home. we have been asking, should sarah palin run for president? here is your responses. debra writes, "yes, of course, she should. this is a revolution to retake our country. not listen to naysayers of either party." cynthia says i love sarah but i don't think the presidency is her venue. he has power to exert her conservative opinion. presidents have to measure every word they say. she a secretary of something but not a president unfortunately." thank you for sharing, everybody. that does it for me. i'm uma pemmaraju. thank you for watching. have a great day, everybody. hi, everyone. fox news weather alert for you. tropical storm lee, right now making landfall in the gulf. there are mandatory evacuation ordered already underway across louisiana leaving new orleans in the storm direct path. we're getting reports of heavy rain, powerful wind and some storm surge. forecasters issuing flash

flood warnings from alabama all the way to texas, with as much as 20 inches of rain predicted to fall. that is a lot of rain. hi, everyone. i'm jamie colby. >> a lot of rain. i'm kelly wright. welcome to a brand new hour inside america's news headquarters. huge amount of water we're talking about here, not the only concern facing the crescent city at this hour there are tornado warnings also issued for new orleans, and other parts of louisiana. mayor mitch landrieu telling residents to hope for the best but prepare for the worst. we have fox team coverage right now. casey stegall on the ground in new orleans. meteorologist maria molina tracking the storm in the fox extreme weather center. first, we go to meteorologist maria molina. >> right now the center of the storm system is 40 miles southwest of morgan city, louisiana. the center of it is starting to approach the bay. that is something to keep an eye on.

this is large. if you look at the satellite, rin over central portion of mississippi and thunderstorms firing up offshore in the yucatan peninsula. this is a large storm system and a slow-mover. plan to see up to 20 inches of rain locally. generally speaking we are looking to 10 to 15-inchs of rain there is report that seven inches have fallen across southeastern louisiana and it will continue through monday because the center of the storm will be a slow-mover. this isn't exactly bad news for the gulf coast states. we are currently under a drought across the state here. but when you get that rain in a short period of time, you are looking at flooding. there are flash flood warning effect in the region where we are seeing the heavy rain falling. as far as the forecast track, slow-mover. right now, sustained winds of 60 miles per hour. it did strengthen throughout the morning hours atlanta is a slight fluctuation that could occur with that, otherwise gradual weakening as it makes

landfall. tropical storm by early monday morning over southern portion of mississippi. take a look down the road and headed to portion of the tennessee valley, ohio valley. we head to late in the week, already producing more heavy rain in that area. kelly? >> georgia could use that rain because of the drought conditions there. boy, the neighbors in texas, though, ain't going to happen. thank you. >> rick reichmuth and maria will be busy this weekend. how about thicks on the ground? casey stegall is keeping busy in a place that is concerned. the french quarter in new orleans. casey, what are they doing there to prepare? >> first of all, let me paint a picture for you. i can't believe i'm saying this, but the sun is peaking through the clouds at the moment. we had a lot of rain and win this morning. we're in a love. as you heard, the bulk of this is supposed to come ashore in new orleans later today. however, people here taking no chances. mandatory evacuation orders have already been put in place in some of the lower lying

areas. in fact, 6,000 people we understand forced from their homes in jefferson parish. that is southwest of new orleans here. about 35,000 residents already without power in new orleans. but the main precaution people are taking, putting out sandbags and a lot of them. they're also moving vehicles out of flood zones, because again, as maria was saying, this is primarily going to be a rain event. we do not really see the windows of shops boarded up, as we drive around new orleans here like we typically see when we come in to an area where a major storm like this is expected to hit. they are primarily worried about all of the precipitation that is supposed to fall. obviously, it's a holiday weekend. we are here in the same french quarter. you can see because the sun is out, people have their umbrellas and stuff with them, but this doesn't seem to be keeping some of the tourists away, as it's a big holiday weekend in the big easy. >> we have to hope for the best for businesses there and

for the oil platforms prepping right now. casey stegall, we will check back with you live in the french quarter. thank you, casey. ♪ ♪ >> all right. the u.s. department of labor reporting the american economy created no new jobs in the month of august. that is zero. nada. now several politicians including the president are expected to roll out competing jobs plans, so who has the best one? and will jobs be the main focus of the 2012 election? joining us now, columnist cal thomas and fox news contributor, and democratic strategist alexis mcgill johnson, the executive director of the americans values institute. thank you both for joining us. let's get right to this. it's bleak out there. a bleak picture no matter how you look at it on the jobs front. it has been that way, however, since 2009. so why now is everyone in washington concentrating on jobs creation, including the campaign trail?

