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, it rose slightly to 8.2%. jobs were added in the health care and transportation industry while the construction sector lost them. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange and the job news comes as dow and nasdaq posted the worst monthly performance in two years. >> buckle up for it today. an ugly one today. one analyst calls it pathetic. another analyst tells me, you know what? the u.s. isn't slowing down at this point. it's pulling up the emergency brake. we're seeing stock futures tumble. about a half hour before the opening bell rings, once again we are looking at 175 drop for the dow at the opening bell and we're watching oil prices tumble. oil prices. they are down more than 4% right now below $83 a barrel.

that's on the expectation that demand for oil is going to drop as the economy continues to slow down. now, keep in mind the jobs data is definitely going to dominate the conversation today. investors are darn concerned about data coming out overseas. there are reports of slowdowns and manufacturing sectors in china and france and spain and germany and italy. this has major implications for u.s. businesses and ultimately u.s. jobs. to give you an example, look at caterpillar. it does huge business in europe and asia. shares lost 14% in may on the expectation that its business is pretty much going to lag because of the slowdown globally happening. >> we'll get back to you as you watch numbers on wall street. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. now to political stars descending on wisconsin this morning with the governor's recall election gaining national attention on the republican side south carolina governor nikki

haley is campaigning for walker. and bill clinton is campaigning for tom barrett. bill is being bill. >> i don't think we ought to get in the position where we say this is bad work. this is good work. i think, however, the real issue ought to be, what has governor romney advocated in the campaign that he will do as president? what has president obama done and what does he propose to do? how do these things stack up against each other? that's the most relevant thing. >> and bill clinton also praised mitt romney's business record and that's how he kind of threw him under the bus. paul steinhauser is here now. republicans are pretty happy about that this morning. >> i've gotten three e-mails

already this morning from the republican national committee touting this and sound out in the interview from piers morgan. this is when surrogates go bad. you could say he went off message last night on cnn. he called mitt romney's business record sterling. he said mitt romney is qualified to be president. but in his defense, bill clinton also did say he thinks barack obama, the president, will win re-election by five or six points. bill clinton becomes the most high profile surrogate to say these things and pushback against the obama campaign's push against mitt romney's time at bain capital. you remember corey booker, the newark, new jersey, mayor, that was a big tempest in a tea pot and then massachusetts governor saying similar things and now bill clinton. guess what? monday night in new york city, bill clinton and barack obama team up for a fund-raiser for the president's re-election. maybe they will talk about this.

>> maybe so. paul steinhauser live in washington for us. bill clinton as i told you will speak in just about two hours from milwaukee and just to remind you what this wisconsin recall election is all about. last year governor scott walker moved to cut most collective bargaining rights for state workers that not only set off huge protests but ultimately a recall drive. as cnn ted rowlands reports, it's still splitting the state. >> reporter: scott walker shouldn't campaign until 2014 but now the governor of wisconsin made so many people mad in his first few months in office he's facing a recall. were you surprised the recall did go through and what could have you done to prevent it? >> if you would have asked me a year and a half ago, i would have been surprised. what would i have done

differently? i would have spent more time making the case for the reform. >> reporter: the reforms slashed the power the public employee unions which set off a firest m firestorm. thousands of protesters were angry that walker launched what they saw as a surprise attack against labor unions. walker's new law which he signed last year makes employee contributions to the unions optional. walker's opponent milwaukee mayor tom barrett says walker's grand plan from the start was to attack labor unions. >> i look back at 2011 and governor walker -- these are his words. these are not my words. said he was going to drop the bomb. that was his first phrase. >> drop the bomb is from that phony phone call that walker thought he was talking to billionaire donor david coke. >> i had all my cabinet over to the residence for dinner. talked about what we were going to do and how we were going to do it. we already built plans up. it was the last hurrah before we dropped the bomb.

>> second phrase he said was going to divide and conquer. >> reporter: that's from this clip showing walker talking to a supporter shortly after he was elected. >> the first step is we're going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions and use divide and conconquer. >> reporter: he says you started a civil war in wisconsin. is that true? >> we said we'll stand up and take on the special interest that had dominated things at both the state and local level and instead stand with the hard working taxpayers of wisconsin. >> reporter: both candidates agree that wisconsin voters are split. >> you have situations where neighbors don't want to talk to neighbors and workers won't talk to fellow workers. >> this is not the wisconsin way. we've had passionate debates before. back in 2000 and 2004 we were the closest blue state in america. and we still got on. >> reporter: with less than a week to go, scott walker has a slight lead in the polls. he says win or lose, he has no regrets. >> i'm doing everything in my power to win in terms of

reaching out to voters but i have never been afraid to lose. >> reporter: even if he does lose, his new union law will remain in place. ted rowlands, cnn, milwaukee. prosecutors have not decided whether to retry john edwards but after yesterday's mistrial the former presidential candidate said "i don't think god's through with me." edwards did not testify during his corruption trial but after the verdict he talked to reporters about what he called his sins. >> while i do not believe i did anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. >> prosecutors accused edwards of using nearly $1 million in illegal campaign contributions to keep his pregnant mistress under wraps during his 2008 run. some encouraging news in the intense wildfire fight in southwestern new mexico. firefighters say calmer winds shifted wind direction and higher humidity are helping them gain more control of the fire. the fire has become the largest

wildfire in new mexico's history burning more than 190,000 acres. sun trust mortgage has agreed to pay $21 million to resolve a discrimination lawsuit. the suit claimed the lender discriminated against african-american and hispanic borrowers. 2.5 year justice department investigation found that between 2005 and 2009, suntrust increased loan prices for many qualified minorities. nasa and congress are praising the maker of a commercial spacecraft that returned to earth and splashed into the pacific ocean. you can see it floating out there. that's the tip of the dragon capsule bobbing there in the water. the founder of spacex calls it a grand slam. it is the first time a commercial spacecraft completed a mission to the international space station. spa spacex i replacing the nasa shuttle program as a way to deliver supplies to the international space station. an eighth grader from san diego says she knew she would spell the winning word of the national spelling bee correctly

because she had seen it before. >> guetapens. g-u-e-t-a-p-e-n-s. >> that's snigdha nandipati. the word is a french word meaning ambush, snare or trap. she told soledad o'brien on "starting point" that she trained hard for this win. >> a tough year. must have been fabulous when the confetti starting raining down on you. >> that's when i realized i actually won. >> now i read that you study something like six hours a day? is that right? >> yeah. on the weekdays i study six hours and then the weekends from 10 to 12 hours. >> so then now that you are the

winner, you get to take a break? cut back to 30 minutes? >> yeah. yeah. well, actually i don't have to do spelling anymore because there are no more spelling bees in the high school. >> right. right. you aged out now. >> yeah. >> good for her. she won $30,000 and gifts. a jury deadlocks and now john edwards is free to focus on his future. what does his future hold? it's up for debate. ♪ ♪ ♪ and we dream up ♪ all the best stuff ♪ and we can make it up ♪ cause we were made for each other ♪ ♪ for always ♪ oh oh ♪ for always

