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the dow is up 217 points, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. as you can see, the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we havent been able to clear that hurdle since march. its been a really grim stretch. so there was a little bit of relief today. the bott...

temperatures desperately. >> at least 120 homes or buildings had been destroyed. live report from oklahoma straight ahead here on cnn. [ gunfire ] this is aleppo, the biggest city in syria. it is a battlefield now, but it soon might be the scene of an all-out warfare. rebels fighting for their, fighting there think syrian forces are getting ready to launch a major military offensive against them, it could happen any day now. tens of thousands of civilians have already fled the city. ...

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major spike in cases of west nile virus. health officials say it is the biggest rise since 2004. so far weve seen 240 cases across the country with four deaths. the cdc says the cases have been in texas, mississippi and oklahoma. august is traditionally the peek month for wes nile. the virus is carried by mosquitos. to colorado now, where the university of colorado has hired an independent investigator to probe the schools handling of colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes. hol...

emotion. my heart went out to ryan. >> plus, the need for speed. what happens when the fastest woman in the world sits down with me. >> im calm. im focused. i try not to let the pressure overwhelm me. >> and two of the biggest exports to america, katherine jenkins, what he thinks about ryan lochte. >> hes gorgeous. of course. >> and the voice of england -- ♪ >> a knockout performance by singing sensation alfie bolt. this is pierce morgan tonight. good evening from london, where the f...

and this is what politicians fight about. this is the recovery here. you had a weak spot last summer, a weak spot this summer and now a job market thats doing just a little bit better. so what are the politicians saying about it? heres the spin. the white house focuses on this. 29 months in a row of private sector job growth. the economy has now added private sector jobs for 29 straight months for a total of 4 miion jobs during that period. and what about governor romney? they tend to ...

"the situation room". we begin with the state of unemployment in america, just three months before election day. both democrats and republicans have something to seize on in the newest jobs report. employers say they added 163,000 jobs to the u.s. economy in july. thats better than economists expected, and something for the obama camp to hang its hat on. but the romney camp is pointing to this figure, the overall unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 8.3%, because american household...

thanks to dry brush and strong win winds. so far, dozens of structures have been burned, but there are hundreds more homes that are threatened this morning. one of the worst of the fires burning right now is in luther, oklahoma. investigators there are looking into the possibility that the fire was deliberately set by a man allegedly throwing burning wads of paper into a pasture. more extreme weather now and tropical storm ernesto is moving west toward jamaica. people in southern jam...

wildfire seasons on record, it is now oklahomas turn. the wildfires in more than a dozen counties are primed to get worse from low humidity, high winds and 110-plus-degree temperatures. so far, flames have eaten through 60-plus buildings and forced evacuations. whats worse, investigators believe one of the wildfires is an arson. i spoke earlier with a reporter from our oklahoma city affiliate koco. >> reporter: initially, they were looking for a man in a pickup truck because someone ca...

rob, help me out here. whats going on? >> theyre filing out, don. theyve just suspended festivities at lollapalooza because of the line of storms thats moving in the last couple years weve had a rash of accidents and unfortunate events with concerts and outdoor venues during summer time severe weather events like were having right now. thats whats happening out at lollapalooza. we have another tower cam showing michigan avenue outside of our cnn bureau there in chicago. traffic at a st...