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
failure. these are infrared images. what you re watching, those are actually people who are scrambling to save their lives on board that ship. now, right now, navy divers are using explosives to blast their way into the ship to search for others victims. perhaps survivors. you re going to want to hear what the captain said on the night of the disaster. we ve got that up for you in just a few minutes. and brace yourself. gas prices going through the proof again. that s right. gasmoney.com says some of us could be paying around $5 a gallon by the summer. prices already at record highs. according to aaa, the average price for a gallon of unleaded has jumped to $3.39. it is the highest january gas prices ever. 30 cents higher than a year ago. mitt romney s rivals are not letting up on the attacks on him. romney was the main target last night in myrtle beach, south carolina. his opponents are keeping it up again today. rick santorum stopped just short of calling romney a lia
a new week and new shake-up for the battle for the presidential nomination. newt gingrich is now the solid front runner in the state of iowa. but today his focus was on new york. and a meeting with donald trump. let s go to new york. there s jim acosta following this for us. what s the latest with newt gingrich the front-runner and donald trump? well, he is in the big apple and you can say he is singing new york, new york, start spreading the newts. he his message he is can win the republican nomination. he is willing to take this battle to all 50 states. at a news conference in new york, newt gingrich insisted he can go toe to toe with mitt romney in a 50-state battle for the nomination. even with a much smaller operation. we have all these articles about how businesses are getting leaner. how they are flattening their hierarchies. doing all sorts of things. have you people who work from home. you have virtual organizations. all of these cutting edge ideas. you have a gr