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243 years. the next one will happen in 2117. with corruption trial behind him, former presidential candidate john edwards is seeking redemption. >> i don't think god's through with me. i really believe he thinks there's still some good things i can do. and whatever happens with this legal stuff going forward, what i'm hopeful about is all those kids that i've seen in the poorest parts of this country and in some of the poorest places in the world that i can help them. >> is any kind of redemption possible? edwards stunning free-fall began with a headline that earned tabloid consideration for a pulitzer prize.

joining me now is a vanity fair writer. you have written about john edwards. when he came out after the trial wrapped up and the jury was dismissed, were you surprised he made a public statement? >> i wasn't surprised at all. john edwards is someone that has continued campaign after campaign to seek the spotlight despite problems in his personal life. i do not think we've seen the last of john edwards. >> the part in his statement, you know, as we know edwards initially lied about fathering that child, the child he had out of wedlock, and one thing was this public change of heart about this illegitimate child named quinn. let's listen. >> my precious quinn, who i love

more than any of you could ever imagine, and i am so close to and so, so grateful for. >> so he denied her existence before and now he's embracing her. he seemed to come to tears but i don't know. that part of the speech took some courage to say. >> yeah. courage is one word for it. although he is now acknowledging the existence of his out of wedlock child, i don't think that's enough to exonerate him in the public eye. to clear the way for another campaign or political office. he alluded to helping impoverished children and i think if he wanted to set up a sort of foundation or be more involved that would be something that he can do. whether that will satisfy his perpetual need to be in the political spotlight, i don't think so. i don't think that with what we've seen the sort of stuff that has come out during the

trial that he's in any position to run for public office. >> i was going to ask you. he seems to want public redemption but maybe the best thing to do would be to go away and quietly work for the poor and not talk about it. >> absolutely. i think that's completely correct. i feel though that even though he was acquitted of one of the charges against him and a mistrial was called, and he wasn't actually found guilty of anything, i think most people still will agree that he is not a great person. although he's not a criminal in the eyes of the law, i think he's not in a position to run for public office. and both prosecution and the defense were clear about that during the course of the trial. this is not a man who made good decisions. this is not a man who treated had his family well. the defense at least argued that his actions were not criminal. >> thanks for joining us this morning. >> thanks so much for having me. after heating criticism that

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the jobs report came out this morning. unemployment rate up to 8.2%. john boehner had a lot to say about that. he's holding a live press conference. this is what he had to say about five minutes ago. >> it's pretty clear the american people are still asking the question where are the jobs? another month of disappointing job gains. it's pretty clear that the american people are hurting. small businesses continue to avert hiring any additional people. it's clear that the policies that we've seen are not working. i would just hope that the

president, my colleagues in the senate, will look at our plan to create american jobs and pass over 30 bills sitting in the united states senate. we can help the american people at a time of this great need if the senate would just look at the bills that are before us. you've watched us for the last year and a half come up here every day and every week and make clear that our focus is focus of the american people. we promised that we'll listen to the american people and focus is on this economy and jobs. that's why that's continued to be our focus each and every day over the last year and a half and it will remain that because the american people are in a desperate spot. millions of americans have lost their jobs, are looking for work and it's time for us to change course and have real policies that will put americans back to work. >> let's head to washington and check in with paul steinhauser and talk about those 30 bills

sitting in the u.s. senate. the u.s. senate is controlled by democrats. it was a little poke to them. does he have a point, john boehner, those 30 bills sitting in the united states senate, would they get the economy moving if there was action taken? >> that's the republican line here. you heard it from john boehner and other top republicans who have been speaking this morning including congressman hensarling on cnn earlier today. they say president obama's policies are not working. you heard john boehner just now use the word clear a couple times. carol, you heard the same word from mitt romney, presumptive republican nominee. he put out a statement a few minutes ago. part said it's clear that president obama's policies failed to achieve goals and obama economy is crushing america's middle class. how does this play into the election? it's simple. mitt romney says i can do a better job creating jobs than

president obama. that's his main story line. >> i get that from mitt romney because he's running against the president. the house speaker, john boehner, he has to still work with the president to get our economy moving. is this really the right time to be campaigning for mitt romney? >> unfortunately right now in an election year with just five months to go, carol, i think that kind of dwarfs everything else. it's casting a shadow over what's going on here in washington. democrats and republicans try to work things out in congress. it's a very bitter climate right now here on capitol hill, carol. >> paul steinhauser live in washington for us. we're used to seeing tempers flare in politics but this? >> these damn bills that come out of here all the damn time at the last second and i have to figure out how to vote for my people. >> maybe we need that in the u.s. senate. this is from the illinois state house. he's on fire after a last-minute vote on a pension bill.

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yet another lousy jobs report causing stocks to tank on wall street. the opening bell rang just moments ago. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange watching the numbers here and they are ugly. >> they're ugly. you have a seat belt fastened. it's going to be one of those days. dow dropping 115 points. we're one minute into the session on the heels of that very dismal jobs report showing that only 69,000 jobs were added to the economy. the expectation is we would have seen at least 150,000. it's a clear miss there. also those in march and in april the revisions are actually lowered meaning the numbers were revised lower for those job additions. a bad report. this in addition to bad reports yesterday on economic growth in the u.s. in first three months of this year falling from 2.2%

to 1.9% rate. this of course the second reading on gdp. we'll get a third and final reading on that. jobs picture is a good indication many analysts say the economic growth number when final one comes out will not look good either. carol? >> alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. unemployment rate went up to 8.2%. not the statistic that new college graduates want to hear right now. they're ready for the job market to open up but it doesn't look like the job market is ready for them. here's cnn's richard roth. >> check my mail. >> reporter: joe is anxiously waiting for a job offer. the marketing and pr major just graduated from seton hall university. while in school, he worked in the marketing department for three years. but he entered college as the great recession began in 2008. >> it's a battle. it can get very frustrating.

i think the person that i am, you have to just kind of shrug that off and start again. >> reporter: testa's university supervisor says she hates to lose him but the class of 2012 has to be creative in their job search. >> they have to be assertive about what it is they want. they can't wait for jobs to come to them in any way. >> reporter: ladies and gentlemen, the class of 2012. god bless them. >> reporter: graduates acknowledge they are headed out into the real world. >> easiest part of life is over now. >> reporter: if the trend continues, it's estimated one out of two new graduates in this class will not have a job lined up. >> a little scared. i don't have a job lined up. not sure what i want to do. >> finding a career in uncertain economic times. >> reporter: graduation speakers remind the students of unknown challenges ahead. having a college degre does increase job prospects compared to a high school graduate.

