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captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. tom, american businesses are hiring again. they added 243,000 jobs in january, way above expectations. the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%-- the lowest in three years. that's a big drop from 8.5% percent in december. >> tom: decent numbers. susie, this is good news for out-of-work americans, for the economy and for investors. stocks rallied strongly on that jobs report. the dow surged 156 points, closing at its best level since may of 2008. the nasdaq jumped almost 46 points, and the s&p added almost 20 points. >> susie: t...

from indianapolis. today saturday, february 4, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a saturday morning. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm amy robach. and i think the indianapolis crowd might have our crowd beaten. >> nice crowd out there. rain and snow. unfortunately the game will be played inside a dome stadium, but what a nice crowd out there. i'm excited about the game. >> i'm excited for you, lester, about the game. >> which means you're not excited. >> i didn't say that. >> jenna wolfe is excited about the game. she's outs...

"nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. tom, american businesses are hiring again. they added 243,000 jobs in january, way above expectations. the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%-- the lowest in three years. that's a big drop from 8.5% percent in december. >> tom: decent numbers. susie, this is good news for out-of-work americans, for the economy and for investors. stocks rallied strongly on that jobs report. the dow surged 156 points, closing at its best level since may of 2008. the nasdaq jumped almost 46 points, ...

the spike on bridge traffic to levels we haven't seen in years. >> reporter: this kind of bay area traffic is something mary masoten is seeing more than ever. >> pretty much if i'm not leaving my house by 6:00 in the morning, it's crazy out there. >> reporter: she drives her prius to work from richmond to brisbane every day and that trip includes crossing the bay bridge. >> when you have a big chunk of water out there you live with it. >> reporter: in december we learned she shared that part of her commute with an extra 70,000 cars and trucks an increase of more than 2%. for all seve...

saturday, february 4th. i'm claudine wong. >> good morning, i'm mike mibach. warming in the daytime, cool in the early morning hours. let's check in with rosemary nor the saturday forecast. >> good morning to you! pleasant weather today. widespread 60s for your afternoon, this morning off to a chilly start, some of us dealing with patchy fog. we'll show you where, show you who may be dealing with 30s at this hour. and we've got rain to talk about, coming up. east bay neighborhood flooded overnight, water gushed out from a main near highway 680 in fremont and allie rasmus is live th...