appreciate the american museum of natural history, metropolitan museum of art, listen to beethov beethoven's fifth symphony, wouldn't that be the biggest tragedy ever, this highly creative species would vanish. >> thank you again. i've said to you both it's an honor but a dream for me to be especially here with -- in this place with both of you. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you very much. that will do it for "sgmd." see more of john and richard as well as a lot of other stories i'm looking on, my life stream at cnn.com/sanjay. thanks for being us with us. time to get you back to the cnn newsroom for a check of your top stories making news right now. good morning to you all from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is your "cnn saturday morning." it's 8:00 a.m. here in atlanta, 7:00 in new orleans, wherever you may be. glad you're here.

i'm t.j. holmes. take a look, we got a new advisory and some new information to tell you about. tropical storm lee. in the gulf of mexico. yes, indeed, it is getting stronger. we'll have the very latest from our meteorologist alexandria steele standing by. keeping an eye on politics as well. a major tea party rally in just a few hours and the headliner is not in the presidential race. at least not yet. sarah palin. what will she say? will she say she's getting in? we'll take you there live. also, another apology from another comedian for something he said on stage that people are calling insensitive and racial remarks. you will hear for yourself. start with this tropical storm, tropical storm lee, that's already got states of emergency in place in several places including louisiana, mississippi, some cities as well, new orleans, yes, under the gun right now. they're preparing for possible

flooding and we're talking about some 20 inches of rain expected in some spots. list continue to how the mayor of new orleans is getting ready. >> tropical storm lee is a slow-moving, hard to predict weather system. it has intensified and indications are that it will continue to do so. we are all prepared and should prepare for localized flooding and we're taking our own necessary precautions to do that and encouraging citizens in new orleans to make their preparations. >> we'll be taking you back be live to new orleans here in just a minute for more on the preparations for this tropical storm lee. stick around for that. i know what you want to know is what is this thing doing, where is it going? alexandria steele more that. moving faster but still slow. >> six, seven miles per hour, now up to seven miles per hour, the winds have gone up from last hour 50-mile-per-hour sustained winds to 60. expectations for it to be a tropical storm, not a hurricane. take a look at this. here's the gulf of mexico. tropical storm lee. here's the center of

circulation. that expected to come onshore later tonight. already in new orleans about 3 1/2 inches of rain and we've begun to fight with this thing. take a look at something interesting. there's two swaths of heavy rain with this. one right here going to pound new orleans. that's where that 10 to 20 inches of rain is. also this other line. right here in the western area of western florida panhandle. you're getting a break, believe it or not, between these two, but still, that won't last for long. so there's the big picture. again its movement, north-northwest at 6 miles per hour, its winds 60 from 50. it's been sluggish, has been pretty disorganized. beginning to get its mojo back, a better form center of sirc sclags. here's all that rain, the slug of this rain, moving to the north-northwest. this is a tornado watch. we have seen tornado warnings throughout the morning, tornado watch posted for this area through about 10:00 local time. i bet that will get extended out. tornadoes do happen with hurricanes. they're kind of short lived.

they're not that strong, but certainly it's just one of the many threats, of course, the biggest being flooding with tropical storm lee. so here's a look. that's the tornado threat. here's the rain. this certainly will be and its calling card will be the flooding rain. similar scenario. gulf of mexico, along the i-10 coast where we'll see the heaviest rain. forecast track now it's moving northwest. watch this track. it's going to move north-northeastward, get into the tennessee valley by the time we head into the middle of next week. a lot of territory with this one. we'll update you in a big forecast. >> good to have you here with us this weekend. thanks so much. well, folks, you remember it was this time last weekend we were talking about another storm, irene. it was making landfall last weekend on saturday in north carolina. people are still dealing with the devastation from that storm. cnn's susan candiotti is in new

jersey this morning, the scene of some of the worst flooding. good morning to you. what's it looking like, here we are pretty much a week later. >> hi, t.j. we're in paterson, new jersey, what people are still dealing with, a muddy mess. the good news, the floodwaters are receding. they are coming down. look over my shoulder and you can get an idea of how high the water had been at one point. that car had been submerged. no longer is. if you swing the camera over in this way, you can see the passaic river, it, too, is coming down. the current remains very strong, but look how high the water had been. there is still debris clinging to that fence we're looking at. it seems to be at least 10 feet high or was at one point. that again is the passaic river. tomorrow we can tell you that president obama is going to be coming to town. he's going to be talking with some of the people who live here. some of them remain out of their homes evacuated and in some cases, they might never be able

to return because some buildings might be condemned. we talked to a mail carrier who has lived here all his life. he's been on the jor for 30 years and asked him about the president's visit and how he thinks the people of his city have been affected by irene. >> after the initial shock of everything, and it's like everything else, there's a grieving process that goes on when something happens and it's just a question of how long it takes to get over it. because i've seen a lot of people help each other out. everybody does. that's what we're supposed to do as human beings. it's not, you know, the president is a nice gesture and that's what a lot of things are, moments are, to make gestures, make the people feel more comfortable. >> of course, two of the seven bridges remain closed here. a couple of shelters remain open. many people here still do not have power and some still are under a boil water order. they're looking forward to the president's visit and the help he might promise.