>> i personally am optimistic. i am employed. yeah, me. >> i've been waiting for this day for four years. i'm so excited. i can't wait to get out there and start working. >> reporter: for graduates such as joe testa, recruiters offer tips like networking and casting a wide net. >> this one is really cool. >> reporter: plus use of social media. >> if i'm on linked in i might look for someone else that graduated from my university and then maybe i'll find someone who is in the industry i'm interested in and that may be a connection worth exploring. >> congratulations and god bless you. >> richard roth joins us live now. so, richard, some of those grads seemed optimistic. is it all doom and gloom? it's hard not to be gloomy, right? >> reporter: it's not gloom and doom for everybody. today's jobs numbers won't help people's attitudes. one study said that for graduates under the age of 25, the unemployment rate over 9%. they are taking part-time jobs.

that's why things could even be worse. they are taking low level jobs despite having a bachelor's degree. bartending, waitressing, retail jobs. they don't have that optimism that previous generations had accepting those positions that it will get better and they'll move up the ladder later on. >> richard roth, live in new york city. you've seen outburst from lawmakers before but probably never seen anything quite like this. >> this is not the american way. these damn bills that come out of here all the damn time. come out here at the last second. i got to try to figure out how to vote for my people. you should be ashamed of yourselves. i'm sick of it. every year we give power to one person. enough! i feel like someone trying to be released from egypt. let my people go! >> i like the people sitting around him. no reaction whatsoever.

actually, this is illinois state representative mike bost enraged over how little time he had to review a bill before the session ended and refsaid the speaker hs too much power. a much calmer legislator had this to say later on. >> it had been an extremely rough day with 300-page bill that changed that we worked on for a year and a half and they came in ten minutes before the meeting and decided we would hand you a bill brand new with all of the things that we had not supported. there was a problem. >> the session ended early this morning, the governor plans to call lawmakers back to deal with pension reform. now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question this morning, is there a second act for john

edwards? john edwards is off the hook. likely he'll never have to pay despite prosecutors belief that he violated campaign finance laws. look at the cover of new york post today. it says john edwards is still guilty of being a really lousy human being. right now it's hard to remember this john edwards from 2008. >> there is one man, there is one man who knows and understands that is a time for bold leadership. there is one man that knows how to create the change the lasting change that you have to build from the ground up. there's one man who knows in his heart that it is time to create one america, not two. and that man is barack obama. >> but that was before we found out about the $400 haircuts, the cheating on a cancer stricken wife and the love child. still, after court was over, edwards sought redemption from

you. >> i don't think god's through with me. i really believe he thinks there's still some good things i can do. and whatever happens with this legal stuff going forward, what i'm hopeful about is all those kids that i've seen in the poorest parts of this country and in some of the poorest places in the world, that i can help them. >> by his own admission, edwards put his family and friends through the riwringer. some say the trial alone was punishment enough. talk back question for you today. could there possibly be a second act for john edwards? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. pop superstar justin bieber passes out in paris. what happened during last night's show that knocked him out cold. hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water, i'm different. i've got nine grams of protein.

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>> you know that song. "she loves you." there's a lot of love for the fab four from "rolling stone" magazi magazine. three of the top five albums are the greatest. number one, the beatles "sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band." it's been quite a week for justin bieber. the pop superstar was accused of roughing up a photographer, he caused pandemonium in norway and now he walked into a glass wall into a concert in paris. a.j. hammer has the scoop. hi. >> yeah. he is hurt. he got a concussion. bieber kept a sense of humor about what happened. he's been joking about it on his twitter feed telling everyone that he's all right. all concerned shouldn't worry

too much. he told tmz he was walking off stage and didn't realize there was a glass wall between him and a railing so as he reached for the railing he hit his head on the wall. i'm thinking that has to have been one very clean piece of glass. he went to do one more song in the show. he says his adrenaline helped him finish and then passed out for a few seconds and was examined by a doctor. he admits to moving slower today but he's been feeling better. tweeting about how he's a tough canadian and plans to get his revenge on glass. it will be bieber versus glass 2013 and posted a picture of a glass house on twitter that he joked how that could never be his house and tweeted he's preparing for his next appearance happening today. well enough to perform and he'll sing from a balcony so hopefully he'll stand a few feet back from railing of said balcony.

>> a.j., thank you. it hasn't happened in 115 years but now britain is rolling out the royal red carpet. the preview of queen elizabeth's diamond jubilee straight ahead. where is it ? it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. wow, there it is. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families

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46 minutes past the hour. another lousy job report is causing stocks to tank on wall street this morning. only 69,000 jobs were added to the payroll last month edging

unemployment back up to 8.2%. right now the dow has dropped 178 points. in other news, in money news, government regulators are widening their investigation into the $2 billion trading losses at jpmorgan chase in may. "the wall street journal" reporting investigators are issuing subpoenas requesting the bank's internal e-mails and documents. in weather, today is the official start of the hurricane season and despite two storms already under our belt, the national hurricane center says we should see an average number of storms about 9 to 15. in the meantime, parts of the eastern united states will see some nasty weather today. the string of thunderstorms could bring damaging winds, hail and tornadoes to raleigh, the d.c. area, pittsburgh, and charleston. in sports, their 20-game winning streak is over. oklahoma city thunder shut down the spurs last night 102-82, making western conference finals interesting again. spurs led the series two games to one over the thunder. it turns out even the power

of the dark side cannot help you get out of a parking ticket. just watch how darth vader does it. >> you put a ticket on my car. i paid for parking. i had the tag. it was on my dashboard. i got a ticket on my car. the tag was on the dashboard. >> looks like a setup, doesn't it? it happened in brooklyn. the video is going viral now. darth vader even had a team of storm troopers with him but they didn't seem to help much either. they were dressed up for a family fun festival. it's an event 60 years in the making. the diamond jubilee of queen elizabeth ii. officials going through final rehearsals for the celebration. there will be 1,000 boats and a

