kelly wright, jamie good to be with you. >> jamie: we are together again tomorrow, me and kelly. the news continues, including keeping an eye on the president who is in new jersey making his way there to look at the flood damage. and the south getting hit hard. we have live reporters all over the big easy, keeping an eye on flooding and rain there. uma, right now from washington have a great day. disaster after disaster, right now president obama is on his way to paterson, new jersey to see for himself the millions in flood damage left in the aftermath of hurricane irene. his republican rivals are pounding him this labor day weekend on what they call a disaster. the economy, discourse includes sarah palin who

successfully fanned tea party flames yesterday ahead of the president's expected jobs plans address. she is not the only tea party darling weighing in. tough words from michelle bachmann who says the american people don't need speeches, they need jobs. we begin with congresswoman and presidential candidate michelle bachmann. >> thank you for joining us, great to have you here. >> a privilege to be on this morning. good morning. >> you have been very critical of the white house when it come to job creation what makes you convinced you would have a better solution on day one in a michelle bachmann white house? >> well, because i have the background, both as a professional federal tax litigation attorney. also, as a private businesswoman. my husband and i have created our own business. we've managed it. and we've managed to create jobs in this business. we have real world experience in washington, d.c., i've been on the frontlines fighting against all of the measures that have lead to this tumble

down in job creation. i'm a pro-growth conservative that's what i spent my entire life doing. i understand the principles that create jobs. utilizing the private sector, rather than government. also utilizing permanent solutions as opposed to temporary gimmicks and fixes. that's what we've seen out of president. when the president made this extraordinary move to call 535 members of congress together in a joint session he must have something spectacular to tell the american people. something on the order -- i heard one commentator he is going to have to turn water into wine for member of congress this coming week. i think it will have to be extraordinary to call that members together. he >> do you have a better jobs outlook and improve the economy without fundamental tax and entitlement reforms? >> we need to have fundamental reform. as president today, i would call forte 0% rate on

repatriation of earnings. this is american companies that have already earned in excess of 1.2 trillion dollars that is sitting outside of the country. american companies can't bring that money back into the united states, because of the very high corporate tax rate we have in the united states. it is 34%. if we have a 0% rate of bringing that money into the united states, that's 1.2 trillion dollars that could get to work, building buildings, hiring workers, going into research and development, buying technology that would make the economy hum. then we need to make that repatriation rate permanent at about a 5% level and bring down the corporate tax rates. we know how corporate taxes don't work. >> recent polls suggest that 8 in 10 americans think we are in a recession, do you agree? are we in a recession today? >> you have what the economists view formally and technically as a recession

verse us is recovery. technically we are in recovery. if you ask the american people, they feel like we are in a recession. especially we have the devastating jobs report come out the end of the week. zero net jobs created. >> you think we are still in the recovery period? >> again, there's a difference between the technical view, economists say technically, we are in recovery. but it is a very dismal recovery. housing is flat and falling. gdp growing. i'm a pro-growth economic conservative. i want to see the economy hum. i know how to do that. one thing that the president that was right friday he put in a ban the implementation of the epa rules. we were looking at potentially 20% of coal manufacturers having to shutdown their plants. that wouldn't help anyone. what the president also do is put a moratorium on the

implementation of obama care between now and the next election. that's also killing jobs. >> now to the presidential race. you have been long considered a tea party favorite. reason polls are showing that rick perry is something. how concerned how are you that he is over shadowing your momentum? >> we just came off a stunning victory in the iowa straw poll. no one has gone in with 40, 50 days time and won the iowa straw we did this a short amount time i'm the only woman to have ever won a straw poll. i spent two weeks actively in south carolina, another four days in florida. i was in iowa meeting with businessmen and women this week. i'm actively campaigning this is a marathon not a spring. i'm very confident that we are doing all the right things to be the nominee. >> you are not that concerned about perry at this juncture? i want to add, you have pulled back if some of the campaign

appearances in new hampshire, why? >> we've been in new hampshire, as i said we spent a significant amount of time in south carolina and also in florida. we'll be back to new hampshire. we've been in new hampshire many times. we certainly won't forget about it. we have strong support there as well. we have a lot of places to be. we can't wait to go back to new hampshire. >> all right. congresswoman bachmann, thank you. there's a lot going on stakes remain high we'll continue to follow your race closely >> uma, thanks again. >> we may not know whether or not sarah palin will run for president. during a tea party rally yesterday she made it clear that -- >> the challenge is not to replace obama in 2012, the real challenge is who and what we will replace him with. folks, you know it is not

enough to change up the uniform. if we don't change the team and the game plan, we won't save our country. yes, we need sudden and relentless reform. that will return power to we the people. >> president obama is about to get a firsthand look at the devastation from hurricane irene's powerful impact. air force one should be touching down any moment now in new jersey where the cleanup continues in the aftermath of major flooding. governor christie is planning to lead the president on a tour of the town of paterson that is where julie banderas is standing by with more on what the president will be seeing. >> reporter: he will be seeing quite a mess this is one of the third largest towns in new jersey. 1.5 million people, statewide lost power. right now currently 5500 people without power. their homes under water or filled with mud. this is the passaic river

behind me the river that floods multiple times a year. residents are constantly having to evacuate. constantly leaning on the government to assist them with federal aid. many of the residents we spoke with are tired of losing their belongings. they don't want the federal aid any more. they want the government to come in and sweep up their homes and sell so they can move to higher ground. unfortunately, a lot of people her tell us for years they've been trying to sell, for obvious reasons nobody is buying. this house the owners obviously have the right idea. their home is up on stilts this is the only home throughout this area that we've seen where their home is above ground. if your home is not, it is sitting in mud or water. flood levels actually rose up to the second floor of many homes. i can show people what the street looks like. there's the passaic river up the street where our live truck is to the left look at pile of mud and all of the