back to you, t.j. >> susan candiotti in new jersey, thank you. another victim of irene, a man in new york, is searching for 22 missing thorough bred jumping horses. leland nef watched helplessly as the floodwaters rose around his farm on sunday. he's been walking around and riding around for several days now looking for the lost horses. he said he spent more than a decade putting this group together. >> my favorite is named after my mother. beauty. beauty from isabella. and nayland is her father. anyway, and then so they go by family names. >> he says he is not going to stop until he finds out exactly what happened to his horses.

seven minutes past the hour. it has been tough for quite some time for a lot of job seekers out there and this wasn't good news last month. zero growth, no jobs created. 17,000 added, 17,000 lost. these are the hard numbers right now. tough numbers for the job seekers. also tough numbers for the white house. cnn white house correspondent jessica yellen has more on the reaction in washington and out on the campaign trail. >> reporter: president obama heads off to camp david under a cloud of more bad economic news. in a blog post a white house economist calls the latest unemployment figures unacceptably high and this administration official says americans are suffering because of washington politics. >> as soon as a campaign season starts, and sets in, there seems to be a different tone. it's unfortunate, because we're hurting, millions and millions of families. >> reporter: the numbers are fodder on the campaign trail for the president's republican opponents. >> there is zero faith in barack

obama because he's created zero jobs last month. >> we're totally stalled out, totally in neutral. we've got people suffering out there. >> reporter: current republican frontrunner rick perry insists our country cannot afford four more years of economic misery. but it's not just republicans who are down on the economy. just listen to the president of the afl-cio. >> at this employment rate you won't get back to rerecession levels of employment for ten years. that's unacceptable. >> reporter: the latest polling shows americans are not feeling too optimistic. 82% believe the economy is in a recession. 68% say it's important for the obama administration to work on creating jobs. only 30% say the president's priority should be reducing the deficit. one reason the president is building so much momentum for the jobs plan he'll unveil late next week. >> if enacted this plan will have positive impact on growth and a positive impact on job

creation. >> reporter: given the gridlock in washington, it's a prediction the white house may never see tested. multiple democratic officials confirm the jobs plan will be written as actual legislation and the white house will send it up to the hill some time after the president's speech. jessica yellen, cnn, washington. and a reminder here that president obama will be presenting his jobs plan next thursday evening before a joint session of congress. you can see that live right here on cnn. and president obama is using his weekly address to the nation to again urge congress to pass a bill extending funding for highway projects. he says it will save tens of thousands of construction jobs. >> usually renewing this transportation bill is a no-brainer. in fact, congress has renewed it seven times over the last two years. but thanks to political posturing in washington, they haven't been able to extend it this time. and the clock is running out. >> for the republican response,

virginia congressman stepped up and maybe disagreed with some of what the president has been saying over the past several weeks. take a listen to him. >> the president's stimulus spending has proven counterproductive. government has gotten in the way when it can be part of the solution. with millions of americans still asking, where are the jobs, the president should help lead a bipartisan effort to remove government barriers to job creation. >> the congressman called for the passage of a balanced budget amendment. we're ten minutes past the hour now. this morning, we have got a conversation that's a topic that has many of you talking out there. because of this question. is marriage for white people? the book is actually about african-american marriage. we'll explain that and the author will be here to tell me just exactly what in the world is he talking about? also a little later this morning, comedian cat williams is apologizing for what some are

saying was a rant at a show in phoenix. we'll let you hear it yourself, tell you who he offended, and what he's saying this morning. that's coming your way. also, on the international front, tripoli on edge right now. the libyan capital faces a shortage of water, food and fuel. guns and checkpoints all over the place. we'll tell you about a city trying to get back to normal.

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all right. about a quarter past the hour on this "cnn saturday morning." a travel alert from the federal government as the tenth anners have of 9/11 approaches, the state department issued the warning to u.s. citizens traveling or living abroad to be aware of the continuing threat posed by al qaeda. >> people have been worried about a revenge attack since the killing of bin laden. department of homeland security put out their worldwide, their sort of annual homeland warning for the 9/11 anniversary this week. and this is sort of, i think, an extension of that and we should expect to hear other warnings. i wouldn't be surprised if the fbi did a warning to state and locals. it's sort of customary around the anniversary because we worry about large public gatherings being an attractive al qaeda target and it being ten years is significant. state department saying be vigilant but stress there are no specific threats here.

also a united nations team is on the ground in tripoli. the goal is to re-establish the u.n.'s presence in the capital. tripoli facing a shortage of water, food and fuel and moammar gadhafi is still on the road, so people are still on edge. the story from orwhat damon. >> reporter: tripoli is now a city of xekpoints, guns and no real authority. plus, the lingering threat of gadhafi loyalists. this road blocked after an earlier drive-by shooting. the new bosses in town on the lookout for anything suspicious. his license plate was changed. look, it's plastic, this fighter tells us. there's a bullet hole through the front window. anti-gadhafi fighters jittery, suspicious. fighters are collecting weapons and registering them at police stations. and those who were rebels just a week ago, begin to work with tripoli's police. always plentiful in libya there are even more guns now,

gadhafi's armories have been emptied. anti-gadhafi forces are trying to stem the flood of arms, but it's all pretty haphazard. people who want to continue carrying weapons need to be issued these i.d. cards and the selection process, it's all very localized so each nashds council decides who can be authorized to carry a gun. and on top of that a group calling itself the tripoli revolutionary council is trying to expert its control over the city, creating the potential for conflict with the national transitional council in a already volatile situation. this man says, one resident in his area didn't want to hand his weapon over. >> he said, no, no, no. i'm a big guy and i'm in power, gadhafi is not here anymore, so i'm going to use my gun and shoot everywhere. he didn't shoot anybody, actually. and then finally he was killed by the rebels.

