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breaking down the july jobs report this hour. i want to get to t employers added 163,000 jobs in july, much better than the 95,000 that economist also predicted. the unemployment rate rose to 8.3%. the latest political spin as president clinton and mitt romney weigh in on this report. go beyond the numbers to find out what the report says about the state of our economy. we are also going to see how wall street is reacting. president obama and mitt romney did not waste any time giving t...

Megyn: fox news alert, the obama administration speaking out, now, on the oil spill in the gulf, now saying that it is no longer a threat to the florida keys or to the east coast. there had been concerns that that massive spill could reach south florida and the east coast through a powerful loop current that goes down around florida. this is new word coming from the white house on just how much oil is actually in the water. listen to this. according to government estimates, bps broken well spewe...

Well is sealed, until we have no oil on the surface, until the beaches are clean, until the federal, state and local officials agree that the beaches are clean. we need to stay engaged. >> reporter: the federal government has some good news for florida this morning regarding the oil spill. they say there is no indication that the oil got into the loop current. because the oil is degrading, they now think it wont have a significant impact and southern florida, the florida keys and along the east ...

We will check in with the severe weather expert, and meteorologist chad myers. you are tracking the storm. what the latest, chad? >> well, the best news that i can give you, literally, wolf. this is six hours ago, and i will move you into the current. notice what it looked like back here when it was one big red ball. that is all by itself. that is when it moved onshore near miami. and in fact, over cutler bay, and through miami-dade and now it is back offshore and many times they will regenerate...

Oil well, we dipped into the gulf waters and immediately -- >> a dolphin right there. look at that. >> a bunch of dolphins right out in front of us. >> reporter: were welcomed by evidence at least near that the surface, that the ecosystem here is healthy.ç >> the vents are shut. >> reporter: on board the harbor branch submersible in a separate rear chamber, marine biologist dr. shirley pomponi and a safety technician. while up front, i joined pilot don libratori. he spent 34 years navigating t...

Visual signs of the oil. >> reporter: this is day 13 of their month-long mission. were on the edge of the so-called loop current. an undersea highway that may carry the oil and dispersants far from the source. >> were collecting a sample. >> reporter: morning dive 37.front. the goal to gather baseline data like coral and sponges that build snapshots in case oil later shows up. if there is oil, they know theyre collecting evidence for the federal government that later may be challenged in court b...

>> reporter: this is day 13 of their month-long mission. were on the edge of the so-called loop current. an undersea highway that may carry the oil and dispersants far from the source. >> 219 feet, were collecting a sample. >> reporter: morning dive number 3791, in an area known as the ledges. the goal to gather baseline data like scoops of sediment, corals and sponges, all samples that build snapshots of the before in case later, oil shows up. if there is oil here now, they know theyre collecti...

Feeders. >> by taking samples of any of the samples you may be able to determine if theyre concentrating any small amounts of oil and/or dispersandispersa. >> the reason the oil may come here, the so-called loop current which is an undersea highway. the leaking oil that never floated to the surface caught in that current could wind up hundreds, even thousands of miles away. thats why the harbor branch oceangraphic team from florida university is working with the federal government to get what th...

And development. a rare glimpse into what is happening underwater with the animals and the oil. kerry sanders went diving in the gulf waters. good morning, kerry. >> i am on the research vessel "stewart johnson" and im here with the folks, the scientists from florida university who are working in conjunction with the federal government. that is the submarine. the four-manxd submersible that theyre using here to go down and do some research, to basically get what they call a baseline. to take a...

Slick has shrunk considerably. >> we see light at the end of the tunnel. its a very long tunnel. but today were making progress. >> reporter: which is a good thing. because the more than 400 skimmers have had very little impact, catching perhaps 80,000 barrels of the 5 million barrels that have spewed into the gulf. >> we still have an awful lot of oil out in the gulf of mexico. >> reporter: while oil has hit beaches and marshes in four states, this weekend, there was no sign of oil on alabamas ...