official that he will be unveiling his job plan when congress returns in september. they return early september after labor day. a senior administration official billing this as a major speech and telling us that this is likely to be a mix of tax cuts, of infrastructure spending, and something to address those that are the long-term unemployed. the thing to consider, kyra, all of those things laid out there are items republicans are flatly opposed to or opposed to the way in which the white house and democrats so far have said they want to execute those issues. in the meantime, we are three hours away from the president coming here to this hybrid corn seed warehouse in atkinson, illinois, where he is going to be draefg a croaddressing a cro already lining up to get inside to ask him questions in this town hall meeting. this will be his first it would have today in what we are expecting to be probably a largely friendly crowd here today. kyra? >> well, our wolf blitzer also had a chance to get in there and ask the president a number of questions. here is what he told -- here is what the president told wolf when it comes to the situation in our economy right now. >> i am going make my best case for where we need to go. we have made progress since the start of this recession back in 2008. it hasn't been fast enough. we have got to accelerate it. and there are two things that need to happen. number one, we have got to make sure that people have confidence we have our fiscal house in order and we are living within our means and eliminating programs that wouldn't work and number two immediate things to do around infrastructure, tack policy that would make a difference in terms of people hiring right. >> a people say perry is out of bounds a few days into his campaign. today, he is firing back. paul steinhauser is in washington. is it possible to make too big of a splash as this newbie presidential candidate comes forward? >> reporter: yes, now they involved president barack obama as well. live pictures for perry right now at a political forum in new hampshire speaking this morning. this controversy started in iowa two nights ago when perry saying that if ben bernanke prints more money it would be treasonist and we would treat him ugly down in texas. yesterday in that interview with wolf blitzer, the president responded to those comments and other things perry has said about barack obama. take a listen. >> mr. perry just got in the presidential race and i think that everybody who runs for president, it probably takes them a little bit of time before they start realizing that this isn't like running for governor or running for senator or running for congress and you have to be a little more careful about what you say but i'll cut him some slack. he has only been at it for a few days now. >> reporter: minutes ago, perry responded in new hampshire. >> the president said i need to do watch what i say. i just want to respond back, if i may. mr. president, actions speak louder than words. my actions as governor are helping create jobs in this country. >> reporter: well, you will hear more from him in a couple of minutes. his comments is tough language. you have an angry republican conservative out there. if perry makes it to the nomination, this kind of language could hurt him. he has moved to new hampshire today so mitt romney is there as well and ron paul. it's a crowded day in the granite state. >> paul, thanks so much. lightning bolt struck sea world amusement park in orlando sending eight hospital and happened after 5:00 p.m. at the discovery cove section of the water park. sea world officials say three guests and five employees were affected. none is believed to have suffered a direct hit from that bolt. but it jolted a pretty big scare into the guests. >> i've never been scared by lightning until today because it was right above us. it was really scary. they told us to clear the pool so we came out of the pool and we were sheltering underneath. and then there is a huge crack. >> rob marciano is going to talk with us more about this. central florida is actually the -- is this true? the lightning capital of the world? >> i believe it it. yeah. especially this time of the year. the air mass is so saturated. they get thunderstorms that pop up pretty much three months in august -- or july, august, and september during hurricane season. they get a fair amount of thunderstorms that pop up. obviously, that causes lightning. that was today's radar and become more active this afternoon. here is yesterday's radar as we zoom into the orlando area and sea world. run the clock to 5:00 in the afternoon and there is that thunderstorm that popped up out of nowhere. not associated with the sea breeze. it continued to bubble up next hour. obviously, there was thunder and lightning with this and that is what has caused the damage. luckily, the injuries there were very minor and no fatalities about this particular storm, but year after year we average about 44 fatalities in regards to lightning and this year alone we have had 19. the first one, oddly any of, coming in joplin, missouri, from an officer that was out after the tornado helping in the recovery efforts there. sadly. by the way, the kids are going back to school there. if you're going outside, this time of year especially, check the weather before you go. when you're at at event, check for safe shelter when bad weather gets your way. if you're outside, stay away from the tallest objects and stay away from water. those people that were at sea world, a lot of them were in the area where they can swim and interact with dolphins and the reason they had to get out of the water in a hurry and likely the reason some of them get a little bit of a zip. >> quite a zip. thanks, rob. four minutes is how much notice concert had than goers got at the indiana state fair saturday night before scaffolding fell down from a concert taj. >> as you can see to the west, there are some clouds. we are all hoping for the best that the weather is going to bypass us but a very good chance it won't. once the storm passes and everything is safe, we are going to try our best to come back and resume the show. we have every belief that is going to happen. >> well, the fair has now hired an engineering company to determine why this stage fell during those 60-mile-an-hour winds. the country music band sugarland was about to perform says it's now going to hold a private memorial for those individuals that were killed and injured. getting