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blowing the smoke away from san antonio and from austin here.spectacular fire. due to that wind today, the wind dying down, they'll get some potential. they'll bring a little bit of this under the control. by the time we talk about tomorrow, the winds will ploe in from the east and that may blow into georgetown, to round rock, austin, maybe into san antonio. if you smell smoke, especially if it's very thick, if officials are telling you, these fires could flare up at any time. if you smell it, that means the wind is blowing a fire to you. also, we know that there are tornado potential areas here across raleigh. we want to get to those because we had a couple of tornadoes near the ground, one tornado warning right there. it's going to continue here up into virginia. this is the east side of lee still that's still the potential, that moisture. we saw all the tornado and all that i cpictures from the damagn georgia. same type of tornadoes possible in the carolinas and virginia today. >> chad, thank you very much. >>> other stories. i wi illinois ma

to austin. and the ball is going to wind up on the ground and the ball is going to end up in the arms of the jets and the jets have pulled off a most improbable victory. rex looking for rob and garrett as well. the two head coaches. >> cris: rob is hot. he is stomping around. i don't know if somebody said something to him. >> al: well, looking for his brother right now. tony romo, an excruciating loss. looks like they're going to put a bow around the games. first and goal and then the fumble at the 1 yard line. and the nets jets begin the season with a big, big time come from behind victory. postgame report, michelle with the stars of the game. wrapping up the game from 30 rock. chris and i will look ahead to eagles and falcons. the blocked punt by mcknight. the bay area -- a place with natural beauty and a forward thinking spirit. at bank of america, we've been fueling economic growth here for over a century. today we're investing in innovations that will define our future. every day, we're wor

i'm austin. >> austin? >> austin. >> is this your first time doing a bit? >> mm-hmm. >> all right, look. you belong to any gangs or organizations? >> no. >> all right. i'm going to work with you. it's very important you don't get involved with anybody. no peer pressure. or anything. don't borrow no money from someone if you can't pay it back. don't get hooked up with no drugs if you can't deal with it. you understand what i'm saying? >> i don't do no kind of drugs. >> then i'll work with you. how much time you got? >> 70 years. >> damn. what kind of crime did you commit? >> robbery. >> home invasion? >> uh-huh. >> they don't want you doing that, man. that's a dangerous thing, man. you go to somebody's house. >> yep. >> you can't do that, partner. you understand what i'm talking about? austin, what you want to do? there's a lot of opportunities you can do while you're here. you get your high school education? >> yeah. >> and you wasted that? how old are you? >> 18. >> 18? you come right out of high school, and you go commit a crime. >> uh-huh. >> why? what y

rome o, to miles austin.r six, austin, nine catches, 143 yards and a three touchdownsed. a late field goal and we go to overtime. niners win the toss, couldn't move the ball. rome othrough a wide open jessy holly. 77 yards to the one. and then dan bailey boots in the chip shot for the win. niners let it get away. 27-24 the final. >> we played well enough to win, we played well. >> i felt like the second half, just negative plays. >> seemed like every series, one negative play, whether it be a sack or loss or a penalty, put ourselves in second and long or third and long, it was tough to overcome. >> it's a hard loss. we prepare so hard. we let it slip through our hands, and gave up too many big plays. >> mike: it's early in the season. the raiders trying to win two straight on the road for the first time since 1798 -- 1982. they blue an eight point lead letting the bills off the hook. the explosive bills. raiders struck first. mcfadden bangs it in. 123 total yarded and two touchdowns. second half, bills ignite

