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july, but so was the unemployment rate. the dueling data left everyone to draw their own conclusions from job seekers to presidential hopefuls. a hot july of getting away from it all for some and worrying about the economy for nearly everyone. today, after three sluggish months, the labor department said that in july, employers added 163,000 jobs-- the most since february. on average, thereve been 151,000 jobs added each month this year, but thats still not enough to push down the unem...

the administration and democrats are saying, "step up to the table on tax revenues first." >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> woodruff: science correspondent miles obrien previews nasas latest high-risk mission. its mars or bust for their curiosity rover. >> how many things have to go right? >> a tremendous number. we have 79 different pyro devices that have to go correctly that all have to function. >> all 79 have to fire. >> all 79 have to fire. if one...

i think thats the confusing part. >> well, thats because we have two different surveys that are used to report information on whats happening in the labor market. we have a survey of employers, over 400,000 employers that the employment number is drawn from. thats a very large survey and does a reasonably good job at counting net changes in employment in the economy. so we have a smaller survey of about 60,000 households thats used to calculate the unemployment rate and look at some of...

>> woodruff: the number of new american jobs was higher in july, but so was the unemployment rate. the dueling data left everyone to draw their own conclusions from job seekers to presidential hopefuls. a hot july of getting away from it all for some and worrying about the economy for nearly everyone. today, after three sluggish months, the labor department said that in july, employers added 163,000 jobs-- the most since february. on average, thereve been 151,000 jobs added each month ...

who says he knows exactly where she disappeared. first, as we do every morning, we begin with a look at todays eye opener. "your world in 90 seconds." this storm packed a hurricane wallop without hurricane warning. >> deadly summer storms leave millions of americans in the dark. >> nearly 3 million people remain without power. >> in the middle of a hisric heat wave. >> this morning 20 states are under heat advisories. >> it is brutal. it is hot. at least 17 deaths are being blamed ...

amelia earhart vanished. well introduce you to one man who knows exactly where she disappeared. first, as we do every morning, we begin with a look at todays eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds. this storm packed a hurricane wallop without hurricane warnings. >> deadly summer storms leave millions of americans in the dark. >> nearly 3 million people remain without power to fend for themselves in the middle of an historic heat wave. >> 20 states are under heat advisories. >> it is ...

school bus after the driver suffers an apparent heart attack. were going to hear from that young hero "today," tuesday, were going to hear from that young hero "today," tuesday, april 10th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. im ann curry. >> and im david gregory. matt is off again this morning. we dont often think about this tinder box conditions here in the west. but emergency crews dealing with fast-moving wild fires ...

and springing into action. a 13-year-old takes control of a school bus after the driver suffers an apparent heart attack. were going to hear from the young hero today, tuesday, april 10, 2012. and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. im ann curry. and welcome to "today." >> im david gregory. matt is off this morning. we dont often think of the tinderbox conditions in the west, but theres what were dealing with. this one drove people out of their homes in long island here in ...

>> right? >> shes in there like, barometric pressure. >> i go in to the "wake up with al" studio, shes already in there. >> with the green screen behind her so she can do the low pressure front moving in. >> we kid. >> we do. because we love, right? >> as you can see, david is here, als here, savannahs here. speaking of the tale, were going to talk about a little bit of the dangerous weather and how its affecting people all across the country with these dangerous wildfires burning in t...

tom brokaw is here to share his thoughts on his friend "today," monday, april 9th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this monday morning, im ann curry. >> im david gregory. matt has the morning off this morning. i guess this is a question of hate now in these crimes, a shooting spree in tulsa, oklahoma. the two men who have been arrested in connection with this spree, they shared a house, both are white, the victims, of course, african-amer...