>> reporter: arwa damon, cnn, tripoli. 17 minutes past the hour now. we'll turn back to this country and where we are really lacking behind a lot of other countries. that's in paid vacation. i know you think you don't get enough time off, do you? we'll tell you just how far behind we are. that is next. ♪ [ male announcer ] they'll see you...before you see them. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. drive sober, or get pulled over.

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20 minutes past the hour. now with the labor day weekend many of you getting a three-day break from work, but increasingly it seems like a rare break. here in the u.s. it's the only major country that does not mandate time off. many people who get time off and don't even take it. joining us now is author joe robinson, expert on the work/life balance, written a book "work to live" and wouldn't you believe he's joining me from his vacation in brazil. but he is joining us anyway. sir, we appreciate you taking the time off or time out with us. help americans understand just how far behind other countries are we when it comes to that mandated time off?

>> right. yeah, we're in the absolute basement of the vacation world. there's 138 other countries that have mandated vacation laws called minimum paid leave laws and we don't have any. our european partners, for instance, they get four and five weeks off by law in those countries. in australia it's four weeks, brazil five weeks. we have no time, no days off by law. an employer can give you nothing and, in fact, that happens to some people. >> and it's funny, talked about this topic here and someone just wrote into me, melanie, said she has two weeks vacation but her cousin in poland is upset because this year they're only getting 11 weeks. i'm not sure if that's true but you get the idea there. it's so different. what is it about us, there's not a push here in the country to mandate this time or just in our nature, our culture that we have a culture of working and working hard? >> well, you know it's a combination of both. when you don't have a

legislation that actually legalizes your vacation, and you're made to feel it's illicit to take it, you're more inclined particularly these days in times of insecurity to not take that time. but we also have a layer, a cultural layer, that makes us not value our free time. our free time is actually with vacation is as important as watching your cholesterol or getting exercise. annual vacation cuts the risk of heart attack by men in 30% and by 50% in women who take more than one vacation a year. it's incredibly valuable but we don't really understand the idea of refueling and stepping back. all the research says your performance goes up on the job when you take a break. when you come back from vacation your performance can go up 40%. understanding the value of this time off and that's something i talk about in my new book called "don't miss your life" about just how important it is to have passions and to understand, to

have the skills to actually enjoy your life. we have the skills to work, but we don't have the skills how to play. they're totally different skills. >> wow. i never would have thought we don't know how to play. in this country i would think we do, we seem to have a good time sometimes. how are we supposed to change that culture? what will it take to get people to understand you need that time off, take that time off, make you a better worker and learn how to play a little more and better? >> yeah. well, i think we got to start paying attention to the science. the science is way ahead of us on this issue. we have this cultural problem of being able to value free time. we get a free moment, what goes through our minds, get busy. we have to see that actually is anned an add-on, added value to the work. we need culturally to look at the science and see how important it is for our productivity and for our health to step back and get some time to recharge during the week and during the year. the other piece of it is that we need to legalize vacations in

this country because when you two weeks off and your company makes you feel like if you take that time off your promotion is going to be in jeopardy or you're not going to be able to be on the path to success, then -- or you're worried about being laid off you're not going to take that time off. you know, it's all doable. look, companies, american companies, hundreds of them are in europe right now operating companies that have hundreds of employees that are all taking four and five and six weeks off by the european law. so we know that people and companies can still be productive even though they're getting that time off. that's what the research shows, holland, belgium, france and norway are higher in productivity per hour than we are. we measure it by the person. >> joe, i am on board if you want to start this movement, okay. joe robinson, an expert in the work/life balance, on vacation in brazil, kind enough to spend some time with us. enjoy the rest of your time. >> it's been a pleasure.

thank you. 25 minutes past the hour now. if you're going on vacation or anywhere else, it will cost you $3.66 on average to fill up the tank, the average you're paying right now for this labor day weekend, up about 5 cents over last week. it's actually a few cents less than you were paying last month. what about last year? i'm not going to tell you what you were paying last year, it will just upset you. well, a storm is moving so ever so slowly right now. but, it could judrop 20 inches rain in the gulf coast. the holiday weekend will be ruined for a lot of people. what's being done to prepare for this storm and we've got the latest on what this thing is doing. it is strengthening a bit. the house republicans slamming the president for being, quote, idiotic. he gave an explanation to our wolf blitzer but we want you to hear the apology and tell us if

