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
here is santorum and newt on the etch-a-sketch smash up. this is santorum in san antonio, let s watch this. you win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who will be a little different than the person in there. if they re going to be a little different, let s stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with the etch-a-sketch candidate for the future. let me take a look at something now, ann romney has been brought in as a relief pitcher, she is more appealing to most people, here is how she responds on cnn last night. let s watch her attempt. this is exactly what happens in a campaign where you get these distractions, and obviously he was talking about how we re going to change focus and change, you know, what we re
united nations building in new york. let s go straight to mohammed jamjo jamjoom. how close are these two americans from touching down where you are? reporter: well, brooke, we re here at the royal airport. armani officials are saying that the plane should touch down within the next 20 to 30 minutes. we also learned from the families of josh fattal and shane bauer that the families are indeed here, that sarah shourd, the third american hiker who was detained along with the two men and the fiancee of shane bauer, she s here as well. they re eagerly awaiting the reunion. we do not see any of the families yet or any of the hikers. but clearly there s a sense of anticipation here. we got word two hours ago the omani officials were involved in a negotiation to secure the release of the two hikers. not too much surprise considering there was some anticipation that they would be involved, that they paid the bail because last year when sarah shourd was released, nad her bail and he
school systems are not in great shape and politicians know that. may not sound good politically but it s not shocking. a lot of folks don t have the resources because that s their only choice. the parliament testimony from rupert murdoch s son about his company s phone-hacking scandal is now in question. on tuesday james murdoch told british lawmakers that he did not know the full extent of hacking done by the staff at news of the world but his former legal adviser and a former editor are now claiming that there s e-mail evidence that murdoch knew about the scope of the hacking that took place years ago. james murdoch is denying any misleading testimony. also, the man who tried to hit rupert murdoch with a shaving cream pie is due in court today. 26-year-old jonathan may-bowles has already been charged for that attack. in new england an unhappy customer is in trouble with the law after a smash-up at a used car lot. police in new hampshire say
this morning on world news now, tarmac terror. two jets collide on a taxiway at boston s logan airport, giving passengers on both flights a major scare. investigators will have a busy day looking into what caused a smash-up involving a jumbo jet and a commuter plane. it s friday, july 15th. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. i m daniel sieberg in for rob nelson. i m linsey davis in for peggy bunker. it s hard to believe by looking at the damage but just one of the passengers was taken to the hospital. this collision is eerily reminiscent of a similar crash a few months ago here in new york. if you look closely you can see some of the damage in the video we re showing you. they really did just clip each other. obviously it could have been a lot worse. this is the kind of thing you do