even get back to it. it's moving probably 8, 10 miles an hour across the ground. so, you know, god help us. that's all. that's all we can do right now. [ sirens ] a whole different story in the east. remnants of tropical storm lee sweeping through the area. the storm left one person dead in mississippi, knocking out power to thousands all across the south. stocks deep in the red. the dow fell more than 250 points just after the opening bell. right now still hanging down. new concerns about europe's debt cries and the global economy weighing on investors. u.s. stocks plunged friday after a disappointing report showed no growth in jobs in august. two convoys of libyans allegedly loyal to gadhafi have fled to niger. a source says six high-ranking libyan officials were in one of those convoys. still no sign of gadhafi themselves. nato officials say it's to keep the libyan people safe an not to target the regime leaders. it's the first dahl day of the new job for general petraeus. he's now taking the reins at the kriismt o. cia. he says it will be an exciting new journey. and mitt romney says he has a plan to get america working again. romney will unveil his jobs plan later today. he says it includes 59 specific proposals to help the economy. the plan calls for tax cuts, scaling back regulation, and a system for retraining workers. we'll bring you that event live. it's scheduled to start at 3:30 eastern time today. president obama spells out his plan for job growth before congress. that happens thursday. at a labor day rally, he told the crowd, he will work to restore the middle class in america, challenging republicans to support the plans he has yet to outline. >> there is work to be done and there are workers ready to do it. labor is on board, business is on board. we just need congress to get on board. >> of course, cnn's special compage of the president's address begins thursday at 6:00 eastern time. back to the wildfires racing out of control out of texas. more than 25,000 acres scorched. jim spellman is there. what are you hearing about containment today? are they made headwind? >> no containment at all. winds are good today, calm, much cooler, allow firefighters to try to get some containment. >> i want to introduce you to shara and her daughter. they were forced to evacuate. what was it like? >> we just got a call from our neighbor that we needed to get out, and claire also was getting calls from friends who live on the street, saying we had to get out. and we just threw kids and dog in the car and left. >> reporter: and your home? >> it's gone. we hear from a neighbor who snuck back in -- we're not allowed to go back, probably for a few more days to see, but a neighbor said that he saw our house and it was gone. >> claire, what's it like to go through that? what does it feel like? >> well, right now you just can't think anything about it. everybody else is in the same situations. there's no self-pity. we'll be better off than most, but the fact that half of our town is homeless, you can't really think of yourself right now. >> reporter: what are you going to do? >> we don't know. we're trying to form late short-term plan, midterm plan. we're just wandering around stunned, and just aimless. figuring out what to do next. >> reporter: drew, a lot of people in the same position. this is the command center for this fire, trying to pick up a few supplies, water, even toilet paper. about 500 home destroyed that we know of already. these are literally refugees, and as you well know, you go back from a wildfire, there is literally nothing left. >> reporter: claire's husband had to try to get a new driver's license, cash, stuff you don't even think of, just destroyed. that's just not waterlogged. that's just gone. it's a lot of rebuilding. i'm not sure i can't do the same, drew. >> thanks for bringing that. here's a rundown. first a global sell-off. it's got investors jittery. we're live at the new york stock exchange, as we always are. then the president is set to unveil his plan to get america back to work, but republican presidential candidates have ideas of their own. we're going to break those down for you. a group of teens rips out a page of mississippi's troubled past, allegedly killing a man for one reason -- he was black. you'll hear from that man's family. and this -- >> they just said be prepared to shoot down the next hijack track. then they came back and said, do you have a problem with that? 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>> that was a real reality check. the street really expected nothing good out of that employment report, but at least 1, 2, 3 jobs added. we haven't seen that added since the second world war. and mainly all bad news since then. the world bank president saying the u.s. is going through a period of high unemployment, and the news that bank of america may have to cut workers. and financial firms with just a big question mark. they're getting hit with more and more lawsuits which could lead to cutbacks. >> thank you, karina. the family of a man allegedly murdered in a hate crime speaking out this hour. james craig anderson's loved ones want to know why more suspects haven't been arrested. look at all this stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, espresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it, though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that is easy. best news i've heard all day! i'm soooo amped! i mean not amped. excited. well, sort of amped. really kind of in between. have you ever thought about decaf? 