american -- all of the personal tkhrpbgss destroyed by the hurricane. late of these people without power. many having to three to shelters, a lot not sleeping worried looters would come in and take whatever belongings did survive. the president will be joining governor christie and other local officials will be making two or three stops, they are not telling us where the president will be headed. questioned, obama had announced that he had extended federal disaster relief to 16 counties. governor christie in fact is asking for 21 counties in fact to be assisted with federal relief. something that a lot of people desperately want. we understand the president has touched down at newark airport. in about an hour from now, we are going to be hearing from him, hopefully, once he stars his tour with the governor. >> we should note if the president does make some remarks, we will bring you

those. thank you julie. >> the president also monitoring potential disaster down south, slow moving tropical storm lee, coming ashore early this morning in southern louisiana. forecasts are calling for torrential rain on the gulf coast. casey stegall is in new orleans where everyone is keeping a close eye on rebuilt levees apriled at better protecting that city. >> reporter: we are on top of the famed jacks brewery in the french quarter. it gives a nice vantage point you can see the clouds taking over the skyline. it has been interesting. at times the sun will shine through the clouds and then another squall will move in, bringing a lot of rain and wind with it. that's what we are currently experiencing the rain starting to pick up, heavy wind gusts. but it is the rain that is of the real concern, throughout the south, because these are the pictures now coming out of the low-lying areas here in

southern louisiana. you are looking at jefferson parish that pace about five miles southwest of new orleans proper. water covering many of the roadways there. and it is the same story in the lower st. bernard's parish, where the sheriff's department worked to distribute half a million sandbags ahead of lee's landfall. the mayor of new orleans worried about all of this precipitation and the impact it is having on his city. >> we are expecting 15 to 20 inches of rain in the new orleans region, as a result of tropical storm. as all of us who have been through this know, it is not how much we get, it is how much we in a short period of time. >> reporter: officials say they have already sucked out about eight inches of flood waters from the streets and pumped it into lake pontchartrain. all of the pumps said to be working fine. the levees said to be holding up. army corp of engineers keeping

a close eye on things. the problem widespread not just residents here in louisiana but in neighboring mississippi and alabama as well. >> casey, thank you. >> it looks like we are in for a week of wild weather as tropical storm lee swirls on a course tracking north. katia, now a hurricane turns towards the east coast. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth with the latest on both of these storms. >> good thing that lee was never stronger. the problem is it hasn't moved much. here's the center of it now, around the lafayette area. heavy rain across the southeastern part of louisiana as well as towards the panhandle of florida, pensacola, panama city seeing heavy rain and a tornado threat. this is the frontal boundary is going to catch up some of this moisture and meet and cause rain to fall across parts of the

appalachians. people across texas, oklahoma, kansas, missouri that have been dealing with the hottest summer they've seen in years. temperatures cooling behind this. 80s for much of this week. big relief coming for some people, that's the bright side. the bad side the flooding that continue across the south. moisturing going to make its way too the northeast they got pummeled with the rain last week from irene. we have flooding concerns, flash flooding in effect, another four to six inches of rainfalling in that area going to be a big problem. rain across the coast not bad. new orleans and west heavy rain into the panhandle. up across the appalachians by the time we get to wednesday, we are going to be dealing with that. katia, strengthening to a category 2 hurricane, getting its act together going to continue to pull west-northwest. it should not affect the eastern seaboard directly. we can rule it out yet.

we'll watch this one closely and hope it tracks offshore. that will be what we are hoping for. >> thank you rick. in this digital age, you at home often provide the best take on these natural disasters. we received wonderful pictures like this one, 100-year-old live oak tree, it was 90 feet tall. look at these flooded yard in walker, louisiana. lots of flood waters there many send us your picture at youreport at foxnews.com. iran's, first nuclear power reportedly ready for a test run that from iran state radio which says the plan is now reportedly connected to the nation's power grid. the plan was supposed to go online years ago but has been postponed. iran is denying any link between the building of atomic weapons and the creation of this thick plant.

after six long months of intense bloodshed, libya's rebel leaders may be on the verge of declaring victory. rebel forces are saying they expect gadhafi loyalists to surrender, one of their last remaining strongholds. dominic di-natale joins us from tripoli with the latest on the situation. >> reporter: that last bastion they are talking about is one of three. it is some 90 miles southeast of where i stand in the capital of tripoli. they believe loyalists there, about 100 fighters who dug in hard, could be about to give up. the reason for it, tribal ties. they all belong to the tribe the loyalists and rebels waiting to invade, if necessary. it would cause such a split in that tribe it could have all sorts of implications for many years to come, including civil war. so they believe the men will put their guns down. then there will only be two

safe havens left. one is sirte, the hometown of gadhafi. the second is this the south. sirte has been given that extension to -- for the loyalists to give up. it is looking likely that could happen without a single extra deposit of blood being . the elders mulling over the terms that the rebels have given them. basically, unless they give up, indeed it is going to be one of the fiercest battles we will have seen. they believe gadhafi himself could be either in sirte or the other town. when it comes to the crunch and they move in, we'll know for sure. >> dominic, thank you. well, at this hour, president obama heading to new jersey. he has just landed in new jersey. take -- this evening mitt romney is making his tea party day because headlining an event in new hampshire.

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>> uma: welcome back. as we've been reporteding president obama is set to roll out his jobs plan when he addresss a join session of congress thursday evening. today some tried to highlight their own proposals and criticizing the president. steve centanni joins us with the details. >> reporter: like at the white house, jobs are front and center on the campaign trail, as candidates struggle to highlight their differences with president obama when it

comes to the economy. jon huntsman said the nation needs to come together over economic plan. >> today we are divided. it is totally unnatural and unamerican for us to be divided as a country. we are not going to get our act together until we improve our economy and get back on our feet. i put forward a specific list of proposals. i think that's probably unlike anyone else in the race. >> reporter: huntsman want to totally revamp the tax code and eliminate the deduction for homeownership in the process. potential tea party kingmaker, south carolina senator demint says he is not ready to enforce any candidate. on the economy, he says, we need a specific proposal from president obama that can be analyzed for its financial impact. he doesn't expect much from the president's upcoming speech ii >> aim frustrated with the

