>> welcome back. we're almost out of time. i got some fun for your labor day. if you're sitting around and wear cuff links, i got some that can open a beer bottle. >> you can pop these babies up -- >> juliet: i thought they were going to be classy cuff links. >> there is nothing classy about me. >> juliet: that's true. what was i thinking? >> we're going to be cooking more on the after the show show. happy labor day. >> good-bye, everybody. >> texas is burning, fast moving and deadly wildfires engulfing several areas in the state, two deaths are reported, homes and businesses and land, scorch ed by the flames and the largest fire burg in gregg county, that's close to dal a., many homeowners

fighting to save everything they have. >> we're going through a lot already with the drought andit not right for stkpwhraoefrb very scary. very scary, to be so close to our house and possibly losing everything, and i just pray that everything will be stkpwhraoeupb we just try to keep everything wet and save our house. gregg: that is where we begin to labor day, good morning, tkpwhrat you're with us, i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. >> heather: i'm heather childers, a wildfire claimed every home on their block in gladewater. gregg: april 2nd of the texas forest service joins us on the tpaoepbd it's suf a sad story that this mother an her infant daughter were killed. can you tell us what happened in this fire is that. >> we're gathering details and don't have a lot of

information. we had about 56 new fires yesterday that burned 36,000 acres so as you can imagine the details are sketch gentlemen and we're covering the situation statewide and trying to gather information right now. gregg: why all of the new fires april? >> we're under a veer drought, 80 percent of stebgz in exceptional drought conditions, the grass is really fragile and dry and ripe for the wildfire so the tinnest spark can start wildfire, and we've had some high winds. yesterday was a particularly windy day, today will be another one, so these things are spreading rapidly. gregg: were those wind propelled by tropical storm lee? >> >> reporter: probably so. we're getting some in east texas, on the louisiana border, so i expect that that's what's happening. ce we -- we didn't get the rain but the wind. gregg thousands of acres have burned in parts of the

state. how many fires are under control? >> not many. we've got a few. we're reporting several as unknown containment, we've got a few that we're making progress on but today is going to be a tough day for firefighter and they're going to be working hard to get that under krog. gregg: a mother and her infant daughter were killed in this fire, 120 miles east of today's a. -- east of dallas. is there any concern for the metro area? >> there's concern really for a large part of texas, east texas, central texas, got hit hard and it's a concern for us. today could be an active fire day as well, so we're encouraging folks, today is a holiday, they're going to be outside, grillig -- grilling, anything that you could do that could cause of spark could be potentially dangerous, so be careful out there. gregg: all the firefighters who have been there so long

during this drought, good luck. heather: mother naish proving to be the driving force in texas, the state facing its most veer drought on month, july was the warmest month ever recorded statewide for kebgz with rainfall totals aols unusually light across the state, and the july monthly total, rainfall ranks third dryest. gregg: incredible videotape of a rare tornado, touching down in upstate new york. take a look. >> mow my -- oh my god . that is the voice of amateur

storm chaser lindsey phillip n. her car when she caught this tape, the tornado west offal begany. this happens just one week after it was slammed, that aim area, by flooding and damage from hurricane irene. coming up, we're going to be talking to lindsey philips about that dramatic video. republican presidential candidate jon hauntsman -- huntingman own the campaign trail, the former utah governor says the key to winning the 2012 election will be rallying former republicans to return to their gop roots. >> the republican party is with ind hents, we need to win back democrats who used to be republicans a long time a. the reagan democrats, so called, we've got to have numbers on our side, so drawing contrast is one thing but we've got to have a candidate who have foster boundies and bring in

the numbers that will allowtous win the election. >> huntsman talked about working in obama administration as u.s. ambassador to china, huntsman saying whaoeubl he believes the president is a good man they have very different views on jobs and the economy. gregg: the national average for a began of regular, up nearly a gar going to 3.6 #, aaa expects around 31 1/2 million americans will be on the road this holiday weekend, that is down 2.4% this year. >> world markets reacting now to friday's dismal job numbers, remember those? well, fears over the u.s. economy slamming araband european stocks. today, six key foreign indices dropped by at least 2 percent. wall street is, of course, closed for mayor day so we'll have to wait until

tomorrow to see how this selloff impacts stocks here in the u.s. libyan rebels storms the home of a close friend of moammar qaddafi. inside they found their target, a general who was also the head of libya's military college. rebl leaders hopes he have information regarding qaddafi w-bs. dominic di-natlae is streaming live from libya. what is the latest? >> healthers they certainly did seem to catching up on qaddafi but in terms of his supporters and whether he'll surrender have is increasingly unlikely. the focus is on a towel nine a miles to the southeast in tripoli. there was a deadline that exper expire for the loyal lest -- loyalis,

problem is, they are heavily armed and rebels have said please put down your weapons and it's going to be a massacre. it could prove to be pivotal it is dominated by a tribe of million strong people, that is about 1/47 of the population here. you would be having a battle, cousin on cousin where the culture is on eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. there are many that fear there could be a war and depending on what happens in balawalid, the future could be played out and one that causes rivalries and bitter feuds for decades to come. also people are concentrating in the home town of qaddafi himself in sirte, a similar situation there, an trenched loyalists who did not want to give up easily. heather: i know from the very beginning you said the battle between the tribes --

tribes that be would be catastrophic. what's it inside tripoli after rebel forces gained control of libya's capitol city? >> reporter: you know, it's actually quite extraordinarier. life seems to have gotten back to normal as quickly as possible. you might be able to see they, me, the traffic, libyans particularly those in tripoli want to get back to life as quickly as they can. investigation, there are shortages of water, tryst, there are a myriad of problems in getting infrastructure back up and running and we don't have a fully functioning government, but as far as it feels in tripoli it's hard to imagine there has been a rebellion and indeed there is fighting going on. heather: what a difference, two weeks later. dominic di-nat ale is stream live if tripoli. gregg: throws a few of the stories would have been following in "america's

newsroom", and coming up, a dangerous situation unfolding, explosives stolen during routine police training at major u.s. airport. we'll have the latest on that investigation. heather: and president obama on the road this labor day, expected to give a preview of his jobs plan. what can we expect to hear? gregg: plus, the postal service in serious trouble, billions in losses. will it completely end postal delivery as we know it across the u.s.? a new report, just ahead. blank. >> i'd like to see them stay around. they've been around for america. it's part of america. >> we do feel that we're very relevant to the american public and the american economy but we also have to make choices ewe work through some of the financial issues that we face. think are

gregg: the white house is saying that president obama is putting the final touches on a jobs speech he'll deliver to congress on

