countries these days. the turnout so far has been pretty good according to the electoral commission. we expect to hear more when the polls close. they re expected to close in about two hours. possible extensions to that. so far we are told more voters than expected have turned out. who s on the ballot today? well, that is one of the key issues here, gary, is people are overwhelmed by the choice. thousands of candidates are running in this election for the national congress. most of them are virtually unknown to the libyan population who, for more than 40 years, knew one man only, moammar gadhafi, and today, his picture was replaced by the pictures of thousands of people. some are individual candidates running, others are representing more than 300 political entity, islamists, liberals, different political groupings. end of the day, gary, they have to work together, no matter who emerges from this election and it s very hard to tell with no real polling who will come out f
an unannounced visit to afghanistan and announcement on troop withdrawal. two great whites threaten the coast of cape cod. now the hunt is on to find them before they claim a human life. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 8:00 on the east coast. 5:00 a.m. out west. thanks for waking up with us. we start this morning with the economy and new jobs report. it wasn t quite what experts had hoped. just 80,000 jobs added in june. that fell below expectations and caused a ripple through the stock market. the dow down 124 points at the close. there was some good news. additions in manufacturing jobs was a highlight for the white house. 14,000 jobs were added in that sector. so how is this all playing on the campaign trail? we ll get into that at the bottom of the hour. there are a number of weather warnings across the country today. it s because it s going to be a scorcher for many of you. take a look at the map with me. if you live in these areas, and i m sure you pro
what may have caused this shocking end to a life seemingly spinning out of control? and great white shark spottings heightened. fears along the cape cod area. our own brian todd is on a boat with experts trying to track them down. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. right now a disappointing jobs report kicks off day two of president obama s bus tour into overdrive and arms his opponent, mitt romney, with new political ammunition to use against him. look at this. unemployment is stuck at 8.2%. and only 80,000 jobs added in june. the numbers are even worse when you look at minorities. we re covering all sides of this dramatic political story. our own dan lothian and dana bash, they are both standing by live. but first cnn s poppy harlow breaks down the numbers. hi there, wolf. i think the headline for this jobs report is disappointing. only 80,000 jobs created in the month of june. unemployment stays at 8.2%. we need to be creating somewhere between 300,000
all right. let s take a look at the weather elsewhere as well. stormy along the east coast, with hail and dangerous winds, new england to d.c. as far south as the carolinas. light rain from south dakota into nebraska and kansas. showers from seattle to northern california. more record highs from texas to colorado. triple digits in phoenix and colorado springs. just 60s in the northwest. 80s from fargo to chicago. and baltimore. well, storm debris in another corner of the country is still being cleaned up. hundreds of volunteers spent their weekend at a flood-damaged minnesota zoo. the worst flood in duluth history deluged the city s lake superior. a dozen animals and barnyard exhibit were killed. a polar bear and two harbor seals escaped. the zoo s director is grateful for all of the help. it s humbling. and it s it is almost unbelievable at first. even though you see it, you still can t believe it. they re hoping to have the zoo open again by july 4th. a nice bit of irony th
a passer by used his cell phone to get this video. the blast shattering all the windows of a nearby 16 story office building. investigators now on the case. local reports indicate residents smelled gas before the explosion. and just south of there on china s eastern coast, workers saving some harbor seals which got trapped in the ice. the seals are one of china s highly protected species extremely cold temperatures in the scene nick spot. that s a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. starbucks now, it s super sizing. the coffee chain is set to introduce a new cup. so now we have tall, grande, venti and trenta italian for 30. 31 so i don t know. cost you 30 cents more than than venti apparently only available for iced beverages like coffee, tea and lemonade.