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good morning, everyone on this labor day, good to see you. i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. this morning the big rainmaker named tropical storm lee is slowly making its way across the northern mississippi, after swamping the gulf coast. the tropical storm was downgraded to a tropical depression late last night. lee is headed east northeast, it has 35-mile-per-hour sustained winds, but hurricane consultant david bernard said it's the threat of flash floods that's the real problem. >> it's going to merge with this cold front and move to the northeast, that means a tremendous floo...

battered housing market. today we found out we're not getting it. home sales plunge. i'll tell what you it means and what's around the corner. and jimmy carter is headed to a hostile nation on a rescue nation. who he is planning to save. and it's stylish, durable and could save your life. i'll show you an air bag you can wear. we've got a live demo here. but first, big decision you need to know about, about stem cell research. a federal judge has issued an injunction in a court case which basically puts an end to most stem cell research that's going on in the country right now....

the deadline for some pollution claims in the gulf is tomorrow. the battle of berwick. without a permanent director since 2006 gets dr. donald berwick in a recess appointment so? president bush's director said he's a universally guy regarded and who is not partisan. miss bendy straws talks about other things she doesn't understand. >> we need somebody on the job now. we have had more nominees waiting longer than any administration in recent history. >> gop still killing jobless benefits in the senate. robert byrd's successor in west virginia holding the balance against a republican f...

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Good news. proving that you have to laugh to keep from crying. joining me now today is comedian harry scherrer, whose new album "greed and fear" is available for download. great to have you with us. >> great to be here. thank you. >> there's a lot of material out there right now. >> i think the senatorial bar was open early this morning. you know, harry reid is not alone in this. financial ceos and financial journalists have for a way long time been using this euphemism to describe the loss of jobs. companies shed jobs. you see it on cnbc all the time. general motors shed some jobs today. no, ...