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and pakistan. clinton just left libya. the visit there was the first by a cabinet-level official since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi. there are reports that turkish forces killed 15 militants in iraq. they were in pursuit of kurdish rebels. the fighters have waged a campaign for a separate state for several decades. france's president and first lady welcomed a baby girl wednesday night. a close family friend says she is doing well after giving birth to the first baby born to a sitting french president. nicolas sarkozy visited his wife and new daughter in a paris hospital a few...

how about you? >> oh, i'm a bears fan. >> she's a chicago boy. i'll give you the highlights. >> there you go. >> okay, drew. >> thanks a lot. drew griffin here in studio 7 for suzanne malveaux, who's over in afghanistan. let's get you up to speed. new numbers out today provide more evidence of a very weak job market. the number of americans filing first-time claims rose. it was up to 414,000 last week. why is that important? economists say the number needs to fall below 400,000 to reduce the unemployment rate, which is stuck at 9.1%. president obama lays out his jobs plan tonight. ou...

>> that was cool. "american morning" continues right now. after the deluge, i'm christine romans, tropical storm lee now a tropical depression, but still, packing plenty of rain after dumping a foot on parts of the gulf coast. >> i'm carol costello. right now massive wildfires threatening to burn down thousands of homes in texas. it is the worst fire season in state history and it's far from over on this "american morning." all right. good morning, everybody. it's monday, september 5th. labor day. welcome to "american morning." ali is off today. >> happy labor day. i hope you're ...

already for so many people. so it's unbelievable. we just don't know. we're at a point where there is a lot of concern because it is so uncertain. and people are following it, they're talking about it. >> and they'll be doing that for the next two hours. hope fly we'll have something by the beginning of next week. live from studio 7, want to get you up to speed for this friday, july 29th. we're will thalmost out of time. those words from president obama. the deadline for raising the country's debt limit now just four days away. and congress and the white house still gridlocked over...