new details in the so-called collar bomb case in australia. zain verjee is covering this for us out of london. >> we have video of the suspect now, kyra. he was arraigned in a court in kentucky. his name is paul douglas peters. these are the first pictures of him. what he did was, kyra, was put a fake bomb around the neck of a teenage girl in sydney, australia. that is him now. he was found in his ex-wife's house after taking a flight from australia to the united states. he was basically looking to extort money. there was a note around her neck also making financial demands and also an e-mail with which police managed to trace him. let's listen to what the australian teenager had to say. >> how are you feeling? >> very relieved. >> are you sleeping better at night? >> i suppose. yeah. it's good. it's all very surreal. >> your mom said you're wondering why you? are you asking that question? >> yeah, i think we will aur wondering. >> guys, we have got to go. >> she was at her house at a wealthy suburb in sydney studying for exams when this guy broke in. here is what the sydney morning herald had to say. he says i couldn't believe it. he wouldn't have the nerve. i would not know who would have any technical capability whatsoever like that. we're old school. there are so many weird things about this case. why he picked this family. was there a relationship? a business kind of relationship even that police suspect? and why he would even write notes basically linking himself to a particular book that was written by james klivel and weaving in the notes in the plot as well. it's a little bit strange but police were able through circumstantial evidence to trace this back to him. wolf blitzer joins me still ahead to talk about his one-on-one with president obama. plus a new mayor's first order of business? 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[ male announcer ] new bengay cold therapy. the same technology used by physical therapists. go to bengay.com for a 5-dollar coupon. first day of school in joplin, missouri. joplin high school was among the many buildings damaged or destroyed. students are turning school at a middle school and retrofitted shopping mall. ballots are in from the last series of recall elections. two will retain their seats beating republican challengers. it was triggered over a fight regarding collective bargaining agreement earlier this year. in texas, this girl is named mayor for a day. she won a facebook contest. her first order of business a renaming main street to jaus tin bieber way in honor of her favorite pop star. president obama is feeling your pain and he may feel it even worse come election time. he knows he has to turn around the economy if he wants to keep his job a second term. here is part of his one-on-one with our wolf blitzer. >> reporter: when you took office, i'm sure you remember. if i don't have this done in three years. is there a one-term proposition, meaning you're going to be a one-term president. remember that? >> here is what i remember. when i came into office, i knew i was going to have a big mess to clean up and, frankly, the mess has been bigger than i think a lot of people anticipated at the time. we have made steady progress on these fronts but we are not making progress fast enough and what i continue to believe is that ultimately the book stops with me. i'm going to be accountable. i think people understand that a lot of these problems were decades in the making. people understand that this financial crisis was the worst since the great depression but, ultimately, they say, look. he is the president. we think he has good intentions. but we are impatient and we want to see things move faster. i understand that and i'm sympathetic to it and we will keep on putting forward ideas that are going to be good for the country. we need a partner from congress and we're going to need folks to move off some of these rigid positions they have been taking in order to solve these problems. >> let's talk about some things that you need to do. you, yourself, have said you support modest modifications in medicare. give me specifics. >> well, what i'm going to do, i'm not going to make news here, wolf, in terms of what a comprehensive plan would look like, but what i've consistently said is that medicare and health care costs generally are out of control. the health care reforms we initiated are starting to reduce those costs, but we are are going to have to do more. >> changing the cost of living index which would reduce the amount of money from medicare, social security recipients? >> we would like to reduce the cost of health care as opposed to shifting the cost from the government to seniors. >> but a change in the tlicost living is something you've open to. >> the problems with some of the proposals we have seen and including proposals out of the house of representatives and republicans there, they don't really address what it takes to reduce costs. what they say is senior citizens, we have voucherize it and whatever inflation there is you have to cover out of pocket so seniors might have to spend $6,000 more. what we say is are there modifications that can change the delivery system and how health care is delivered so that you don't have to take five tests, you take one. so that providers are not ordering unnecessary procedures, but focusing on what actually works. the more we can do those kind of changes and, in some cases, you know, that volves empowering consumers to make better choices, then we can hopefully control the costs without seeing any radical change to the basic structure of medicare. >> our wolf blitzer is headed back to his perch in washington. we were able to grab him by phone. he's at the airport. wolf, thanks so much for calling in. i want to ask you. you know, you have covered the president for a long time. what was your take on his confidence level here as you were doing this interview as he is, you know, approaching the election? >> reporter: he seems pretty confident. he flatly said he predicted he would be reelected at the end of the interview. i had a fun and asked him what he would give his daughters if he were reelected and he said when i'm reelected. so he was pretty confident that he would be reelected. he sort of took the high road and swiped a little bit at mitt romney and rick perry, but he didn't really blast them as they have blasted him. he is trying to take the high road a little bit and be presidential, although i suspect, kyra, as this campaign