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first as we head here into the labor day weekend with a brutal report on the job market. basically, it has come to a grinding halt. the unemployment rate for august didnt budge an inch. here you have the number. it is still sitting at 9.1%. the net number here, thats the important part. the net number of jobs created in august. zero, none, goose egg. private employers did add 17,000 jobs last month. but do the math. government eliminated 17,000. so the net change is zero. this really i...

water. if another low-lying neighborhoods now under mandatory evacuation orders, mayor bloomberg tonight saying the city transportation system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports in danger of flooding. theyre being closed arriving flights starting at noon. now this is what theyre concerned about. pictures here of irene hitting the bahamas. new yorkers are used to seeing this on tv, not up close, though. but they might see a version of it in about 36 hours from now....

troubling new assessment. they are expecting the storm surge from irene to flood the area which includes the ground zero construction site with anywhere from 6 to 12 feet of water. it and other low-lying neighborhood on a mandatory evacuation order. mayor bloomberg saying the city transit system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports also in danger of flooding. they are being closed right starting at noon care this is what they are concerned about. pictures here of ir...

standing could be under water, covered in floodwater. heres what hurricane irene looked like when it hit the bahamas. new yorkers now of course are used to seeing this on tv. not up close but they might see it here and soon. here is the view as irene began moving up the eastern seaboard. as it did emergency plans started to kick in. airlines began cancelling flights. hospitals moving patients and here in new york mayor mike bloomberg be issued the first evacuation orders in city histor...

troubling new assessment. theyre expecting the storm surge from irene to flood the area, which includes the ground zero construction site, with anywhere from 6 to 12 feet of water. and other low-lying neighborhoods under mandatory evacuation orders. the city transit system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports also in danger of flooding. theyre being closed, arriving flights, starting at noon. this is what theyre concerned of. pictures of irene hitting the bahamas. n...

>> a troubling new assessment. they are expecting the storm surge to flood the area with anywhere from six to 12 feet of water. other low lying neighborhoods on a mandatory evacuation orders. the mass transit system will shut down as of noon tomorrow. this is what they are concerned about. pictures of irene hit the bha mas. >> not much change in the forecast and not much change in the track. we are still at 100 miles per hour. still forecasting to get slightly weaker as we run the stor...

Coast of santa cruz. the monster waves believed to have swept a 25-year-old man to his death. im harris faulkner. now, lets get you back to justice with judge jeanine. for the very latest, fox news .com. were back with representative michele bachmann. congresswoman, what is your biggest objection to obama care? >> well, number one, the cost. but it is the fact that is really is at its heart socialized medicine where the government decides what care we get, what level of care we get and what ac...

Yesterday. lake shore drive was shut down because of so many stranded motorists and vehicles because of the snow drifts up to waist high. the fire department actually rescued all 100 people who were stranded. i can tell you there are major snow drifts all around downtown chicago. some people are waking up, coming out, taking pictures to see all this snow blanketing their city. clearly, very dangerous conditions. and we have one report of a death with one person watching the waves on the lake and...

Of the center, tropical storm-force winds some 200 miles from the center and those conditions are going to be felt as the storm continues to march up to the north. by friday, :00 p.m. its expected to weaken, as it runs into an area of cooler water. gusts of 120. then to saturday, moving closer to the bay of fundy. with winds of 75. remember, youve got the cone of uncertainty, the area shaded in the whitish color, the storm could move closer to the coast which would be worse conditions obviously ...

There are groups that are threatening more violence if the government that emerges is perceived to be as sectarian as this one. all of this impacts u.s. troop withdrawal. so we asked the prime minister if there are any conditions under which he would ask the u.s. military to stay longer, and he said absolutely, dependent on the security situation and the readiness of the iraqis. nothing should be taken for granted. >> arwa damon, in baghdad. thank you. by the way, more than 6,000 candidates ar...