shouldn't this have been discussed all along? >> well, yes, of course. the reason, the answer to your question, kelly is because we have an election coming up. it's the number one issue in the country. jobs and the economy. it's not a mystery. we know how to fix this. the problem is in washington, the gridlock is so great nobody will do anything serious about it. if i want to drive from new york city to washington, d.c. i find myself in cleveland, ohio, i say i can get there by going west. no, i turn around and go in the other direction. we have to reform the tax code, medicare and medicaid. they're eating up 43% of the national economy. everybody knows it and nobody will do anything to fix it. government cannot solve, it only makes it worse. >> what are the obstacles of

turning this around, the job scenario and the economy as well? >> cal has misdirection there. we are giving tax break to corporation in private sector. the private sector has not trickled down anything. republicans have been giving us roadblocks at every turn. the economists will tell you cutting spending at a time when unemployment is 9%, 14 million americans out of jobs is the worst thing we can do. push us further in a recession. >> look at it this way. the "wall street journal" actually applaud applauds jon hn on his plan, which some ways has president obama's ideas as

well. can we see compromise between the republicans and the democrats to get something done and people can go back to work to take care of their families? >> the short answer is no. we are a little more from the political conventions and a little more away from election. this is the worst time to do this. everybody is hunkered down to their talking points as we have just heard. government doesn't stimulate the economy. businesses and the individuals stimulate the economy. entrepreneurs create jobs, not government. >> what should be the role of government, alexis, at this point in time? >> i think the government needs to invest in those sectors that are hurting the most. like construction. areas, building the infrastructure, and areas we can get people back to work. growing the economy. you are creating opportunities for people to spend more. >> on that note, cal, is she right? can infrastructure jobs help stimulate the economy? >> this is labor union jobs. we'll hear this from the

president next week. i'll be watching the n.f.l. football but a few people will watch the president. he hasn't come up with anything new. locked in the ideology. he is a prisoner, infrastructure prisoner. if this was creating jobs we would haven't the 9.1% unemployment rate and creation of jobs would be higher than zero. it isn't working. hello! >> hey, trickle-down is not working. >> please. bubble up would work. >> cal, alexis, now we're finger-pointing as to who might be to blame for this. it's not just the president's fault. the republicans and the democrats they, too, share the blame. is that right? >> absolutely. absolutely. we are locked in a failed programs that aren't working. we need to reform social security, medicare and medicaid. 43% again of the economy is spent on that. that is unsustainable. we are going to before the end of this century. >> that's. >> it is untrue.

>> wait. alexis, get in there. >> it's absolutely untrue. social security is completely solvent and the idea you're creating fear on the back of older americans is really irresponsible at this point. >> democrats use social security as whipping boy for years. >> would you both agree -- we have to close this. alexis, i got to stop you, because i have to move on. obviously, something has to be done. washington is broken. it has to be repaired. cal , according to what you are saying there is a way to do it. alexis, you have a plan as well. this is what we are going to see in the coming 2012 campaign, where people are fighting about what is going to be the best choice or route to take in terms of getting jobs. cal thomas, good friend, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, kelly. >> alexis mcgill, thank you for joining us as well. good to have you on, by the way. thank you. >> everyone wants to know: is he, or isn't she? running, that is. it's sarah palin. she is sparking new speculation about her intentions for 2012.

making an appearance at a tea party rally today in the hawk yea state. chief political correspondent carl cameron is live in indianola, iowa. great to see you there is a lot of enthusiasm for her there. no question about it. if she were to run, what kind of challenge do you think she will face? >> well, the first thing she is probably going to disappoint the tea partiers today because she is not expected to announce she will run today there is a crowd of a couple of thousand who gathered here south of des moines for this tea party rally. by the tea party of america, which was created for this event. sarah palin will be speaking. there had been a little contention whether she would show up or not, but she is going to. etea partiers would back her candidacy. some back rick perry and some back michele bachmann and others. palin's time since running for vice president, giving up the governor's office in alaska and how she conducted herself nationally, created resistance to a presidential candidacy. the latest fox news poll, that came out thursday of this week

suggests that when we asked all voters across the country whether or not they would support her for president, 71% of all voters, republicans and democrats and independents said she should not. 74%. 71% of republicans said that they thought sarah palin should not. fully, 66% of tea partiers suggested that the former alaska governor in 2008, vice presidential nominee should not run. she has not made up her mind. and said recently she thought that there would be a deadline somewhere in september, or perhaps early october for her decision. she thinks that the field, she is happy with the field as it is, but there is room for more. tremendous speculation that palin would get in. folks here are very eager to see her run. but she does face strong hurdles and she has six to eight weeks to sort it out. >> let me ask you about the tea party. you heard it before. democrats are always saying oh, the tea party, they are too extreme. but it doesn't seem like g.o.p. presidential candidates