concert featuring sir paul mccartney, stevie wonder and elton john. hi, richard. >> an historic, a wonderful weekend of celebrations to commemorate a truly remarkable person. >> so tell us a little bit about the pomp and circumstance. it sounds like it will be amazing. >> it is indeed. the ceremonial day. you mentioned that 2,000 troops were rehearsing in the streets of london early this morning. some of those are the household cavalry. they will be escorting the royal procession back from westminster hall to buckingham palace and then they will appear on the balcony and this of course is always a terrific crowd pleaser. this particular anniversary will be the queen, the prince of

whales, duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry. it will be so spectacular. absolutely glorious.illa. >> what about prince charles and camil camilla? will they be anywhere in sight? >> they will be with the queen and prince philip, yes, on the balcony, in the line of succession. those particular members of the royal family are being given special prominence. and they're all going together into the cathedral when there is the thanksgiving service, too, on tuesday. it's going to be a commemoration of something that is magical and spectacular and remarkable. the only previous diamond jubilee was of that queen victoria who at 78 was actually

quite lame, and it was conducted on the steps of the cathedral, they had a service. and the queen listened and then was driven off to see parts of london where there was a great deal of rejoicing. well, our queen, at 86, and her consult, has strength and stay of prince philip. one does one say of stamina like that? it's absolutely unprecedented in the first years of monarchy. >> so are the people of great britain mostly happy about this? i mean, the economy is bad there, too. and all of this pomp and circumstance going on. it must be an expensive party to throw. >> well, the thing to emphasize is that recent polls have shown 80% of the people are in favor of the monarchy. so republicanism is down to sort of bedrock 10 to 13%. regarding the spectacle and the difficult economic times, it's worth well remembering that when

the queen, as princess elizabeth married the duke of edinboro in 1947, there was a pretty grim post war austerity then. churchill called it a flash of hard road we have to carry. the most magnificent of spectacles too in a difficult period. and in 1981 when prince charles married, there too there were difficult times. this will be a magnificent celebration of pomp and circumstance, yes. but also, people love the queen. they realize she is an exemplary of duty, and it's that feeling that you will get in phenomenal scenes of rejoicing outside buckingham palace. >> richard fitzsimmons, thank you for joining us. >> i just like the way he says spectacular. celebrations marking 60 years of queen elizabeth's reign

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we asked you to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question of the morning, is there a second act for john edwards? and frankly, i was afraid for your answers. but let's give it a go. this from daruva. of course, after all the adultery and ethics violations

he committed, newt gingrich had a shot at becoming president. john edwards is a much of better-looking guy. this from linda. he should title his book, "how i cheated this country." and this is on more than one level. this from cindy. god's work for him should be contrition every day for the rest of his life. his political career is over. maybe he should sell his mega mansion and give money to the poor he still contends he cares about and this from mark. he should run for mayor of washington, d.c. if they'll elect marion berry, they'll elect anyone. okay, this made me laugh. since yesterday's "talk back" was about the proposed big soda ban in new york, we thought steven colbert's weighing in was pitch-perfect. >> no more giant sodas! come on! this is america, the land of plenty. we haven't even achieved type iii diabetes yet. we're so close.

and i don't know about you folks, but i can't drink less than 16 ounces. i need a soda so large that james cameron wants to go to the bottom of it. >> i so love him. we're following a lot of developments in the next hour of cnn "newsroom." time to get serious. let's check in first with joe johns. >> hey, carol. we're in greensboro, north carolina after the mistrial in the john edwards case. the government has a big decision to make as jurors in that case start speaking up. we'll have more on that at the top of the hour. i'm christine romans in new york, following a disappointing jobs report for the month of may. we now have three months in a row of sub par jobs growth, and that's making for some pretty ugly politics and economics. i'll have that story at the top of the hour. also ahead, it ain't your mom's snow white.

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good morning, i'm carol costello. happy friday. ahead in the "newsroom," the jobs report shows a concerning trend, the worst in the past year. and wall street and washington are already reacting. nine days of jury deliberations, 50 hours of discussions, and it ended in one mistrial. this morning, jurors in the john edwards case are reveling in what happened behind closed doors and talking about reports of their bizarre behavior. can you spell spelling bee champion? >> we have a champion. of the 2012 scripps national spelling bee. >> she is awesome. a super speller beats almost 300 other contestants to take home the crown. in less than ten minutes, she is talking to us live about her big win. plus, remember this? yeah, snow white in all of her peaceful glory. the 21st century version hits theatres today, and it's not the snow white you grew up watching.

>> why does the queen want you dead? >> you should know. you're the one hunting me. >> ear talking to the stars of "snow white and the huntsman" of this action-packed remake. all right. let's talk about the latest jobs report. wall street is paying for it, republicans are pouncing on it. the report shows 69,000 jobs were created last month, and it's the fewest number of jobs added in a year. the unemployment rate also inched up to 8.2%. the news sent the markets reeling this morning. the dow down, you can see it there, 165 points. the white house issued a statement, trying to stay positive, but admitting, the economy is not growing fast enough. our business guru, christine romans is here. and i think the best advice today is don't look at your 401(k). >> you're right. and look, because stocks are down, but also for a lot of people, the job is the engine of your personal finances, right? it's the thing that pays the bills.

so the jobs number, that's why it's the most important economic report, frankly, in the world. it shows now, carol, three months in a row of sub par economic growth. and we always tell you, don't just look at one month of data. it takes a few months to see a trend. it's really clear now, when you look at the course of the last few months, that there's a trend here of slowing job creation in this country. 69,000 jobs created in the world's largest economy is not enough. and that's been the big disappointment here. i mean, you can see by that chart, carol, just how quickly things have slowed down here. and you've got now the slowest job creation we've seen in more than a year. a big part of this is europe, carol. eurozone unemployment hit 11%. europe is the biggest destination for american exports. so if you're an -- if you'ring a by company in this country and you see what's going on with your customers, some of those countries in recession, you're not necessarily hiring a bunch of people here, because you're worried about your own orders slowing down. that's part we're watching. and small and mid-size businesses are telling me, carol, they just don't feel the

robust certainty of demand back yet in this country. so they're not hiring if they don't have to. and that's where this leaves us. one bright spot, carol, i've been looking into these numbers, trying to find an area that continues to grow. it's health care -- >> good, because it's friday. 340,000 jobs added in health care so far this year. the political part of the story, though, is that the public sector continues to shed jobs. 13,000 more public sector jobs shed. so that's where you'll get the fighting over who has got the right -- who has got the right prescription to get us out of this mess and whose policies make sure jobs are being created for everyone. >> and the argument started actually before the jobs report came out. christine romans, live in new york for us. jurors in the john edwards trial are speaking out this morning. they probably let him off the legal hook for good. not with their decisions so much as their indecision. the jurors found john edwards not guilty of campaign finance fraud. but they could not decide on five other charges. the judge declared a mistrial,

