because your choice didn't win or you want to checkup the other runners up, go to suzanne malveaux's page,. and it's the big story today. today is the big day for president obama. that long awaited jobs speech on congress. it was planned for last night. you know the republicans were debating last night and had to be moved to tonight, the president's speech. here we are six hours away from the speech. he is expected to propose more investments and tax breaks that will cost $3 billion. the president may call for an infrastructure bank providing for low cost loans to get projects off the ground. he is expected to call for an extension in the payroll tax break which almost every american worker gets. and more tax breaks for those that hire veterans and the long-term unemployed. the white house says none of this ought to come as objectionable to republicans. >> all of these ideas are bipartisan in nature. they are the kinds of things that republicans and democrats have broadly supported in the past. and therefore, given the fact that they are paid for and the economy needs help and americans need help, congress should act right away and get it done. >> of course debt has been a part of the conversation. you remember that super committee? well we saw the first meeting, the very first one of this bipartisan congressional super committee. their job is to come up with about up to 1.5 billion in deficit reduction. this is broken down by six republicans and six democrats, so if they vote along party lines nothing will get done. maybe they will vote unanimously on what they come up with. yeah, right. and now the president's speech coming up in about six hours, and let's bring in our guests. briana, let me start with you. are they coming up with something the president announcing something he thinks can get passed or is he announcing something tonight that he really thinks is going to get the economy going. >> certainly this is something the white house wants and would have an immediate impact. but there are obstacles in congress and the white house and house republicans don't see eye to eye on what we're expecting from the proposal. you will hear republicans talking about how some of the things in the bill are stimulus, which has become a bit of a dirty word, of course, and house republicans are opposed to that. and there is also as we understand it from democratic sources familiar with the president's speech is one of the ways he will propose paying for this is in part with the delayed tax increases. you know that republicans are not going to be onboard with that. and what you also have is the white house pointing to other things, tax cuts and a payroll and a tax cut and an extension of that and allowing it to go to employers. and the point they are trying to make is anything they put forward house republicans will say no to. they are literally sending up a bill next week, this is what the white house press second said, they are putting it in bill form, and hey, we have even written it for you and here it is, and even talking to democrats on the hill, there is no expectation that congress will pass one single comprehensive jobs bill the president will propose tonight. >> interesting how you say it. hey, we made it easy for you and even wrote it for you, but it may not pass. christine, is that enough money? >> we already spent twice on the stimulus that critics would not say did not hurt. the white house said if you pass the stimulus and spend the hundreds of billions we will be able to keep the unemployment below 8%. they can't hang that on them again. one of the things that is interesting is the buying of the goodwill from different sectors that are getting hit here. you have state and local governments that have been hit hard in terms of state budget cuts and having to lay off first responders and teachers and people that work in schools. if the president can come out with some targeted relief because of holes in state budgets, that could be difficult for republicans to turn down, couldn't it? you take a look at school personnel, for example. 85,000 jobs lost in schools just this summer. since 2008, when the crisis began, you lost 290,000 jobs in american schools. that means pretty much every family out there has noticed in their school district maybe something is different. now you are paying to be on the football team and now you have five more kids in the classes, and it's something that you can resonate. the question for the president, can the white house team put something together that the republicans cannot afford not to pass, otherwise it looks like they are saying no for the sake of saying no. >> what is this going to look like? this is one of the grandest thing the president can do, get two houses together and it will be looking presidential, and there's an expectations gain, and you have us all around the tv and all the senators in congress sitting there, and you better say something important. is there pressure to say something important? >> there's a lot of pressure and anticipation. what does an address to a joint session of congress look like? it looks like the state of the union. it's a big deal. it's a huge spectacle. this could be -- it's really expected to be a pivotal moment for the president. you heard christine talking about the buying of the goodwill for a different sort of sectors. a lot of this has to do with the buying of the goodwill of the american people and trying to convince them the president will understand and he cares and is trying to do something and he is trying to point out that house republicans are the ones getting in the way. of course, this is the battle that will be going back and forth. bottom line, this is a big deal and it's a huge spectacle. >> all right. ladies, always good to see you both. i will chat with you again, soon. to the viewers, if you don't know by now, the president talking tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. the president is speaking at 7:00, and he will be done in time for you to catch