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jobs. and it is now cheaper to buy a home than ever before. time to play reporter roulette on this thursday. dan lothian, lets begin with you there at the white house. dan, we listen to the president this morning answering many questions and not only did he take on republicans, hes taking on, again, millionaires. >> reporter: thats right. what we are talking about here is that surtax to pay for the presidents jobs bill which senate democrats are pushing 5.6% on those making over a mill...

the president will lay out a speech to the nation, and democratic sources are telling us that it calls for $300 billion in tax break, incentives and other spending offset by an equal amount of budget cuts. this is being described as a major make-or-break moment for the president. we will discuss it along with mitt romneys competing plan that he unveiled today, but first on the phone, chief white house correspondent jessica yellin with the details. jessica, this $300 billion figure, and...

is this a bad sign? they are debating about the presidents jobs plan but they cant agree on when he should deliver the plan. thats where we are now, folks. the president asking to address congress on one night. the republican speaker of the house says that night doesnt work for us. you know the story by now. obama requesting the joint session for congress on wednesday but the same night the presidential candidates, the republican presidential candidates are holding a debate so speaker ...

Right there. that is wildfires. they continue to burn through tens of thousands of acres across north and west texas. bracing for what could have been one of the biggest outbreaks of wildfires in state history. the texas forest service now says fifth verse gotten the upper hand finally. six new fires that started today were quickly brought under control. and that is north of the texas border. thats in oklahoma today. the governor extended a state of emergency for seven counties to help battle wi...

Across north and west texas. bracing for what could have been one of the biggest outbreaks of wildfires in state history. the texas forest service now says fifth verse gotten the upper hand finally. six new fires that started today were quickly brought under control. and that is north of the texas border. thats in oklahoma today. the governor extended a state of emergency for seven counties to help battle wildfires. a prolonged drought isnt helping, and fire fighters on the ground and in the air...

The river crested at nearly 40 feet. lighter than expected rainstorms helped stave off a flooding disaster. hundreds of volunteers and national guard troops are patrolling the flood defenses and arent recording any major breaches. oklahoma today, the governor extending a state of emergency to help battle those vicious wildfires. a prolonged drought isnt helping any as firefighters on the ground and in the air battle hot spots from this enormous grass fire near the town of cleveland. more than ...

Ferocious funnel as it rips through the town. it ripped out entire blocks of main street. it ripped out 100 homes and all the towns power. no one was killed. in oklahoma, the governor extended a state of emergency to battle vicious wildfires. a prolonged drought isnt helping any. firefighters on the ground and in the air battle hot spots from this grass fire near the town of cleveland. 350 people were forced to flee the area. so far, no reports of injuries. a frightening scene to show you wh...

Live pictures coming to us from oklahoma. this is kwtv and kotv outside of oklahoma city. this is the northeast part of the city in oklahoma county, already a couple of mobile homes here have burned, and a barn has burned as well. this is obviously a grass fire. heres the problem, and heres the problem not that we would report on a grass fire, but the winds are so strong there that they are concerned that it could spread with a 30-mile-an-hour wind. so the grass fires are spreadly rapidly in okl...

Jenna: dramatic new video crossing our international desk that we wanted to show you. two people are missing this morning after a massive explosion at an apartment building in ontario, canada yesterday. seven people, including a firefighter are injured. right now police are investigating the cause of the blast, and the resulting fire. that apartment complex is home to mess lee elderly tenants. also in ontario a freight train carrying jet fuel game off the traction, the accident triggering a gras...

Three new lawsuits have been filed in the deadly mine explosion there west virginia last year. they claim massey energy was operating in an unsafe manner. 29 people lost their lives in that explosion. to afghanistan where the president there is warning his people of a very difficult year to come, this as the u.s. slowly hands over responsibility for the countrys security for afghan groups. through juveniles have been arrested in connection with a grass fire that burned about a hundred acres in w...