as you know. three of the jurors appeared on the "today" show. >> we had motions. each day was a new day. we would start with calmness. we actually prayed together as a group. we would finish the day and challenge ourselves every bit of the day. >> there were times that got very frustrating. the emotions got high. and we would have to take a minute, step back, and just everyone calm down. >> joe johns was there for the verdict. and listening to these jurors, they were stressed out. and we heard a lot of strange shenanigans during the trial. >> yeah, well, there were -- they appeared to be pretty stressed out in the jury room, too. i can tell you that. or at least in the courtroom when i saw them. just the eye contact and the sort of body language told you that they were having a struggle back there. the take-away, carol, i think from all of this is that the government did not meet its

burden of proof. and there are some of the jurors who suggested, well, yeah, maybe -- i think he must have done something. but that's a whole lot different from 12 people saying that john edwards is guilty of anything by reasonable doubt. and they just didn't get there. some of this is because, you know, people said this case was doomed from the start. the facts weren't clear, the law wasn't clear. and the lawyers basically did the best they could, carol. >> i know that the jury foreman also said it's time we looked at campaign finance reports -- reform seriously in this country, because that was a big part of the problem in coming to any sort of conclusion. a lot of people talking this morning too about what john edwards said after the trial. >> right. what he said right out here on the steps, essentially is, yeah, i've sinned, but in my view, i haven't broken the law. take a listen to the sound bite. >> 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 doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. and there is no one else responsible for my sins. >> so a lot of people this morning are saying department of justice should not try to retry this case. of course, that decision completely up to them, carol. >> joe johns reporting live for us from north carolina. an amazing picture to show you now. it might have been one big splash in the ocean. but the dragon space capsule is one giant leap for the commercial space industry. we're seeing more pictures of the capsule after it landed yesterday in the pacific ocean. both nasa and congress are praising the company that created spacex. it's the first time a commercial spacecraft completed a mission to the international space station. an eighth grader from san

diego says she knew she would spell the winning word in the scripps national spelling bee correctly, because she had seen it before. >> g-u-e-t-a-p-e-n-s, guetapens. >> we have a champion! >> so excellent. last year, she tied for 27th place in the spelling bee. guetapens means an ambush, snare or trap. she won $30,000 and other gifts and joins us live from washington. hi! >> hi. >> are you feeling like a superstar this morning? >> yeah. it's quick. >> you are a superstar. so when you got the word, and you say, oh, i've seen it before, were you still nervous when you were spelling it? >> yeah, i really wanted to get

it right. i did not want to mess up. >> has that ever happened to you? >> no. i always try to be really careful. >> were you spelling it extra slowly? >> no. i just was kind of keeping my pace, but being careful. >> okay. you sound very matter-of-fact about this, but i know you must be excited. so when all that confetti started falling from the ceiling, what went through your mind? >> oh, my goodness. okay. well, i was hoping that i would get a word that i knew, and every time i was at the microphone waiting for dr. bailey to pronounce the word, i was hoping that i could recognize the word immediately. and i was able to recollect all of the words i got. >> so we're looking at pictures of your family hugging you. and you seem a little shellshocked there. how did it feel when your family ran on stage? >> i was like, whoa, is this

really happening? >> okay. so you, what, got $30,000. what's next for you? >> i don't know yet. i haven't decided. i'm kind of going to -- i don't know, take a break from everything, and then i might just, like -- i don't know. i think i still have some time to decide. >> yeah, you're only 14. you have plenty of time. >> yeah. >> no more spelling bees in your future, though. so is there a next challenge for you coming up? >> well, i don't necessarily have a challenge yet. but when i'm older, i do want to become a neurosurgeon or psychiatrist. >> oh, i should hook you up with sanjay gupta. he's a neurosurgeon. would you like me to do that? >> well, i mean -- >> it's all about connections. you'll learn that when you turn 18. >> okay. >> thank you so much for joining us. and congratulations. >> thank you.

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13 minutes past the hour. checking our top stories now. several jurors in john edwards corruption trial are speaking out, saying the evidence just wasn't there. case ended in a mistrial. on the morning shows, jurors said prosecutors simply didn't meet the burden of proof, and the foreman said the case highlights the need for stronger campaign finance laws. presumptive presidential nominally mitt romney will receive classified intelligence briefings after he formally secured the nomination. president obama isn't breaking a tradition that has been in place since the 1950s. in it business news, subway gets the seal of approval from the american heart association. it's the first chain to get the heart check certification. subway says eight of its sandwiches, nine salads and four kids' meals meet the aha's healthy criteria, but the certification has its critics. sea think some 200 countries are already heart-check approved and they had to pay for the seal. in sports, their 20-game

winning streak is over. the oklahoma city thunder shut down the spurs last night, making the finals interesting again. the spurs led the series in two games to one over the thunder. in weather today is the official start of the hurricane season. the national hurricane center is saying we should see an average number of storms, 9 to 15. in the meantime, parts of the eastern united states will see some nasty weather today, a string of thunderstorms could bring damaging winds, hail and tornadoes to raleigh, the d.c. area, pittsburgh and charleston. big-name politicians are hitting the campaign trail in wisconsin today. but not for the presidential election. it's for tuesday's recall for the wisconsin governor. the incumbent, scott walker, was pushed into the recall by people angered by his move to cut union power in the state. he's facing tom barrett, milwaukee's democratic mayor. south carolina republican governor nikki haley will be stumping for walker today, while bill clinton speaks at the top of the hour for barrett.