austin, touchdown. the49ers still lead by four points. dallas tied the game at 24 then in overtime. romo to jesse holly who didn't have an nfl catch leading into the game. 77 yards down to the goal line. and from there, dan bailey boots the chip shot field goal for the win. the cowboys score 13 unanswered points and win 27-24. >> everywhere i go, you know, it's been like that all my life. everybody's a cowboy fan. everybody is a cowboy fan but at this point i'm going to focus on everybody being a 49er fan. i just going to start with us winning. >>> yeah, vernon talking ability all of -- dallas cowboys fans that were in attendance today. >>> the raiders were trying to get off to a 2-0 start for the first time since 2002 and we've got to be in buffalo right? raiders on fire in the first half. darren mcfadden scores to give oakland a 14-0 lead. then 21-3 at halftime. mcfadden. 72 yards and two touchdowns. but the bills erasemented for -- erupted in the second half led by that man. fred jackson. 43-yard run. a touchdown cuts the oakland lead to 11. later in the third quarter, ryan fitzp

>> reporter: this was one neighborhood northwest of austin, texas.residents back in today, a fire just roared through there, this was a unique place, sort of an upscale neighborhood, on both sides of it a lot of green space, some natural areas and with this dry climate that they have here, that was just tinder for that wildfire to who right through their neighborhood, so what they found when they went back and there were a couple of dozen homes had been completely incinerated, we went with one family as they went back to their house, and they lost everything. and before they went out, they had only about 15 minutes to gather whatever they could and get out of there. needless to say they didn't get very much. they left behind all their personal papers, all their family photographs, and this is just one story of loss out of the hundreds that have happened with this fire. and, again, these fires are popping up. they're trying to stay in front of them as best they can, but the resources here are stretched so incredibly thin. it's amazing they've been abl

throws the touchdown pass to miles austin. game tied at 14.lex smith completed 16-24 passes for two touchdowns. this one to delanie walker with 29 yards and 49ers up 29-14 and smith also threw an interception and sacked six times. 24-14. san francisco. romo to miles austin and then the lead is down to 24-21. after he leaps into the end zone. dallas would tie the game at 24 then in overtime. romo to holly who didn't even have the nfl catch leading into this game. 77 yard stop at the goal line from time to time there, danube lye -- from there. dan bailey boots the chip shot field goal for the win. the cowboys win 27-24. >> everywhere i go, you know, it's been like that all my life. everybody's a cowboy fan. everybody's a cowboy fan but at this point i'm going to focus on everybody being a 49er fan. i just going to start with us winning. >> the stands were packed with dallas fans today. >>> meanwhile the raiders were trying to get off to a 2-0 start for the first time since 2002. traveling across the country. their wings we got to be in buffalo r

this is austin. we're looking south and east.out 20, 30 miles soto the south and east of austin. look at all the smoke and ash. keeping all of that debris down at the lower levels of the atmosphere. a lot of bad air quality as well. here's the forecast for the next five days. temperatures will be in the 90s. but it will cool off some at night. so that's good. temps in some spots will actually get down into the 50s. as far as what we have right now for winds, we've got winds that are not too bad. one, two-mile-an-hour. we'll take that for sure. nonetheless, we're looking at a decent amount of smoke heading to the south and the east. will we get any rainfall from tropical system that's down here in the gulf of mexico which may develop in the next day or two. they are probably going to fly an aircraft into that thing and check it out today. nonetheless, our models have no idea what to do with this thing. none of them at this point bring it toward texas. as far as what's going on elsewhere, now a new tropical storm. its name is maria

zoom in quickly to the austin fire. the largest one, 30,000 acres now and counting. the satellite picture of where the smoke and ash pushed away from austin that is good but if you're down wind of that you're certainly bad air quality. even you can see the outline of the scar this thing has produced. also some impressive footage. this shot from the northwest side of austin and you can see the smoke and ash being blown away from the city itself. high pressure is the reason we don't have rain there and also keeping a lot of the debris from the fire close to the ground. going to be warm today but not as hot as it has been. 95 austin and 89 degrees in dallas. and relatively light winds again today so it will be decent. not looking for any sort of rainfall and wind should be relatively light but warm going forward. as far as what is going on across parts of the gulf of mexico, this disturbance may turn into something. we are not sure where it's going to go. it probably won't help the fires in texas. we are sure where katia go, a category 1 storm and continue its track and

