today. here in south carolina, a handful of republican presidential candidates took part in a forum organized by the conservative and tea party power broker senator jim demint. what are the programs at the federal level that we need to get out of the federal government? well, that s a difficult question because that s a long list. i d rather you give me the list of one of the things we should keep. president obama was also on the road this labor day in detroit for what the white house billed as an official policy event. thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you. thank you. but those chants of four more years and the appearance with major players from organized labor left doubt the focus was on the troubled economic climate that puts the president s re-election hopes in serious jeopardy. now is not the time for the people you sent to washington to worry about their jobs. now is the time for them to worry about your jobs. action in new hampshire too, where the fo
believe me, that is saying something. this has been the worst fire season in texas history, and this is the worst of more than 35 fires burning right now. it s southeast of austin in bass strup county. and 1,000 other homes are threaten threatened. firefighters are attacking on the ground and in the air. and chris welch is in the thick of it. are they making any headway at all? caller: not exactly. this is a very bad day for fighting a fire to put it lightly. officials here caution, you know, they asked everybody to evacuate yesterday in the hardest hit areas. this fire continues to move south, moving through neighborhoods. now, thankfully this is one thing i think we can be thankful for, moving into areas that are less populated. and they expect the number to grow today. i want to give aquick look at the plumes we have been looking at today. we have seen the smoke rise and fall as it goes through the thicker woods, as it goes through grass. you see less smoke and more as i
that was cool. american morning continues right now. after the deluge, i m christine romans, tropical storm lee now a tropical depression, but still, packing plenty of rain after dumping a foot on parts of the gulf coast. i m carol costello. right now massive wildfires threatening to burn down thousands of homes in texas. it is the worst fire season in state history and it s far from over on this american morning. all right. good morning, everybody. it s monday, september 5th. labor day. welcome to american morning. ali is off today. happy labor day. i hope you re not laboring. i really do. up first this morning, tropical storm lee now downgraded to a tropical depression but it s still a major rainmaker as it moves across the southeast. the storm dumping a foot of rain along the gulf coast. it also spawned several tornadoes including one in mobile county, alabama. it ripped the roof off of one home, uprooted trees, and brought down power lines. here s what lee
wherewithal from the storms not going to be significant loss for the insurance industry. will not be. when you talked about the 1.65 billion you are looking at insured losses. that is not the economic. perhaps you are referring to the economic loss. bob stand by. i am going to come to you after this short break. i will continue with congressman grimm. we will be back after this. [ barks ] [ cat meows ] [ woman ] i just want to be okay be okay, be okay i just want to be okay today - i just want to knowoday - [ whistles ] know today,now today - [ cat ows ] - know th maybe i will be okay [ chimes ] travelers can lp you protect the things you care about. and save money wi multi-policy discounts. are you getting the coverage you need. and the discounts you deserve? for an agent or quote, call 800-my-coverage. or visit travelers.com.
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