speech idea, -- frankly things leaking out of the white house, none are like what i've been hearing from businesses all over the country. extending unemployment, cutting payroll taxes, offering tax credits when you hire someone. i haven't heard one business say things like this. >> reporter: romney is planning to unveil his own jobs plan tuesday, two days before the president's speech. rick perry, current front-runner said yesterday president obama has spread economic misery across this country. >> uma: thank you steve. >> can't we all just get along? that's what some of the in the tea party have got to be wondering. the ongoing battle over romney took a sharp turn when freedom works a tea party affiliated group pulled out of con sponsoring the tea party express bus tour. freedom works says it will

protest romney's appearance this evening at a stop in new hampshire. scott rousseau co-founder of tea party express. first, we know the tea party doesn't speak with one voice. that said, it was surprising to see this open spat between your group and the freedom works group over romney's appearance in new hampshire. doesn't this hurt the tea party brand when there's public infighting among the various factions? >> there's always been a lot of diversity of opinion. i think it was a silly press stunt they pulled. i think the american people as well as the tea party people want to hear from these candidates. they are concerned about the state of the american economy. what our future is for prosperity and jobs. i think they are looking for solid and. we've invited each and every one of the 10 top republican candidates to join us on this tour and explain their ideas to how to get the american economy moving again.

i think it is silly to say this candidate shouldn't speak, this one shouldn't speak. i think the american people and the tea party people in particular, are very capable of making good decisions. i believe an informed electorate is the best thing for democracy. the tea party express is dedicated to the idea, let's get the candidates out there, let's hear what they have to say. i think the american people will make a good decision. >> uma: some say this shows the tea party can't ignite the same kind of political muscle in the presidential sweepstakes we saw in 2010 in the congressional races. what do you say to that? >> there's a big different going on. when we were doing these tours in 2009 and asked the audience how many have been involved in politics before? it would only be a handful of people. as you saw in the 2010 elections, millions of people got engaged in the political process. which is what made the huge difference in the 2010 elections. today, when we are doing our

rallies across the country and we ask that question, almost every single person is engaged in the political process. i think 2012 is going to be a repeat of 2010. you going to see a lot of people get elected who are subscribed to the tea party values. and the idea that we have to restore american prosperity. >> uma: sal russo, thank you, appreciate it. >> you bet. >> uma: summer recess is over. congress is getting ready to head back to capitol hill. all this as new fox news polls show that most of you at home are fed up with the way our government is working. up next, a fair and balanced debate about how congress will handle the issues facing them, when they return. stay with us. sam higgins? you have frequent heartburn, right? yeah. well we're the two active ingredients in zegerid otc. i'm omeprazole. and i'm sodium bicarbonate. just one pill a day ... gives you 24-hour relief. & one mission. two ingredients

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>> uma: welcome back. president obama is on the ground if new jersey assessing hurricane damage for himself. it is the both top of the

hour. peter doocy standing by with more on this and other top stories. >> reporter: new jersey governor christie is taking the president on a tour of paterson, a town hard hit by the flooding. christie has had harsh words about obama's leadership in the past. he's had nothing but praise for the president's handling of irene. fema had craig fugate and the president keeping a close eye on tropical storm lee, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to the gulf coast. we'll have a live report from biloxi, mississippi where the storm has already caused damage, coming up. >> rebel military leaders say they expect gadhafi loyalists to surrender in the town of sirte. they've given the opposition until next saturday to turnover the city. >> the nba telethon will air without is star attraction. nancy o'dell taking the place of longtime host jerry lewis.

the show is just going to be six hours long instead of the normal 21 hour broadcast >> uma: beginning of a new era with nancy o'dell. >> tropical storm lee crawling slowly along the central gulf coast battering with it heavy rains and tropical storm force winds. the big worry, widespread flooding. elizabeth? >> reporter: we didn't take for granted the sun we saw this morning, there's a reason for that it looks like that band of storms is coming in. we see that black ominous cloud behind us. we are expecting a but of feign -- a bout of rainfall here. a stern railing has been ripped off chuck's boat. he has three boats, all uninsured including this 17 foot power boat. a lot of residents thought

their boats were safe, because if you have been to the gulf, it is beautiful, fairly calm waters. i want you to see what the surf looks like now. winds picking up, another band head this way one thing residents are not used to seeing are miles of empty beaches. not even curiosity seekers or on looks in the horizon you can see the big casinos, big moneymaker here in biloxi. they are having a huge dip in occupancy rates this weekend. something local officials and residents are concerned about. this is labor day weekend, a big money maker, a lot of mom and pop shops along highway 90. hotels typically would see between 95 to 100% occupancy this labor day weekend. some of them down to 30%. >> uma: elizabeth, thank you. >>

>> the president: when congress gets back in september, i want to move quickly on things that will help the economy create jobs, right now. i'll be putting forward, when they come back in september, a very specific plan to boost the economy. i will be laying out a series of steps that congress can take immediately to put more money in the pockets of working families and middle class families. >> uma: president obama plans to layout a plan before a join session of congress and a national television audience this thursday. is the fight to settle on a date for the speech another indication that agreements between the white house and congress will continue to create gridlock? fair and balanced now, let's ask our panel. penny lee, and former press secretary to house republican whip roy blunt. women come. let's talk about this controversy over the date. lots of fireworks over the fact that the president did chain the date, as requested

by the speaker -- does this indicate that we are dealing with a situation where both sides are trying to placate the other and walk into an arena where they know there are going to be more political fireworks? >> it is unfortunate. whether or not a date, wednesday, thursday, whatever. the fact of the matter is the president is going to be delivering a speech. he needs to show leadership and what his vision is. we have a big looming deadline that is september 30th. whether or not the government has enough funds to continue to go forward. it is going to be focused on that, what kind of money we want to spend and where. that is going to be the big fight over the next thirty days. >> uma: does the date matter in the long run? we are talking jobs and people want answers now? >> i hope he has a great plan. it has been built up like the superer bowl bumping nfl game.