this is south of austin, texas. crews are scrambling to knock down flames as soon as they pop up. 1,000 homes are at risk, in the line of fire. the situation has been getting worse. fire officials can't tell us how many evacuations they have or any damage assessments as of yet. we'll have more ahead on the fires including a live report from the scene and also a man who may lose his home to this fire. first we want to bring you up to date on the enormous amounts of rain tropical storm lee is dumping on louisiana and also mississippi. this was tropical storm lee tearing through the gulf this weekend. this is an oil rig and the workers there, you see them leaning into the wind holding on for dear life just to find out how fast the wind is blowing. they found out fast. on land, lee has been a flood maker. parts of louisiana have gotten a foot of rain or more. the mayor of new orleans warns the city will be dealing with the storm for at least one more day. want to bring in jacqui jeras in the cnn weather center. a lot go

one of the worst is here in bastrop, about 40 miles southeast of austin. take a look at this ominous plume of smoke behind me climbing into the sky. clear evidence that the blaze here is still burning out of control. >> reporter: the intense flames are relentless. a blaze pushed by the residual effects of tropical storm lee, winds gusting to 40 miles per hour, an amber glow swallowing everything in its path. wildfires cutting a twisted path across texas, challenging strike teams who are now getting help from the air along the front lines, but to this point are still no match for the flames. >> this fire is not over. it's not contained at this time. it's probably going to get better -- it's going to get worse before it gets better. >> reporter: it's hard to believe things could get much worse. in bastrop just outside of austin, more than 450 homes have been reduced to ash. over 17,000 acres charred. numbers that are growing. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: 5,000 families have been forced from their homes. >> total devastation. >> reporter: hundreds are staying

john kitna throws to miles austin. touchdown number two in the game for austin. after kitna threw his second interception of the day. 49ers went back in front. walker gets behind the dallas second dare. 29-14 a 49er field goal made it 29-14. romo defied the doctors. returned with a broken rib. a super effort by austin to find the end zone for the fourth time. san francisco needed a drive to keep the ball away from the cowboys but deondre ware came out big when he was needed the most. he had two sacks at the ends of the game. cowboys had enough time to where bailey had a position with the field goal. this headed to over time. on the cowboys first

fires covering 24 cities in texas, most surrounding the austin area. i don't know if you can see behind me, the dark clouds, plumes of smoke gathering up. that fire where we -- we were able to get i guess i could say about three miles from here. that's as close as they are get letting us get to the fire. officials are warning, this is very dangerous, not just for us, not for the people to live there, but to the people who are forced to go in and rescue people who may still be caught inside and for firefighters to put this thing out. they will actually be cutting a couple of black hawk helicopters in the air. dumping a mixture of water and fire retartend on this thing. at this point, anyone's guess where it will go. the winds are steady, gotten steadier, a dangerous situation here right now. and about 8,000 residents in the city of bastrop alone, and 75,000 in the county. this is threatening a lot of people, a lot of homes at stake. alaina. >> chris, thank you very much. rob marciano, obviously watching the winds in texas, and storm that was lee and hur

the largest fire is in bassstrop county southeast of austin. this blaze is burning over 14,000 acres. officials there say it is the worst fire season in the history of texas. a deadly plane crash sparkings a 500 acre fire in southern california. one person was killed when the small plane crashed down in the black burn canyon, about 100 miles north of l.a. one home was burned to the ground. 30 others threatened. neighbors forced to evacuate. >>> president obama gets an up close look at the damage left behind from hurricane irene. the president toured the flood ravaged areas of new jersey yesterday and met with residents who lost their homes and businesses and stopped by a makeshift relief center. the president promising help for recovery and pledging federal financial support. >> the main message that i have for all the residents not only of new jersey but all those communities that have been affected by flooding, by the destruction that occurred as a consequence of hurricane irene is that the entire country is behind you. and we are going to ma