are necessarily alienating them. what is the relationship right now? who is courting whom? >> most of the republicans are courting the tea party. perhaps least among the candidates, the announced candidate, et cetera, according to tea party aggressively would be jon huntsman. although, he agrees with them on fiscal issues. when the tea party and whether the candidates themselves are too aggressively courting the tea party politics really gets into whether the republicans are viewed as too extreme or not. in our fox news poll, fully 18% of those asked said they thought that michele bachmann would be too extreme to be seriously considered for the presidency. now she is the founder of the house tea party caucus in congress. rick perry comes in second at 14% as potentially too extreme to be taken seriously. you contrast it with the rest of the field, mitt romney had been the national front runner until rick perry got in the race, only 4% consider him too

extreme there is a wide range. part of is it courting the tea party. part of it is because republicans move to the conservative right as they swing the nomination. they will swing back to the moderate middle just as barack obama had to campaign first as a liberal and portray himself as moderate as the general election in 2008. >> it is getting more and more exciting and interesting every day. good to have you there. keep us posted. >> you bet. meanwhile, want to take a look. ten years after 9/11 right now, there has been a new assessment of al-qaeda. white house counterterror chief john brennan describes the terror group as currently on the ropes. pointing not only to the killing last week of al-qaeda's second in command as a major setback for the organization, but also other progress that has been made. brennan says now is time to keep the pressure up. but for how much longer? are we seeing the end of the al-qaeda terror network?

fox news military analyst is joining us live. good to see you. thank you for joining us today. >> good the see you, jamie. >> over the last year, really, you and i have been talking about al-qaeda, where they stand versus the taliban. i remember the last number i heard is only 100 al-qaeda in afghanistan. but bigger picture, how strong is the al-qaeda network right now? especially when you have different factions in different places? >> well, first of all, our intelligence agency and special operations forces deserves a huge amount of credit for what they have done for ten years. largely the al-qaeda is on the defense. i don't dispute the words that brennan is using that they are on the ropes but they have not been knocked out. we have to do that. we've got to break their will and defeat the movement. our leaders know we have to stay on top of them to do that. we cannot back away. the focus, resources, commitment and determination, we have to stay right on top of these guys.

to do that. we know they are done when they no longer can recruit and no longer can raise money. >> our top generals on active duty come to you for advice. what do they do to make it happen? with the withdrawal have a negative impact on our ability to get it done? >> no. >> the leaders know what to do. they have been on target, in general, al-qaeda for ten years. we have experienced people in terms of intelligence analysts, clandestine operatives and special operations forces who know this enemy well. we need to maintain focus. we have a lot of people helping us in the region who worked for us and live in the country that provide us information and tips. we've done some great work here. in understanding the movement. just stay on top and don't be distracted but other things and stay focused.

>> usama bin laden was someone was almost like religious, not just for the movement but he was held in such high regard. he is gone. the pictures were pathetic. did it hurt them to have it seen by everybody? will they come back stronger or do you think they were hurt in some way where they can't? >> they are weakened by the loss of their iconic figure that achieved divinity status, alluding the united states and the allies for ten years. now that he is dead, it seriously wounded the mov movement. now taking the number three guy out. the momentum is on our side for some time. i don't see it changing. the ability for defensive

operations are degraded but they still remain dangerous and no doubt we'll stay focused on this target. >> it sounds like you are confident. we will get the mission complete. thanks again, for joining us. thank you for your service. >> happy labor day. >> thank you. >> meantime, folks in louisiana packing up and shipping out. tropical storm lee makes landfall. coming up, a live report by a city pounded by hurricane katrina six years ago. hey, the new guy is loaded with protein! really? 25 grams of protein. what do we have? all four of us, together? 24. he's low fat, too, and has 5 grams of sugars. i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... what's shakin'?