i think the american people are ready for direction and leadership. >> uma: some are suggesting that during this speech with both houses of congress, are there for props. and this is really a blueprint for the president's campaign speech on the economy or the 12 race and dismissing it as a political speech. >> every speech now is being framed unfortunately into political framework we need to get out of political fighting and come together. that's what the is peel going to be let us come together. he -- he wants to show he can build a bridge and get in economy moving forward. that will be the big appeal. >> uma: if the presidents for a short term stimulus plan do you think there's the political will in congress to give him that? >> i done think so. the house gop laid out job killing regulations they want to focus on the president -- >> do you think leadership

will be tested on both sides. congress' approval rate something lower than the president's now. >> absolutely. you are going to see the least common denominator. who can step up and be that adult in the room that's what the american people are asking for. that's what the president is appealing to. especially the independents saying enough of rhetoric on both sides. i want a leader with a clear vision. >> uma: is if the president is setting up expectation so high do you think there's a risk of backfire going he doesn't announce something that is going to be considered either shattering? >> this should be earth shattering. during august we've seen congress get ready to do that. he should work with them. >> uma: thank you to the both of you. we'll be watching and waiting to see what the president has

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i'm this week investors will be looking past friday's :÷ o the president's speech thursday. dow dropping 253 points friday, nasdaq dropped 65 points. the particulars of the president's speech still aren't known just yet. the white house saying the president is far along in the speech and is just putting on the finishing touches. >> of course the president has

a big fast act head. right now unemployment stands at 9.1%, unchanged from last month. whether you are in college or looking for a job, what you post online could impact your chances for the future. joining us with important dos and don'ts is internet privacy expert michael fertig. great to have you. >> thanks for having me back. >> uma: let's talk about what is at play now. posting your resume online keeps you in the competitive arena. there's specific points that you make when it comes to making sure that the best information is out there. first thing you say is, take a look and see what people are saying about you. >> it is true. employers are definitely looking online about you for information that is relevant to the decisions they are going to make about your candidacy for the job. over 80% of employers are looking online for information about you. even before you get to the interview. unfortunately, a lot of us are

putting energy into our resume, sending in a cover letter and we are about to be called for the interview but their hr departments looking for information online we are getting clipped before we get to first base. it is a big problem the information that is relevant to your job candidacy is out there on the open internet, as well as information on social networks like facebook. columbia university relevant for college students. columbia university did a study recent of college students, experts in privacy settings and so forth. and found that 100% of the people they surveyed were mistaken about how much they were sharing on facebook. some were sharing too much, too little, things they didn't expect they were sharing. it is so important to do a clear, deep audit of what is out there about you on that web and easily findable. >> uma: how do you cleanup past mistakes that are there, if you find one? >> apart from calling

reputation.com. make sure that all the stuff that you published yourself that is still within your control is unpublished, cancelled, deleted, redacted. go to all of your postings, make sure there is nothing that in the cold light of day an employer who didn't know the inside joke, didn't know the finance any thing that you were thinking of at the time -- the funny thing that you were thinking of at the time, might see and make a bad decision about you. you will never know they made that negative decision. it will never come to your attention. they will have made that decision behind that closed door without telling you and then you have lost the opportunity which is so important when unemployment is so high and competition is so fierce. >> uma: michael, thank you. i know this is a very important subject, one that folks should take seriously. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> uma: one veteran actor is making a sexy star turn.

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video. a sneak peek. take a look. >> do a quick rehearsal to get back in the swing of things. >> 89 years young and showing no sign is of slowing down, beti white in a new music video. on set, betty got the star treatment including a handsome entourage. >> a switch for me, i will tell you. it is fun, but they give me these nice young men to work with. they are built like little brick outhouses. t is certainly out of character, let me say that. >> longevity is rare in hollywood which makes white's advice for up and coming actors so valuable. >> be professional. respect your business. show up on time. know your lines. and come on the set with a positive attitude. i'm going to be 90 in january

and here i am still working and having a wonderful time. so everybody says well, aren't you going to retire. why should you retire when they keep asking you for something you love to do? >> although she is known for versatility, betty says you won't be seeing her on any of the dancing shows any time soon. >> i don't think so unless i ad lib. >> cut, guys. >> in hollywood, anita vogel, fox news. okay. at this hour, president barack obama is on the ground in new jersey getting a first hand look at the destruction caused by hurricane irene. the once booming factory town is now struggling after being swamped by floods in the wake of the hurricane. hello. i'm uma pemmaraju. hour number two of america's news headquarters live from the nation's capital starts right now. first we go to julie banderas who is live for more on the

president's visit. julie? >> we have just gotten word that he is about five miles away from us. the white house doesn't disclose exactly where the president plans on going. he does plan on stopping along with other local officials and governor chris cristie. he is sur vague the mess left behind by tropical storm irene. pan left just so i can show everybody what people's belongings look like. they are on their sidewalks because they are completely covered in soot and mud and puddles and flooding. in fact, the flood stage here, the river cresting at 14 feet this week. take a look at this house behind me in fact. it is boarded up. a lot of the homes are abandoned. we spoke with some residents that say they have been trying to sell homes for some three years now and simply can't get any buyers so a lot of people are walking out after having been forced to evacuate several times within the year. the river not far away, right down the street.

as you can see the flood stage there. look at the flood indicator stick on the right-hand side. you can tell it only goes up to 6 feet. that entire thing was under water. this vehicle here a resident obviously coming in to survey the area but not getting much further than where he is right now. we have video in fact that we shot earlier today that pretty much shows you a similar sight throughout the entire area. streets covered in mud. cars left in the middle of the street. some 5,000 homes without power throughout, new jersey, which is great news considering that at one point 1.5 million people were without power. but the lives that have been disrupted by this tropical storm is beyond words. in fact, we spoke with a couple of residents that describe exactly the hell that they have been through since this storm came through seven days ago. listen. >> all it this mud you see on the ground is all the mud we had in the house. it ruined all my appliances. all my furniture.