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glad you could spend some of that weekend with us. give you a look at the stories making headlines. a travel alert is what we start with. now from the federal government, coming up on the tenth anners have of 9/11 as you know and the state department issued this warning to u.s. citizens traveling or living abroad to be aware of the continuing threat posed by al qaeda. but they stress there are no specific threats. also president obama, kind of strange travel plans yesterday, president left washington as you see there on marine one, but he arrived at camp david by car. he was traveling with his daughter. you see her hopping on to the marine one there as well. the white house said they had to make this change because there were some bad weather that prompted marine one to land near frederick, maryland, and then for them to drive the rest of the way. we're trying to hunt down that bad weather and see what was going on in the area. that's the story from the white house. the government suing 17 major banks for selling billions

of dollars worth of mortgage backed securities to fannie mae and freddie mac. the financial agency filed the lawsuits yesterday. the agency claims numerous firms including bank of america, jp morgan, citigroup among others misled the quality of the loans. the investments went bad when the housing market crashed. all eyes on tropical storm lee, all right states of emergency have been put in place in louisiana and mississippi. also several individual cities and parishes along louisiana have declared states of emergency. they are getting ready for possibly 20 inches of rain expected in some areas. the top of the hour, we'll take you live to new orleans for more on their preps there for this tropical storm. ed lavandera is there for us. stick around for that. right now here for us is alexandria steele who can tell us this thing is just -- i was asking you this morning, when does it make landfall? i can't see an eye.

it's just a mess. >> it's kind of a mess, but the winds are now up, the flooding rain continues to come down, and unfortunately it's going to be another weekend of flooding rain for this corridor of the country. let's talk about it and show you where it is. tropical storm lee, winds now up from last observation, 50 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour. as t.j. was saying, it has been very disorganized but you're beginning to see a little better organization with this thing and also pretty interesting, here's the center of circulation. not a lot happening on the western periphery of this thing. the eastern periphery the purples and reds where the heaviest rain is. we're going to watch this rain come down around new orleans, two to three inches an hour. four inches on the docket there, and that's just the beginning of what's to come. here's a look, that's where we stand right now. in terms of the rain, are we going to see it today and tomorrow unfortunately for new orleans, it won't be until monday that things really begin to quiet down. here's the heaviest rain threat along this i-10 corridor. southern louisiana, mississippi

and alabama we'll see the roughest of this, potentially up to 10 to 20 isolated inches. but even in the western areas of the panhandle of florida four to eight inches not out of the question. we're going to see it take a northeasterly drive and that's where it's going to be into the tennessee valley we're going to see some rain. that's as we head from wednesday and thursday and then believe it or not into the mid-atlantic on the western periphery, maybe bringing rain at the end of the week. big picture for today, west coast, you're high and dry. here's where the biggest difference will be. places like the upper midwest been in the 90s, cold front coming through, dropping down to the 60s. heat, how about 91 to 101 in the tennessee valley today. certainly a very steamy day there. back to you. >> all right. good to have you as always. we'll be checking in with her plenty throughout the morning. turn to some politics for you now. this what is we need to tell you about. house republican joe walsh is backtracking a bit after he

called president obama idiotic. his word. idiotic. walsh made the comment earlier this week while criticizing the president for holding a joint session of congress for his jobs speech. he was on "the situation room" on friday and issued an apology, kind of, sort of, you listen. >> i apologize for that. that was absolutely stepping over the line and i apologized. what i meant to say, and i didn't say it very artfully is, the notion of him using his office to call a joint session of congress to just repackage a few old jobs ideas that to me is idiotic. he's not an idiot. he's the president of the free world. i don't want congress to be a pawn again, to be a prop in this political theater of his. so you follow along there? the president is not idiotic. but congressman walsh says what

he is doing by having the speech next week, that is idiotic. walsh also says he will not be attending the president's speech. the president set to outline his plan to create jobs next thursday in the joint session of congress. you will be able to see that right here on cnn. it starts at 7:00 eastern time and the president is promising to have the speech wrapped up before the packers and saints kick off the nfl season at 8:30. 34 minutes past the hour. we continue to talk about politics and the republican presidential candidates making the rounds in critical early voting states this labor day weekend but as our cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser reports the focus today is on someone who is right now not a candidate, sarah palin. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. for someone who's not an elected official or announced candidate sarah palin doesn't have a hard time drawing media attention. it seems every time the former alaska governor falls out of the political spotlight she grabs it right back. >> bus tour is to get out there

and remind americans about our foundation, our declaration of independence, our constitution, historical sites. >> reporter: palin's bus tour from washington to new england was a top story over memorial day weekend. she played cat and mouse with reporters. >> we haven't released details of where we're going. >> reporter: she reignited speculation she might run for the white house. she crashed mitt romney's party, bringing her bus tour to new hampshire on the same day the former massachusetts governor was there to announce for president. >> i couldn't believe that governor romney is offended at all that we happen to have on our schedule a stop to meet some good people and have some good new hampshire food. >> drown him out. >> reporter: fast forward to august and palin shows up at the iowa state fair creating a media frenzy a day after the presidential debate in iowa and the crucial straw poll in the state. >> i don't think i'm still in any spotlight. >> reporter: back in iowa, the main attraction in a tea party that votes first in the caucus

and primary calendar. monday another gathering in new hampshire which holds the first primary. is palin planning on making big news this weekend? maybe not. last month she said she doubted she would be a candidate by labor day. >> still a lot of contempt flags that goes into an earth shattering, life changing decision for a farmly. >> reporter: today's the three year anniversary of palin's speech at the republican convention when she became her party's vice presidential nominee. palin will highlight the themes that made her a conservative super star and darling of the tea party movement. t.j. >> thanks to paul stein highser. congresswoman gabrielle giffords back home this weekend. giffords flew to tucson from the houston facility where she's doing her rehab. the house democrat as you member was shot in the head during a shooting spree in january that left six people dead. what you're seeing here was an incredible moments. giffords after she returned to congress last month, expected to return to houston after spending

