united nations human rights officials are in an emergency meeting today. they are talking about last week s horrific massacre in syria. top u.n. human rights officials are urging the world community to throw more weight behind efforts to investigate what actually happened. 108 people died when witnesses say an armed man went door to door killing entire families, including children. ugly day on wall street today. one big reason, disappointing jobs report for may. the labor department says that employers added just 69,000 jobs. the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2%. alison kosik is watching what s taking place at the new york stock exchange. how is this jobs number here, this report today, dragging down the markets? clearly they re responding. yes, yes. well, i talked to several traders and they told me they are stunned over this lousy jobs number that you said, the 69,000 number from may. so it s really no surprise that you re seeing a huge sell-off right now. the dow fa
here s what john edwards had to say after the trial. i want to make sure that everyone hears from me and from my voice that while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was ever doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. the federal government still has the option of a retrial, that doesn t seem very likely at this point. joining me to talk about all of that, senior legal analyst jeff toobin and david peril managing ed tord of radaronline.com and former editor-in-chief of the national enquirer which first broke the john edwards pregnancy scandal. jeff, are you surprised by this verdict? not at all. this was a weak, weak case, but john edwards was a deeply unappealing person to the jury, so you can see how the jury was pushed in different directions and i think in a way, a mostly hung jury is sort of appropriate resolution of this case because you wouldn t want to see john edwards given how he lived his life walking out of ther
seriously. the national spelling bee champ wins with the word most of us have likely never used, maybe not even ever heard of. the answer to that is probably no, right? these kids are really bright nowadays. nothing surprises me anymore. every year they get smarter and smarter. good morning, everybody, welcome to early start. we re really happy to have you here this morning. we are bringing you the news from a to z 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. up first, john edwards likely off the legal hook for good after a jury acquitted him of one count of campaign finance fraud and was hopelessly deadlocked on five other counts. the judge declaring a mistrial on those charges. and many legal experts don t expect prosecutors to retry the former presidential candidate who was accused of misusing campaign contributions to hide an extramarital affair during the 2008 election. here is our jeffrey toobin. i don t see any rationale for going forward with this case. jo
politics now dirty from a fraud trial. he walks free and is now seeking redemption. i don t think god is through with me. i really believe he thinks there s still some good things i can do. this morning what s next for john edwards. graduation scare. a bear on the loose in bakersfield. this 120-pound bear startling students and stopping the ceremony. plus we have a champion of the 2012 national spelling bee. queen bee. spelling ace. 14-year-old girl from san diego capturing the national title with the word guetapens. what does it mean? i m not going to tell you right now. newsroom starts right now. good morning. happy friday to you. let s get straight to the jobs report. not such great news because it is shaping up to be another brutal day on wall street. stock futures point to a huge negative open after disappointing news on the job market. just 69,000 jobs were created last month missing expectations of more than twice that number. the unemployment rate, well,