of flor this morning, but a very disappointing jobs report in the heat of the summer may cool off his message. even the president says the jobs growth is not good enough. employers hit the brakes on hiring in august. the economy added only 96,000 jobs, well below expectations, while unemployment fell to 8.1%. that s largely because many people have simply quit looking for work. but the president did try to put a positive spin on things. after losing 800,000 jobs a month when i took office, businesses added jobs for the 30th month in a row. we ve added more than 4.6 million jobs. but we know that that s not good enough. we can do better. we need to create jobs even faster. we need to fill the hole left by this recession. we need to come out of this cr
these are live shots of the national mall that you re looking at right now. heavy rain, high winds, and basically a miserable day in washington, d.c. up and down the atlantic seaboard today as a matter of fact. the big picture from the cnn severe weather center in just minutes. we want to turn now to presidential politics. the presidential race with just 59 days until the election the campaigns are kicking into high gear. president obama is in the swing state of florida right now hoping to win a state he ptured in 2008. his republican opponent mitt romney is following the same strategy. he is in another swing state, virginia. another state obama won four years ago. but one republican thinks they can capture this one this november. in afghanistan a suicide bomber killed six civilians and wounded four others today near nato s headquarters in kabul. the police chief says children were among those killed. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the bombing. the u.s. embass