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"the situation room". we begin with the state of unemployment in america, just three months before election day. both democrats and republicans have something to seize on in the newest jobs report. employers say they added 163,000 jobs to the u.s. economy in july. that's better than economists expected, and something for the obama camp to hang its hat on. but the romney camp is pointing to this figure, the overall unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 8.3%, because american households report losing 195,000 jobs. we want to bring in our white house correspondent, dan lothian. so so...

>> and i'm john berman. huge crowds at chick fill a's all across the country. they weigh in about the national debate about gay marriage and free speech. >> some people wanted a sandwich. another thrilling finish leads to gold for team u.s.a. this is cnn breaking news. breaking overnight a frighteningly close call in the skies. three commuter jets came within seconds of a mid-air collision. we're talk 12g seconds after confused air traffic controllers dealing with bad weather launched two flights at another plane that was coming in for another landing. the two closest plains were...

nathan adrian beating the aussie missile in the 100 meter freestyle finish. you've just got to see it. when is gold actually green? olympians being taxed for their gold, silver, and bronze. does first place really mean a $9,000 tax bill? skipping, pirouettes, the extended trot. a 15-year-old mayor enters the olympic sport of dressage today. why is this news, you ask? rafalka is ann romney's horse. "cnn newsroom" begins right now. good morning to you. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. just in this morning, a collision narrowly averted at reagan national airpo...

a commuter airliner and two other planes dangerously close to one another. it happened at washington's reagan national airport. and in an extraordinary move, the faa administrator and the transportation secretary came out today to talk about what happened. our brian todd is at the airport. brian. >> reporter: yeah, candy. extraordinary because for the first time we're getting the hard information from america's two top transportation officials that this was really too close a call. they came out in a hastily called news conference to say, yes, it was too close a call. another part of...