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>> good to see you. have a great day. from studio 7, im fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. lets get you up to date for this wednesday, september 7th. in texas, more wildfires break out as the state battles its worst fire season on record. at last count, 22 new fires are burning. those and dozens more have scorched 120,000 acres in the last week. and across the state, four people have died and more than 700 homes have burned. for many people who have evacuated, there is heartb...

>> can a republican who favors civil unions to gay couples, favors evolution and global warming, but president obamas am to china, buck the tea party time and be a serious candidate. >> im just going to stick laser like to the issues that are important to the american people right now and will be totally responsible for getting us back in the game. >> is jon huntsman the most radical thing of all in the gop? a true moderate. >> i think ive got pragmatic and practical solutions. im just...

today, who or what will move the u.s. economy out of its stall? we begin with jim demint and jim hoffa. and as we near the anniversary of 9/11, mike rogers and senate homeland security chairman joe lieberman and all things political with peter baker of the "new york times" and mike duffy of "time" magazine. im candy crawley, and this is "state of the union." first, president obama is going to unveil his new jobs plan on thursday, and its a critical speech with the disappointing jobs nu...

newsroom" starts with the handsome t.j. holmes. >> i hope erin burnett knows she is getting a great bartender there. kelly takes this seriously and made great drinks for you when i was up there with you guys a couple of weeks. you all do your 9:00 thing. i know exactly where yall are going there in the time warner center. good to see you all! thanks so much, guys. all right. top of the hour here now. i am t.j. holmes today in for kyra phillips. this hour, unfortunately, we have to ...

a week after irene hit the east coast, the central gulf coast is getting ready for storm with flooding rains. louisiana governor bobby jindal already declared a state of emergency. oil companies are pulling workers off the rigs in the gulf. some places including new orleans could get as much as 20 inches of rain. texas could really use some of that rain from the tropical system. it doesnt look promising. 14 big wildfires are burning in that state. just one of them west of dallas. firef...

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 ...

plane headed into this thing. they are calling it a tropical disturbance for now just to see if its serious enough to name it a tropical storm possibly in the next couple of hours. keep in mind were also learning major oil companies are not taking any chances with this disturbance. evacuations have begun just in case and the mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu, hell be holding a news conference as they are all watching this disturbance as well heading precariously closely to their gov...

suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for wednesday, august 31st. firefighters are calling in air tankers to battle wildfires outside of dallas. more than two dozen homes have burned in palo pinto county and firefighters say the fire is 25% contained. several hundred people had to pack up and run as fires spread. texas is in the middle of an epic drought and heat wave that is dragging all summer long. >> reporter: more than 100 homes are in jeopardy and those who lost their h...

41 people now confirmed dead from hurricane irene. this hour vermont is still trying to pull people out of the rushing rivers. ill speak with several people still trapped there. including a groom got married saturday, hoping to leave on his honeymoon in 48 hours. well get a live update pr him. also from fema and the governor of vermont. stay tuned for that. in addition to the wildfires, theres talk about a formation off the coast of the yucatan peninsula. chad myers, who is racing back...

good morning. we begin with lingering misery caused by hurricane irene. youre looking at live pictures now from patterson, new jersey, where crews are actually going door-to-door rescuing people from their homes. that water, by the way, coming from the passaic river is supposed to crest today at its highest level since 1903. a pretty eye-catching image of how massive the storm was. this is coming to us from nasa. its an animated satellite of irene as its churning up the eastern seaboar...