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northeast are desperate to escape the flooding and the damage unleashed by hurricane irene. were tracking the rescues and the danger right now. and well put the arrest of the uncle in a dui charge. this hour, and whether they matter to most american. im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. up first this hour, a very tough political debate over national security that will unfold between president obama and his republican challenger, whoever that might be. the commander in chief...

Administration? >> those people who have been working in manufacturing for years, who have been working in construction, construction got killed in the recession, they have skills that you could put to work in rebuilding a modern infrastructure for the 21st century and the industries that were going to be approaching going forward. >> im not opposed to that if the right motive is in mind. if we need infrastructure projects. >> we do know we need better jobs. >> dont create jobs to create jobs. >...

We spend $1 on kids. >> lets talk about this, im going to address this, education which i agree with, retraining, because we have a very large population that are just not trained for the jobs we need them to be trained for, and innovation which would be tax credits really. >> this is not an issue on which we disagree. when i talk about investments i was specifically talking about investments that ultimately would create large numbers of jobs. that would include investments in education, i think...

>> we have over 50 tlts in unfunded liabilities, medicare, medicaid, all unsustainable. i think we need to do something in connection with the decision to raise the debt ceiling. it deals with the debt. both medium and short-term, medium term and long-term. that what it would take to get my vote. >> a cnn contributor, secretary geithner said not raising the debt ceiling would be catastrophic for the economy. now, he concedes no one knows for certain what could happen in the event that ...

Willing to cut back on these comfortable welfare programs for the middle class, such as medicare because thats where the deficit is coming from. >> i think in the real world, you are not going to cut back sharply on medicare. i just dont think -- as a political reality? >> yeah. >> thats sad. >> well have to figure out a way to solve this problem. thanks very much, will and bob. one big city is becoming a hotbed for technology jobs. you might be surprised. building up our wireless network all ...

some serious concessions from democrats. >> we have over $50 trillion in unfunded liabilities. all of them are unsustainable. we need to raise the debt ceiling -- both short term, medium term and long term. thats what it would take to get my vote. >> will cain is a cnn contributor. secretary geithner said not raising the debt ceiling would be catastrophic for the economy. he concedes no one knows for certain in the event that its not raised. are republicans willing to risk sending this...

Parties. you know, both parties have driven this country into bankruptcy. just the noise and the screaming that you just released there is an indication of whats coming to our streets, because we wont admit what bankruptcy is. sure, im concerned about people losing their medical care and all these problems. but believe me, the further bankruptcy of this country is going to mean the whole system is going to collapse. thats what a dollar crisis is all about. so beware, this is only the beginning. ...

Unemployment benefit and food stamps. according to the commerce department, government payments including federal, state and local amounted to 18% of personal income in 2010. a record level. that is four percentage point higher in 2006 before the recent recession began. as the social payments increased, pages well to a 51.4% of all personal income. the lowest level since the government began gathering the data in 1929. that is down from nearly 54% before the recession. in dollars and cents, the ...

>> dave: four other surrounding georgia cities have done the same thing. how would it work out for the demographically average city that has a problems with welfare and entitlements and the massive pensions they have to clear up. how would it work out for them? >> one. things the city did, they did not have a defined benefit pension. in other words, the government pays regardless of whether they can afford it, they changed it to a contribution plan by the workers which a lot of states are now do...

Jack cafferty is here with the cafferty file. jack? >> at least one in six people in the united states gets government handouts. unemployment insurance had, food stamps, medicaid, rent subsidies, aid to dent depend children, you name t lots of americans get money for more than one of these programs at the same time. republican congressman ron paul of texas says we simply cannot afford all of the entitlement and welfare programs that we currently have. ron paul is one of the few voices of reason ...