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41 minutes past the hour. nadia bilchik back with our morning passport. money is tight for countries, they want to make sure people are paying their fair share in taxes and what they're supposed

to be paying. germany? >> prostitutes who work in brothels it's eyer to get them to fill out their tax returns. they were finding it was hard for sex workers who solicit sex on the street to fill out tax returns for many reasons, a, they were probably busy but some of them don't speak the language. what they found is by having a meter that is now they call its sex meter where these individuals will put their nony in, about $8.70 a day, they'll get a ticket and authorities will come by and they will have to have the ticket to allow them, $8.70 a night, they're paying taxes and a way of legislating what's going on. >> it permits you -- seriously getting a license to work for the night. >> a license to work for the night. remember, that it's the city that had the sex stalls. we spoke about that called consuemation areas. it's another way of saying, let's control what's happening to sex workers, bearing in mind

prostitution is legal in germany. >> what happens if you're stopped and don't have this. >> you are fined. what happens is they first give you a warning and then there's a pretty hefty fine. sounds like it's worth the $8.70 for the night. >> let's turn to italy. another country that has some debt issues, issues collecting enough money. >> correct. >> but one mayor of one town, he's fed up with it and said we can handle this on our own by -- >> by printing his own money. this is italy about 65 miles outside of rome and you have the mayor of this city tired of what's happening with the authorities. even t-shirts there that now have the logo, the coat of arms, because he would like to have his own independent, what he's calling a constitutional monarchy and he would like to be the prince. >> of course. >> he's printing his own money. he they have their own bottles of liquor that say fillitino.

the currency is what means flower. that's the currency they'll be using. the concern is with the austerity measures in germany that are taking place that these little cities will have to merge mayors. so they'll have to consolidate their resources. instead of having one mayor per city, for those towns under a thousand, we will merge them. there are only 598 people in filltino, italy. the mayor's response let's become independent. he is creating his own world and currency. >> is anyone cracking down on him yet or is that coming soon some. >> at this point he's going ahead and the money being printed is used inside of the town. at this point there's no crackdown. there is a rebellion against the mayors. they will be protesting on monday and maybe have some effect on the austerity measures. >> always interesting in the morning passport. thank you so much. here we are, about a quarter of the top of the hour now and this man is no stranger to

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hour. take a look at this in san diego. can you make this out? you see surfers out there on the water but do you see that sticking up out of the water? a shark's tail fin, possibly. the shark is surrounded by surfers who may or may not have been aware that the shark was there. it's believed to be a 10 to 12 foot great white. beaches in san diego have been closed on and off because of shark sightings. seattle, washington, people there walking in front of the four seasons hotel, need to duck for cover. once again, because broken glass fell 18 stories to the street below. it's the second time this has happened at the hotel this year and nobody exactly sure why. no serious injuries or anything to report here. this is tempered glass. breaks into tiny piece. not chards but don't want to get hit with that. you remember this horrible scene. the indiana state fair, this was

last month, and now the state attorney general's office is saying that 14 people plan on suing over this incident. seven people were killed, 40 others were injured. the stage came down during a windstorm at the fair. investigatorses looking into whether the stage was as strong as it could have or should have been. another comedian apologizing for a rant on stage. this time we are talking about cat williams. he is apologizing for what many see as an anti-mexican rant during a comedy show in phoenix last weekend. here is just a sample of some of what he said that got him into trouble. >> you think i'm ju

usa, usa, usa! >> now williams there didn't appear this was part of the routine, appears he was responding to a heckler in the audience. this goes on for about 8 to 10 minutes. we're showing you samples here. here's another bit. williams later did apologize and said, quote, my remarks were not meant to be offensive. i want to apologize if my comedy act was taken out of context. i appreciate the fans in the mexican community and would

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all right. we're getting chose to the top of the hour here. let's say good morning to joe carter from hln sports joining me. good to see you as always. this first story will have anybody watching the video shaking the head, the ages of the kid and this brawl and you can't believe it. >> this is the ugly side of sports. this is a youth football game between 13 and 14-year-old kids. youth football, supposed to be fun, teach kids competitive team building skills. not supposed to teach them this. three people, three coaches, and a 14-year-old have been arrested and charged with a felony for beating up a referee during a youth football game in sarasota, florida, last weekend. the brawl, started because one team's coach didn't like a call made by the referee, so he confronts the ref, then gets tossed from the game and takes a water bottle, tosses it into his face, the ref starts walking off the field, that's when he follows him and then a

14-year-old player from the sidelines, dressed in full gear, comes sprinting on to the field and tackles this referee. unbelievable. that's when he's in the middle of the may he. this video shot by a parent in the stand and sarasota authorities are using this video and arrested three coaches and the 14-year-old player, assaulting a ref in the state of florida is a felony and punishable up to three years in prison. okay. as for this teen, well, they're done for the year. done. they're going to revisit whether or not they will ever be able to play. as for the ref who's been doing this for 14 years, he now has a fractured shoulder, the players, there is good news in all of this, the players that were not involved -- there were several of them not involved -- have been invited to join other youth football teams within the sarasota youth football league. >> that's good, at least. when i first saw this video i thought it was a high school game. these are 13 and 14-year-old

