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good day from msnbc reports. welcome to alex reports. im christine romans in for alex today. we begin at a live look at the beautiful snow scene in pittsburgh new hampshire. the big story today, of course, as the countdown to tuesdays first-in-the-nation primary. it is a busy day for republicans as well as democrats making closing arguments for voters. theyre nikki haley and donald trump are holding in-person events this weekend and new hampshire while rhonda santas is putting more of ...

Iowa's Family Leader plans to go ahead with its Thanksgiving forum. The Republican national party says participants will be barred from future debates.

he says it will make a huge difference for americans who are suffering and will cut tacks, but hes warning lawmakers who oppose it theyll answer to him and the voters. >> the question then is will congress do something? if congress does something, i cant run against a do nothing congress. if congress does nothing, then its not a matter of me running against them. i think the american people will run them out of town. >> lets go to brianna keilar. the president acknowledged that america...

>> that was cool. "american morning" continues right now. after the deluge, im 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. >> im 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 its far from over on this "american morning." all right. good morning, everybody. its monday, september 5th...

and toothpicks, and then some people saying i dont want to try the cake because my mouth will get hurt. thats what is going on. >> this is something that we have been seeing over the last few weeks. is this really any different than the turmoil we have been witnessing? >> i think ali is spot on. you think back to just before the huge selloff and volatility last week, we had our own numbers that showed we had almost no growth. we have a new manufacturing number today, a regional manufac...

Paul steinhauser joins me from washington. paul, sounds like ron paul is taking baby steps here. >> yes, in two hours from here in iowa which is an important state, because it leads out the caucus calendar, and ron paul is going to announce an exploratory committee which is a step towards running, but white house aides say he is not sure if he wants to run. he is a 12-term congressman from texas. in 1988, he ran as the libertarian party nominee, and he made another one four years ago, this time ...

In new york, donald trump heads for new hampshire. his meeting to new hampshire mark his first visit to crucial primary caucus calendar. he says hell announce whether to make a bid for the president sham nomination by june. >> so trump has been bragging that he has more money than mitt romney. how much does he really have? our susan candiotti went a few rounds with him. >> "the apprentice" opening boasts about the power of -- ♪ money money money money >> -- money. but pinning down donald trump...