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>> that's not why we're playing it. that's a healthy ego. >> you got to go with the joke. >> i know. we're just teasing. >> just want to honor my man. >> this is in honor of don cornelius. we announced his death yesterday. soul train, did you watch "soul train" ever? am i right, saturday morning? >> did you pass by the channel or actually stop? >> we have a lot to get to. let me introduce our panel to you will cain, john fugelsan, i mangle your name all the time. soledad o'brien -- >> that's cuban irish. >> roland martin is back, as well. all right, take it down. here we go. let's ge...

fred whitfield has the weekend off. our top story this hour, a week after hurricane irene battered the east coast, tropical storm lee is targeting the gulf coast. heavy rain falling now in mississippi and louisiana, both states under a state of emergency. mandatory evacuations are under way in parts of jefferson parish in the new orleans area and some parts could get up to 20 inches of rain. vermont is one of the states still cleaning up from irene. remember that storm? six days after irene slammed the state, nearly 700 vermont homes are still without power. and the search is still o...

hiding. if he is, they didn't get him. a few hours later gadhafi or presumably his voice turn up on a sympathetic tv network al rai. >> translator: give way or give up ourselves to them. we're not stupid. you know, we're not a coward. the libyan people are -- >> few hours ago, the voice was back. this time gadhafi called on his followers to start an insurgency like the one that nearly destroyed iraq after the fall of saddam hussein. >> translator: we will fight against you wherever you are. we will sacrifice our lives so that the sand of libya will become and the stones of libya will...

For the very first stimulus project, replacing the old osage river bridge in missouri. >> it provided me training, it provided me financially stable months, it provided me a lot of stuff i would not have had otherwise. >> one, two, three. yea! [applause] >> reporter: and the project opened last fall when the new and improved bridge opened for business and the old bridge came down. the lead contractor on the bridge is grateful for the project but says work is hard to come by right now. >> we sent a bunch of our key guys home. they've been sitting home for three months now. p you know, guys that...

>> reporter: you bet. jon: get powered up with chris' power play, log on to foxnews.com, click on the politics tab right there. you'll see chris' work infrastructure, some very good stuff. jenna: well, putting your stimulus money to work. it's always easier to spend other people's money, right, jon? is. jon: it sure is. can i have your credit card? [laughter] jenna: no way. president obama signed the stimulus two years ago. we'll bring it up for you, it's a bridge in missouri originally built in 1933. it was in need of serious repair. the project is now complete, and steve brown is joining us ...