been briefed earlier, that they did a lot of things right by staying with the vehicle, and they did have food and water available with them. and as soon as the vehicle suffered this slow rollover accident, the father jumped into action, knew they had to stay warm. e first thing he did was built a fire. he was able to keep that fire going the entire time whe they were out. and i think that really prevented any serious medical problems for them to develop. they do have some exposure and understandably dehydration issues. it s very hard to stay very well hyated out here in the elements. the air is very dry even when it s very cold it s very dry. but in general they re doing very very well. no evidence of frost bite which is of course what we would have expeed. we were obviously braced for much worse considering the cold temperatures we ve had. but they re doing ve well. terrific news. also in their favor, he says they were alady dressed for a day outdoors in the snow. so they had that g
a day thanks to make aware foundation. he and batman cruised around to the bat mobile. saving the city from villains. thousands of folks turned out to cheer him on. twitter went crazy. this weekend s fundraiser is called brave the bay. a 5k walk, run and swim in the san francisco bay. organizers hope to race $75,000 for the make-a-wish foundation. log ton to brave the day.org. brave the bay.org. our nation s unemployment rate fell last month to a five-year low. terrific news. it now stands at 7%, according to the labor department. through .3 from october. which is more than what economists predicted bay long shot. the feds also say employers added 230,000 jobs last month. most of them in higher paying industries like manufacturing, construction, government
well. shepard: terrific news. have a great weekend. a potential game changer for space travel where they do not charge for checked bags. a private company is set to lunch supplies to the international space station. the company is space x, scheduled to launch a rocket from cape canavaral in florida tomorrow morning, and nasa has been working with the company do make it happen marking a milestone as space travel goes from a government run effort to primarily private-backed operation in the good old american spirit retiring the shuttle program last year after dominating space travel for decades but the shuttles, now nothing more than museum pieces. trace is with us. trace, what is the plan? trace: well, the dragon space capsule will launch at 4:55 a.m., and if that goes well, on monday, the capsule comes a mile and a half of the international space station to
improvement. a positive jobs report on weekly unemployment claims. they unexpectedly fell by 20,000 to 368,000. everybody stuck at that 400,000 level for three years. now it looks like we are moving to the next threshold and if it holds steady, it would show we are seeing fewer layoffs over time but the big question is are we going to see any hiring? it s a big comparison from hast year this time, down 100,000. last year the claims were up as much as 466,000. we are moving in the right direction. this is bringing anticipation about tomorrow with the big government jobs report. it is expected we are going to see that 200,000 jobs were added to the economy, and that s why we re seeing the markets up strongly today. terrific news. alison kosic, many thanks. our daily dose this morning, you may find more bear shelves
the situation room from sources in chile. specifically a doctor with knowledge of the treatment for the 33 miners. we have now been told that 31 of the 33 miners have been released from the hospital. two others are still in the hospital, but will be moved to another facility shortly. but 31 of the 33 have been released and have been allowed to go back home. that s terrific, terrific news for those 31 miners. the two others we re told earlier had relatively minor ailments and problems. hopefully they ll be released soon as well. excellent, excellent news from the miners. it s a how-to guide for would-be terrorists. stand by to see how recruiting americans to kill americans with a new on-line magazine. something missing from nasa s plan to add one more shuttle flight before the program is scrapped. it s something very important, namely money. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah! ah!