kids. that ref is lucky to get out of there. i understand he was kicked and punched on the bottom. this is slow and people didn't catch the kid. here he comes flying in, takes out a ref wearing full pads, full gear. >> i played youth football, one thing you don't do come off the sidelines. when there's a confrontation between adults, for you to think as a player, as a 14-year-old, should get up off the sidelines and print on the field and attack an adult, unnecessary. totally unnecessary. >> all right. s let's turn to another side of sport right now. this is exciting stuff. happened in new york. the u.s. open. >> i love the u.s. open. >> love the u.s. open. raffi nadal. >> defending champ. >> defending there. superstitious. >> most athletes are. every year nadal visits the same salon on madison avenue, hair cut by the same guy. tournament trim. but the funny part to this story is that the stylist has been

getting offers from big-time nadal fans to buy his hair clippings. he's been getting $250 for nadal's hair. guy has great hair. let's put it out there. it is good hair. but out of respect for his client, the stylist has said absolutely no deal. first thing that came to my mind was okay, $250, i'm assuming the hair cut on madison avenue costs $250. that's kind of low. >> i would expect more from big-time nadal fans. maybe a little higher amount of money. >> and only these guys, do you go to a stylist? i don't know guys that go to stylists. they getgo to the hair cut or barber shop. >> i go to a salon but the same person cut my hair. it's about consistency. >> so you go to a salon. call the person a barber that cuts it or styles it. >> he's got to be a stylist. he's not a barber, not shaving my face or hair he's cutting it.

has to be a style snoois always learn something with you, buddy. joe carter. as we get close to the top of the hour, now we're going to re-set this thing for you and give you the latest news on the cnn saturday morning. up first here, a travel alert in place, from the federal government as the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches the state department issuing a warning to u.s. citizening traveling or living abroad to be aware of the continuing threat posed by al qaeda. they also stress, though, that there are no specific threats. also the united nations has sent a team to libya to deliver humanitarian aid and assess the future needs of the country. they were welcomed by the new transitional national council there. and one of the biggest problems facing libya is a shortage of clean water. also, president obama took an unusual route really to camp david yesterday. the president left washington on marine one with his daughter there, sasha, you see them hopping aboard. the white house says bad weather prompted marine one to land near

frederick, maryland. you have been looking into this, still trying to find that bad weather but the white house says there was an issue, so they did have to land. let's turn to this weather situation in the gulf coast right now. lots of states of emergency in place along the gulf coast. several states and also several cities and a couple parishes in louisiana getting ready for this tropical storm lee which is getting stronger. the winds have picked up in the last advisory we saw. this thing is just sitting there, and it showed up and it's hanging out for a little while and it's going to dump up to 20 inches of rain in some places. our ed lavandera is in new orleans for us, ed, people hear anything about a storm in the gulf and hear new orleans and they just automatically fret. what are they expecting in new orleans? >> i think what they're expecting, t.j., just a massive, massive rainstorm that will last well throughout most of this weekend. it has been raining very

intensely throughout much of the overnight hours and into this morning. we've seen some strong bands of wind, but i don't think people here are terribly concerned about the wind level. this is a slow-moving storm and what they're most concerned about is the potential for flooding near the town of port bushan, southwest of the new orleans area, we're told the main hooighway into that town h two feet of water on it. there will be pockets of this like this along the louisiana and mississippi gulf line where you see towns and communities, low lying communities, affected by these heavy rain water. at one point yesterday, this storm was moving about two miles per hour, t.j. think about that, you actually walk faster than this storm has been moving. this is a large storm with a great deal of rain expected. perhaps up to 20 inches of rain in new orleans and other areas expecting some 12 to 15 inches of rain. kind of it depends on where you w are along the gulf coast.

>> might not give you a hard number necessarily and some areas will be different, but how much rain can one place deal with? how much rain can new orleans deal with in this short amount of time? >> the slower the storm moves the more problem that creates. but the mayor of -- mitch landrieu of new orleans yesterday was talking about they had gone through the checks of the pumps and backup generators that control those pumps and everything is working fine. here in new orleans, obviously with the levee system and canals a lot of this is making sure you can just pump the water out as it comes in. and they seemed confident yesterday they will be able to handle that. having said that, you know, just too much rain falls we've seen in areas here throughout the central business district of new orleans where you've seen rain fall and then you get about a foot of water on a street and come back in an hour and the water is gone. clearly that pumping system and that system for moving the water out of areas seems to be

working. but that's probably what you're going to see. might take time for the water to go down. so far here in new orleans, everything seems to be holding up well. >> all right. ed lavandera there for us, thank you as always. just a couple minutes past the top of the hour. say good morning to alexandria steele keeping an eye on this storm for us. you told me it went from two, three miles an hour, going about seven miles an hour, i think you told me now. is that picking up enough speed to make a difference? >> no. i mean any speed is helpful, but you were talking about what can new orleans take and what can't they take? they can't take this. they cannot take this rain train. take a look at what's behind. this is all rain, the heavier purples and reds that's the heaviest rain, t.j., two to three inches an hour at the least. that has all yet to move here because it is moving north northwest at six miles per hour. any forward momentum is good. the slower these storms the m e

