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just enough jobs added to tout and just enough lost that it may start to cool the economy. but how will voters see today s numbers as they head to the polls? plus, donald trump very big on the very for 2024. i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? [ cheers and applause ] but will federal investigations catch up with him first very? and kevin durant tries to talk about the anti-semitic comments that got his teammate kyrie irving suspended and now forced to clarify what he meant. welcome back to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. it s crunch time. four days left for candidates to make their closing arguments to voters before tuesday s election. the trend suggests the republicans are well positioned to take the house, but control of the senate rests on a knife s edge which means every race is criminal. democrats got a moral boost today shows the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs last month. but a separate measurement of the unemployment rate ....
on this year s summer games. and no men allowed. saudi arabia s ambitious new plan to separate the sexes, a first of its kind city exclusively for women by women and of women. newsroom begins right now. good morning and thanks for joining us, everyone, i m deborah feyerick in for carol ko costello. the wisconsin congressman hits the campaign trail on his n. he is set to visit the iowa state fair today. meanwhile, mitt romney will continue on his bus tour. the gop candidate is in florida making two campaign stops today, the first in st. augustine, romney s first event will soon get under way. interestingly enough romney is joined this morning by florida senator marco rubio, a man who is on the short list in the veep stakes. jim acosta is joining us now from st. augustine and, jim, what s going on there? reporter: well, this romney event is getting started a little later than the romney campaign expected. they got in very late last night. well after midnight. it s ....
a u.s. navy destroyer is damaged heading into the persian gulf. not from combat, but essentially a traffic accident in the strait of hormuz. the uss porter collided with a japanese-owned oil tanker. police shot and killed a man near new york s times square. the man allegedly threatened officers saturday with a knife. it s unclear whether the suspect injured any pedestrians. police pepper sprayed t man six times, and he still refused to drop the knife, and it was a big knife. the man was taken to a hospital where he later died. evangelist billy graham is hospitalized. the 93-year-old has a pulmonary infection believed to be bronchitis. his spokesman says graham is being treated with antibiotics and is improving. the hospital in asheville, north carolina, says graham is in stable condition but will spend tonight in the hospital. team usa won the men s basketball gold medal. it was a close game. the american team led spain by one point after the third quarter. kevin ....
happening now in the newsroom. picture of the morning, color curiosity red. successfully landing overnight to cheers, hugs and tears. nasa erupting with pride this morning. an amazing feat and an amazing view. deadly strike at nascar. lightning killing one and injuring nine others. severe storms forcing 85,000 fans to run for cover. startling new images from space showing just how much pollution crosses the pacific into america. nearly half of all the smoke and dust and ash and pollen above us coming from more than 7,000 miles away. and bad behavior to bolt. someone threw a beer bottle a beer bottle at jamaican olympic sprinter usain bolt. who does something like that? newsroom starts right now. and good morning to you. thank you for joining us this monday morning. i m carol costello. we begin with new details on the bloody rampage at a sikh temple and the man who opened fire. as mourners lit candles and honored the six people killed, a troubling image emerg ....
erin burnett. and the market looking for the slightest bit of good news, and got a little bit today and surged. the dow is up 213 point, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we haven t been able to clear that hurdle since march. it s been a really grim stretch. so there was a little bit of relief today. the bottom line is this. the american economy only has to add another 316,000 jobs to get back to where it was in january 2009 when barack obama took office. now, that would mean that he breaks even. but remember, in january of 2009, the economy was in a really bad place, and what he needs to do to make people feel really good, like the economy is recovering, is not only to break even for himself, but ....