thursday and republicans railing the president's approach to the jobs issue. >> mr. president, that is not a recovery, that is an economic disaster. >> it is just the opposite of what america needed. >> i'm press frustrated with the speech idea. frankly the things that have been leaking oust white house, none of them are like what i've been hearing hearing from businesses across the country. >> stephen moore is from the "wall street journal", happy lab labor day, thank you for being with stkpwhraous hi gregg. >> senator jim demint went on to say with all respect, mr. president, we're tired of your speeches and maureen dowd a. humorous columnist of the new york post put it this way and i'll quote her, p*pl is still suffering from the speech illusion, the idea that he can come down from the mountain, read from the telecaster, scurry down

from the mountain rand do what we proclaimed, in a way, does she have a point. >> it's tough times from barack obama when maureen turns against you, a a devout liberal. he's getting hit from both sides, no question about what. -- about it. you heard from jim demint says, there's not a lot new here, what the president is proposing is basically the old gifts in new wrapping paper. what you just expressed is that liberals are very frustrated with the president and he's being pulled in two directions. the liberals want him to go big, they want him to go radical with another half trillion dollars of spending, republicans said wait a minute, that didn't work the first time. >> i want to take a look at a fox news poll, we'll put it on the screen, 67 percent of american voters disapprove of the president's handling of job creation and that is a record high disapproval but another fox poll is even

more reveal,. look at this bottom number, 42 percent think the president has no idea, not a clue, as to how to create jobs. look, steve, if americans have lost confidence in this president's ability to deal with this problem, is his speech on thursday a futile or techless exercise? >> it could be futile. look, this is his last chance, gregg, to really come out with some big, bold proposal. the election is now only a year away. these kinds of plans take a long time to create jobs. when i look at that poll you showed about whether americans think barack obama knows how to create jobs, i'm surprised 35 percent say that he does. we've had now almost two years of 9 percent plus unemployment. the unemployment rate, gregg, is higher today than it was when the president took and don't forget, this was last summer, not this summer, last summer that was supposed to be the summer of recovery, we didn't have a

recovery last summer and certainly this summer, the numbers that kaepl out on friday is not a summer of recovery. gregg: steve, if the president were able to initiate as you say bold man to -- and let me just throw things out here -- let's say reform the tax code, reform entitlements, maybe roll back some of the regulations that are burdening businesses and simultaneously be aggressive in wrong term -- long term decifit reduction, could that galvanize congress and the markets might applaud? >> absolutely, but i don't think he's got it in him. i don't think it's in his dna to move to the middle. what you've suggested is a bill clinton approach to move to the milled and do things like entitlement reform, fix the tax system, get the long term decifit under control. but gregg, i'm afraid to say that probably what we're going to hear from the president on thursday is exactly the opposite, more spending, more debt, more bailouts, and more unemployment, and that's simply not -- how do you put more people to work by

giving more people -- more people more money not to be working? those things, republicans roll their eyes. gregg that goes to work e. not to employer who create jobs. eye got 30 seconds left. if the president does present something that is semi reasonable and republicans simply reject it, might they be viewed negatively as obstructionist, might that really hurt them in 2012? >> that is a danger, no question about it. republicans have to basically say look, we'll take their good #kwr-des and we're not not going to take the increase and spending and debt. one things republicans are vulnerable as you know is being seen as obstructionist and people are just against obama no matter what he does. so they have to the principled in objecting to the things that won't will but accepting things that will like tax rate reductions. gregg: steve, have great day. >> you, too, have a great time. heather: a new study is out,

it's looking into health risks associated with working at ground zero, and the study is coming to two very different conclusions. dr. siegl takes a look at it coming up. gregg: plus the race for 2012, michele bachmann slipping in recent polls. what she's now saying about the race. >> this is a marathon, not a sprint. and i'm very confidence that we're doing all the right things to be the republican nominee for 2012.

gregg ther imf chief back in pair and getting ready to tell his version of the scandal that comes him his skwraurbgs dominic strauss-kahn will also reportedly talk about his political future. back in may, a maid accused strauss-kahn of sexually

assaulting her inside a posh manhattan hotel, an american federal judge recently tossed out the case against strauss-kahn. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> as the nation prepares to mark ten years since the attacks of 9/11, fox news has an extraordinary look hip the scenes at the nypd effort to secure the new 9/11 memorial and world trade center site. julie ban banderas is live with more. what does the nypd have planned for nine stphrefpb. >> new york's finest will rise to duty, protecting the very same ground terrorists have attacked twice, the city is planning on putting more than 200 officers on patrol in the area, a force that will grow into the city's largest, as the city's large estuary, with adjoining skyscrapers in the years ahead.

new york city police commissioner ray kelly says after attacking the word trade center site in 1993 and 2001, terrorists are still considered a target. >> this is the tenth anniversary, and we know that u sam aa bin laden spoke about it twice, the possibility of having some sort of terrorist attack on september 2011 so that ups our concern. >> and we so can be sure that the new york city police at the point in time willing doing everything they can to make sure that new york city is extra safe on that day. heather: absolutely. what should people who may plan on going to ground zero, what should they expect? >> hundreds if not thousands are expected to view the mem orar on the mashing of the 9/11 attack, so expect to be searched, wait in long lines and be watched from all angles. visits to the new 9/11 memorial will go through airport-style screening and will notice a large police

presence. fox news toured the lower manhattan coordination center where police and private security workers monitor 2000 surveillance cameras across the city, including more than 400 around the world trade center and this is the center you're looking at now, where the nypd's counterterrorism bureau gets feeds from cameras throughout the entire city, they read the license plates, they get the radiation sensors, data, back in this place and screeneres here look for things like abandoned panels or suspicious activity, and on 9/11, their eyes will be fixed on the world trade center. >> these feeds specifically are of the world trade center area. in the world trade center area alone, on september 11th, we will have approximately 450 cameras feeds. you see some of the construction site, you see the areas near the construction site, you see the 9/11 memorial plaza over here, and this is all monitored in real time by officers sitting here.

