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finally, a job's report that beats expectations. sure, expectations were low, under 100,000, but look at this official net gain for july. 163,000. that's the most new jobs since february. the unemployment rate, meanwhile, a separate survey ticked up last month to 8.3%. christine romans watching this all-important gauge of economic vitality, shall we say. would you call the july numbers vital? i would say it's vital to the president's re-election prospects and vital to every single family in america who is trying to figure out if they can keep their job or get a job. yes, this is a re...

ins priebus and dominique dawes and ryan beatty. "starting point" begins right now. our starting poirnt this morning, america's new golden girl is gabby douglas making history last night. 16 years old, first african-american to women the all-around gold medal. amanda davies, it was so z exciting to watch her. just perfection, out did herself each and every time. how was the feeling while everyone was watching her? >> reporter: it was incredible. it was probably written in the stars, did you know if you rearrange the letters of gabby douglas's sir name, what does it spell, but usa gol...

you're in the situation room. it's part economics snapshot, part political football and there's only three more jobs reports coming out before the november election. the latest one released today has something for everybody. the labor didn't reports better than job gains in july. the unemployment rate still picked up a notch. dan, how does all this play out on the campaign trail? >> reporter: for mitt romney it allows him to say see, i told you so. unemployment still going up. it's still above 8%. what the president is doing is not working. the president was putting the spotlight o...

grounded, some parts of the 2,500 mile lifeline 50 feet below flood levels last year. america's fight over same-sex marriage coming down to a fried chicken sandwich. today, round two, a kiss-in at chick-fil-a's nationwide. we'll talk to the organizer live in 30 minutes. "newsroom" starts right now. and good morning to you, happy, happy friday, i'm carol costello. we begin this friday morning with some better news about the nation's economy. the labor department says 163,000 jobs were created last month beating expectations of around 95,000. in the meantime, the unemployment rate ...

amanda knox sentenced to 26 years in prison for killing her roommate. the defense claims dna evidence used to convict knox is unreliable. the prosecution says independent experts ignored other key evidence, which reports that knox said in a letter she was worried but that she was thinking of what she would do once she was back in the u.s. after more than two years in iranian prison two freed american are calling their trial on charges of spying a sham. josh fattal and shane bauer say they were hostages. fattal, bauer and fellow hiker sarah shourd were arrested in 2009 when they cro...