grounded, some parts of the 2,500 mile lifeline 50 feet below flood levels last year. america s fight over same-sex marriage coming down to a fried chicken sandwich. today, round two, a kiss-in at chick-fil-a s nationwide. we ll talk to the organizer live in 30 minutes. newsroom starts right now. and good morning to you, happy, happy friday, i m carol costello. we begin this friday morning with some better news about the nation s economy. the labor department says 163,000 jobs were created last month beating expectations of around 95,000. in the meantime, the unemployment rate edged higher to 8.3%. that s the headline. but for more on this story behind the numbers, we want to bring in christine romans. she s in new york. tell us what these numbers mean, christine. well, it s a solid report. a solid report for july. but remember june was revised downward. so 64,000 jobs created in june and 163,000 created in july. this is the best month for jobs creation now in five mo
devices. why aren t you being allowed to see what s going on inside the courtroom? a mistake dick cheney coming out swinging, being one of the few top republicans to say john mccain s pick of sarah palin as vp was a bad choice. and they call her the missile, missy franklin, just 17 and already turning heads in london. the female michael phelps, as some call her, dives in today for two very crucial races. newsroom begins right now. good morning. thank you so much for joining us. happy monday to you. i m carol costello. we begin in poland this morning where just a few minutes ago mitt romney arrived on the third and final leg of his overseas trip. but it s his tough talk on iran that s still getting a lot of attention. romney says no option should be taken off the table to prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon. we must not delude ourselves into thinking containment is an option. we must lead the effort to prevent iran from building and possessing nuclear wea
and blackberries. and what are they thinking? ultra marathon, 135 miles long in death valley. it is being called the world s toughest footrace. runners starting right now on a two-day run through hell. the average temperature in death valley, 116 degrees. not a crash but tacks, of all things, slowing down the tour de france. someone threw tacks on the road in front of the cyclists. who does had a? newsroom begins right now. good monday morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for being here with us this morning. the battle over bain, taxes, outsourcing and whether president obama should apologize gets hot they are morning. the president will be in cincinnati later today and expected to bash romney over tax breaks for big business. but romney is already on the offensive. appearing on republican friendly fox & friends this morning. the president has only one thing going. that is constant attacks on me. you know, they are dishonest and misdirected. i think t
dolphin? dolphin talk this morning. scientists say we may soon be able to talk to flipper! really? good morning to you. i m carol costello. millions of americans reveled in one of the warmest records on season and now a mean season. wildfires are burning in seven western states and the summer temperatures will only push the danger higher. the worst single fire is in southwestern new mexico. 225,000 acres burned, about 280 square miles. it is the biggest in the state s history and it s getting bigger. it s now only just about 17% contained. also today there are new concerns about a key firefighting tool used to combat those kinds of fires. in western utah yesterday, an air tanker loaded with water and fire retardant crashed during its second run of the day. both pilots were killed. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. also yesterday an aaron tanker had to make an emergency landing in nevada when its lappeding gear failed to lower. in this case, the crew w
tribute to the fallen on this memorial day. we remember the sacrifices of our troops and their families. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. it s going to be a wet and soggy memorial day across parts of the north florida and southeast georgia. tropical storm beryl is to blame. you re looking at a live picture from jekyll island, georgia. the storm moves up the coast. we learned a short time ago beryl caused major damage at the jacksonville airport after making landfall and canceling 12 outgoing flights and forced jacksonville officials to cancel holiday activities and thousands are without power this morning. meteorologist rob marciano is tracking beryl. oh, darn! bad timing. but good news to this and get to that in a second. the damage in jacksonville is where it made landfall last night shortly after midnight and came on shore with near hurricane force winds. it was almost classified a hurricane and some folks may argue that. 73-mile-an