>> this thing is -- just store up everything we had. the whole neighborhood. we got no furniture left. we got no nothing left. we have been staying in a motel and it has done killed us money wise. we done went broke and i don't know what else to say because it is a disaster. >> so this area 16 counties in total will be receiving federal disaster relief. however, several of the residents here would rather the government just buy up their homes so they could head to higher ground rather than having to be stuck in and out of the homes for multiple times a year being forced out by the flood waters that happen on a regular basis. seems that even federal aid isn't good enough for these people. uma? >> a it tough situation, indeed. julie, thank you very much. new jersey and other northern states try to clean up after irene, down south the gulf coast is taking a beating from what is left of tropical storm lee. casey stegall is joining us

from new orleans with the latest on conditions there. casey, what can you tell us? >> well, uma, thousands of people are still without power in and around new orleans and the damage i have to say is very random because the major part of this tropical storm actually made to the east of us. sort of changed course a little bit at the last minute because as we know, for the better part of last week new orleans was set to take a direct hit. however, the outer bands of tropical storm lee bringing heavy wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. enough to topple a few trees. this one on a house in saint landry parish. the residents we understand were home at time. they heard a loud thud. fortunately, no one was injured. now, flash flooding is, of course, the primary concern all throughout the south especially with rain forecasted for much of the day and even into tomorrow because the system is moving so slowly.

>> we have boathouses on pilings back here that are flooded right now. we have water that is coming in because the lake is so high. >> our friend's boathouse has two feet of water in the first floor. a few boats banging around so we resecured a number of them. >> be careful where you walk. a lot of sub merged debris and objects in there that you can get cut up on. >> we know that this is affecting oil production in the gulf and could end up raising gas prices across the nation. no word yet on when all of the manned platforms and rigs will be back to full operation or even how much damage they sustained possibly because nearly 40% of the platforms were evacuated and nearly 33% of the rigs out in the gulf of mexico. that means that oil production daily in the gulf was slashed by about 60%, uma.

oil companies say that they are able to get things up and running quickly, just as soon as they can. we will, of course, bring that to you. back to you. >> casey, thank you so much for the update. president barack obama is set to roll out his jobs plan when addresses a joint session of congress thursday evening. but republicans aren't waiting to hear what the president has to say. they are highlighting their own views on the economy and steve centanni is joining us now with the details. hi, steve. >> the gop candidates just like the president focusing on jobs and the economy. the current front runner rick perry says the president has spread "economic misery across the country." the former frontrunner mitt romney plans to unveil his own jobs plan this week. and former utah governor and obama china ambassador john huntsman has a detailed plan for reforming the tax code. >> if we can't do what needs to be done in terms of a competitive environment that will attract and keep brain power and allow for the aggregation of capital and

allow this country he expand and keep jobs we will see the end of the american century. one of the reasons i'm running for president, bob, is i refuse to see the end of the american century. >> the president will outline his vision for job growth and the economy on thursday before a joint session of congress. even before the speech, republicans are discounting the ideas they expect to hear. jim demint says obama's plans for cutting payroll taxes and offering tax credits are not the ideas supported by american business people and he suggests the president's speech won't amount to much. >> i'm, frankly, very tired of speeches. i don't want to be disrespectful to the president. i want to see something in writing and that the congressional budget office tells us what it going to cost so we cannot only read it ourselves but the american people can read it. speeches we found are not very similar to the actual

legislation. i'm pretty frustrated with the speech idea. >> the president speaks thursday before a joint session of congress. of course, we willle all be watching and see it here on fox. >> absolutely. thank you very much. while president obama puts the finishing touches on his big jobs speech, gop presidential candidate michele bachmann says she is the one with real world experience to create jobs. i spoke with the minnesota congress woman just a short time ago. she says that the president better have something extraordinary to say thursday and that she is the one who understands business. >> well, because i have the background both as a professional federal tax litigation attorney but also as a private business woman. my husband and i have created our own business. we managed it and managed to create jobs in this business. we actually have real world experience in all of this. plus, in washington, d.c. i have been on the frontlines fighting against all of the measures that have led to this tumble down in job creation. i'm a pro growth conservative.

that is what i have spent my entire life doing and i understand the principles that create jobs. utilizing the private sector rather than government. and also utilizing permanent solutions as opposed to temporary gimmicks and fibs. when the president used the extraordinary move to call 535 members of congress together in a joint session he must have something pretty spectacular to tell the american people. must be planning something on the order of i heard one commentator say he has to turn water into wine for members of congress this week and i think that it will really have to be something extraordinary. >> i also asked the congress woman if she is concerned about the surge in popularity her rival rick perry is now enjoying. she pointed out she is coming off a victory in the iowa straw poll and says her campaign is, quote, doing all the right things. >> i think perhaps my clout was diminished.

that's possible. i wouldn't wate quarrel about . i didn't base my perspective on how many debates i won. >> that was vice president dick chaney sounding off on whether he thought his role was marginalized when was in the white house as vice president. earlier i had a chance to sit down with chris wallace and get the inside scoop on his one on one interview. chris, great to see you today. let me ask you about this interview. i thought it was very interesting and quite rehe vealing how dick cheney concurred that his role was marginalized in the second bush white house. and i thought it was very interesting. >> i -- you know, look, this is, what, the fourth or fifth interview with cheney this week and you don't want to go over plowed ground and one of the things that struck me? reading the book. t is an interesting book. a good read. better than a lot of political

memoirs which sort of sit on your coffee table. he talked about individual things. problems with powell and rice and even problems with the president. he never connected the dots. i tried to get him to say look, it seems to me, you had a lot of clout in the first term and the president went the diplomatic route in the second term, some would say went soft. and he a little bit to my surprise agreed and said yeah, i think my clout did diminish. he wouldn't go the further step and say why that was. he said i can't speculate. i'm sure he has plenty of reasons why he thinks it happened. i agree with you just the fact that he admits that his clout diminished as the president decided to go a different route. and part of it clearly was that the war are in iraq wasn't going well and he was one of the main architects of the war. >> colin powell even before cheney spoke came out swinging saying that cheney was taking cheap shots at him. and you asked him if he would

take anything back from what he wrote in the book and he was interesting in his response. >> classic. no. that is what he said. no. one of the points he makes and because obviously it has been blowback from colin powell, from conde rice and he is tough on both of them and he said look, everybody else is writing book. the president has written a book. powell is writing her book. rumsfelded wrote his book he said this is my one chance and he is a 70-year-old man to talk about my career both before the bush white house and during the bush white house and it is my opportunity to give my view of things and he is unapoll gettic about that and he certainly was not taking anything back. >> vin tan cheney, indeed. also quite interesting about his remarks regarding hillary clinton. >> one of the things i wanted to get him to do is talk about things that aren't in the book and maybe to make a little trouble. i said i had heard that he had talked at some length recently in very positive terms about