ted roland spoke to the governor and the challenger. >> reporter: scott walker shouldn't be campaigning until 2014. but the now second-year governor of wisconsin made so many people mad in his first few months in office, he's facing a recall. >> were you surprised at the fact the recall did go through, and what could you have done to prevent it? >> well, eventually i was -- if you would have asked me a year-and-a-half ago, i would have been totally surprised. i tried to fix things. what would i have done differently? simple. i would have spent more time last january and february making the case for our reform. >> reporter: those reforms slashed the power of public employee unions which set off a firestorm. >> kill the bill! kill the bill! >> reporter: thousands of protesters were angry walker had launched what they saw as a surprise attack against labor unions. walker's new law, which he signed last year, also makes employee contributions to the unions optional. walker's opponent in the recall, milwaukee mayor, tom barrett,

says walker's grand plan from the start was to attack labor unions. >> i look back at 2011, and governor walker, and these are his words, these are not my words, said he was going to drop the bomb. that was his first phrase. >> reporter: drop the bomb is from this phony phone call when walker thought he was talking to billionaire donor david koch. >> i had all my cabinet over to the residence for dinner. talked about what we were going to do, how we were going to do it. we already built plans up, it was kind of the last hurrah before we drop the bomb. >> the second phrase he said was he was going to divide and conquer. >> reporter: divide ask conquer is from this documentary clip showing walker talking to a supporter shortly after he was elected. >> the first step is, we're going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions. >> right. >> divide and conquer. >> he started this political civil war. >> reporter: he says you started a civil war in wisconsin. is that true? >> no. if it anything, what we did was we said we were going to stand up and taking on the special

interests that had dominated things in both the state and local level. instead, stand with the hard-working taxpayers in wisconsin. >> reporter: both candidates agree that wisconsin voters are split. >> you have situations where neighbors don't want to talk to neighbors. workers won't talk to fellow workers. >> this is not the wisconsin way. i think we've had passionate debates before back in 2000, 2004. we were the closest blue state in america. and we still got on. >> reporter: with less than a week to go, scott walker has a slight lead in the polls. he says win or lose, he has no regrets. >> i'm doing everything in my power to win in terms of reaching out to voters. but i've never been afraid to lose. >> reporter: and even if he does lose, his new union law will remain in place. ted rowlands, cnn, milwaukee. >> and with me now is mailen mitchell, running for the democratic lieutenant governor of wisconsin. welcome. >> hey, carol. thanks for having me on again. >> thanks for being here. we appreciate it. bill clinton is on his way to wisconsin. why did it take so long for a big-named democrat to come and

help? >> i don't know if it took so long. but definitely, president clinton brings a certain star power to the state. but this has always been about the people of wisconsin, and it's going to continue to be about the voters and the middle class citizens of our state. so that's where our focus has been. and that's where our focus will stay. but we're glad to have the president here, and we're headed over there right now after the show. >> oh, great. mayor barrett has struggled to raise money. his republican recall opponent, scott walker, has raked intense tens of millions of dollars. the democrats haven't managed to do that. why do you think that is? >> well, we never -- we knew from the start that we would not have the money that scott walker or lieutenant governor rebecca clayfish would have. he raised $5.1 million in one month. this is not about money. if this were about money, we would have lost. this is about the people of the state. there is no doubt our state is divided, right down the middle, so it's going to come down to june 5th, tuesday and the get out the vote effort. >> sometimes money translates to enthusiasm. maybe democrats just can't sustain enthusiasm for long periods of time. this is how the daily beast put

it today. it said, comparing the storm of activism in wisconsin last winter to the election tuesday is like comparing a wisconsin blizzard to the kind you order at dairy queen. i mean, if this is true, and there's an enthusiasm gap here, democrats will lose tuesday. >> well, you know, i don't think there's an enthusiasm gap. as a matter of fact, i know there isn't. we've been traveling the state for the past two-and-a-half months, and people are enthusiastic. i think what you're not seeing, what you're seeing last year were a lot of protests and rallies, where we had hundreds of thousands of people storm the capitol. last year, that was needed at the time. but right now, you're seeing people in their districts and canvassing, filling phone banks. and that's where we're needed now to talk to our neighbor, because this is a split vote, and we have to get the people to the polls and make sure they vote the right way. >> and just one final question. the polls show, depending on which poll you look at, that scott walker has the edge right at this moment. some democrats are saying this recall, the push for a recall was a mistake by democrats.

should have just waited until the election rolled around. because if democrats lose, it will look really bad for them. >> well, i've got to tell you, carol, the recall wasn't put together by a democrat. this recall was put together by the people of the state of wisconsin. so this recall was going to happen, regardless. because the people want their state back. and you look at polls, i don't put a lot of credence in polls, and maybe that's because i'm not a career politician. polls don't vote. signs don't vote. people do. and that's what we're doing is talking to the people, and the people have decided, over a million people have decided they want to recall their governor. so that's why we're on board. >> malen mitchell, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. mitt romney supporters are heckling president obama's top campaign guy. [ booing ] >> you can shout down speakers, my friends, but it's hard to etch-a-sketch the truth away. >> mr. romney says, hey, obama supporters heckel me, so my

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now is your chance to "talk back" on one of the big stories of the day. the question this morning, is there a second act for john edwards? john edwards is off the hook. it's likely he'll never have to pay, despite prosecutors' belief he violated campaign finance laws. but that doesn't matter in the court of public opinion. take a look at the cover of the "new york post" today. it says john edwards is still guilty of being a really lousy human being. right now, it's hard to remember this john edwards, the john edwards from back in 2008. >> there is one man, there is one man who knows and understands that this is the time for bold leadership. there is one man that knows how to create the change, the lasting change, that you have to build from the ground up. there is one man who knows in his heart that it is time to create one america, not two. and that man is barack obama. >> but that was before we found out about the $400 haircuts, the

cheating on a cancer-stricken wife and the love child. still, after court was over, edwards sought redemption from you. >> i don't think god is through with me. i really believe he thinks there's still some good things i can do. and whatever happens with this legal stuff going forward, what i'm hopeful about is all those kids that i've seen, you know, in the poorest parts of this country, and in some of the poorest places in the world, that i can help them. >> by his own admission, edwards put his family and friends through the ringer. some say despite his acquittal, the trial alone was punishment enough. the "talk back" question for you today. is there a second act for john edwards? facebook.com/carol cnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. snow white. she is back. and she has come a long way, baby, from her disney days. don't miss my chat with kristen