morer more er torrential rain they will down. winds were at 50 miles per hour, maximum sustained winds. it is now at 60 miles per hour. it is getting a little better organized but the center of circulation will be onshore by later today and then only weaken. but again, that being said, take a look at this i-10 corridor. this is by tuesday morning. what we're going to see the potential for ten inches of rain at the very least there. here's the track. it is moving northwest, but then it will take a turn, move to the north and east and this what is we're going to see here. watch this area of low pressure move north and east and bring rain by the end of the week to west of washington, d.c. with this thing. back to you. >> alexandria, always good to have you with us. thank you so much. meanwhile, as we're talking about this storm on this saturday, it was a week ago on saturday, last week we were talking about hurricane irene. it was making landfall at this time in north carolina last week and here we are talking about another storm. people are dealing with the mess that irene left. cnn national correspondent susan

candiotti in patterson, new jersey. i assume by now the water stopped rising but that doesn't mean they don't have a mess on their hands still? >> that's right, t.j. over my shoulder you can see the passaic river certainly the current remains very strong. the water level is coming down. no one better to talk to about the situation in patterson than mayor jeffrey jones. thanks for joining us. the president is coming here tomorrow to see personally what patterson looks like, what will you show him? >> we'll show him whatever the secret service allows us to show him. mainly the impacts that this flood has created to many of the residents in this area on both sides of the river, which is about 200 yard distance from the center of the flood to the next point. which is quite extreme for this area. >> now the waters are definitely going down. >> yes, they are. >> how much -- do you have any early damage assessments and what's the latest with how many people have been impacted with

this, evacuated, the economic impact as well? >> the damage toll is still rather high. the numbers of folks along the strip has probably, my estimate, about 6,000 to 10,000 folks, give or take. those who have been placed in shelters or special accommodations during the flood probably are about 3500, and the recovery part is probably the most difficult because each door, each home, has to be assessed one by one with utility companies to make sure that, you know, the flood, the mud, the contaminants, don't create other hazards. it's going to be a very slow process. >> how long do you think it will take to get some money from the federal government, fema funds and the like, to help individuals and businesses get back on track? >> that's a tough question. we're hoping that as a result of the declaration on wednesday or thursday i believe it was, that process has begun. we know that there's a disaster center, designation has been established in the city and we've seen fema trucks already in the city. some folks i spoke to this

morning just a few moments ago, donated considerable services and supplies v established, submit their applications, wasn't always happy with what they heard but they're own. the first person received some form of compensation or support will be the first person who makes it on the broadcast. >> thank you very much. i know you'll be personally helping to escort the president around tomorrow and certainly we wish all the people of paterson well as they recover. this isn't the only city in new jersey that has been impacted by the storm ands there is a lot of money that will be heading this way, no doubt. back to you. >> susan candiotti in paterson and thank the mayor for his time. seven minutes past the hour. turn to president obama and his weekly address to the nation. he is using it to urge congress to pass a bill extending funding for highway projects. he says it will save tens of thousands of construction jobs.

>> usually renewing this transportation bill is a no-brainer. in fact, congress has renewed it seven times over the last two years. but thanks to policeposture -- political posturing in washington they haven't been able to exit tend it this time and the clock is running out. >> republicans used their response this morning, the republican response, of course, to go after some of the president's policies. >> the president's stimulus spending has proven counterproductive. government has gotten in the way when it can be part of the solution. with millions of americans still asking, where are the jobs, the president should help lead a bipartisan effort to remove government barriers to job creation. >> now in his response, he also called for a passage of a balanced budget amendment. and as you know the president will be presenting his jobs plan next thursday evening before a joint session of congress. you will see that live on cnn 7:00 eastern time. meanwhile there is a major tea

party rally kicking off in iowa in a few hours. there was a little bit of drama over the guest list earlier this week, but in the end worked out and sarah palin is set to be the keynote speaker. cnn political reporter peter hamby in iowa this morning for us. people hear iowa, palin, they hear speech and is this the time she's going to make it official? any indications about what she's going to say today? >> lots of indications about what she's going to say, but we know for a fact that sarah palin will not announce her presidential bid here in iowa today even though a couple thousand people have trekked in from all over the country, people from as far as san diego and dallas have bussed in here, flown in to see sarah palin. i think the attention that this rally, this tea party rally, is getting is based on two things, one as you said it's in iowa, the first state of the presidential nominating contecontest. she's been here a couple times in the last few weeks. she has said she's going to

announce a bid or come to a decision about whether to enter a race at the end of september. we're watching to see what kind of message she puts out today, how she tries to define herself with the spotlight of the political world on her and as she approaches the decision about the final race. >> she is getting a lot of attention at this event. besides the fact she's a key attractions what's the significance of the event itself. >> the event is just a tea party rally, started by a group called tea party of america recently. a lot of people in iowa hadn't heard of this event and frankly a lot of republicans on the ground have been a little disappointed with the organizers of this event and sarah palin was disappointed as you mentioned earlier with the logistics and speaking program that were put forth and palin said earlier this week, her advisers said, they were going to not show up if the people that were organizing the event didn't get their act together. they bounced former delaware

senate candidate christine owe dodge from the speaking agenda at palin's request. palin is calling the shots here. it's a tea party group not a lot of people have heard of and the main event is sarah palin. i mean it almost seems like this event was created so sarah palin could come to iowa, t.j. >> peter in iowa for us, thank you as always. at ten minutes past the hour, up next, a conversation that has really got a lot of you all talking and the question is, "is marriage for white people?" that is the title of a new book that has people fired up. but don't let the title fool you. it actually examines black marriages. the author is joining me to explain just what in the world is he talking about. he is next. but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind? [ female announcer ] new purifying facial cleanser from neutrogena naturals. removes 99% of dirt and toxins without dyes, parabens, or harsh sulfates. so skin feels pure and healthy.

