reporter: authorities are still in the middle of a briefing right now. applause broke out because they said they had a very good day. and later in the afternoon, look at this. this is what happened. rain. a lot of it which is much, it was exactly what firefighters needed. they said they had a tremendous day today because of this rain. this is what the sheriff describes. listen. some things finally turned in our favor. i think if you look at it as a fight, we got our tails kicked for a couple days. i think yesterday with the agreement, we saw it as a draw. i think today we delivered some blows. rich harvey is the incident commander who has organized all of the resources here in colorado. rich harvey announced they are at 30% containment. he the say they are nowhere near where they need to be and they re still battling this ferocious fire. and you mentioned those
to tell you about. terror arrests. the second major bust in just two days. new concerns and new questions this morning. are the olympics being targeted? plus this. it s really funny that pepco is actually trying to save face now. about five to six trucks came with anywhere from six to eight different people. the whole process took 38 minutes. power problem solved. a family in maryland desperate for help finally becomes a priority for the power company. this morning, their lights are on and the danger is gone. and the newsroom begins right now. good morning, everyone. i m don lemon. carol is off today. we ll begin this hour with a new measure of the economy and new ammunition thrown into the presidential race. just minutes ago, we learned unemployment is still bogged down at a dismal 8.2%. 80,000 jobs were created. that s less than expected. it s one of the last monthly reports we should tell you before the november election. and this morning, both the obama and romney