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wednesday to deliver his major speech on jobs. >> now, that would have conflicted with the republican presidential debate. john hendren is joining us from washington with more on how this drama played itself out. >> reporter: good morning, tanya and rob. the white house tells us the new jobs plan will be significant and detail. the question is can he get it through congress? in 2012 president obama's job likely depends on how many americans have their own. >> our economy has to grow faster. we have to create more jobs and we have to do it faster. >> reporter: as the 10,000 who lined ...

and good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm tanya rivero. the number of people killed in irene has now surged to at least 40 as more victims are pulled from floodwaters. >> the danger is far from over as those waters continue to rise in states already hard hit john hendren is in washington now with the latest on this. good morning to you, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. irene's first waves hit the south, north carolina, virginia ancond wave the the second wave the hit, north, new jersey, new york on up to vermont and now learning some of the worst damage h...

from floodwaters. >> the danger is far from over as those waters continue to rise in states already hard hit john hendren is in washington now with the latest on this. good morning to you, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. irene's first waves hit the south, north carolina, virginia and maryland. the second wave the hit, north, new jersey, new york on up to vermont and now learning some of the worst damage happened after irene was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm. along a 500-mile-wide path that raked the eastern seaboard irene left a leg ski of lethal fla...

so far emergencies have been declared in seven states from north carolina to connecticut. >> new york and other major metro areas remain in the crosshairs of this hour and people in low-lying areas are heading to higher ground in droves. for the very latest for where and when it will hit we turn to accuweather. >> and jim dickey is tracking the storm. >> it remains large and powerful. can you see on the satellite imagery, an eye is popping up. it shows the storm starting tot strengthen. we are expecting it to briefly reach category 4 strength and roll its way northward towards the co...

declared in seven states from north carolina to connecticut. >> new york and other major metro areas remain in the crosshairs of this hour and people in low-lying areas are heading to higher ground in droves. for the very latest for where and when it will hit we turn to accuweather. >> and jim dickey is tracking the storm. >> it remains large and powerful. can you see on the satellite imagery, an eye is popping up. it shows the storm starting tot strengthen. we are expecting it to briefly reach category 4 strength and roll its way northward towards the coast of north carolina. make l...