there is austin. the fire 20, 30 miles south and east of austin.ive south of that fire, bad air quality. same in houston the fires are burning north of town. temperatures in the low to mid-90s and warmer than yesterday but below what they have seen the past couple of days. no rain in sight. as a matter of fact the bulk of the rain is with what is left over of lee and that is getting up into the northeast where they will see a little bit of flooding today. a little bit of news out of national hurricane center. this has been bumped up 60% of seeing it develop and hurricane aircraft will fly into it today and see where it is going to go. katia the track remains the same and scoot out to sea but big tides and rip tides into the eastern beaches of the northeast. >> you left our friends in the pacific northwest out. >> the heat. >> i notice you're not even including it on your maps any more. texas and southeast and northeast. >> strict laws. >> they are still sleeping. doesn't matter. >> record breaking heat across portland and seattle. i used to live ou

southeast of austin.ruggling to contain a fast moving fire that's torched 25,000 acres and destroyed close to 500 homes. >>> hurricane katia becoming a monster category 3 and impacting the united states. brings a threat of rip currents to the east coast in the next few days. forecasters are watching the track carefully. >>> michele bachmann's campaign manager ed rollins stepping down citing health concerns. he'll be an adviser to the campaign. bachmann's deputy campaign manager announced he' leaving the campaign entirely. >>> dr. conrad murray's lawyers seeking a delay over the judge's refusal to sequester the jury. they pointed to the media frenzy around the casey anthony trial saying this is going to be bigger. >>> serene na williams and roger federer advancing to the yfls in the u.s. open. federer winning in straight sets in a match that ended around 1:30 this morning. mardy fish was ousted. "american morning" is back right after this. >>> 50 minutes past the hour. we asked you to talk back on one of t

so they vote to move the trial the austin, texas. and the judge sets the date for january of 1927 somehow not realizing that by doing this he makes sure that this trial, which will be one of the most celebrated in the history of texas, takes place the very same week that the youngest-ever governor in the history of the state of texas, a man by the name of dan moody, is inaugurated as the governor of texas. and by the way, along the campaign trail just a few days after norris killed chips in the church office, dan moody -- because first baptist was the biggest auditorium in town, they had all sorts of events there -- spoke from norris' pulpit as part of his political campaign. so you have the inauguration. at that time austin, texas, has about 50,000 residents. it's sort of a sleepy, quiet university town, state capital. it hasn't seen the boom that, of course, has been seen these years later. and the trial is moved to austin, texas. it draws every media outlet you can possibly imagine. to the trial. and as a result of this trial, um,

romo, to miles austin. watch this. in for six.43 yards and a career-high three touchdowns. but we go to overtime. niners won the toss but couldn't move the ball. the cowboys struck immediately. romo to a wide open holly. come on. gets to the one. and dan bailey boots the chip shot in for the victory. niners let one get away, 27-24 in overtime. >> raiders took a double shot of buffalo today. the the raiders struck first. mcfadden bangs it in. d-mac, 130ed toat yards and two touchdowns. ron fitzpatrick to scott chandler. bills scored on all five of their second-have possessions. raiders answer, campbell to moore. look at this catch. double coverage. five catches, 146-yard. raiders up four. the bills would not die. fourth and one. 14 seconds left. fitzpatrick finds nelson for the score. then jayson campbell. this hail mary for the win. whose got it? picked off in the end zone. raiders lose, 38-35, falling to 1-1. >> the giants lumber has come out of their slumber and they could end up back in the postseason the way they're playing. l

