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tax deductions to help pay for the plan on this "american morning." good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, september 13th. welcome to "american morning." >> more from ali on last night's debate just ahead, but first, two big breaking stories. it's 6:00 a.m. eastern. >> right. first to afghanistan where the u.s. embassy in kabul is under attack right now. it appears tackers enter a nearby building under construction and are now firing rocket propelled grenades at the embassy. suzanne malveaux is live at the capital there. what's happening there? >> i don't think we have her. >> repo...

all over the country. our highways are backed up with traffic. our airports are clogged. and there are millions of unemployed construction workers who can rebuild them so let's pass this bill so road crews and diggers and pavers and workers, they can all head back to the job site. there's plenty of work to do. this job -- this jobs bill will help them do it. let's put them back to work. let's pass this bill, rebuilding america. and there are schools throughout the country that desperately need renovating. we cannot -- got an amen over there. we can't expect our kids to do their best ...

we're standing here with cops and firefighters whose jobs are threatened because states an communities are cutting back. this bill will keep cops on the beat and firefighters on call. so let's pass this bill so that these men and women with continue protecting our neighborhoods like they do every single day. i'm standing with construction workers. we've got roads that need work all over the country. our highways are backed up with traffic. our airports are clogged. and there are millions of unemployed construction workers who can rebuild them so let's pass this bill so road crews and...

have been evacuated. what's the latest on the flooding there? >> reporter: just to give you a sense of where i am standing on the ledge of one of those vacuum cleaners at a car wash now dipping into the water so you can see how high the water is. putting this piece of paper in there to show you how fast the current is flowing. it's cold here. yeah. there are, like, 18,000 people in new jersey who have remained evacuated. 3,500 of them remain right here in this county. they are out of their homes and they don't like it. anderson, you know what? this is like the third time for some of ...

strings attached. we're keeping them honest tonight. also, in a moment, we'll take you live to a town that's still under warde, and you'll hear from a man who has been stranded by hurricane irene and he says forgotten by fema. rising waters leaving him surrounded. roads are gone. nearby houses gone as well. power is out. supplies are still limited. he says he hasn't seen a government official or fema worker and only local sheriffs trying to deal with the problem. he joins us shortly by phone. breaking news tonight. late word that president obama will hit hard hit patterson new je...