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30 minutes past the hour. checking our top stories now, george zimmerman's defense team and florida prosecutors joined forces in court today. they're fighting several media companies, including cnn, who want more information released in the case. but the lawyers want the evidence sealed, because of the intense public attention. zimmerman is accused of murdering trayvon martin, but has claimed he acted in self defense. sun draft mortgage has agreed to pay $21 million to resolve a discrimination lawsuit. the suit claimed the lender discriminated against african-american and hispanic browers. between 2001 and 2009, sun trust increased loan prices for qualified minorities. we're hearing from two american tourists kidnapped at gunpoint in egypt. the gunmen released brandon

kurtz and john seflarski yesterday and told cnn affiliate kprc, they feared their captors would kill them. >> bars on them, and nailed the door shut, and they were outside shooting their assault rifles the whole night and through the morning. they were all very loud and aggressive and speaking in arabic, and we had no idea. no clue what their intentions were. >> two men were driving to their hotel in egypt's sinai peninsula when they were abducted. a bid for a new sports stadium usually sparks photograph controversy, mainly how to play for it. but the school's plan is to build in an area rich of history. pre brianna keilar traveled to blacksburg, virginia. >> reporter: if trees to talk, the stories these woods could tell. what has this tree been around for? >> we've got the moon walk,

we've got world war ii, world war i. >> reporter: the tree was around for the american revolution. >> yeah. in fact, the tree was probably 10 to 12 inches in diameter at the american revolution. so they could have sat under the tree at that time. it would have had a lot of shade. >> reporter: the stadium woods are located on the campus of virginia tech, in blacksburg, virginia. forestry professor john silar has found trees more than 300 years here. >> this is probably the single largest collection of old white oaks anywhere in the eastern u.s. >> reporter: it's now in danger. virginia tech's athletic department wants to build an indoor practice facility for football, baseball and other sports on 4 of these 11 wooded acres. >> that pink flag there represents the wall of the building. >> reporter: eight-time conference champs and eyeing a national title, the hokeys' $40

million football program is looking to attract the nation's best high school recruits. >> an indoor practice facility is kind of a key part of that element. a lot of the big schools are adding them. and we've had this project in the works for a decade. >> reporter: urban planning professor john randolph is trying to find a solution. he chairs a committee that is considering alternate locations for the facility, where a parking lot or tennis courts currently stand. until that committee issues its recommendation in june, professor silar and a grass roots organization of virginia tech students are publicizing the cause, locally and on the internet. >> vags island, people from washington state, new york. >> new york, knoxville, california, oklahoma. this is all over the united states now. >> reporter: virginia tech is feeling the pressure. >> when you see people like prod you, is it on both sides of the equation, or mostly people saying keep those trees there? >> keep the trees. >> reporter: as it decides, what

happens to this forest that has survived so much. brianna keillar, cnn, blacksburg, virginia. political buzz, your rapid-fire, a look at the political topics of the day. 30 seconds on the clock. playing today, cnn contributor and managing edward of redstake.com, eric ericson. and jason johnson, professor of political science in ohio, and chief political correspondent for politic 365. welcome to both of you. >> good morning. >> okay. >> thanks. >> first question. john edwards has sinned, but he says god isn't through with me yet. he still believes there are good things i can do. that from john edwards. so the question, does god have a plan for john edwards? jason? >> god does have a plan for john edwards. he wants him to go forth and speak the gospel of campaign finance reform. i actually talked to a democratic strategist about this. if you look at this case, the reason edwards got in trouble is

because his bundlers used this money to hide his mistress in 2008. under the current laws, they could have put together a restore our mistresses super pac and he could have been covered from any investigation from the s.e.c. so that is god's plan for him. campaign finance reform, the john edwards way. >> eric. >> oh, i think that god has a plan for everybody, but i'm pretty sure the voters don't have a plan for john edwards. >> we're having trouble with the shot. this is coming out of macon, georgia. we've lost eric ericson. should we take a break and come back? we're going to take a quick break so we can get eric back. sorry, jason. we'll be back. being hands on is key! i make sure every plate looks just right. [ male announcer ] don't miss red lobster's four course seafood feast, just $14.99. start with soup, salad and unlimited cheddar bay biscuits followed by your choice of one of 7 entrees. like new coconut and pineapple shrimp or shrimp and scallops alfredo. then finish with something sweet. all four courses just $14.99. [ reza ] it's so much food for such a good value. i'm reza, culinary manager. and i sea food differently.

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best political topics of the day. 30 seconds on the clock. we lost eric ericson, but we got him back, at least on the phone. so eric, sorry about that. >> not a problem. >> oh, good, i'm glad to hear your voice. question number two. a calfle indicated of stars to lend last-minute support in the gubernatorial recall election. republican south carolina governor nikki haley and democratic bill clinton, among others. when this wisconsin recall election is over, what will it say about the nation? eric. >> not a whole lot. it will say voters in wisconsin really got tired of all these recall efforts. they may or may not like the polici policies, although i think they're starting to see the benefit up there. joblessness has gone down in wisconsin, jobs up in wisconsin. and the one person missing in action there is barack obama, who republicans really want to see there, because he's batting 1,000 and campaigning for people for statewide office who go on to lose. >> jason. >> it's not really going to say anything about america as a whole. it says something about wisconsin. this state is going to go blue.

it's also another example of how the republicans overreached after winning many governors mansions in 2010. it's not going to be an indicator of anything larger going on, but democrats better make sure they don't lose badly in this election or it's going to be a huge problem in the fall. >> on to question number three. your buzzer-beater, 20 seconds each. third question. you heckle me, i'll heckle you. mitt romney says, yes, he did send hecklers to an obama campaign event in massachusetts. >> many of the events i go to, there are large groups of, if you will, obama supporters there, heckling me. and at some point, you say you know what, what is sauce for the good is sauce for the gander. if they're going to heckle us we're not going to sit back and play by very different rules. if the president is going to have his people come into my rallies and heckling, why while show them we conservatives have the same capacity he does. >> hey, tit for tat, but helpful? eric? >> i'm not a big fan of heckling anywhere. but he's right. democrats have been heckling all

over. the republicans, clarence thomas, even. justice thomas gave a speak and had people for common cause calling on him to be lynched. republicans in ohio supporting john kasich who were shouted down by democratic protesters with mega phones. it's not helpful either side. i'm surprised at mitt romney. >> jason. >> this is absolutely pathetic. i mean, look, for mitt romney to live in this paranoid universe where barack obama is going to assembled protesters out, people do that anyway. it's called being enthusiastic. if anything, mitt romney should be happy hecklers are showing up, maybe he'll break a thousand. he should leave this a loan. this is not suggest want to do if you want to be the leader of the free world, let ahone the country. >> thanks for playing today. we appreciate it. >> thank you. we're going to talk snow white. kind of like -- she is kind of like joan of arc these days. we'll explain after a break. i just want to give her everything. [ whistles ]