hillary clinton and so i wanted to see did he think that they would have been better off, that hillary clinton would have done a better job as president and he says perhaps and that even she and he doesn't say this about obama is one of the most come be tent members of the administration. and then i say what about her running against him in 2012 in the democratic nomination. he said i would encourage that, i think it would be good for the two-party system. >> to hear more about what the vice president thought of members of the bush administration, iran as a nuclear power and the war in iraq, tune in to "fox news sunday" right after our show. that is at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. controversy surrounds the president's new immigration plan. some say it could mean thousands of illegal immigrants getting a free pass. a fair and balanced debate coming up next. just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea,

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federal officials now warning terrorists could try to use small airplanes to carry out attacks as the 10th anniversary of 9/11 draws fleer. they are saying there is reason to believe that al-qaeda could try to rent the planes privately and load them with explosives. but authorities are urban institute also saying there is no specific threat at this time. the warning comes on the heels

of another report reminding local flight schools to keep a close watch for potential terrorists. the white house is getting a lot of heat for are a new you immigration policy that focuses on dangerous illegals and frees those being held on minor crimes. supporters are saying this is a smart way to get a handle on the immigration problem. critics say, though, president obama is ignoring federal immigration laws. fair and balanced charles cook joins us. the attorney who represented two georgia teens in the country illegally who were arrested for minor crimes but released just days ago. and dan stein, president of the federation for immigration reform. gentlemen, great to have you here. >> good to be here. thank you very much. >> you represented the two teenagers, one charged with marijuana possession and that charge was later dropped. >> correct. >> but you said the decision to free your client indicates "there is a return to a sem

semblance of sanity. why is that? >> we have a system that deports anybody that has a minor infraction in the united states. we have right now over 300,000 people in deportation proceedings with some proceedings taking two to three to four years to come to fruition. if we want to deport the most dangerous in the country why are we letting them stay here three or four years to go through a system that is simply clogged down. further, this policy also does something quite important. brings back the semblance of sanity requested of the clinton administration of key republicans back in 1989. finally someone is listening in washington, d.c. >> dan tortion the point about the system being overloaded. is it fair to deport those who haven't commit fid major offenses but just happen to be the children of illegal immigrants. many of whom came here when they were just babies.

>> i represent fair and what is fair is for people who violate u.s. immigration law to be identified, put into proceedings and removed and we are very concerned about the brazen use of unlimited eck eastboundtive authority where the president and his people are saying hey, if we like people and think they are nice guys we will let them stay but if we don't like them then they are going to go. this is complete chaos. absolutely no evaluation of what the impact will be. how many people are we talking about? what is it going to cost taxpayers? what are the implications more broadly for u.s. interior immigration enforcement. what they are doing is in a partisan political way pandering to a particular bloc that is demanding amnesty. they are sending a signal in you come in and break u.s. immigration law and rip off the taxpayer and get things you are not entitled to that there will about the know enforcement unless you are involved in a

serious aggravated criminal felony. we have been saying we need reform. 40 years of the highest levels of immigration in american history. 40 years of continued growing lines, backlogs, completely out of control no.s. instead of the administration coming to congress and saying here is the money we need to reform immigration and bring the numbers down, they are passing an administrative amnesty that will create chaos and amnesty down the line. >> the fact is that we are trying to see about getting more reforms in the immigration system and the fact that people are seeing this as amnesty, isn't that something that is going to backfire in the long run? >> the only people seeing this as amnesty are the people that fear the flood gates of immigration in the united states. immigration is good for america and has been good for a long time. the last 40 years the greatest economic growth in our country

and a large part is due to immigration. we need congress to move forward with a legislative fix that brings the right people in and keeps families together. families that are part citizenship families where spouses are u.s. citizens and other spouses are not. children are and the parents are not. a issues that punishes people that breaks the law fairly and has some semblance of fairness and justice in the system. as far as asking congress for the amount of money it would take to deport everybody janet napolitano has done that. some where in the neighborhood of $60 billion. i don't see congress doing that any time soon. now, we have an administration doing exactly what key republican leaders requested back in 1990, the clinton administration. and the numbers will be unclear because there really is no policy guidance yet. no more than 20,000 or 30,000 people who haven't violated any other laws in their whole life be allowed to stay temporarily.

certainly no amnesty out of this program. >> what about mercy and compassion for the children of those that came here illegally. >> i have compassion for the millions out of works. for the millions that can't get. >> i'm talking about the children. >> you cannot deport people without inconveniencing people. the administration never came to congress with with an ironclad approach that says look, if you let a limited number of deserving young people stay we have in turn a comprehensive strategy to enforce immigration law, credible enforcement. and actually creating a system that makes sense. in 1986 ronald reagan signed an amnesty bill in part because there was a legitimate promise by the government to enforce the law in the future. turned out it didn't work and instead of taking the lessons of that exercise today, the administration is saying well, we will have unenforceable laws, borders out of control

and an am necessarity, why, because they want to get the hispanic vote. that is not responsible leadership and not going to take us down the road to really resolving the immigration crisis any time in the near future. >> all of that is really based on not truth. >> we are out of time, gentlemen. that will have to be the last word. i appreciate it. thank you so much for joining us with your insights today. >> you're welcome. >> it is until the wind, it is the rain. tropical storm lee has come ashore and dropping torrential rains on the gulf coast. the latest on the flooding fears in new orleans and the surrounding areas. lee's effects being felt far and wide. even possibly at the pumps with rigs being forced to shut down. will that drive up the price of gasoline this holiday weekend? gasoline this holiday weekend? we'll take a look. stay with us. naturals from purina cat chow. delicious, real ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives.