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material black men to meet the demand of the marriage material black women is that fair to summarize? >> that's a fair summary. there isn't a question of supply and demand but not quite a simple issue, complicated story. >> now what makes it so complicated? we have a more black women graduating from college two to one to black men, throw in incarceration rates, throw in the unemployment rates, and you're saying there's not enough black men? >> well, there are not enough black men for all of the college educated black women in particular that have the type of husbands that they want to have. >> the type that they want to have. i put this out, we had this conversation yesterday and a lot of people were chiming in and i decided to ask for questions from viewers and one of the questions simply put is, do black women deserve better than what black men have to offer? that seems like a heavy question there, but is that essentially what it is? do we not measure up to the

quality of black women right now? >> that's really a great way to put it. i will admit i usually think about it from the other perspective which is that should -- is it fair to ask black women to sacrifice their own happiness on the altar of black men struggles. >> what -- >> i think not. >> what is that -- >> i think not. >> what's that sacrifice necessarily when we're talking about -- i asked you this question yesterday, is it always marrying down if the person you're marrying doesn't make as much money or have the same level of education? could be be a good guy. >> he could be a good guy and lots of relationships work across classes, that's true. but it's also the case that for everyone, not simply for the women, but for the men as well, having a spouse who is matched to you educationally in terms of your outlook, aspirations, experiences, that's a positive thing. it's actually not a great thing for the wife or the husband if they're in a mismatched

relationship. >> we know a lot of conversations were started yesterday because of this topic and i had one of these conversations at my house with mrs. holmes and one of these things that keeps coming up, is how do you and the word i think my wife used was reprogram, if you will, black women because you're suggesting they need to be open it dating outside of their race. but you know, a lot of black women like brothers. they like the black man. >> right. >> so if you're just not attracted naturally, why have them give up on finding a black man? >> that's a great question. and the issue, the way i think about it, is that women have been asked to carry a great load. black women shoulder a lot of the burden in short of black men struggles and i am asking women to put the burden down. many women think that they're attracted to black men, are attracted to black men, but attraction is complicated and one of the things i discovered in the course of writing this

book, there's a host of fears and desires and anxieties that animate black women's attraction to black men. >> and on that, though, i got another question from a viewer judy, sent in and said sounds like you're saying why should black women give up the good fight? not telling them to take on a project of fixing a man, but why give up on black men? >> right. that is another great question. i actually am asking black women to give up the good fight because -- >> give up the good fight? >> haven't been successful. the fight has not been successful. this is what a friend of mine carols a negro improvement project which is what a lot of black women undertake and often the results are not so great. so, the strategy has been counter productive. it doesn't help african-americans for us to have black men and black women locked in bad relationships and raising children in a household where the parents quarrel and

ultimately divorce. that's not a win for anyone. >> ralph professor ralph banks. "is marriage for white people?" went on sale this week. i will see you out in california at some point and i will be sure to bring my wife along. good to see you as always. >> i -- >> enjoy your holiday weekend, all right. >> i look forward to it. have a good one. >> thank so much. 19 minutes past the hour. we'll be right back. tinted moisturizersvely t with scientifically proven soy complex and natural minerals. give you sheer coverage instantly, then go on to even skin tone in four weeks. aveeno tinted moisturizers.

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22 past the hour. when it comes to your child's education many would say, not all school districts are created equal, of course, but in education overtime cnn.com contributing correspondent el zi gets personal about american schools. >> my 14-year-old son is not a genius but we like to think he's doing okay. he's in an international baccalaureate program and has a 3.8. he was doing so well in his

algebra class the teacher started teaching him geometry at the same time. we dropped him at the university of michigan for debate camp for three weeks and thought he would be okay. wrong. he called me up two days later and felt dumb. he said the other kids at camp were far ahead of him and started yelling at me for not getting him in a better school. problem is, that he's already in the best school in our city. he says, i don't know what they're preparing us for but it's not college. my poor kid has discovered something we've known for years, not all school districts are created equal. there are at love factors for this, of course. but the one i find most telling is the correlation between poverty and academic achievement. according to the u.s. census bureau, grand rapids, michigan, has a 28.9% poverty rate amongst school age children. only 30% of students who take the michigan exam were proficient in math, 43%

proficient in reading. when you look at the poorer cities in my state you'll find some numbers below 10%. conversely, the 10 wealthiest districts have scores in the mid 70s up to 90. how is that leaving no child behind? this correlation, not unique to michigan. we have to bridge the education gap between the rich and poor because the track that the nation is on right now is not good for either group. according to the organization of economic cooperation and development our 15-year-olds ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math compared to the rest of the world. what do we think is going to happen? kids who lag behind grow up to be adults who lag behind. one way to stop this bleeding is maybe look at what our friends and family have been doing for the past 30 years. in the 1970s their education among the world's worst, today number one, because they found a way to take wealth out of the education equation.

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as we get close to the bottom of the hour we have another comedian apologizing for a rant on stage. this time talking about katt williams and being called an anti-mexican rant that happened during a comedy show in phoenix last weekend. take a listen to some of what got him in trouble.