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heart, my dear, dear snow white. >> the latest movie about snow white hits the theatres today, called "snow white and the huntsmen" and stars kristen stewart and chris hemsworth. they join us now. welcome. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> okay. so i'm just curious. kristen, did you even see "snow white" as a little girl? >> yes. i did not remember it well enough to have it as any reference when we went to go -- when we went to go to shoot the movie in london, hi to watch it again. and i didn't really remember it. so i know that i watched it, but -- >> well, the disney version of "snow white," chris, probably wouldn't have given you much, i don't know -- many ideas about how to act in this latest movie. >> no, it's a different version. definitely. the huntsman -- i always thought the huntsman was in "red riding

hood." so i didn't do my research either. i think we all know the fairy ta tale, whether we were avid readers or watched the cartoon, it's been around for so long and existed in story-telling, but this is a far more epic detailed version. and on the scale of "lord of the rings," more so than the cartoons. >> kristen, is that how you would describe the movie, as sort of snow white meets the lord of the rings? >> yeah. absolutely. i think we really do -- even though it looks like this darker twist trying to like really turn on its head and all of that, it is. definitely dark. but it shows how beautiful things can be, because of how dark it gets. and that's very, you know -- that's hand-in-hand with what you imagined snow white to be, and it does live in a world that is a lot more dangerous, and very reminiscent of -- i guess like -- like it feels as big as "lord of the rings," but what really is awesome about it, and,

you know, i can't say this about too many studio movies, for whatever reason, it does feel unique. i mean, we have -- our director is pretty great, and for whatever reason, has a tone. it feels like it's own world. i so believed in this world, i wanted to live there. why i wanted to make the movie initially. >> and just a last question, because fairy tales seem so hot right now. tv with "grimm" and "once upon a time" and now your movie, why the fascination with fairy tales these days? >> well, there's always been a fascination, i think, for a long, long time. because there is a message and a story in there, and good versus evil and betrayal and love and heroism. and, you know, it's a classic emotions that we sort of, you know, humanity resonates with. and always has. and at the moment, it seems to be the trend. and cycles all of the time.

comic books, fairy tales. i think it's just new ways. and we also have access to such incredible technology to, you know, see these stories like we have never seen them before. >> we do. and we can't wait to see the movie. >> considering what everyone holds on to is -- sorry. >> oh, that's okay. i think our satellite window is going to go away here in a moment. so we have to say goodbye. and thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> thank you. these rats could hold new hope for people with spinal cord injuries. still to come, details of a promising medical study. liant" . support team usa and show our olympic spirit right in our own backyard. so we combined our citi thankyou points to make it happen. tom chipped in 10,000 points. karen kicked in 20,000. and by pooling more thankyou points from folks all over town, we were able to watch team usa... [ cheering ] in true london fashion. [ male announcer ] now citi thankyou visa card holders can combine the thankyou points they've earned and get even greater rewards. ♪

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it's being called the largest military operation in the u.k. since world war ii. the british are stepping up security with the queen's diamond jubilee celebrations beginning this weekend and the olympics later this summer. 5,500 police will line the river thames during the jubilee pageant. 12,000 police officers will be on duty at olympic events on peak days. >> this will be the largest military operation on mainland u.k. probably since the second world war, involving huge numbers of military forces, more than deployed in afghanistan today, and, of course, very, very large numbers of police. >> besides having snipers on rooftopses, the royal navy will deploy snipers in helicopters. you can watch the celebrations marking 60 years of queen elizabeth's reign here on cnn. our coverage begins sunday morning at 11:00 eastern. we ask you to talk back.

is there a second act for john edwards? this is from mike. he says his statement speaks for itself. his political life is over. he admitted he has failed as a person, but this is a political prosecution that also failed. this from larry. edwards went public with a new angle on his personal life. i give him credit for that. we all make mistakes at some point. i feel no one should have a right to judge edwards. this from deeann. he needs to focus on all of his children and stop craving being in the public eye. he should still to philanthropic activities and stay out of the limelight. this from aaron. he made a mistake, he apologized. why do you want to judge him? we give several political people another chance. edwards deserves a second act. keep the conversation going, facebook.co facebook.com/car facebook.com/carolcnn and thanks for your comments. a man rides a lawn mower into traffic, and a car drives through a restaurant. sounds like fiction, but it all happened. here is cnn's jeanne moos.

>> reporter: he sure wasn't mowing a lawn, but at least he didn't mow down any pedestrians as he waved at the officer in not-so-hot pursuit behind him. >> hit my siren a few times to try to get his attention and he kept saying go around, go around. >> i have traffic with a lawn mower. >> reporter: the officer pulled him over into a parking lot in jackson, wisconsin, where a curb stopped him. >> charles, how much have you had to drink tonight? >> one beer. >> just one beer? >> one beer. >> 69-year-old charles gray wasn't happy about having to take sobriety tests. turns out he had three previous drunk driving arrests in cars. when he took the breathalyzer, it resulted in his first arrest for dui on a lawn mower. >> you have 2.19. >> one beer. >> you're over double. >> reporter: it's been a weird week for vehicles ending up in places they shouldn't be. in a place called little canada,

minnesota, customers at this bar were shooting the breeze. watch the woman on the end take a last sip, and then, boom. police say the 51-year-old woman who drove her truck into the bar likely had a diabetic condition. >> it happened like that. you didn't have time to react. >> reporter: pat szinski, the bartender, barely got out of the way in time. three people pinned, six went to the hospital. but no one died. the impact left this customer dazed and watch the woman who had been beside him get up and lift debris out of the way. in huntington, long island this week, a 21-year-old accused of being drunk drove a red mercedes through a house, ending up in the backyard. the homeowners weren't hurt. the "new york daily news" dubbed it a drive-thru. and speaking of drive-trus, how about the guy who went loco over a taco after complaining about

too little beef or chicken. michael smith picked up his food at a taco bell drive-thru and came back and said he was short a taco. words were exchanged. >> he was sarcastic and rude. >> reporter: and drove through the entrance. police followed fluid from his truck and arrested him at home. when they say takeout, they don't mean take out the entrance. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> makes you want to get right into your car and hit the road, doesn't it? be careful out there. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me today. cnn "newsroom" continues right now with kyra phillips. >> hello, it's 11:00 on the east coast, 8:00 out west. it's a dismal day on wall street, folks. stocks on the skids after a jobs report that was far weaker than most economists expected, or the white house had hoped. the government tells us in may the economy added just 69,000 positions. the unemployment rate ticked

up .10 of a point to 8.2% because more people got back into the labor pool. economical economically, it all adds up to bad news. politically, it depends which side of the fence you're on. >> it's pretty clear the american people are still asking the question, where are the jobs? another month of disappointing job gains. it's pretty clear the american people are hurting, small businesses continue to avert hiring any additional people. and it's clear that the policies that we've seen are not working. and i would just hope that the president, my colleagues in the senate, would look at our plan, to create american jobs. >> white house says the economy is facing serious head winds, just like last spring. and for the reason, quote, it's critical we continue the president's economic policies that are helping us dig our way out of the