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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 ...

to early start. thank you for being with us. >> i'm john berman. 5:00 in the east and counting down to the big jobs report that has huge political and economic implications. >> what we can expect and the health hazard that forced the first family of one state to move out of the governor's mansion. >> it is flat on the gross. something truly fantastic. we are talking about the olympics and that's her. the flying squirrel who is now the golden girl. 16-year-old gabby douglas cemented her legacy as the first straight american and the first african-american to win the women's all-around ...

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 ...