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welcome back. president obama in new jersey

at this hour getting a first hand look at the damage done by hurricane irene. it is the bottom of the hour and peter doocy with more on this and the headlines from our other top stories. peter? >> right now the president is in the neighborhood in wayne, new jersey. the river flooded the area, forcing hundreds of responders dens to evacuate after last week's storm. governor chris cristie and fema head craig fugate are with president obama on the tour. iran connected its first nuclear power plant for a test run. they hope the plant will reach maximum capacity on the grid in the next few months. numerous attempts to go online have been stalled in the past several years. the former head of the international monetary fund turf andto his home tour of is back in france for the first time since being accused of rape. strauss khan now faces a french investigation over the alleged attempted rape of a novelist.

a body boarder in australia died after being astacked by a shark in a popular surf spot. the first time an attack has happened in the area over 20 years. those are the top story. back to you. >> peter, thank you very much. what is left of tropical storm lee is inching north and katia turns towards the coast. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is more. >> the peak of the hurricane system is next saturday. we have a long ways to go and we are already at the 12th storm. this is what lee is doing. barely moving and bringing a lot of rain and tornado threats across the central gulf coast and rain now spreading inward. along with it that tornado threat will continue to go northward as well and that will continue to be the case as we move forward the next couple of

days. a cold front to the north of this that is going to absorb a lot of the moisture and pull it off toward the east. heavy rain towards the appalachian. big good news across parts of the central plains. 72 degrees in kansas city. right now at 92 dallas. by tomorrow temperatures into the 80s and remain in the 80s all week long. it has been so hot this summer here that is going to be kind of the best news that you have had probably in months across parts of texas. however, along with this comes a lot of rain and we are continuing to see this flooding threat anywhere you see the green, tornado concerns just to the north of mobile, to the north of biloxi. and we are also watching the threat for continued flooding into the northeast from remnants of lee. that moisture is going to get up here and bring very heavy rainfall across the ground that is so saturated and saw the flooding last week. not talking about a repeat of last week's flooding but areas dealing with that a rise in the rivers again and making kind of the recovery slowed down. here is a look at how much precipitation is going to fall. anywhere you see the red that is 4 to 8 inches of rain and a

little bulls eye across parts of northern louisiana, mississippi, maybe another 10 inches of rain falling. then we will talk about ka it tia. a category two hurricane again. getting it back together here. uma we are probably not going see direct impacts to the east coast but can't rule it out just yet. thursday to friday at its closest path. hopefully it will stay offshore but we will continue to track this one right here. >> let's hope it does stay offshore. thanks for the update, appreciate it. 2011 has seen its fair share of natural disasters have. fema has stepped in after mother nature unleashing the fury. the east coast has incurred billions of dollars worth of damage and one of the hardest hit area is north carolina's outer banks. joining us, democratic representative damon price. a congressman from north carolina. nice to have you here today. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, good afternoon.

>> first off, give us a sense of the damage and where relief efforts stand at this point in your state. >> the relief efforts are ongoing. the eastern portions of the state, the outer banks was hit very, very hard with high winds and heavy flooding. roads washed out. people are homeless. there are shelters are being emptied now but people are still without power in some of the more remote areas. and the governor has estimated the damage at around $100 million and we know that number will go up. meanwhile, fema has been on the scene here and the federal, state, local cooperation, the red cross, the nonprofits, the cooperation has been excellent. people are pulling together but it is a tough storm. >> it is a tough, tough situation, indeed. recently, though, congressman eric cantor said that we need

to rein in spending before more funds are allocated to fema. knowing first hand that so many area are recovering from the natural disasters, do you think he is being insensitive to the plight of people that are in desperate need of help? >> i thought it was an unfortunate statement. especially since both parties no matter who is in charge in the congress and this includes mr. cantor himself some years ago when his area was hit. people have said an emergency is an emergency and we have emergency provisions, appropriations provisions precisely to respond uneconpetitive vocally and quickly when disaster hits. to raise the prospect of holding back until we have another round of budget wars or find something to cut or trade off one homeland security priority against another, we already had this fight to some degree in the house and our republican colleagues said they were going to have more disaster funding but it was

going to be at the expense of state homeland security grants. >> what about those that believe that fema and the federal government should not act as insurance carriers and people shouldn't automatically we expected to bailed out if disaster hits their area. >> people need to carry flood insurance and assume responsibility. that is what mitigation is all about. we need to build smarter and more cautiously so that we minimize damage. so nobody is talking about a free ride here. what we are talking about is genuine emergencies recovery and rescue operations that hard hit areas have long depended on and we all assumed that we are in this together. we don't want to trade off one area against another. when a general emergency hits the federal government should be there for the people who need it. >> and you believe the funds will be there no matter what, even in this tough economy? >> i believe the funds will be there. we will find a way to get these

funds out there and my hope and expectation is that folks who seem to be holding out the prospect of holding the funds back or trading them off or saying one area takes precedence over another that is going to be seen to be just not a tenable position. we got to respond when the need is there and i think the vast majority of the american people understand that and want to be part of it. >> all right. congressman price, thank you so much for joining us today. all the best to you in the efforts to get people back on their feet and help with the relief efforts that are underway right now. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> well, congress will return from recess this tuesday and seems that they have a full plate of jobs and tasks in front of them. but with supercommittees, the growing debt and operation fast and furious, it could be hard to figure out just where to begin. joining us to talk about the tasks at hand, republican congressman jason chaffis. welcome congressman. >> thanks for having me.

