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we'll see what happens. a lot of that will be skewed by the census workers which is kind of a one-time thing. today's numbers were just ugly. you'd like to see these somewhere below 400,000, maybe even down to 350,000 in a strong jobs market, instead we have it way up at 479,000. this four-week moving average is supposed to smooth it out because these things can jump around, that's high, 459,000. companiesing are still laying people off and the ones that are not are probably not hiring. still a pretty rough situation. jenna: and, again, big jobs report tomorrow morning around 8:30. we'll see. that's what we have to do, wait and see. jon, over to you. jon: just in to the fox newsroom, the u.s. senate has passed that jobs bill on a 61-39 vote. it's a bill that allows states to keep about 300,000 teachers and police officers, other public workers on the job as a result of this money coming from
daughter, and they wish -- they wanted her to basically continue with this. and this is a tragedy for everybody involved. the system has failed the whole family, riqka and the parents no doubt. jon: she turns 18 next week. once she turns 18 she can make her own decisions, right? if she never wants to go back to her family again she doesn't have to didn't that the case. >> definitely. legally that is exactly the case, jon, that is the tragedy that everybody in florida and ohio had this whole year to basically get to family together and have them go to counseling and talk to each other. the people who interjected themselves in this case in florida continued their political game in ohio unfortunately and have kept this family apart. they have never actually been to counseling together. and it is a tragedy because dependency is all about reunification. if everybody had proceeded in good faith and the outside parties had stayed out i see no reason why this familiar family
jon? jon: molly in chicago, thank you. jenna? >> the 2-0, high drive. center field deep, going back well, looking up -- [cheers and applause] see ya! there it is! number 600! alexalex rodriguez, the youngesn ever to get to 600 home runs! jenna: that's the yes network's michael kay on a-rod joining six other major league baseball players in the 600 or more club. not everyone's joining the excitement necessarily. joining us now is long time new york sports caster warner wolf or wabc radio in new york. 77 wabc radio, long time. >> long time. i'm excited to be here. i've never met you before. jenna: oh, give me a break. we work together on "imus in the morning" on the fox business network. what's up with this 600 record? >> i'm surprised the fans are going crazy. hey, let's cheer those steroids, come on!
in somalia. u.s. citizens, we are not sure whether the other ones are us citizens or what exactly their citizenship status is. the attorney general really focusing on the fact that there is a disturbing friend, that we are seeing u.s. citizens join or link up with terrorist organizations, that is something that he says the justice department will further investigate. he also pointed out that in many of these communities there are innocent muslims that are not linked but might be caught in these communities where we are seeing some of these activities. we'll continue to watch any developments. a major bust and what's happening in this investigation on the war on terror. jon: apparently a great job by the fbi, general a thanks. three words that will put any parents nerves on edge, school bus accident. harris faulkner is at the breaking news desk and has that from missouri. >> reporter: i tell you i've been counting the backboards and
marriage in california could some day change the law of the entire land. what is the next legal step? how far might this go? knocks news legal analyst bob massey was in the san francisco courtroom to hear the arguments over prop 8, he is joining us now. >> reporter: hey, jon. jon: hey, bob. the judge issued some pretty strong language, pretty strong points i guess in throwing out proposition 8. >> reporter: he did. jon: what is a major one in your mind. >> reporter: the due process of law argument, jon, which essentially says that there is a fundamental right, the right to marry is a fundamental right under the due process clause. as a result he basically is saying, look, you cannot discriminate and sever because one is of the same gender. and as a result of that besides the fundamental right to marry you cannot also discriminate within a class and therefore
earan president charles taylor, accused of selling blood diamonds and buying diamonds for rebels who murdered people in africa. campbell got a pouch of stones from a dinner party from the president years ago but says she doesn't know if they were diamonds. we will have much more in a live report in the next hour of "happening now". jenna: any naked pictures lately? jon: hope not. jenna: if you've gone to an airport, you might have. the marshal service is admits to saving 3000 body scan images. john birr -- birdy is senior counsel for epc, suing to get rid of the standards and suing the marshals to get the images back. how much did these guys get to back at? >> these are detailed naked images that are taken by the airport body scanners. technical experts have likened these to a virtual
fever and disease is a problem, there's an incredible flynn -- influx of people in camps, and they are encountering the shortage of medicine. vaikiations are a problem because of the damaged roads and more wet weather is expected until august 15th. jenna. jenna: there are devastating pictures there. we'll continue to follow that story. sid caiffe. from islamabad, thank you. jon. jon: jon: the bat signal is out! commissioner gordon is going to be calling any minute now. holy treasure, batman, talk about pricey pages! an original number one batman comic book is one of several rare gems up for auction now. not bad for books that the original owner found by
before the election to deal with something so important. jon: that does create part of the political problem, doesn't it, and we're going to have to address this quickly but harry reid is talking about addressing this in september, that's before the november elections. it is going to be potentially a thorny issue, isn't it? >> the chance of 98 percent of the taxpayers continuing tax cuts is not going to pass is crazy, and second, let me give ari a little brief historical thing, last time unemployment was this high was under ronald reagan in '82, he in '83 raised payroll taxes to record high levels and yet we came out and had a pretty gloomy following six years. i don't buy the argument. >> no, no, no. reagan cut taxes in '81. >> he did not. >> there was a small increase in '82. unemployment came down as a result of the marginal income tax rates that reagan put in place for all americans. that's what led to the growth and the boom. >> read your history books. i hate to argue with you on substance, i was a football player and you're a very educated man but i think on this one, i'm right. >> you got intercepted, bob! jon: woo!
jenna: "happening now" in the top box, south korea kicking off its naval drills near the spot where one of its warships sank three months ago, the drill threatened to reignite war in that area. >> firefighters beating flames back from a top secret nuclear facility there, almost six separate fires are raging there. in the bottom box the man hunt for convicted killers, police believe the fugitives that left an arizona prison have left the state and are heading east with a girlfriend. jon: jenna, a supermodel testifying at war crimes trial? it's not something you see every day. but naomi campbell finds herself on the witness stand of the trial for former lib