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first as we head here into the labor day weekend with a brutal report on the job market. basically, it has come to a grinding halt. the unemployment rate for august didn't budge an inch. here you have the number. it is still sitting at 9.1%. the net number here, that's the important part. the net number of jobs created in august. zero, none, goose egg. private employers did add 17,000 jobs last month. but do the math. government eliminated 17,000. so the net change is zero. this really is a once in a blue moon event. if you think about it. the last time the bottom line on jobs was ze...

hiding. if he is, they didn't get him. a few hours later gadhafi or presumably his voice turn up on a sympathetic tv network al rai. >> translator: give way or give up ourselves to them. we're not stupid. you know, we're not a coward. the libyan people are -- >> few hours ago, the voice was back. this time gadhafi called on his followers to start an insurgency like the one that nearly destroyed iraq after the fall of saddam hussein. >> translator: we will fight against you wherever you are. we will sacrifice our lives so that the sand of libya will become and the stones of libya will...

operating but on a weekend schedule. and bus service is on a modified weekday schedule. so the only thing that is suspended is all the new jersey transit rail service except for the atlantic city rail line. everything else will be operating but on a reduced schedule, fewer trips. >> i'm sorry, that confuses earlier information we got earlier. there would be service on the northeast corridor -- >> no, it's under water. nothing. the tranrail station is under four feet of water. no amtrak. so happy to be of assistance. beth? >> how will people actually get to work? the fact that they ca...

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Prospects but jay carney said he promised unemployment will go down if his plan passes. take a listen. >> come forward with specific proposals that by any objective measure would add to growth and job creation in the short-term. >> remember when they were selling the stimulus in 2009, this white house also promised that if the stimulus passed, unemployment would not get worse than 8%. that did not pan out. so you've got to keep these promises in check. obviously. finally late tonight, the speaker revealed that he is officially invited the president to speak at 7:00 p.m. eastern next thursday n...