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fix. and would you ask your boss's wife out on a date? especially if your boss is the president of the united states? >> announcer: from cnn's world headquarters bringing you news and analysis from around the globe, live from studio 7, this is "cnn saturday morning" with t.j. holmes. let's start with the senate. open for business today. it will be open about three hours from now. they have some work to do. they need to work on a couple of bills. one is a big spending bill that will fund the government through september. a deal is reached that will keep us from having a government...

also, would you ask your boss' wife out on a date? especially if your boss is the president of the united states? we'll explain this and you've been chiming in on it this morning as well. let's start with the senate. open for business today. they'll be in session. first on that agenda is extending the payroll tax holiday. this is a compromised keel that appears to have been reached. it's just an extension that goes for two months. it means we have to come back and do this all over again in 6 house today. athena, the white house at least happy to know that the taxes for a lot of folks...

shook up. the bachmann campaign pressing on with a new man at the helm. big changes at the top and the questions they're raising about the congresswoman's campaign. >> i'm carol costello. president obama offering up one hint about his highly anticipated jobs plan. his proposal to put americans back to work on this "american morning." all right. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, september 6th. welcome to "american morning." >> what's going on with the weather? >> i know. from earthquakes to hurricanes to wildfires. >> we need some locust. >> all we need is locus and it will com...

structu destruction of the wildfires in texas. this now stretches across a 16-mile area. winds whipped up flames again today. a separate fire in eastern texas killed a mother and her 18-month-old child. tropical depression lee slogging its way north today after dumping as much of a foot of rain in parts of louisiana. pumps in new orleans helped prevent any major problem there. that was good. but the storm caused flooding in other towns and cities along the gulf. in alabama, lee spun off portable tornadoes and strong winds damaged at least 20 homes in thewn the television say, torna...

Really need to get the money to relocate before they invest in rebuilding their home that was destroyed. he also says that in many cases people just don't have to move that far away. they just have to go to higher ground or away from the water. now, any change is really going to take a coordinated effort. you know, at this point, you know, this flooding issue is everyone's problem, just because the government is spending everybody's money. it's spending your money, my money, and the government needs to set rates that reflect the risks at handle. suzanne? >> all right. alison kosik, thank you s...