>> talk about whether or not you can get anything done once the house comes back to work. >> i hope so. we have some things we have to eat and chew gum at the same time. we actually need specifics and a document to look at and score. we have investigations, the fast and furious as you talked about. we also have to rein in spending and focus on jobs and the economy because people are hurting out there. >> what about the supercommittee. people are putting expectations and hopes on the committee to come forward with real substantive plans to really get the debt down. what do you think? >> they better. i hope so. i voted against it. i was opposed to it but it is the law of the land. there is some good people on that. pat toomey, some others. they have got to come up with something. it is just the begin. we deficit spend about $4 billion a day and so when we start talking about cuts we need to start cutting spending right now and prioritize what is really truly important in this country and maybe get rid

of some of those other things like foreign aid and other things that really ought to be cut in a time when we have got to balance our books and get more serious about our debt. >> there are situations coming up where people say, you know, where do you cut. where do you begin to cut. people have the pet projects or programnds and there is serious concerns about the veteran programs et cetera that are desperately needed. do you have a confidence that these individuals are going to be able to come to terms and make an agreement on where the priorities need to be? >> the whole body will have to ultimately vote on this. you worry about putting it in just the hands of 12. we had 17 sort of committees like this in the past, none of which have actually produced anything. but we have to. we have to make steps forward. this is the deal that came up. again, i voted against it but at the same time i'm really optimistic that we can start to have a in thi discussion in thy

about where we are going to cut spending in in nation. i like what mitt romney said. maybe we should transition to decide what it is in the nation that we are going to keep because we can't be all things to all people. we tried that and spent this massive amount of money and it absolutely has not worked. >> talk about operation fast and furious. the fact that we have a new head of the atf and the fact that more details coming out about the controversial operation. what are your thoughts about how this is unfolding? >> well, i have only been in the congress two and a half years and chairman isa is the chairman of the committee, the oversight committee. i think he has done a great job with senator grassley in really uncoverincovering this. you have the seniormost people in the department of justice that continued to perpetuate this. and in the words of the atf outgoing director there was concern that they were doing things to cover up what the poe loipolitical appoint i^s were

are doing. you are talking about thousands of guns that were allowed to walk, get into the hands of criminals. two dead ats. people worried about their own careers rather than making sure that we have the full information in the united states congress and i though that chairman isa and i and trey gold and others are totally making sure that we pursue this to all sends to make sure that that never ever happens again and that the truth is allowed to surface. and thank goodness for the whistle blowers who stepped up to allow us to do this. >> thanks so much for joining us. the house gets back into session this week. almost like going back to school, isn't it? >> pretty serious, yes. thanks, uma. >> take care. libyan rebels surrounded one of qaddafi's last strongholds. will' tay akron o they attack r surrender? is live report coming to you from tripoli. stay with us. [ male announcer ] this is the network. a network of possibilities.

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qaddafi's last remaining strongholds. will loyalists to the dictator fight or surrender? dominik is joining us live with more. >> uma, it is looking increasingly like they are going to surrender. at the moment 90 miles southeast of us here in tripoli they are expecting loyalists to finally put down their weapons. could be just a few hours away before they finally do that. one of three remaining holdouts of qaddafi loyalists to hold. they are expecting his hometown to do the same in the next week or so and expecting the city in the south to possibly capitulate as well. both sides it seems have little appetite for more blood shed. 50,000 people killed since the start of the uprising. really people are losing their nerve or just tired of it. also issues at tribal level. tribe against tribe or even members in the same tribe do

clash that is going to cause deepfy sures in society and libyans don't want that now. there is a sense that nationwide there has to be unity and that seems to be the impetus behind what is happening for the next steps for the remaining bastions of loyal supporters. ian martin has turned up in the country, arriving to meet the interior ministry. you can see pictures of that now. they wanted to offer as much support as they can to libya until they can start exporting oil and have an income and that could be within six months. within a year back up to full production and should be able to get back on their feet, soon. he is going to go back to the united nations and report back to the secretary to the u.n. back to you. thank you very much. four months after a tornado rips through tuscaloos tuscalo,

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welcome back. congress woman gabrielle giffords is home in arizona for this weekend spending time with family and friends. her husband posting on her facebook page she is happy to be home. her second visit back to the state since she was shot during a political event back in january. we wish her all the best. and this is just in. we are getting the first pictures from president obama's tour of the storm damage in new jersey. what you are seeing right new is pool video from the people who travel with the president of his departure from camp david before he was taking off for new jersey. now, you can see governor cristie there who was there to meet the president to give him a first hand look at the damage in places like paterson, new jersey, which are dealing with widespread flooding and people are still coping with the misery from the aftermath of

hurricane irene. we will continue to update? and bring you more pictures as they come in to the studios. all eyes are on gas prices this holiday weekend as many of us get set to hit the road for one final summer getaway. right now the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.66 but oil rigs in the gulf are shutting down due to tropical storm lee so this may cause you some more pain at the pump. senior business correspondent brenda buttner is joining us live now with details. is this something we really have to watch closely? >> yes. you know, tropical storm lee may come no where near your home but it could still hit you hard at the pump. perhaps you faced no evacuations but already oil and gas companies have evacuated hundreds of workers in the gulf. they are off nearly 240 oil and gas production platforms and some two dozen drilling rigs shut down. about two thirds of current oil

production in the gulf and half of natural gas production. this could definitely put the breaks on gulf energy production. how much a pain at the pump depends on the lent of the evacuations. more than a brief interruption could send evacuation numbers up and it might even hurt refiners. would increase the cost of a fillup. even though brent crude oil has been falling, gas prices are high. triple-a says the average price per gallon is the second highest ever for labor day weekend. prices were only higher in 2008. now, history shows that production shutdowns from tropical storms have fueled temporary spikes in gas prices. we saw that with hurricanes alex and karl. tropical storm hermione and tropical depression five just last year. in 2008 there was a decline in production of 62 million-barrels of oil and 408 billion cubic feet of gas. and the hurricane season far

from over. katia is moving over the atlantic, still too early to know the threat to land or the east coast but it is rapidly strengthening. all reason why you may feel the impact of lee no matter where you live. uma? >> wow. all right, brenda, thank you very much. >> thank you. well, now you they are out on a different turf. >> once i saw some of the younger guys coming back from iraq and afghanistan and how athletic they looked i figured some of them must have been athletes before they joined the service or played in the service or had that competitive nature. so, i just started inquiring and they are out there. >> we will be talking to organizers and some of the players who will take part in a special softball game. stay with us. lightning fast.

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welcome back. today, some wounded warriors playing ball against a group of d.c. celebrityities. peter dooys with more on the special game. >> a lot are really great athletes and even though some do come back home with injuries, the wounded warrior softball game shows that some of the service members have unbreakable spirits. >> we have some guys on the team that do not like to lose at all. our goal is not about winning. our goal is to show he that these guys joined the service after 9/