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>> jamie: straight back to our top story. tropical storm lee unleashing heavy rain and powerful winds along the gulf coast there are major power outages in new orleans. the storm surge is above five feet in some areas. look at the size of the storm. new orleans and other cities from alabama to texas preparing for the major flooding with the storm. it's expected to drop up to 20 inches of rain. elizabeth prann is live in but buloxi, mississippi -- biloxi, mississippi. what do they think of this one? >> reporter: we will see a lot of rain. and they're getting hit with the pocketbook, because in biloxi, a popular, tourist destination hot spot. look at this. parking lot, completely empty. the hardrock, we have people coming in and out.

you can see no one is taking that out. this is filled with boats when it would be a popular time for people to visit. in fact, the hotel where we are staying would have 95 to 100% occupancy. they only have 30% occupancy. we have experienced seven inchs of rainfall. here, the biloxi officials are waiting for 16 more inches to come down. jamie? >> kelly: incredible rain. >> jamie: be safe out there. thank you for the report. >> rerporter: thank you. >> jamie: a big concern right now is low-lying areas, including new orleans. how will new orleans fare in tropical storm lee? the big easy is already facing sporadic street flooding. as lee closes in on the gulf coast. how are the city officials preparing for the storm? what about the remainder of the hurricane season. it's hardly over yet. billy is president of the plackaman parish in louisiana.

thank you for joining us. good to see you again. >> good to see you. >> jamie: yesterday, you were very concerned. do you have a better sense now of what you will get and how to prepare? >> we're lucky that no homes flooded yet but we see the water over top of the levees in the middle of the parish. we are concerned. we will make a call later today if that continues. whether to evacuate the south end of the parish. that will continue to push against the levee. it was authorized to be put in the federal system but not started construction. that is a 3-1/2-footle vie. we're seeing over top and as we speak, we have men heading out there to put the sandbags and tubes to stop it. >> jamie: i don't want to point fingers and you don't either. you want to keep people in the parish safe but why are we having a conversation about levees when there are plans for quite some time to support them to the point in a

hurricane or storm you won't worry. >> it's frustrated. we asked the corps to give us the money and let us build them. but they have the money in bank now for over two years and every year we are pushed back on the calendar. we haven't gotten to it yet. the engineer and design and the studies they do before starting construction, it's frustrating for our men and women to worry about the homes flooding when the money is in bank and authorized by congress. we continue to fight this. >> jamie: why is it still sitting there? >> goo question. you have to ask bureaucrats of washington about that one. it's mind boggling to me when you have something authorized and approved. you just don't get out there and do the work. this is what we find.

after katrina, we blew this out and two inches inundating conoco-phillips with water that would have shut down the refinery. we were lucky to keep the refinery from flooding. we'll do same thing today over and over and fighting to keep the levee from breaking and protecting that infrastructure for the whole parish. >> i know how busy you are today. and my heart is with you. but before i let you go, how many people do you think are affected by this? >> well, it's the whole, it's about 10,000 people. south plaquemines but also the refinery. that is inundated with water from the min tall storm, peel would lose their jobs, hundreds of jobs. it would take months to get it up and running. >> hopefully mother nature will. be safe. good to see you. we'll check back.

thank you for taking time to let us know what you are facing and what you can do about it. >> good to talk to you. >> take care. ♪ >> kelly: you heard billy mention jobs. that people could lose jobs if it goes wrong in plaquemines parish. discouraging news in the jobs front. hiring, coming to a standstill as the employees add nothing net jobs last month. unemployment rate holding steady at 9.1%. but that little consolation for millions of americans right now out of work. how bleak is the jobs picture? what request be done to turn all of the things around? here now, dominic ditella, president of diversified financial consultant. thank you for joining us. >> no problem. how are you? >> i'm good. >> kelly: but the question is how are the people without jobs getting a job? how do we turn it around? >> we just got horrible news on the economic front and job front. it should be of no surprise

whatsoever. given what washington did over the last 30, 60 days. the negative news coming down there. employers put the breaks on new hiring. there was a fear out there of what washington was going to do to the economy. and do to our credit rating and the budget deficit. so employers really put the brakes on and said we're not hiring anybody, anytime soon. >> i am glad you brought up washington. given the fact they had divided that democrats control the senate and republicans control the house. and we have party divide. can congress work in bipartisan passio fashion to get done and get people back to work. >> we manage money for 1,000 of clients and we get phone calls today and they are not talking about the stock market but they are talking about washington. we have a crisis of confidence and crisis of leadership. it affects what people do on a

daily basis. if they don't feel good about tomorrow, they won't spend money. if they don't spend money, somebody won't have a job. the short-term solution is washington has to get their act together. >> absolutely. >> kelly: absolutely. what is your advice to family living without a paycheck because they can't get a job? >> look, this is not a solution that will come short-term, quickly. it involves systems put in place and washington cooperating to build a better mood in the country. this is about survival until and hopefully when washington gets the act together. >> kelly: that is the key. washington has to get the act together. not just the president. but congress as well. so this is critical, is it not? >> it's critical. there are short-term things they can do. 70% of the jobs create created e small business.