off the nfl season. now, other news taking place today. jury selection under way in the trial of conrad murray. he is the cardiologist charged with involunteer manslaughter in the death of michael jackson. jackson, you will remember, died on june 25th, 2009, of an overdose of the anaesthetic drug, propofol. prosecutors claim murray used a drip of the drug. nearly 1400 homes destroyed. the fire is only 30% contained at this point. so far it has blackened 34,000 acres and forced many to evacuated. texas is in desperate need of water. they are dealing with terrible drought conditions. historic drought conditions in that state. meanwhile, other folks dealing with too much water. catastrophic flooding. this is the remanence of tropical storm lee. you have people evacuating by about 100,000. we will take you live to pennsylvania for the latest. stay with us. and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ that didn't just hide your breakouts... but actually made them go away. neutrogena skin clearing makeup has our proven blemish fighting formula so it clears your breakouts. now that's beautiful. neutrogena®. now that's beautiful. 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from bingington, and from the susquehanna, and the water going over the levee system and going over the water breaching and into the city. i don't think the city of bringington will fill up with water but people are being evacuated there. think about the city or town and you a try to put 100,000 people someplace not in their homes, like in high schools and gymnasiums, and just centers. how do you put 100,000 people. how do you prepare to put 100,000 people anywhere. if you are going and listening, you must take your own things. you must prepare it and make sure that you have stuff to sleep on, because there's no possible way the red cross or the cities or states or anywhere can be anywhere near to take care of 100,000 people. there's the water. it's going up. that water from where it is, another 12 feet higher. those buildings, those little houses you saw under water, at least partly under water will be significantly deeper in about eight hours. >> you say that like a sure thing. it's hard to even imagine from looking at that picture that that's possible. >> i lived that flood in agnes, and i was a boy scout and we collected food and clothes and took it down to corning, and that's as far as we could go. it was a tremendous flood from agnes, and this is equal if not as bad. in some spots it's worst than that. >> chad, we appreciate you. thank you so much. six months after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit ju pan, a lot of things to be concerned about, and one of them the fear of more suicides. stay with me. coffee doesn't have vitamins... unless you want it to. new splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart new ways to sweeten. same great taste. new splenda® essentials™. 17 minutes past the hour. time for a new segment. it's called undercover. where on this show they will be bringing you stories not getting enough attention, maybe like this one out of japan today. you remember seeing, of course, a number of these images. entire communities wiped away by a tsunami. it was covered around the hour for days when it happened and that was back in march. here we are six months later and not a lot of talk maybe about the people who survived and trying to rebuild. more than 100,000 still don't have a permanent place to live. there was a huge concern that more and more people will commit suicide. especially because in japan, there is such a social stigma about seeking mental health assistance. >> reporter: disaster as far as the eye could see. that's what the tsunami left in a town in japan, gutting more than half of the city. six months later, rescuers have cleared much of the rubble, but the pain remained. i was tormented and in shock because all that was precious to me was gone. the hotel that she owned seen burning here was destroyed. all her possessions, gone. family and friends, perished. it was a living hell, until she met the volunteer psychiatrist, who listened. >> translator: if i had not met the doctor, i would have ended my life. >> reporter: suicide, that's the fear in japan. reports are surfacing from the disaster zone. a dairy farmer struggling hung himself in the barn saying there was nothing to live for. japan has one of the highest rates of suicide in the entire world. there is one approximately every 15 minutes in this country. social workers say there is an urgent need to deal with post traumatic stress disorder in the tsunami zone, but an extraordinary lack of resources and a strong social stigma seeking health care. that's why these social workers never utter the word therapy, and they talk over makeup and massages. one psychologist slyly asks about their grief. a lot of the people here believe it's too painful, she says, who like so many lost her home, but it helps, she adds, knowing she's not alone. the survival of the body was the focus in the wake of the tsunami, and now it's about fighting ptsd and suicide. she believes suicide cases will begin to spike. they are realizing only now the sense of loss and deep grief, she says. you can easily lose all hope for the future. and now this woman focuses on rebuilding her hotel and a new future. for every success story, there's an unfortunate reality. >> as a doctor, does it bother you there will be so many people you will not be able to reach? yes, he says. there's not a psychiatric clinic in the region. i can't stand the fact that so many people will die because they did not have anything to talk to. a region trying to rebuild. but the devastation runs deeper than the eye can see. and a woman who woke up with a cross painted with the racial colors. we'll tell you his words for the criminals. stay here. 50+ advantage has ginkgo for memory and concentration, plus support for bone and breast health. a great addition to my routine. 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