the biggest is in bastrop county near austin.burned more than 34,000 acres and is only half contained. texas is under the driest weather since 1895. >>> in the northeast, it's floodwaters that are causing all sorts of problems. more than 2,000 homes in northern pennsylvania are damaged. record breaking floods there. and in neighboring new york are blamed on the remnants of tropical storm lee. >>> in the decade since the 9/11 attacks, we've been in two major wars including in afghanistan. next, why the nato commander in afghanistan thinks it's important to keep american forces there. >> dad, you're a grandfather now. my son is nearly 3 years old. and i will never let a day go by without him knowing that his grandfather was a hero. we love you. we miss you. be safe. [ male announcer ] if you're in a ford f-150 and you see this... it's the end of the road. the last hurrah. it's when ford's powertrain warranty ends. but in this ram truck, you've still got 39,999 miles to go. ♪ guts. glory. ram. ♪ an accident doesn't have to slow you

fire near austin has spread across 30,000 acres.s nearly twice the size of manhattan in new york. it's burned half the town, state parks. shows little signs of letting up. winds are somewhat calmer than yesterday. problem is too little rain, too much fuel for these huge roaring flames. joining now now on the phone, a spokesperson from the texas forest service. what's it been like today? >> it's been a little calmer today, anderson. the wind has really died down and helped us get more of a handle. the texas forest service supports the local volunteer fire departments. most of them are volunteers. that means they work for free. they've left their jobs to protect their communities. but the thing about this is they have been battling these blazes for over 290 days in a row. >> 290 days in a row? >> that's correct. that's almost a year. it's hard to believe these people, they're the heroes out there. >> i mean, how do you keep up that kind of a pace? because this is grueling, grueling work. you're digging, you're dragging underbrush. it'

john kitna throws to miles austin. touchdown number two in the game for austin.na threw his second interception of the day. 49ers went back in front. walker gets behind the dallas second dare. 29-14 a 49er field goal made it 29-14. romo defied the doctors. returned with a broken rib. a super effort by austin to find the end zone for the fourth time. san francisco needed a drive to keep the ball away from the cowboys but deondre ware came out big when he was needed the most. he had two sacks at the ends of the game. cowboys had enough time to where bailey had a position with the field goal. this headed to over time. on the cowboys first play of overtime, romo threw to jackie holly to the secondary. that 77-yard effort, to win the game a heartbreaker for the 49ers. who let a 10 point fourth quarter reid get away. dallas a 24-27 road winner. the 49ers hit the road next week. >> i think we need to keep everybody involved. keep everybody involved. all our play makers. have to be involved myself, delaney, in order to win games everything that we have has to be involved

this guy is tough and so is miles austin. >> they don't have an answer for mile austin. three touchdowns on the day. >> dallas cuts the lead to 24-21. four seconds left. and the cowboys need a 48 yarder from a rookie kicker. dan bailey makes it. the niners win the coin toss but they punt. this is what happens on the first play by dallas. >> that was way, way too easy. safety bites on play action. why do you call him a safety? you just don't do that. >> jesse holley, 371. from 19 yards out, the bailey field goal is good. the cowboys come back and win 27-24 them come back from ten points down in the fourth. this one, a very tough one. coughing pup 10-point for you quarter lead. alex smith, efficient throwing two touchdowns. no real money game to speak of. the defense against a hurt tony romo. the back-up, john kitna, they record only one. mindy has more. >> reporter: the 49ers built a 14-0 lead when their mistakes began to cost them. >> the leaping catch touchdown. what a beautiful throw. >> honestly, the guys, we're focused. we're ready to get back after it and get back t

huge wildfire near austin, texas, is being blamed for two more deaths. the fires destroyed nearly 600 homes and scorched 45 square miles of land. >>> investigators in nevada don't know what prompted a man to open fire with an assault fire, killing four people and wounding seven others with an assault rifle before taking his own life. >>> tomorrow the president will address the nation, the topic how to put americans back to work. high unemployment remains the single biggest drag on the economy. anthony mason reports. >> reporter: even over a rainy labor day weekend in atlanta, hundreds of unemployed showed up when a charity handed out clothing and food. expecting a long line, larry cummings arrived four hours early. >> people going through recession, people losing jobs and things are really tight so this really helps. >> reporter: tough because the job market flatlined in august, the economy's net gain zero. not a single job. >> we're on the cusp of recession. businesses are very nervous. they've not hiring. they're not laying off workers yet, that would

