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>> brooke, thanks very much. happening now, riveting new details, the rough draft about president obama's jobs speech. what we're learning about the plan he unveiled tomorrow night and whether he has new ideas that will sound either bold or timid. also, rick perry's first test on the presidential debate stage. he got a late ride into this race, but he's moving very quickly right now at the start of his presidential campaign. tonight, he has something, of course, to prove. plus, one of america's biggest malls prepares to be the target potentially of a terror attack. it's a valua...

thank you for waking up with us. i'm live in new york. let's start in texas, shall we? it's a dry, scorched burning place this morning. its wildfire problems are getting worse. more than 60 new fires broke out over the weekend. the biggest and maybe the most dangerous is the one you're looking at in bastrop county, 30 miles from downtown usa. p let's go to atlanta and check in with rob marciano. we're going to get to chris welch who's in texas just a bit. i wanted to talk to you first about the dry conditions in texas and if they're going to get any relief from mother nature. >> we d...

today. here in south carolina, a handful of republican presidential candidates took part in a forum organized by the conservative and tea party power broker senator jim demint. >> what are the programs at the federal level that we need to get out of the federal government? >> well, that's a difficult question because that's a long list. i'd rather you give me the list of one of the things we should keep. >> president obama was also on the road this labor day in detroit for what the white house billed as an official policy event. >> thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you. thank yo...

weaker but what they really need is for it to move a little faster. it is just sitting there over parts of the gulf coast right now, already causing flooding and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. also, listen to this, buy a raffle ticket and you could win a glock handgun. it's part of a republican fund-raiser in tucson, arizona. the same city where a gunman using a glock handgun killed six people and shot congresswoman gabrielle giffords in the head. critics are calling this extremely insensitive but arizona republicans are defending the fund-raiser. also this mo...

conditions apply. tropical storm lee tearing through the gulf of mexico. this is what it looks like for oil rig workers, look at this, leaning almost 45 degrees into the wind, holding on to a railing for dear life to find out how fast the wind was blowing. on land, lee is a major flood maker. some parts of louisiana have already gotten more than ten inches of rain. that amount could double in some areas. great to see you. i'm susan hendricks in for don lemon. you are in the cnn newsroom this labor day weekend. some of you are here on the gulf coast, feeling the impacts of a very sl...