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>> a lot of folks -- all of the republican candidates would like to cut corporate taxes. they would like to cut regulation. they'd like to end the president's health care reform. the idea being that if companies aren't paying so much in taxes here, we're going to be reinvesting that money and growing their business, but you've got to cut corporate taxes, many others say, by getting rid of the loopholes. printed corporate income tack rate, right, drew? they're paying much less than that. that's where tax reform comes into play. >> yeah, and i think that's why the "wall street journal" endorsed jon huntsman, his plan to overhaul the tax code and create this bracket system, including home mortgage deduction -- >> that's right. >> i'm not sure that would politically fly, but would it help job growth? >> if your federal job income were dropped, maybe depending on who you are, you would give up your mortgage interest deduction if you were paying lower taxes on the other end. he would kill the alternative minimum tax and pare down the side of government, regulations and would repeal president obama's health care reform law. so that's one of the reasons -- or many of the reasons why the "wall street journal" has endorsed his plan in particular. >> we should point out other cunning don't have that mortgage detux. they have the same house ownership that we do, i believe. >> y5e. many people saying that mortgage interest deduction was a incentive to buy more than they could afford and a big transfer of wealth, quite frankly. billions goes right out of taxes and right back into pockets of taxpayers, maybe lower home prices would be better in the first place. >> republicans have this other idea about repealing this health care reform bill. not so much from republicans, but from small business owners deciding whether or not to hire people, i hear this a lot. they don't know what's coming with, quote/unquote, obamacare and they're afraid to make a move. >> and they're listenling to a lot of information from the radio and friends and colleagues, and some people have been saying it will be onerous for them. in general republicans are pushing this sort of -- this story line that there's too much regulation that's killing jobs, that, quote/unquote is killing jobs. economists say, the truth lies somewhere in between here. it's not too much regulations that killed jobs, it's a financial crisis that killed jobs and they're just now rolling out health care reform. i'll tell you where there's been a cottage industry, consultants going around trying to take a look, and telling them how they're going to have to, you know, get up to health care reform standards and the like. so we'll watch that space as well. that is every single one of these candidates is saying kilo'bamacare. >> christine, thanks, good conversation there, and a reminder, president obama will lay out his plan for job growth thursday night before a joint session of congress. don't miss the live coverage. it begins at 6:00 eastern time. in jackson mississippi this hour, we're hearing from the family attorney of a man who was allegedly murdered for one reason -- he was black. his names, james craig anderson. his family members have just filed a wrongful death suit against seven white teenagers they say kind anderson because of the color of his skin. prosecutors have labeled this a hate crime, but so far just two of the teenagers involved have been charged, excluding the 19-year-old who prosecutors say deliberately ran down the autoworker. the lawsuit filed by his family seeks a jury trial and damages. >> the lawsuit makes various allegations against all seven individuals that were present that night. we allege all seven too part in what we call a joint venture to seek out and do harm to a person of color in this particular instance it was james craig anderson, a black individual whom they did murder. we are seeing damages again offense caught on tape. the details include disturbing language and images. darrell desmond is thin, short, with straggling blond hair, accused of leading a group of white teenage revellers to find and beat up anyone who is black. on june 26th, a group of white teens, seven in all, leaving annual all-night party in the enclave of rancon county, mississippi, in search of a black person to, quote, mess with. >> out of hate. >> out of hate. >> no doubt in your mind this was a racially motivated, hate motivated, let's go kill a black guy crime. >> absolutely, no doubt. they were looking for a black victim to assault. and even kill in this instance. >> reporter: they drove 16 miles on a freeway heading west. at 5:00 a.m., they took the ellis avenue off-ramp leading to a predominantly black section of jackson. just as they exited, an unsuspecting 49 years old auto worker was stand i about by his car at this local motel, and he was black. so literally they found the first black person they could find. that black person was in this parking lot? 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