it's impossible to get money out of the sba. we need things cleaned up there are businesses that want to hire or are scared to do it or don't have resources to do it. >> kelly: it gets back to what you are talking about, the crisis of confidence right now. we appreciate your joining us. >> have a great day. >> kelly: you, too. >> jamie: if you got spare change how about the infinity? in the ecofriendly arena with the first hybrid car ever made. does it mean the m-35h sedan wants for power? i bet now. we took a spin in this week's car report. >> attention nissan ultima hybrid driver. you actually own toyota. because in part, the nissan licensed the technology to build the cars from the competitor. now it has to go. the m-35h may be the auto maker first home grown hybrid,

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>> jamie: welcome back. there are some high school teachers that will tell you teenagers even yours can be a handful. it might go deeper than growing pains. the students may suffer from medical condition that is altered behavior. con cushion. the one hospital is launching awareness program to educate teachers about the signs and symptoms of this serious injury. and julie banderas takes a look at that, live in the newsroom with more. >> concussions among middle and high school students are up 200% since 1997. sending more than 100,000 children a year to the hospital. doctors say distinguishing between normal teenage behavior or symptoms of a serious problem is critical to

the child development. they are calling on teachers to know the signs. >> there is a focus on this as a problem for kids. problem in terms of the ability to interact. problem in terms of the ability to be educated, problem with regard to their ability to get back to their normal daily routine. concussion in the classroom is teaching the teacher to spot irritability, sadness, being emotional more than usual and sensitivity to life. >> we are encouraging them to communicate with the student and children. saying something happened is there a trigger to the change we are seeing?

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>> kelly: prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the united states with hundreds of thousands diagnosed every year. last year alone, 30,000 men died from it. the blue ribbon like this one you may see in the next few weeks is for prostate cancer awareness. as september is the month designated for prostate cancer awareness. fox news medical a-team member and chief of division at robotics at mount sinai hospital in new york city joins us now to talk about this. we're talking about this being the awareness month of prostate cancer. i'm surprised that so many people are no longer discussing this the way they should be. what are the facts to tell us

about it. >> it's a serious health hazard. that is the purpose of the program like this to bring awareness in september. what is important is the word "cancer" makes everybody nervous. this gives us time to do the right thing for them. this is common with african-americans with a 3-1 ratio. as you're older the risk is higher. if you have a family history of cancer, brother, father, you want to be aware of this and do the screening there has been a lot of debate about the screening, what age, how often, et cetera. bottom line is you get the baseline at age of 40. if everything is normal you start again at 45. this is good to get a second and third opinion if there is a doubt. >> kelly: good to be proactive about it. you have another technique for helping people. that is using robotics. tell us about that.

>> when men are diagnosed with prostate cancer it's confusin confusing. they read about options, radiation or surgery. you can remove the prostate. but there is a technique that we are talking about and there is information online that uses robotic technology, responsible for central function and the quality of life. that is most men and their spouses would be affected by this. we have come a long way. this is the robotic surgery in the operating room. this surgery usually takes an hour-and-a-half. unlike other options, you remove prostate and there is a chance of being cured. reserve the right for radiation after the surgery, if that is necessary. we are going for cure and going for the quality of life. we want to preserve the sex life, the urinary control and

we have come a long way in the last decade or so. that is great news. >> kelly: if you go the traditional route, of course to use railediation, what does do it to the patient? >> it may go after the cancer cell but it damages the surrounding issue. once you get radiation and the cancer is back, it's difficult to do the surgery after radiation. that is important information that we want people to know. over time, eightiation can affect the urinary system and the sex life. make sure that you talk to multiple doctors to get the information. >> jamie: so doc, you want women caring for men with prostate cancer -- i learned a long time ago doing the medical segments, lady, you don't have a prostate. no worries. what can you do for the guys? >> women play an important role here.

they make 70% of decisions and that is a team effort. it can affect men and women. they need to read about this. use the option with multiple consultation and cancer doesn't have to be a death sentence. there are many options. look for the centers debt kateed to the modality and the disease. you should do fine. >> jamie: how many cases they do a year? it should be a good number. >> thank you. >> kelly: i love that you brought that up, that african-american men don't get the psa they should. >> they are scare and afraid. but in one day alone we had 260 men that came in. we need to educate people out there. we hope everyone is listening. >> kelly: thank you. so valuable. thank you. that is it for us. i'm kelly wright. >> i'm jamie colby. great to have you here. we'll see you at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. up next, journal editorial

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