october 5th, 2012. from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, welcome to today, 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on friday morning, i am savannah guthrie. i am david gregory once again in for matt. the president was looking for lift after the debate, he got it with these jobs numbers that have just come out this morning. there are questions about how we got here. it is a confusing report. the economy added 114,000 jobs in september which is actually less than the previous month, but the unemployment rate dropped from 8.1 to 7.8%, so coming up, we re going to talk about all of this, the impact on the presidential race with chuck todd and catch up with jim cramer from cnbc. and get into a new statement from mitt romney that he was completely wrong when he called 47% victims. a change from what he said. took a long time to distance himself from the remarks. we will switch gears, ask you i
and their dads. fathers and daughters. this morning a daughter pays tribute to her father and the book he wrote about a daughter getting married. that s awfully sweet. speaking of daughters growing up, you re a ways from this, gone from it now, going through it now. hair and makeup very important to your teenage daughters. the experts from seventeen magazine are here with tips to help your daughters create their own style. and tips on the brows. first natalie morales with the wonderful brows. thank you, savannah, david and al. the labor department says the nation s unemployment rate fell below 8% last month for the first time in nearly four years. employers added 114,000 jobs in september, and that lowered the jobless rate 0.3 from 8.1% in august to 7.8% in september. hiring numbers for july and august were also revised upwards to show that the economy created 86,000 more jobs in those months than previously estimated. president obama and republican challenger m
mariah is adding extra security on today, october 5th, 2012. savannah guthrie live from from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m savannah guthrie. and i m david gregory in for matt. the jobs report, all about the economy for this election, one of two remaining before election day. both campaign and voters will be keeping a close eye on what it means for the economy. big part of the politics right now, and you can betemit romney will be quick to pounce if it shows the same sluggish job growth we ve seen in recent months. coming up, we ll talk to cnbc s jim cramer about what we can expect. also, remember that impatient driver we showed you on thursday caught on camera using the sidewalk to get around a crowded school bus. guess what? she got busted. now her mom is coming to her daughter s defense with an explanation you might find a little
mariah is adding extra security on today, october 5th, 2012. savannah guthrie live from from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m savannah guthrie. and i m david gregory in for matt. the jobs report, all about the economy for this election, one of two remaining before election day. both campaign and voters will be keeping a close eye on what it means for the economy. big part of the politics right now, and you can betemit romney will be quick to pounce if it shows the same sluggish job growth we ve seen in recent months. coming up, we ll talk to cnbc s jim cramer about what we can expect. also, remember that impatient driver we showed you on thursday caught on camera using the sidewalk to get around a crowded school bus. guess what? she got busted. now her mom is coming to her daughter s defense with an explanation you might find a little