really gets off the ground, and it's only just beginning now, it's going to get livelier and livelier with every passing day and certainly at the end, it will be very intense once the republicans have selected their nominee. but he seemed pretty confident. he seemed the only time he got a little emotional was when i asked him about the worst moments of being president and he reflected on when he meets with family members of those killed in iraq and afghanistan. and he got a little emotional. i think he was thinking about when he was at dover air force base last week and meeting with some of the families when the bodies of those navy s.e.a.l.s and other soldiers were brought back to the united states from afghanistan. >> wolf, you mentioned just mitt romney and rick perry just a moment ago. we want to take you live. mitt romney going at the president on jobs. he's at a steel company taking questions now from reporters. let's listen in. wolf, thanks so much. >> i was not fulfilled. that it's been a failure. the president, yesterday, spoke about what a mess he inherited from george bush. my goodness. the american people are tired hearing about what he inherited. they want to understand what did he with what he got and unfortunately what he did is make things worse and make it harder for the american people. i'm glad he is going to come up with new ideas and hopefully he will listen to people who have worked in the private sector and understand how the economy works. he and his academic and political friends don't understand what it takes to get this economy going again. and a little too little, too late, but we appreciate the fact that he's trying to devote some time to it and not just be on the bus tour and not just vacationing at marnl's vineyard but giving some thought of the american people. i would have thought he would have done that from day one. if i'm the president day one of my term i will be working to get americans jobs again. please. >> governor perry in iowa has accused -- [ inaudible ] treasonist [ inaudible ] i just want to get your comments on that. would you view move by the fed being a political effort to [ inaudible ]? >> you know what? i don't have any new comments on the fed with regard to rick perry's comments as well. i've made some comments about the fed in the past and i can refer you to those. but i'm not looking to be in a give and take with governor perry. he is expressing his views. i express my views and my record. he's a fine guy, a fine governor. we will get a chance to debate and probably have a good chance for contrasting views at that point. i don't have anything new for you on the fed today. i stand by the comments i have made in the past. >> some reporting yesterday there is sort of rumors that maybe paul ryan was thinking about running again. perry getting in on saturday. i'm curious do you feel like -- why do you think some of those establishment voices have been slow to get behind you as the establishment candidate in this race so far? >> i'm really pleased with the support i have in this race. the people who is gotten behind my effort and encouraged in this race as well as the financial support i have received where given me the wherewithal to run the campaign to the end and make sure i get the delegates together to win the nomination. it's still a bit of an open field. that's a good thing. welcome folks in. the more, the mmerrier. if others want to get in, the water is fine. good opportunity for debate and discussion. this is an important time for the country. i think people recognize that the president is not the right one to lead the country for the next five years. and they want to give some careful thought to who is. we may have acted in a way that was -- well, not based upon a record of accomplishment in the case of the president's election, we didn't know much about him. he never had led anything before. he hadn't had experience in the private sector. people want to give a good hard look to those who are running. you're going to see ups and downs in polls and in support, in endorsements and in money fund-raising and so forth, but, you know, in the final analysis, it's going to doyle boil down to a careful consideration who ought to be the next president and i think i will bwin. >> thank you. >> we are going across the state. we are -- >> you just heard from mitt romney there speaking at isakson structural steel on the economy. blasting the president there actually for the situation that we are in now. you'll hear more from the president in our interview one-on-one with wolf blitzer coming up later in the hour, what he thinks of mitt romney and rick perry. speaking of rick perry, he takes his new campaign from president from the first caucus state to the first primary state. coming up, we take you live to new hampshire as well. a battle for rights over an iconic song from the '70s. one of these guys wants it in a big way. that's next. ♪ i've been waiting ♪ for a snack like you ♪ to come into my life [ female announcer ] lean cuisine has snacks! like creamy cheesy spinach artichoke dip with warm pita. new from lean cuisine®. with aveeno nourish plus moisturize. active naturals wheat formulas target and help repair damage in just 3 washes. for softer, stronger... ... hair with life. [ female announcer ] nourish plus. only from aveeno. showbiz headlines for you. real life hits the real wife of "desperate wives in beverly hills." a husband of one of the actresses has committed suicide. casey anthony giving their first posttrial interview with dr. phil. they will not be paid for their time but make a donation to their nonprofit group. a huge outcry, kiss has been dropped from a michael jackson tribute concert. seem m.j. fans have never forgiven gene simmons for saying he was convinced jackson molested children. they say booking the band was an oversight. you know the song. roll clip, scotty. ♪ it's fun to stay at the y.m.c.a. ♪ ♪ it's fun to stay at the y.m.c.a. ♪ ♪ >> admit it, you've done the moves at a function, a party. now a huge fight who should own the rights to this song. zain verjee, who knows the moves and all of the details of this very well, i saw you dancing during the break. i knew it! >> reporter: let's see you do it! >> i'm playing this one straight. zane, here is the question. this song is decades old, right? why is the music rights battle happening right now? >> reporter: well, it's a big deal now. this is so popular, you've done it, i've done it and millions people around the world