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thank you for waking up with us. i'm live in new york. let's start in texas, shall we? it's a dry, scorched burning place this morning. its wildfire problems are getting worse. more than 60 new fires broke out over the weekend. the biggest and maybe the most dangerous is the one you're looking at in bastrop county, 30 miles from downtown usa. p let's go to atlanta and check in with rob marciano. we're going to get to chris welch who's in texas just a bit. i wanted to talk to you first about the dry conditions in texas and if they're going to get any relief from mother nature. >> we d...

believe me, that is saying something. this has been the worst fire season in texas history, and this is the worst of more than 35 fires burning right now. it's southeast of austin in bass strup county. and 1,000 other homes are threaten threatened. firefighters are attacking on the ground and in the air. and chris welch is in the thick of it. are they making any headway at all? >> caller: not exactly. this is a very bad day for fighting a fire to put it lightly. officials here caution, you know, they asked everybody to evacuate yesterday in the hardest hit areas. this fire continues ...

Barack obama became wealthy prior to the presidency. >> neil: there's a sense this president, whether he comes from money or not, there's an elitism he wears. it's not bad in and of itself but it reminds folks of being out of touch. he says anyone who has gone into whole foods and seen what they charge for arugula. it was a union crowd with tattoos. i dare say i didn't know what arugula was. i'm kidding. but is fretting about the prays of arugula winning you any attachment votes? >> no. no, although arugula is delicious and we're having that for dinner but it is very, very healthy for you. but...

About it by saying, look i don't want to scoop myself. i want to make sure everyone tunes in thursday night. a lot of people are going to be watching closely to see what is new about this plan. >> gregg: the white house is saying this is not a campaign lism the president was certainly firing up the crowd. what he said wasn't nearly as fiery as what some others had to say before him. tell us about that. >> reporter: that's right. the teamsters' president jimmy hoffa, jr. was firm and direct in saying this -- he referred to this union crowd as an army for the president. and was saying the republ...