>> and with both president obama and president bush in attendance the folk lous not just be on the world tray center alone. multiple eves seen and unseen will have a 360-degree view of what authorities are making the safest place to be in the city. the commissioner tells us over 600 officers will man the area daily once the world trade center is ultimately built back up, heather. health hethank you very much, julie banderas live from our new york city news rhyme. we're in the going to leave it will -- it there, we will explore cancer rates in ground zero workers. dr. mark seeingel offers his opinion. that's still ahead. tkpra*eug gregg wanted, deadly explosives that have gone missing at a southern arizona airport. how could this happen? a live report from phoenix. heather: your mailbox. it may soon be empty unless the u.s. postal service comes up with serious cash and fast.

could we see the end of the u.s. postal service as we know it? our own steve centanni explains, coming up.

gregg the postal service is on its last financial leg,

apparently. the agency very low on cash and it's now facing default. postmaster general patrick donahue says the service is facing serious cost cutting measures, including eliminating saturday service and delivery, closing up to 3700 postal location, laying off about 120,000 workers. that's nearly #/5 of the work force. steve centanni is in washington. how soon might we see major changes in postal operations? >> reporter: gregg, the postoffice wants action right away but that's up to congress. now, on the u.s. postal service website, a paper says that despite unpresident dollars cost and staggering reductions, the postal service is facing the equivalent of chapter 11 bankruptcy and need to reorganize, while our business remains vital to the u.s. economy, they say we will be insolvent next month. the postoffice will default on a $5.5 billion payment

later this month if it doesn't get congressional help. the big problem is of course is increasing costs, lay -- mostly labor costs in the face of declining mail volume, most people using the internet for mail. will the postoffice be able to survive? here's the postmaster general from earlier this summer. >> we do feel that we are still very relevant to the american public and the american economy, but we also have to make pretty tough choices ewe work through some of the financial issues that we face. >> on the table are major changes, including legislation that would allowing postal service to adjust the size of its work force which could mean laying off town 120,000 workers and the end of saturday delivery. that's been on the table for some time. laying off work cers a new proposal. gregg why can't be the postoffice lay off employees right now? >> well, it's very difficult. they have union contracts that prohibit layoffs, iron clad contracts, and the

postal union is not happy with the pending legislation, either. its president says this is a clear attempt to abrogate our contract and destroy postal collective bargaining, crushing postal woerbgs and slashing service will not solve the poster workers' service, says -- the crisis. this will be part of a senate hearing tomorrow. gregg: steve centanni, thank you. >> you bet. heather: she is in it to winnowo to win it. michele bachmann's poll numbers are plunging in a fox news poll but bachmann says she is in this race for the long run. take a listen. >> i'm the only woman to have ever won a straw poll, since then i went two weeks actively campaigning in south carolina, another four days in florida, i was in iowa meeting with businessmen and women this week, talking about their concerns.

i'm actively campaigning. this is a mayor thought, not a sprint, and i'll very confident that we're doing all the right things to be the republican nom fee for 2012. >> anda tantoras and jim newgreen, president women's media center, they join me to talk about this. thank you for joining me on this laker day. >> happy labor day. >> so bachmann laboring away to get those votes needed. andrea, the first comment before we take a look at the latest poll numbers. on her statement, do you agree this is a marathon not a sprint? >> she's absolutely right, even a day in politics can seem like a lifetime, but she does have momentum. stkhe win the straw poll, and she's tied right now, real clear politics showed her tied with romney and perry in iowa currently. now, she's not going to be competing as intensely in new hampshire but she's hoping i believe to have the

momentum from winning iowa to propel her into south carolina. but look, that 4 percent number is a bit troubling, it is very, very low, so hopefully, she can get that number up a little higher. but it's anybody's race at this point, she's absolutely right. >> let's take a look at the latest polling numbers if we k. this according to the list fox news poll, showing bachmann with just 4 percent, though she was polling consistently, she was, in double dims. that was in june and july, though, this survey showing perry leading with 36 percent of the gop, bachmann trailing romney, texas republican ron paul and sarah palin who hasn't entered the race yet. what are the opinions on the polling numbers and should she be concerned? >> you have to congratulate her for our optimism but unfortunately i think her

polling numbers are behind her. rick perry brings all that she brings from a social conservative standpoint but he eclipses her from arrest experience standard point and that's what we're seeing in the polls is he's shot up to be the frontrunner. i think it's fantastic that michele bachmann that it's no longer remarkable to be a woman on that podium in the primary race, and i do think she is going to stay in the race for a longer time than probably some of the other folks that we're going to start to see dropping out, but her influence on the race is not going to be felt at the end with her coming out as the winner. i think it's clear it's become a race between romney and governor perry and i think governor perry will take it. h*t health andrea, when you're talking about that social conservative report, it's really splitting between perry and bachmann and then if in fact you have the palin factor to deal with, how does bachmann

handle that? she is. she is split thank support with rick perry, so when he entered the race he did sighon off that support, but look, what rick perry is a fantastic media strategy. rather than let the media drive the story, which they've been doing with bachmann a lot, they've been dugging -- digging up in her path, she's been put through the grinder the mainstream press, as we've seen before, with hillary clinton and sarah pa*eupl. what perry is doing is driving the message to the comments about the fed, some say they were controversial but they've paid off because he's been propelled to frontrunner status but he continues to feed that media beast. >> it's interesting to hear the references to hilly, she's in it to win it, this is a marathon, not a sprint, it's similar to 2008 where we did see hillary push it to the end in the primary states. again, i don't think michele bachmann is fog to have

those type of legs when she gets out of iowa and has to really deal with the rest of america who isn't going to be on the side of the social conservatives and you know, mostly her tea party support base. >> they're comparing her a lot to mike huckabee who went and won iowa and then sort of fizzled out after ward, but again, look at john mccain, he entered the race, his campaign impleaded and he rose again to get the nominee. so look, some of these candidates could implode, he hope -- i hope they don't, mitt romney or governor perry but look, that's how she's going to hang on and fight, she's an excellent candidate, she does well in debates so it's any man or woman's race. heather: thank you very much for joining us, again, happy labor day. anda, jamil, thank you. in terms of our coverage, we are teaming up with google to host a gop presidential debate on september 22nd that, will be in orlando, florida, and you will be able to submit

questions for the candidates. you can participate. and for the first time, you will be able to vote on which questions you want the contenders to answer. just go to foxnews.com, scroll down to the spotlight section, then click on the tpw-fplt op presidential debate. that takes to you a story with more details about the debate. log online, the gop president debate, hosted by fox news and google, september 22nd. gregg let's take a looking live in new hampshire, man chaser, new hampshire, because i believe mitt romney is speaking there. now, yesterday, he was talking to several different tea party groups. there were no protests no, heckling that he's experienced in the past, so one of the major tea party groups actually withdrew from participating because they just don't like romney's record, especially on health care when he was governor of massachusetts. there he is again today in manchester, new hampshire. in a way, you could call it his home state because he

actually owns a beautiful -- i believe it's a lake tells front home in new hampshire, and so he's back again, one of the first in the nation to hold primaryies in new hampshire and mitt romney, stumping for votes. ground zero, and long term health concerns. there is a new study out. did it find a link? >> oh my god. i can't believe i'm here. >> a storm chaser getting the surprise of her life, a tornado touching down in front of her but you will be surprised where this actually happened. >> a tornado is crossing the freeway. oh my god. i'm in the car, right now.

heather: developing right new in "america's newsroom", working with the cia, pakistan says that it's its army has arrested three

al-qaeda members. according to reports, one of the men worked on targeting economic interests around the world. a fun day of hiking ending with a dramatic rescue mission, this happening in utah, two climbers stranded after one of the men fell and broke his leg, rescue crews were on the scene in minutes and those hiker, said to be doing just fine. >> rafael nadal collapsing during a post-match interview. you can see him slumping in his chair before hitting the floor. nadal suffering from a camp in his leg and his thighs. >> it's definitely had taken its toll on my family. thank god i've had any wife to support me. >> i didn't expect to retire as a condition ser patient. >> every time you went to pick up a steel, the dust was disturbed again. the air quality, yes, i was definitely concerned about it, and it was toxic and you could see smoke rising

continuously from the pile. gregg: there is a new study out suggest thank there is indeed a link between toxins at ground zero and cancer. researchers working closely with new york city firefighters, find thank they are 1 percent more likely to have cancer than their colleagues who did not work at the site following the 9/11 attack, this new study directly contradicting an earlier study that did not find a link of the here to help us track down the truth, dr. mark selel -- mark seeingel. help us understand the conflict in these studies. >> good morning, it takes a long time for cancers to develop, often 20-30 years after ward, so the first study coming from the world trade center group looks at all registered workers and they say waeupt a minute we don't see an increase in the death rate, but i don't think that they necessary me would but it's ten years

later. i'm more interested in the new study with the new york city fire department and said we're starting to see an increase in cancer rates for prostate, colon, blood cancers. firefighters just in an fire -- in a fire have an increase in cancer, 91,000-liters of jet fuel, # hundred thousand liter was organic debris, asbestos, clast plast i. all kinds of metals, carcinogen, they damage the workers of dramatically. in my opinion you're going to see cancer here. >> hydrocarbons, asbestos, they were inhaling this for a very long period of time. what kind of cancers are we seeing here? >> you know gregg, the other thing is firefighters in my opinion get the most of it. so you can look at all the civilian the and workers in the area and again, death

rates are not as sense tef but firefighters were really exposed heavily and to answer your question you're seeing an increase in prostate cancer, colon cancer, melanoma and blood cancers. it's not definitive and it's early. you're seeing 265 rates of cancer, versus 135 from firefighters that were not exposed, but it was a very well done study and i it is the type of the iceberg. why wouldn't we reimburse the firefighters that have been through this, especially since previous studies have shown increased rates of cancer for firefighters that are under terrible toxic exposures. >> gregg: let's set aside cancer for a moment. what about respiratory problems associated with exposure? >> it's a great point. it's huge. 40 percent of the workers in the area develop respiratory problems, almost one third have asthma that's not even better and i've seen the cat scans of these workers and a lot are showing lung damage

that's not going to get better. there's a lot of damage to the body here, not to mention the posttraumatic stress disorder and anxiety. people say why aren't we seeing increased rates of lung cancer. the answer is, again, it takes 20 years for that. but why should we wait for firefighters to get cancer before we start to cover the bills? >> gregg: dr. mark selel, as always, we appreciate your insights and knowledge of the subject. haeb labor day. >> very serious topic and i'm all for this. these people were exposed to terrible conditions and they're heros. gregg: absolutely. i think we're with i on this one. thanks, doctor. >> tkpwrafrpbgs gregg -- thanks gregg. heather: a new insight into perhaps the biggest terror threat to the u.s. today. what is that threat? we'll tell you. gregg: tropical storm lee, formerly, causing serious flooding in a large portion of the country, and trouble from this storm is not over

yet. where the threat is now. >> we didn't expect it to come but it did. >> it looks like it's keeping on coming in and we could probably handle another 5 feet before it gets into our homes. >> i have to go to my house, make sure everything is all right and my dog. i'm heading over to the in laws.

gregg american college student amanda knox is inside an italian courtroom for her appeals trial. the 24-year-old from seattle convicted of killing her british roomate. independent experts have cast doubt on some of the critical evidence that was used during the first trial, including the dna that was used to convict knox. prosecutors maintain the evidence should stand.

heather: fox extreme weather a-- extreme weather alert, major flood to go tell but, former tropical storm lee making a mess in fidel -- in slidell, louisiana. >> you can series all flooded. you've got people walking in it, in boats an everything back here. >> i've never water come up -- come up that high. people are weighedding through, up to their freeing. >> a lot of water. >> still calling -- dealing with that water, lee could pose a greater flood threat as it moves inland. casey steagall is with us, how is the big easy holding up? >> we're holding up just fine. it's funny, i started today and it was not raining so i didn't wear my rain gear and within the last ten minutes or so as i was standing in

front of the camera, waiting to go live, it started pouring andy tkrefplg dollars, however, the city of new orleans itself fare ing quite well despite receiving over a foot of rain in the last couple of days which has caused localized street flooding as you saw in a number of areas in and around this region, of course, the primary earn -- concern, not the city of new orleans itself but in those lower lying parishes that we keep talking about like in jefferson parish which is 5 miles southeast of -- southwest of where i'm standing. like we head to lake pontchartrain, slidell, it looks more like a swamp with the flood waters creeping in there, however, the rain is in fact suppose to taper off today. again, it wasn't raining earlier this morning, as lee continues to move inland, that is welcomed news as those pumps continue to work

and those flood waters begin to reseed? >> has this has an impact on tourism this holiday weekend? >> well, believe it or not, not much of an impact really at all. that's the fascinating part of this. this morning we interviewed the ceo of tourism and told us typically on the labor day holiday upwards of 250,000 people flock to the big easy and they say that those numbers are, in fact, right on par. lee is not chasing those valuable dollars away. listen: >> economic impact of a weekend like this can run 150, $200 million, so we saw a relatively good amount of tpwheus weekend. we don't have the exact numbers yet. that will come in time. but i think if you look around, the city was very busy. >> reporter: hotel occupancy rates are right where they should be, we understand, businesses remained open and we saw the

french quarter bustling all weekend, we expect later today people carrying umbrella, instead of enjoying the typical nice weather they have this time of year. >> casey, grab an umbrella, dry off a bit and we'll get with you later. gregg: president obama is hitting the road this labor day, set to speak to supporters later in detroit. some say this will be a preview of his big speech later this week. what we could learn. heather: mitt romney, the republican candidates, heckels at several tea party supporters, how did they react at his latest rally? >> i happen to career politicians got us into this mess. it takes someone who understands how the private economy works because he's worked in the private economy, and i have.

heather: president obama set to leave camp david, less than an hour... half-hour from now. set to take the mic in motown. testing the waters on his new plan for creating jobs. the president observing labor day in detroit, speaking at an afl/cio event. just hours before what could be the most pivotal speech of his presidency, welcome to a brand new hour, i'm heather chillers in for martha maccallum. gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bi . heather: he is likely to roll out some of the key job creating proposals just a few days after a new numbers report showed the economy did not grow at all, in august. the motor city, a major hub, of course for the unemployment

express. and ed henry is live there. what is the president planning to do today? >> reporter: well, i guess it is appropriate i'm in a parking lot for the gm headquarters here in detroit. we're told by top aides the president will road test, if you will, the big speech to congress on thursday night and he'll do that a couple hours from now, right behind me, you can hear they are testing out the music, aretha franklin among the musicians who will be on hand and, what aides say, the president wants in this speech today, is to challenge republicans as well as democrats, on capitol hill, to get behind the new economic plan and what we have heard of the plan so far is not really very new. he wants to extend the payroll tax cut, for example, and wants more infrastructure spending, to try and create jobs, and, we've heard many of those initiatives before, but, not like he is going to face any heavy fire here in detroit today. it is a friendly, labor union crowd and the afl/cio president, richard trumka, but they are

frustrated and look at the detroit news front payment, public unions under fire this labor day, the headline that will greet the president, a story all about how, because of local and state government, have strapped budgets now and are asking labor unions to give more on pay and benefits, et cetera and unions are under fire right now, heather. heather: michigan has been particularly hit hard. what is the jobs situation there? >> reporter: very much so. now, the president is coming to gm headquarters to -- he thinks he has a good story to tell and the auto bailout saved thousands of jobs but look at the unemployment rate in august of '09 it was 14.1%. far worse than the national average and now it is 10.9%, and, still worse than the national average of 9.1, but came down a few points and it is emblematic the case the president will try and make today and thursday, that the recovery is slowly helping people, but, again, slowly, not moving quick enough and that is

why he'll have the call to action to pass more job creating initiatives. heather: a call to action with good music, aretha franklin! warming up there in the back ground! amongst other acts. definitely sounds like a lot of fun. thank you. >> reporter: no doubt about it. thanks. heather: three hours away from the president's remarks, in detroit, 1:15 eastern time he's expected to take the mic around that time. keep it here on fox news. we will bring you the event live, once again, that is 1:15 eastern time, right here on fox. gregg: he hasn't even made the speech or preview peaspeech, preview of the preview. but reaction is pouring in and vice president dick cheney on president obama's major jobs address. >> obama is making a speech to congress, to the nation, next thursday. a new plan, to turn around the economy. based on what you have heard and what he has done, what are your thoughts. >> i don't think he'll get the job done, i think we need very,

very serious effort, primarily through tax policy to provide incentives and encouragement for people to save and invest, and to expand their businesses, and create more jobs. the kind of thing we did in the early reagan years, 30 years ago. gregg: mr. cheney speaking to chris wallace on fox news sunday. heather: republican jim demint on the president's address as well... >> i'm frankly very tired of speeches. i don't want to be disrespectful to the president but what i want to see is something in writing. and that the congressional budget office tells us what it is going to cost. so that we cannot only read it ourselves, but the american people can read it. heather: senator diment went on to say he's frustrated with the whole idea of giving a speech on jobs. claiming that the president's just pandering to his base. gregg: as president obama prepares for the big jobs speech a new poll shows he's already leading against some of his big-name g.o.p. rivals. look at this: "los angeles times poll," the

president takes 56% of the vote with rick perry, perry grabbing 32% and the same poll shows massachusetts governor mitt romney is also behind, obama pulling 54% of the vote, compared with mitt romney's 35%, more than 1500 registered voters were polled between august 17th and the 28th. heather: from the fox extreme weather center, cleanup continuing in some states, from hurricane irene. and, will continue, apparently, for a while longer, president obama touring parts of new jersey -- this was yesterday -- promising folks there they'll get the help they need. nine hurricane related deaths, now confirmed, in that state alone. and, hundreds of national guard members are also helping out, in r rutland, vermont and some people who were born there are rushing back, just to help clean up their home town. >> you were brought up here and, has given us so much and now

they're in need you want to give back and for me, i was livid going in sarsane trying to figu out what i could possibly to. heather: the residents are urged to conserve water. the clean water supply is expected to last just three weeks. gregg: hurricane katia is losing strength in the atlantic while packing winds up to 100 miles per hour. forecasters say it is looking less likely, that katia will hit land but could still affect the east coast. maria malino is tracking it. tell us we have a little bit of good news? >> it looks like really good news. if it keeps the currents track it is forecast to have it will stay between bermuda and the east coast of the u.s., going between the two of us and not making landfall and that would be good news but there is still a lot to go, heading into thursday and friday we'll be

looking at that scenario and there is time to go and there will be changes, and, if you look at hurricane katia, tropical satellite, impressive here on the satellite and well-formed eye and you can see the circular shape with heavy convection, a lot of convection near the center of the storm system and it is forecast to strengthen and, it weakened from 105 miles per hour to 100 miles per hour, early this morning and not a big deal. it is very normal to see a hurricane fluctuate in strength and it is forecast to become a major hurricane, category-3 as we head into thursday and friday. and, here's a look at the track. forecast to go right between the east coast, and bermuda and continue to weaken, as we head over the weekend. but, a lot to watch here, gregg? gregg: maria molina, thanks very much. heather: a "fox news alert," now, an intense search underway in phoenix, for a potentially dangerous container. holding explosives that disappeared during a training exercise at an airport. officials saying the two missing tubes contain a type of explosive that is used in mines.

aelectilek we are joined from phoenix sky harbor international airport. alexis, what is the latest? >> reporter: heather, phoenix police believe the cooler is no longer at the airport and they think whoever took it left. they have combed through the airport, now, for two days, looking for it. and, still, no luck. let me show you a picture of what it looks like. an igloo, blue igloo soft-sided container and piece were using it in a training exercise with their canines and all of a sudden it was gone and the reason of course they are so worried is because of what is inside. two half-pound tubes of explosives, as you said, a common explosive used here in arizona for mining. good news here is they are pretty stable explosives. they cannot be set off without additional equipment and some level of expertise. and, as you said, the explosives went missing from sky harbor in

terminal 4, our busiest terminal, the area before the security checkpoint and so, really, anyone could have made off with these and the airport does have surveillance callers and you can bet investigators are going through those cameras, but as of this morning, they are still looking for that missing cooler, and, they have not seen any signs of it here, yet. heather: you mentioned how busy the airport is there. is the search for the explosives actually affecting airport service at all? >> reporter: no, nothing at all. i'll actually step out of the way and show you the passengers here, who are getting ready to take off and it is labor day, one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. 100,000 passengers will be through the airport this morning. 1200 flights, and travel has not been affected at all. so, some good news here for people going in and out of phoenix. heather: thank you very much, alexis vance reporting live, thank you. gregg: terror networks like al qaeda and al-shabab may not be the most dangerous threat to

american security these days. what authorities are focusing on now ten years after september 11th. heather: and mitt romney looking to a new group of voters in search of support. his latest strategy for regaining the lead, and the race for the g.o.p. nomination, plus... >> my god... oh, my god. oh, my god. gregg: something you would expect to see on the plains, making a cameo in a very unusual place, you will never guess where this twister touched down. we'll talk to the woman behind that camera, just. >> i can't believe what i'm seeing, my god, i can't believe what i'm seeing, i think that is a tornado. oh, my god, a tornado...

confidence, with depend in color. now available in gray. looks and fits like underwear. same great protection. depend. good morning. great day. gregg: at least 100 homes in california evacuated after a small plane crashed and burst into flames, sparking a wildfire near a mountain community, the single engine aircraft went down in a small town north of los

angeles. two people on board died and its flames have already charred more than 3500 acres, and burned 1 house to the ground. fire crews say dry and gusty wind conditions are not helping. they are using water-dropping aircraft to help stop the fire from spreading. heather: a growing security threat with september 11th just days away, there are new reports, disturbing ones, lone wolf terrorists are the biggest threat we have seen in a decade. talking about radicalized men and women who don't belong to a larger organization like fort hood attacker, nadal hasan, you may remember he opened fire on the base in 2009, killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others. walid phares, a fox news middle east and terrorism analyst, joins us with more in sight on this. thanks for joining us.

>> sure. heather: we're talking about the situation at fort hood, we have the foiled plot at fort dix and anders brevik the norway killer. why is it such a slippery slope when we are trying to track down the lone-wolf terrorists? >> the facts are really telling us by numbers, quantitatively speaking, lone wolf are now the majority, not just within the u.s. but also within western europe and there are many reasons for why we are seeing more lone wolves, than packs, large cells and networds. one of the reasons -- networks, one is that we realize they are getting better at infiltrating large groups and the other reason, which could be awkward to understand, al qaeda or the international jihadist organizations have chosen the method of lone wolf, has influenced those individuals on-line, by speeches, and told them it is much better for you

to act as a lone wolf, you will be more efficient, and under camouflage, than to work in a cell. heather: because they use the internet, other means as well, to self-in ddoctrinate themselv on line, typical forms of surveillance, if not impossible, is difficult to track them? >> by not basically associating themselves with others, such as forming a cell, a network, holding meetings or going to the mosque or to the educational center, as they used to do in the '80s or early '90s, but, by, basically, making sure they are individually acting, they can go on-line, they have the freedom to go on-line, but, on-line, are not getting that information and then, acting alone. there is a network that radicalizes them as lone wolves, so it is a little tricky, not just lone wolves who are completely isolated. they are alone when they act but they are connected to a large network of jihadist, at the end of the day. heather: so it is the modern

technology that is making it harder to track them down? >> yes, of course as i argue in mean of my books, they are mutating and the first ones hit us hard on 9/11, where 19 organized groups in a cell and, then they realized it would be difficult to organize and do it from the outside and then you had the homegrown and we attacked the homegrown and then pushed the individual homegrown, who are the lone wolf and they are adapting to our ability to respond to them. heather: what do we do and how do we find them and stop them. >> counterterrorism law enforcement are doing a great job in the phase they can enter, from the moment those individuals start to gather explosives and make phone calls, e-mails, to al-awlaki and others, and, we needed to have part of our organizations looking at when those

individuals are radicalizing, when they go on-line and chat in the chat rooms about the ideology of jihadism, this is where the red flag should go, much earlier. heather: raise awareness as well, with reports like this. and, let people know that that is happening. the lone wolf but not really a lone wolf, because they are still associated with groups? >> absolutely. the lone wolf is acting alone, in his actions, but, he's still connected to the world wide web of jihadism and the international organizations want them to act as lone wolves, it is much more efficient for them. heather: okay. thank you so much, we appreciate you joining us, walid phares, thanks for the in sight. >> thank you. gregg: earlier we showed you mitt romney stumping for votes in new hampshire and not to be out done, rick perry the governor of texas is at a town hall meeting, in myrtle beach, south carolina. he's joined there by congressman

tim scott. we're going to follow his remarks, let you know what he has to say, in just a few minutes. a softball game with a different kind of a mission from the war zone to the field. a story sure to touch your heart. >> you have to do what you gotta do to get up and get moving again and, sports was actually one of my... the reason why i found the motivation to get back up and get back to my normal life.

heather: a stunning twist in the story of the lockerbie bomber. a stash of secret documents now suggests that mabdelbaset al-megrahi was freed after a threat by muammar qaddafi, and he vowed to wage a holy war in

he died in the scottish jail cell and top scottish ministers insisted he was released on compassionate grounds because he was dying and the files were reportedly found on the floor of the tripoli residence, abandoned by the british ambassador, to libya. gregg: they may be a softball team but their players are anything but soft. this weekend's course of d.c. baseball fans stayed to watch the wounded warriors softball team take the field after a game, between the mets and the nationals. and, as fox news peter doocy tells us, it was a special double header for everyone involved. >> reporter: thousands of people came to watch the mets play the nationals, but, stayed to watch the wounded warrior amputee softball team, the team made up of veterans missing limbs. but, amputated arms and legs have not slowed these heros down one bit and their coach says they are ready to take on anyone. >> we have some guys on our team

that do not like to lose at all. our goal is not about winning, it is to show that these guys joined the service after 9/11 and went overseas and got injured and had an ofrmatiamput and rehabilitated and can play to this sport and we only employ able bodied teams. >> reporter: though the celebrities had the familiar faces the wounded warriors team inspired the crowd, what the hard working and hard hitting players say makes all the efforts worth it. >> i'll give 110%, and you've got to do what you have to do to get up and get moving again and sports, it was actually one of mine and the reason why i found the motivation to get back up and get back to my normal life. >> reporter: everyone on the team has some kind of a background in sports and like many in our military were talented athletes before they hit the front lines and after painful rehab looks like they

can swing and throw with opponents not hurt in battle and that is a really great thing to see, in washington, peter doocy, fox news. gregg: thanks, peter. what great american heros, and, their injuries have not diminished their spirit. heather: absolutely not and, really, inspiring for people that have injuries or don't. definitely. gregg: congratulations, guys. heather: 45 years of tv history coming to an abrupt end. did you hear about this? 1966, jerry lewis hosted the first tell visited muscular dystrophy telethon, a labor day tradition, ever since and now, the real reason he apparently didn't host last night's event. gregg: and polls show he lost his grip on the lead for the republican presidential nomination, now, mitt romney's making a power play to try to get back on top. >> i happen to believe that career politicians got us into this mess and the career politicians cannot get us out of this mess, it will take someone who understands how the private economy works, because, he

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jobs, criticizing the president's use of stimulus funds. take a listen. >> i don't happen to think that barack obama is a bad guy. just don't think he has a clue, and having never worked in the private sector, never having had a real job, it's not a surprise he doesn't know how to create a real job. gregg: our recent fox poll says 42 percent of americans tkpwhre -- -- agree he doesn't have a clue of what to do about jobs. john fund, one of the leading tea party groups actually withdrew in protest of mitt romney's appearance there yesterday. is romney's record, especially the health care overhaul that he carried out as governor of massachusetts, incompatible with tea party principles? >> well, people have a lot of questions, because president obama himself has said that romneycare in massachusetts was one of the inspirations for his own health care plan, but mitt romney got some points

yesterday. he showed up, he talked to the tea party, there were only about 25 protestors, who was not an overwhelming number and mitt romney's pitch may be look, you may disagree with what i did in massachusetts but i have no plans to do that nationally and i'm a businessman who created real jobs, that's the big issue in this economy, everything else can be put to the side and i'll try to get bid of obama -- rid of omabacare as quickly as possible. gregg: when romney was the frontrunner was a bit aloof to the tea party, apparently making little effort to reach out to the pea party groups. now that's suddenly changed now that perry has overtaken him, which prompt thunderstorm response about this event, mitt romney is treating this as a photo op that he's cool with the tea party, but he's not cool with the tea party. all of our activists are peeved that he would try to embrace the tea party

message. ever since rick perry has jumped into the race, he has galvanized many of the tea party fans. >> i think mitt romney has to appear before the tea party, he has to answer their tough questions, but i give him points, he didn't pander yesterday, he spoke to a tea party group, he never mentioned the words tea party. so i think he's learned there there was an opinion that he thaupbt awe tenic in his view, jumping around lot. i think mitt romney is going to say i am what i am, you may not like it but he's going to have to get the neutrality of the tea party, because the republican image has changed from 2008, the moderate party, those who like romney the best has gone from 35 percent to 25 percent, so the tea party is the reality and he has to deal with it. gregg: governor perry has moved into the lead as the candidate that republicans prefer. let's put it on the screen, 26 percent according to the fox news poll, versus romney's 18 percent.

here's what i want to ask you, john. among all voters and we're just not talking about republican, 14 percent say rick perry is too extreme. does perry need to deal with that, and if so, how? >> perry has his own problems because there's this texas swagger that programs people may have had too much of during the bush years and the texas style doesn't appeal to independents in the northeast and the west, so rick perry has got to show his record of governance in texas, he's the state's longest serving governor, overcomes awfully that and he has to be a good listener, he has to say look, i may have a certain style but i can listen to your concerns and reach out to you. right now i think rick p.y is a very strong primary candidate but he does have to convince primary voters he's electable in the fall against barack obama. gregg: it's stuff like calling for social security as failure, he objected to in theco tax, called for the state sledge late --

legislators to elect senators not directly, so it's those things that might give him trouble somewhere down the line with more mod cats and -- moderates and intents. >> we have four debates in the next four weeks, these are ones rick perry is in, he's going to be hammered by all the other candidates because he's the frontrunner. if he goes through that without taking nicks and hits, he can probably survive, he can say look, it's not part of my current agenda, it's not part of what i'm going to lead w. what i'm good to do when i'm president is create jobs like i did in texas. if he stumble, though, if mitt romney is able to pror tai -- portray him as an outlier, someone who doesn't reach out independents and is a texas conservative, he's good to have problems. gregg: and romney is coming out with his big plan tomorrow, so that could

change the dynamics as well. john, happy labor day, thank you for egg weg about -- for being with us. >> and you'll be able to see the contenders, we're teaming up with google, september 22nd, this orlando, florida. for the very first time you'll be able to vote on which questions you want the contenders to answer. go to foxnews.com, click on the government p presidential debate and that takes you to the story about the de bales -- details about the debate itself. september 22nd, hosted by us and google. heather: the appeals trial for amanda knox, convicted of killing her british roomate back in 2007, amy khel sog following this live from london for us. amy, what is the late tka*es? >> reporter: hi heather.

the court in peruga has gone back in session after a mid-day break. this is the last leg for the appeals process for amanda tpho*gs and herex boyfriend. both are in court today as the prosecution tries to blow holes in testimony that was given earlier this summer but two forensic experts who were appointed by the italian court. they say some of the key evidence actually was unreliable and possibly contaminated, specifically we're talking about the supposed murder weapon, a knife found at the apartment and the clasp of a bra that belonged to meredith kircher, they say there were 50 glaring pieces of evidence of dna evidence in this case. heather: where is the trial expected to go now?

what happened next? >> heather, the trial is expected to continue through this week and a decision on this appeals process should come down sometime by the end of september. now, kircher's family, the murder victim, has been silent during this whole poises but her eldest sister wrote an impassioned letter to the guardian newspaper in which she says it's very difficult to imagine how all the evidence that was initially introduced into the court as reliable is now being discounted, and she asked the court to remember the 10,000 pages of other evidence. but the dna evidence really is the most critical in this case. back to you heather. heather: two different families are experiencing this in entirely different ways. thank you very much, amy kellogg. >> thank you. gregg: a lucky escape for dozens of passengers, a plane skidding off a run way as it attempts to land at a canadian airport on sunday, the united airlines jet from chicago reportedly veered into a grassy area.

here's the good news. nobody was injured. officials say there was a fuel spill from the damage, however. no word yet on the cause. heather: and this, you have to see. some frightening moments caught on camera from behind the wheel. >> i can't believe what i'm seeing. i can't believe what i'm seeing. oh my god, i can't believe what i'm seeing. that's a tornado. heather: unreal. we will talk to the woman who shot this video. stay tuned. >> oh my god.

gregg: 41 minutes past the hour. here are some of our top stories. a west bank mosque, apparently torched and spray-painted with the name of a controversial israeli settler outpost, palestinian irans say the attack was done in retaliation to the israeli military demolishing three buildings in an unauthorized settlement. arizona now charging 25 bucks for anyone who wants to visit an inmate there. the one-time fee was

designed to help with budget woes. advocacy groups have already filed a lawsuit. we're now learning more about legendary comedian jer yeah lewis' absence from the telethon, host of the muscular dystrophy telethon say that lewis retired from the organization earlier in the year. these are the fir comments from that group. >> the skies turned black, the winds whipped up, the rain, well, it started coming down from every direction, and then seconds later, this happened. >> oh, i can't believe what i'm seeing. i can't believe what i'm seeing. oh my god, i can't believe what i'm seeing. i think that's a torn aid oefplt oh my god, a tornado is crossing the freeway. oh my good. >> she was right, amsterdam, new york, just north of albany, wild weather spawn ago full-fledged tornado. so far, though, no reports

of any serious injury. lindsey phillips who actually shot that video from her car joins us over the phone with more. hi lindsay, thank you very much for joining us. >> how you doing, thank you. >> i want to know how you aring doing -- how are you doing after seeing something like that up close, and we can hear what you're saying. obviously, you didn't know what to think. >> i'll still kind of in shock. i can't believe it happened. you know, i was just in the right place at the right time, i guess, depending upon your perspective. >> depending upon your perspect i. what were you hearing? we always hear that it sounds like a freight train or something coming through. what did you hear? >> there was a lot of lightning very close to me, so i was hearing just booming thunder, the rain, hitting the car windows, the wind, blowing street signs near me, and it was just complete and total chaos.

>> lindsey, were you in the car alone? obviously, you pulled over to the side of the road here. is that what happened? >> i was alone, i was on my way back from sair could you see, visiting family, and the weather got bad, so i pulled off at the rest area just to ride the storm out and was a little surprised by that. >> to say the least. now, this area was just struck though, recently, you know, the relate nans of hurricane irene, so you were already dealing with damage and flooding from that, right? >> yes. where i lived in the cap follow region, we weren't hit that hard, but areas very close to me were under seven or 8 feet of water for a couple of days. >> so following this tornado, you know, once the sun came out, what did the damage look like? >> there was debris, tree debris, scattered across the freeway, and you -- and you could see the tree damage on either side of the highway.

there were no houses visible to me in the immediate area. i know there was damage down there. the weather service is out right now doing a storm survey to determine the rating of the tornado. >> i mean, just to hear your voice there, it really is heart wrenching. what were your first initial thoughts, trying to figure out exactly what was happening around you? >> i realized that it was actually a tornado, i was very concerned about my safety. i had nowhere to go, the lightning is the reason i stayed in the car in the first place, and then i was trapped, basically. there was nowhere for me to hide at that point. >> and you were trapped for about how long? >> wi say maybe a total of 7-9 minutes for the entire

thing to happen, and then i stayed put to let the storm totally pass so that it would be safe for me p i was trying to get home because the tornado warning was being continued into the county i live in, and i was concerned about, you know, was i going to come home and have a house left when i got there. i really didn't know exactly which direction it was going. >> and you did have a house left, everything was fine. >> everything was fine, right. >> lindsey, i bet like that 7-9 minutes felt like an eternity. >> oh, it did. >> we appreciate you joining us and sharing that with us, thank you. >> thank you. gregg what an unusual place for a torn aid oefplt we get them up and down the east coast and new york but they're rare compared to tornado alley, kansas to minnesota. heather: and thrurp for a period of time. gregg got caught under a bridge one time. heather: my reaction would be similar to lindsey's.

>> gregg: pretty scary. let's talk a little about politics right now, which shows that mitt romney that campaigning in new hampshire. not to be outdone, gop candidate reurbg perry is in myrtle beach, south carolina, at a town hall meeting, and he's answering questions. moments ago he was asked about the u.s. border and immigration. let's listen: >> the drug cartels are every bit as much terrorist as people that we are fighting in afghanistan and iraq. >> [applause] >> we got to treat them as such. so look, you can secure that border. once you get the border secured, then let's have the conversation about what immigration polices that we want to put into place. gregg interrogatories it wasn't that long ago that rick perry said look, i'm really not in favor of putting up a 30-foot fence all along the texas border because then all of the sudden you've got a booming

business in 35-foot ladders. you can always find a way to get over, around, through, or under. we'll continue to follow what governor perry is saying in south carolina. we'll bring you an update as we get them. heather: in the meantime, listen to this, gregg, note to self, make sure if you ever have to do this, make sure the parking break is -- brake is on before you hit hitch your boat to your boat >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

heather: just one big wet mess for a man in california, that's when his truck ended somewhere where it shouldn't be, under

water, he was apparently trying to launch a boat from his ramp but didn't put on the brakes, so the truck and trailer ended up in the water. we can make light of it because there were no injuries reported. gregg the trial of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarek, resuming today, he is the first arab leader to appear in court since this summer's arab uprising and facing corruption, abuse of power and ordering troops to kill heupbs own cun men during egypt was revolution articler this year. reena ninan is live with the latest. what happened inside the courtroom today? >> reporter: gregg, this is actually the third day of trial. it hasn't been inson question apbgsal -- inconsequential. four people testified against mubarek and his top

aides saying they forced them into conducting this behavior that led to the beating up of the murder of the protestors. we did in fact not get any shots of mubarek inside the courtroom. all we saw was him being wheeled on a hospital bed into the courtroom, that's because the judge announced there were not be cameras inside the courtroom, it was too politically charged. the relatives of the victims stood up and shouted "execution" towards mubarek. gregg: we're also hearing there were other violent outbreaks while the court was in session. tell us about that. >> it was very violent outside of the classroom, there were clash, people were throwing stones between the relatives of the victims killed, as well as the pro mubarek supporters. some of the people were arrested, some who were arrested were taken to nearby hospitals, gregg. gregg: kwrao*epb ninan reporting live from jerusalem, thank you very much. heather: switching gears totally here, what has got

more than 100 wings and zero chance of flying? gregg gragg i think i know, the world chicken wing eat ing champion. >> the home of the wings in buffalo, a record has been set and new queen has been crowned queen of the chicken wings, of course.

gregg: as a phoner, i at any time like that part. >> if i wanted a filibuster, i would have joined the united states senate. gregg: that got a laugh, the

comment about the united states senate. governor rick perry is campaigning today in myrtle beach, south carolina, a pretty big crowd there for the town hall meeting. we've been watching his remarks, everything from jobs and touting all the jobs he has created during his three term after governor of texas in that state, leading the state in job growth over the last several years, as there has been an employment contraction nationally and of course, in many states. in the meantime we've been following mitt romney, he is campaigning elsewhere in new hampshire, the first primary state, and he actually has a vacation home there and spends quite a bit of time there so it's a natural for him. heather: battling it out between the two of them. gregg: that's right. heather: to another battle of sorts, david beats goliath in a sickening battle of big appetites,son kwrarbg the black widow thomas, that little girl there, crowned queen of the chicken wing at the annual wing festival in buffalo, birth place of the buffalo

wing, at just a shade over 100 pounds, thomas ate 183 wings, she did it in 12 minutes, defeating the competitive eating joey chestnut, who tips the scale at 210 pounds. >> i want the big guy to win. >> what's your prediction? >> i came here to get wicks, that's about it, trying out different venues, varieties. >> i want one of those chicken outs as well. everyone got one. heather: they say the raping queen and king of the world famous coney island hot dog contest as el. -- as well. gregg: it's amazing what she can do. heather: i wonder if there's a strategy, the hot wing. gregg: she tries to expand her stomach. days in