The global markets reacted badly to that may jobs report. and the obama and romney campaigns seized on the numbers to make a sales pitch to voters. the dow jones was down for much of the day as the fallout continued from the weak may jobs report. friday s numbers were very far from where we want them to be, where the president wants them to be. but even those numbers, again, another month of private sector job creation, compare favorably by anyone s standards to losing 750,000 jobs in one month. reporter: the slow u.s. job growth has investors rattled and coincides with the perfect storm of bad economic news around the globe. china s economy is unexpectedly slowing down. and the debt crisis in europe is only worsening. that global environment across the three main engines of the global economy is looking a lot weaker than a month ago. reporter: one bright spot, oil prices are at their lowest levels in eight months. for americans that means less pain at the pump. but it s a slow
Time is everything. dr. richard besser, abc news, new york. it seems with all today s wireless technology and things we can do, having being able to get those heart rhythm tests back to the hospital while still on the ambulance seems like something most states could invest in and get done. seem like a no-brainer. you feel those symptoms, a lot of times the most common time to have symptoms of a heart attack, monday morning and then it s saturday morning, but morning in general because the platelets, the blood platelets are stickier. my dad who has had a couple of heart attacks carries a bottle of aspirin on his key chain so if he feels the symptoms, chew it. immediately gets in your blood stream. supposed to thin the blood out a little. that s always a trick, too. every 20 seconds, someone suffers a heart attack. every minute, it s fatal. it is scary. but you ll survive if paramedic paula shows up. paramedic paula. nurse faris. you would not be in good hands. why?
this is a new orleans look. don t worry about that. happy birthday. we are so thankful for you. thank you, sweetie. i appreciate that. may you have at least 34 more. which would make you 68. the chocolate chip on your tooth looks great. i would sing to you. we re going to have somebody pop out of a cake. i m very mature. a very mature 34. definitely a mature 34. time for breaking news. i m sorry, paula. you better speak. thank you guys. one of these days, maybe in another 34 years, you ll get married to your longtime love. we re good. we re good. one day. let s hope it doesn t turn out like this story from georgia. this woman and her bridesmaids were getting ready the day of the wedding. just like an hour before. they were getting ready at a hotel. and the sprinkler system goes off and sprays this like oil
Plummeting. the price of gasoline comes down with a parachute and goes up like a rocket. reporter: the gloomy overall economic outlook spells trouble for the president s re-election chances. and his campaign is going on the attack with a new tv ad out today slamming mitt romney for his record on jobs. when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs. romney economics. it didn t work then, and it won t work now. reporter: but the romney campaign says it s the president s policies that aren t working. and mr. obama has run out of time to fix the economy. rob and paula? thank you, karen. if ever there was a time for romney to pounce, he has pretty much stayed true to his course and his message which is the economy, the economy, the economy. and you look at his record in massachusetts, which they are harping on, and maybe his record at bain capital, but he did bring that unemployment rate down nearly a percentage point. and, of course, the achilles
why? you get squeamish with blood. no, it would be bad. i don t like blood actually. right over here. when i get my blood drawn i have to cover my eyes. you re worse than your daughter? terrified of blood. what would you do if you found giant bones buried in your yard? what kind of bones? do you think that you would get to keep them? i can t read. it s a lesson in prehistoric history and for me maybe a little grammar. they found those in paula s nightstand. we ll be right back. announcer: abc s world news now will continue after this from our abc stations. this from our abcababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababab