ali velshi is off this week. president obama gave a speech to congress and the nation laying out his economic plan, but initial polls find very little support for the president's handling of the economy. cnn/orc polls show 36% of americans approve of how president obama is handling this economy. candy crowley is chief political correspondent and anchor of state of the union which airs every sunday morning. candy, we don't know what will pass and whether it will work. politically the president addresses the nation in prime time and the polls show any real balance. has he lost the ability to inspire confidence in the american people here? >> the entire country is show-me state. they have heard for some time from the very beginning before the stimulus plan, that the stimulus plan would keep unemployment under a certain amount, grow the economy this amount. they've heard a lot of things that didn't happen, whether it was because the economy was worse than anyone thought it was, whether it was because it was the wrong

comments on social security tonight at the cnn/tea party debate in tampa. >>> and now let's head to ali velshio both of you. we are live at the florida state fair grounds, the site of tonight's big cnn/tea party debate. our next guest has said that florida is make or break for his campaign. former utah governor and u.s. ambassador to china jon huntsman is joining me now. good morning, sir. welcome. >> ali, good to see you. it's a pleasure. >> take a look at the polls. why are you there? you have been an executive of a state, a very successful executive of a state from a business perspective. you have gone over and worked in china, which is our, you know, probably the most important country to the united states in the next 10 or 15 years. and you're polling in a place that doesn't seem to make sense for an electorate that thinks the economy is a number one issue. what do you think the issue is? >> the issue is the economy. whether or not we're going to be able to come together as a nation. we watched the 10-year anniversary last night. a lot of americans had tears watching that play out. we cam

ali velshi is live where it all happened in tampa, florida. good morning, ali. >> good morning, carol and christine. a lot of news this morning, that this is the third story in the news, but for a lot of people, a very, very important night last night. we're live at the florida state fairgrounds in tampa. last night the tea party had its turn at the gop presidential candidates. texas governor rick perry found out what it is like to be the clear front-runner. jim acosta has been following this for us very closely. jim, give us a sense of what happened last night. >> this started as a heavyweight fight between mitt romney and rick perry. then after a while, some of the other contenders found ways to climb in and in the end it was perry taking most of the punches. >> how will we convince senior citizens that social security and medicare need to be changed and get their vote? >> reporter: the first question may have been on social security but it was really about rick perry who once called the program is ponzi scheme. >> it has been called a ponzi

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call or click today. >>> i'm ali velshi. your back with "your money." it's been an unsatisfying jobs report that's making us all think that this economy is stagnating. jobs are really the number one issue. but, again, i want to broaden this out and show you a little bit more about the economy. in fact, the broadest measure we tend to use of an economy is gross domestic product or gdp. i've brought this back out to show you the first quarter, the first three months of 2009, when president barack obama took office. look at the drop in gdp. 6.7%. that's bad news. but look at where we've gone since then. we've seen some improvement. and then we started to see a bit of a slowdown. in the second quarter, those are the latest numbers we have, we had 1% growth. that's not particularly strong. that's one measure. most of you don't care about gdp on a day-to-day basis. you probably do care about your home prices. let's take a look at home prices over the last little while. right now the median price of a single family existing home, the type in which most people

. >>> i'm ali velshi. no economic issue is more important to americans than jobs. here is the latest. we had a jobs report come out for the month of august, no new jobs were created in america in august. the unemployment rate, which was 9.1% before we got into this remains at 9.1%. stubbornly high. the number of unemployed people in america officially is 14 million people. the situation is getting dire. but i want to give you a bigger perspective. it's hard to live in the moment and make decisions. let's go back to the beginning of 2009. that's when president obama first took office. we were losing in excess of 700,000 jobs in the month that he first took office. through 2009, things looked to get substantially better. according to experts, the recession ended in 2009. 2010, boy, we were building in the beginning of the year and then started to lose jobs again. and then we started to get the shaky job creation record at the end of 2010 and into 2011. look at august. there's supposed to be a bar, either a yellow one that said we created jobs or a red one that said w

earlier today ali velshi asked what it meant for the economy. >> well, clearly we are stagnating.he employment numbers are getting weaker and weaker for a while. it underscores the recession never ended. we have not got back on where we started on output and not close on unemployment and very much crawling our way out of the recession. right now, nothing. >> gloria borger is our chief political analysts. we will get to find out whether we're in a recession or in danger of get into another one, but a poll shows that 37% of americans approve of how president obama is handling unemployment or the employment situation. on thursday night the president gives his jobs speech. politically what can he possibly say that will convince americans that his administration at least has some idea or answer to fixing this chronic and dire unemployment situation? >> well, he has to go out there and tell the american people that he has proposals to try and fix this unemployment problem. so you are probably going to hear some things from him, ali, that people will like, such as payroll tax cut extensi

ali velshi, let me start with you on that.right. >> i guess that's the piece of good news we have in this. >> sure. few years ago we were losing an excess of 700,000 a month. zero is not bad. i'll tell you what it is. it's the combination of jobs created minus the number of jobs lost and the number of jobs created in the private sector minus those lost in the public sector of government work. the private sector in america did create 17,000 jobs, but we continue to lose jobs in the public sector. government jobs. that's important to remember. when people talk about shrinking government, doesn't mean just selling buildings, it means firing government workers or laying them off. you're just not seeing. 17,000 new private sector jobs is not enough to grow our way out of this recession. in fact, net per month, we'd have to be in excess of 150,000, 200,000 to start putting a dent in our unemployment number which stayed the same, our unemployment rate. and have to be in excess of 300,000 a month to get back down before 5% unemploymen

friend ali velshi.cnn newsroom and around the world. good day to you, sir. >> hello, richard. we're here to talk business, travel, innovation. nothing is off limits, and today we're talking about investments, in particular investing in the masters, painters, sculptors, inventers, those kind of masters, rid of. >> they say a picture says a,000 words. i'm going to show you this picture, and i've got four words for you, richard. nude, green leaves and bust. that, by the way, is the name of this picasso which on may 4, 2010, set the all-time record for a work of art sold at auction, $106.5 million since you asked, my friend. art is doing well, but that doesn't mean you and i should be invested in t.2010 was one of sotheby's most profitable in history, but, richard, 2007 was even more profitable as the rich took their money out of stocks and put it into things you can hold and lock at and touch. fine art in general, my friend, according to one index that tracks sales was up 16.6% in value in 2010 which is be

i recently sat down with my work husband, ali velshi, and supposed these questions to the authority patti's the star of the show based on her business, the millionaire matchmaker on bravo. >> who pays? >> he who asks pays. >> or she who asks. but there's the four to one rule. every time a man takes you out four times, we give back, such as make dinner. something that you do not touch the credit card or cash because when he do that, he goes like this. >> do you let your date know that you have 35,000 in debt? >> the problem is going to be that the women, if you're down trodden, the man wants to rescue you. so that is attractive sometimes to the millionaire man. he likes the woman that doesn't challenge his opinion, doesn't have a better job than him and -- >> how boring. >> i know. but that is biology. if you're a man and you said that to a woman, what would we do? we would run for the nearest exit. >> has that change in this economy, with more people unemployed, with more people with debt? >> you shouldn't be dating if you can't take a girl out for cocktails or dinner, you shouldn't be da

ali velshi, it's interesting the conversation.hat republicans think the ideas they supported in the past haven't worked. >> right. >> is there anything -- we're having a debate where the democrats have proposals and if obama says we'll spend, it's stimulus and say it's discredited. the republicans saying we supported payroll tax cuts in the past. we're not sure they're going to work. is there something outside of the politics? >> so we have to bring in what those -- what those economist views of christine was talking about and dana saying and that is a tax cut in and of itself is only relevant for one reason and that's if it triggers demand, if it makes individuals buy things to drcreate jobs or make businesses hire people. they're supposed to do something. dana's right. this is some direct -- some distance in the direction of getting people to hire other people. at the same time, if you have a salary of, you know, $50,000, $60,000, seeing a little bit of reduction in taxes and gas prices and things like that, that might be enough

. >> i'm ali velshi. details of president obama's plan to put america back to work. the plan and the price tag on this "american morning." >>> good morning. >> zogood morning alina. >> it's early. >> it is early. >> not so early for you. >> always great to have you here. >> carol is off, christine is off. >> that's right. >> we've got you back, which is fantastic. >> we've got a really serious situation going on in texas. >> it's -- it seems to be getting worse although in some parts getting a little more control over it. these raging wildfires we're telling you about sweeping across the country right now. the governor rick perry is describing the disaster as, quote, a monstrous storm of smoke and flames. the flames are sending thousands of people running for their lives, showing no mercy. it's killed four people. hundreds of firefighters are on the frontlines dousing some of the fires, new ones, they're starting new ones hoping to get rid of the bone dry bub brush that goes up in an instant. this is what's left of a ranch in austin, texas. a pile of twisted metal an

ali velshi h the day off. >>> we begin with breaking news out of germany.tack. according to police, 24-year-old lebanese descent and 28-year-old man from gaza trying to buy explosives. >>> president obama takes his case for a massive jobs plan directly to the nation. democratic sources telling cnn the plan could top $400 billion. we are told it will include a mix of infrastructure spending and targeted tax cuts. >> earlier, i spoke to white house press secretary jay carney about what else we can expect tonight. >> is there anything new in there? a new -- something we haven't tried before to get jobs going? >> there will be some new ideas that you haven't heardrom us before that are part of the baskets, part of the areas in terms of tax relief and infrastructure spending, assistance to communities to help rebuild their schools, assistance to states to help retain teachers so teachers aren't laid off. every parent in america knows that the key to their children's economic future is a good education. we need to have those teachers on the job. we need to have f

. >>> i'm ali velshi. shook up. the bachmann campaign pressing on with a new man at the helm. big changes at the top and the questions they're raising about the congresswoman's campaign. >> i'm carol costello. president obama offering up one hint about his highly anticipated jobs plan. his proposal to put americans back to work on this "american morning." >>> all right. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, september 6th. welcome to "american morning." >> what's going on with the weather? >> i know. from earthquakes to hurricanes to wildfires. >> we need some locust. >> all we need is locus and it will complete the picture. it is going crazy. mother nature is piling on. as christine said, fires, tornadoes, flooding, across the south. in texas, dozens of dangerous wildfires are burning across the state fanned by winds from tropical storm lee and fueled by the worst one-year drought in the state's history. nearly 500 homes have been destroyed, thousands of people have been evacuated. in suburban atlanta, tornado sirens sounded through the night, suspected twisters spawned, dama

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ali velshi took it out for a spin. >> we've seen what this car can do if you want to drive it that wayt most people are probably not going to drive it that way. so this is where he hands the car over to me. let's see what it hams leak when we're driving around like regular folk. i'd say it qualifies as easy to drive. what is your sense of this car? >> it's an okay car. it looks cute. it's fun to drive. would i want to live with it on a day to day basis, no. >> is this going to be a big part of the comeback strategy for chrysler? >> i think it will bring a young demographic in. i think it will bring somebody that wasn't look at a chrysler to actually come into a chrysler showroom oig. so from that point of view, it will be a little bit of a halo, it will bring a totally different couplener to chrysler. >> bouncing a little bit on will road. this doesn't score as well as something else in this price category. do you think it's likely to improve or this is the car they're offering? >> no, a lot of the factors that make it score poorly is the rear seat room, the ride that isn't particularl

ali velshi has the day off today. >> happy friday to you.l you about this bit of breaking news. new information that al qaeda may want to mark 9/11 with another terror attack. the feds alerting local authorities about a specific and credible threat. new york and washington on high alert this morning as senior administration officials saying they're looking for at least three people, one of them an american citizen, and the plot may involve car bombs. that's a live picture of the world trade center site where authored authorities have been put on high alert. minutes ago we spoke with police commissioner ray kelly. >> we do have a big city and, obviously, it's an open city. that's why we're functioning and a successful city. but we need the public's help, we need them to be vigilant. the mayor said last evening, he urged the people to go about their business. but what we say is to look at your world through the prism of september 11th. everyone's life changed somewhat as a result of that horrific event. so look at your situation, see if there'

ali velshi posed that question to coca-cola ceo muhtar kent. >> you are at a conference here where theyh solutions, participants are meant to take action to imthe prove things and one of the things that is a focus of this particular conference is jobs. it seems to be an intractable problem. is it? >> we are faced now with a situation where companies and corporations, small or medium size or large, are actually doing pretty well in the united states as a result of actions that they've taken. but they are not ememploying people and so we're faced still with a very high unemployment rate and i think unless we can take some really bold action both at the federal government level, policymakers as well as at the local level, we're not going to come out of this current dilemma of decoupling of growth and employment. i think it is incumbent upon us to do that because at the end of the day, we'll be faced with a big social issue if this continues and the divergence continues. >> ultimately, jobs are mostly created when there's demand for those jobs to be created. so look at your own company. is

ali velshi is off this morning. but we are here driving the ship. >> good morning. good morning. >> ali is a wimp. no, just kidding. he was tired yesterday. we start with this. he was bent on jihad and he is no dummy. that's what the feds are saying after they arrested a man in an alleged plot to dive bomb the pentagon with remote controlled planes like these. the planes would be packed with explosi explosives. the suspect is an american muslim with a physics degree. brian todd with more on how his plot was foiled. >> federal authorities arrest ad 26-year-old man from ashland, massachusetts. in an affidavit he started his plot last year by buying cell phones, modifying them to act as electrical switches for ieds and giving them to people he believed to be members of al qaeda and hoped they would be used to kill u.s. soldiers overseas according to that document. but the people he was give thing equipment to were actually undercover agents from the fbi. authorities say that he then expanded his plot to use these. model planes. they say that he planned to use them like

ali velshi is off today. let's give with the breaking news this morning.ail in the war against al qaeda. the white house saying anwar al awlaki, the leader in yemen is dead. many saying this is bigger than getting bin laden science he was young, internet savvy, inspirational, english speaking and an american citizen. someone born in 1971 in new mexico. someone who preached in this country and around the world, preached against americans. nic roberts han mos more for use in london. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, christine. the operation targeting him began at 9:55 a.m. in the morning. local time in yemen according to yemeni officials about 90 mile it's east of the capital sanaa. he was about 8 kilometers, five miles or so, outside of a town and he was targeted there. it's not clear exactly how he was targeted. we do know that just a few months ago a u.s. drone had a very near miss strike against him hitting the fender of his car as he changed vehicles and easy scaped. it's not clear if it was this type of strike again this time coming from the air

i'm ali velshi. a georgia death row inmate waiting to die. supporters waiting for a last-minute push. the man who helped put him in jail is speaking out saying the system worked. >>> and tony bennett said what? i'm carol costello. the legendary singer telling howard stern who he thinks is really to blame for the 9/11 attacks on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> and good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, september 21st. welcome to "american morning." >> good morning to you, and to you. it is a busy week. breaking news. freedom coming for two u.s. hikers held priter in in iran. they could be out with the half hour. right to mohammed jamjoon covering this. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, ali, we've heard from a lawyer from the the two detained hikers tells us a second judge in iran has signed the paperwork, the bail paperwork for josh fattal and shane bauer. the lawyer says now he can take that paperwork and start the procedures to free them. he expects they will

. >> i'm ali velshi. the obama administration trying to defend its decision to award stimulus money to solyndra. a solar power company that went bankrupt. taxpayers are on the hook for more than half a billion dollars. >> i'm christine romans. u.s. officials concerned about terrorist groups setting up long-term residence in post-gadhafi libya. >> should our lawmakers cut back? we will talk to one senator that says yes on this "american mornin morning". >> good morning. good morning. it is thursday, september 15. welcome "american morning." good to be back with you guy. >> nice to have you back. >> havena lot of good news. you will love it. up first, taxpayer, you are on the hook this morning more more than a half a billion dollars. here is why. solyndra, a solar panel company in california, declared bankruptcy after receiving $535 million in federal stimulus money from your tax $. the white house trying to defend its decision to award this loan only providing more political fodder for republicans. >> soly

i'm ali velshi. jurors at the michael jackson death trial hear the singer barely coherent talking about the tour that never was. we're live at the courthouse in los angeles. >>> i'm carol chris christie, sounding presidential. a lot of republicans hoping he'd announce a run for the white house. the new jersey governor keeping everyone guessing, or so it seems. on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. it is wednesday, september the 28th. christine is off today. welcome to "american morning." >> yes, good morning to you. up first, a dramatic start to the michael jackson death trial as the prosecution and defense offered their version of who's to blame for jackson's fatal drug overdose. jurors heard an audio recording of a barely coherent jackson just weeks before his death, and saw a picture of him dead on a hospital gurney. cnn's don lemon is live from los angeles, he talked to the jackson family. were you inside the courtroom, don. set the scene for us. >> r

ali velshi put the car to the test. >> reporter: we have seen what this car can do if you want to drivest people are probably not going to drive it that way. this is where dave hands the car over to me. let's see what it handles like when we're driving around like regular folk. i'd say it qualifies as easy to drive. what's your sense of it? what's your sense of this car? >> it's an okay car. it looks cute. it's fun to drive. but would i want to live with it on a day-to-day basis? >> is this going to be a big part of the comeback strategy for chrysler and is it going to work? >> i think it will be a young demographic in. i think it will bring somebody that wasn't looking at a chrysler to actually come into a chrysler showroom. from that point of view, it's going to be a little bit of a halo car. it will bring a totally different consumer into chrysler. >> bouncing a little on this road. >> this doesn't score as well as something else in this price category, other cars in this category. do you think it's likely to improve or this is the car they're offering? >> no. a lot of the factors th

in our ""smart is the new rich" report," ali velshi and kristen christine romans sit down with tv's millionairemployed, struggling to pay down debt. if you're out of a job, do you let your date know that you've got $35,000 -- >> i think they're going to find out. >> do they need to know the 580 credit score? >> the problem is the women, if you're downtrodden, a man wants to rescue you. that is attractive sometimes to the millionaire man. he likes the woman that doesn't challenge his opinions, doesn't have a better job than him -- >> how boring. >> but that is -- if you were a man and we said that, what would do you? you would run. >> would that change this -- how do you discuss that? >> you can't take a girl out for dinner or cocktails or even olive garden, you shouldn't be dating. >> to what degree are you honest -- >> you know that's true because you laughed. >> i like olive garden. >> how much do you talk to somebody about your financial situation and your debt? this is one you may not want to overshoot. >> have you ever dated when you were dating successful guys, they'd whine and complain t

digital lifestyle expert mario armstrong told our ali velshi what to expect in the latest version. >>they give little clues or their invitation, they give little clues, and this one has, it's all about talk, so you assume that it's going to be something phone-related, not an ipad 3, you know, announcement or anything like that. >> among the rumored upgrades, a bigger screen, better cameras, voice recognition, and more carriers. >>> all right. he was the guy behind napster and the first president of facebook. now in a cnn exclusive, sean parker tells our dan simon what he sees as the next big thing for online music fans. ♪ say, oh, yeah ♪ say oh, yeah >> reporter: snoop dogg performing at a private party for silicon valley's young elite. just several of marquee acts that included the band james addiction. it was an event that incredibly had only been planned two days earlier by technology pioneer, sean parker. he decided at the last minute to throw a party to coincide with the big facebook concert in san francisco, and to bring attention to his latest internet venture, but more on that

she said that some -- she told all ali velshi her daughter got sick if the vaccine.t sick, that's a ke coinciden coincidence. quite a few people say their daughters got the shot and became paralyzed or had some terrible side effect. medicine says it's not cause and effect, it's coincidence. >> what are the laws in texas as it deals with the vaccination program? is it similar to other states? >> it's interesting. in texas, you don't need to get hpv to go school. the cdc officially recommends it for girls ages -- around 11 or 12, okay? and then states can decide whether they want to require it for school entry. there are a few schools that require it for school entry, texas is not one of them. after all that, texas does not require it for school entry. i know i'm making it more confusing. for all vaccines, not just hpv, parents can entrepreneur out. i'm sure you remember this from -- you can opt out. i'm sure you remember this from when your kids are in school. if you really don't want to get your kids vaccinated you can fill out another form and file an objection and

ali velshi with me here in tampa. nothing new there from the president. >> correct. >> talking about job creation, i was struck at the end. you have seen the independent analysis. some say 500,000 jobs or a million or 1.9 million. >> that's right. >> you would think the president would say this pass this because -- gun shy about the numbers. >> i don't know if you get the president or the administration to talk about the number of jobs of anything to create because they're burned by the fact and dana mentioned it. this administration said that stimulus, the reinvestment act will bring the unemployment rate down below 8%. we are at 9%. we didn't get close. this is the problem. we have the unemployment rate is a lagging indicator. it's very hard to have an impact on that in the near future and very hard even if this -- what the president proposes passes in some form and succeeds. may be a year, 18 months before we start to see this. we are in a dire situation. you made that comment when he said it. he's not going anywhe

ali velshi has the day off. "american morning." >> good morning to you. >>> critical evidence what led to an air show disaster in reno, nevada. the ntsb claims analyzing parts of the plane's tail. thousands watched in horror on friday as the plane suddenly nosedived towards a crowded grandstand. landed like a missile on to the tarmac. nine killed including the 74-year-old pilot. nearly 70 people injured. >>> and on friday, a veteran pilot killed after his vintage plane went down and burst into a fire pr ball. the questions whether these races in the sky should continue. in reno with more is dan simon. good morning, dan. >> reporter: good morning, christine. a lot of attention is focused on the tail of that b-50 that went down. you could see on the photos and in the videos, you can see part of the tail coming off the aircraft midflight and crews searching the debris field found what appears to be part of the plane and the camera was onboard and memory cards recovered. it's not clear if those cards came from that

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ali velshi has the day off. >> you start counting down to friday on monday.g wall street on edge. investors bracing for what could be another volatile day. part of the reason moody's cut the recredit rating for two of france's largest banks because of exposure to greek's debt crisis. >> here in the united states, it's all about jobs. today president obama heads to the key state of north carolina at a campaign for his jobs bill. the president was in ohio yesterday and, again, demanded congress, "pass this bill right away." republicans had said they would consider the plan, that is until they learned how the president planned to pay for it. tax hikes. speaking yesterday in ohio, president obama accused republicans of punishing the unemployed to keep his poll numbers down. >> they supported this stuff in the past, but, they're thinking maybe they don't do it this time because obama's promoting. give me a win. this isn't about giving me a win. this isn't about giving republicans or democrats a win, it is about giving the american people a win. >> the president's

ali velshi, christine romans are off this morning, good morning, carol costello. >> good morning, alinagholds of moammar gadhafi. this pictures exclusive to cnn. you hear the beeping horns there in celebration. we're also getting reports that national transition committee troops have captured other parts of the southern libyan city as they prepare in sirte, which is gadhafi's hometown. >>> syrian television is airing an audiotape message this morning reportedly made by moammar gadhafi. >> vowing opposition forces can never overthrow his regime. phil black live in tripoli this morning. probably not exactly true. >> hard to say. carol, alina, good morning. moammar gadhafi talking politics. if you think that sounds a little dry, you're right. basically a speech in which the man claiming to be gadhafi argues that the political system under gadhafi was the only legitimate political system and what is being put into place right now is not. beyond that, there is not a little information. we can verify its authenticity and crucially no information that gives any hint to when it was recorded or

. >> what should i do with my 401(k), ali velshi and i say, if you're just now figuring out a log-inon't do it. you're going to make a mistake i. agree 100%. hitting high or low. the only time they go into the market. >> true. so emotional and making the move. it's already happened. >> sell the low, buy at high. you're putting in regular contributions actually dollar cost averaging in. a good time to keep putting money into the market over time. you know it's coming back. >> if you're 60, still have a lot of stock, too much in stocks. shouldn't have been there. >>> a quick question about europe. keep hearing about banks in europe and how much of greece's debt they hold or debt related to greece. how important is europe to the situation for the u.s.? >> very important now. not as much because -- a lot of european banks own this greek debt. something happens to greece, default, they're going to take a hit. it's a mentality thing. no matter what happens, i was watching canadian banks yesterday. down 7%, 8%. majority have zero exposure. what happens, you see something going on, sell firs

i'm ali velshi. we are just 30 minutes away from the monthly jobs report.tant indicators that we have. what it means for america's recovery on this "american morning." ♪ >>> good morning, everyone! it's friday! so happy it's friday! it's september 2nd, twv2011. welcome to "american morning." >>> in less than 30 minutes we will get the august jobs report, the numbers for job creation in this economy in august. expected to show 70,000 jobs were created. we have 300 and some million people in this country. that is far less than the 200,000 jobs many say we need to even make a dent in the unemployment rate. it's why the president is gearing up to deliver a major speech on jobs next week. >> the president will come forward with specific proposals that by any objective measure would add to growth and job creation in the short term. >> joining me now is our deputy political director paul steinhauser. paul, good morning. when jay carney was asked does the president think his plan is going to create jobs. jay carney said, yes, it will create jobs, by any measure. th

i'm ali velshi. days after hurricane irene, people finding what's left of their lives under piles of mud and some cut off. corners of new england are finally getting help. >> i'm christine romans. a warning from the 9/11 commission. america is not properly prepared for another terrorist attack because nine of the commission's security recommendations made back in 2004, nine of them, have been ignored by the government. >> i'm carol costello. the stand-off is over. the president agreeing to reschedule his big jobs speech next week. backing down from john boehner on this "american morning." >> good morning. good morning, good morning. thursday, september 1. welcome to "american morning." >> september 1. >> can you believe that n. >> no. >> september is supposed to be newsy. >> four months in a row for the dow. >> libya. >> okay. >> but tomorrow is friday. so good morning. >> there you go. suffering after the storm, still following the devastation from hurricane irene, it was another dark night for clos