this is in austin. this neighborhood is called steiner branch. you can see the homes that have been burning. more than 50 have been damaged or destroyed. look at the charred cars. the wildfire here has scorched more than 100 a.. this one is less than half contained. more than 2000 firefighters are battling the flames burning across texas. they say is the worst fire season ever in texas history. here, there are setting a responded to 181 fires that burn more than 100,000 a. over the past week. >> watching hot weather in the bay area, let's get an update on the forecast with louisa hodge. >> here's a quick peek at the weather. a little bit of fog had settled into the coast. the golden gate bridge is sought in this morning. we are headed for big warmup. the temperatures will spike above average. a 30 degree spike in temperatures compared to the seasonal average in the livermore. here is a look at your tucker's as we head into the afternoon.--here is a look at your temperatures for this afternoon. we'll have a full look at your forecast coming up in

>> guest: i live in texas on a hill overlooking the city of austin. i live about two miles down the road from lady bird johnson, whom i worked for in washington and who is a close dear friend and who incidentally was the first one to call and say, "bring the kids over for dinner." she does that quite frequently. one time she called and i said, "i'm cooking hot dogs." she said, "i haven't had a hot dog in a long time." she came over to have dinner. i think that we try to talk about history a lot in front of these kids. she had just gotten back from the reagan library dedication and had conversations with former presidents and first ladies, and she really tried to give something of that to these children. that is really what you can do if you are an aging surrogate. i think we have a lot history to share that they miss. who else is to give it? c-span: where are these three kids today? >> guest: today liz, the oldest, is in new york city in park college. it's called the school of visual arts. she works half time at a video store, and she's got a hillary

romo to miles austin, six points and uh design -- austin had nine catches and three touchdowns. come on. you have to knock that down. they add a late field goal. they win the toss and couldn't move the ball. the cowboys took over and romo strikes immediately. wide open. 77 and romo's 345 yard passing down to the one. he boots the 19-yard game winner. niners lose it 27-24 and falling to one and one. >> we played well enough to win. we played well. but it was not well enough to win the game. >> we played hard and it was good on our schedule. we let it slip through our hands. >> the raiders hosted by suddenly explosive buffalo bills. the raiders strike first. mcfaden bangs it in. there were two touchdown 1k3*z second half and the bills ignite. he finds chandler and they scored all five of the second half possessions up three in the fourth. raiders answer and seven seconds later and campbell to -- what a catch in double coverage. he had five catches and 146 yards. raiders up four. the bills wouldn't go away. fourth and one and 14 seconds left. bills up three and campbell threw for 3

in bastrop county just east of austin. that fire is the largest of more than 180 that have erupted in the state. the fires have consumed at least 40 square miles and forced the evacuation of thousands of people from their homes. so far, more than 1,000 homes have been lost. >> there's a lot of people coming in that have lost everything. and that hurts. our hearts go out to them. >> a massive drought is feeding the flames, and forecasters warn there is no rain in sight. high winds were a problem but firefighters are catching a break. >>> a pilot who died in the 9/11 attacks was honored in san jose today. captain james dahl was one of the pilots aboard flight 93. that's the one that crashed in a field in pennsylvania september 11th. a san jose school in the neighborhood where dahl grew up was renamed in his honor. today the school planted a memorial rose bush and members of his family attended. >> overwhelmingly proud and impressed that -- he was probably -- he would probably think wasn't that deserving. >> after that there

the largest was the bastrop fire southeast of austin-- 24 miles long and 20 miles wide. but the wind has finally died back some, and bastrop county's emergency coordinator mike fisher said today the big blaze is now 30% contained. >> we're making pretty good progress around perimeter. we're hoping that by the end of shift today that we can say we're comfortable fire won't get any larger. >> suarez: in all, fires have spread across much of eastern texas in recent weeks, scorching about 3.5 million acres-- an area the size of connecticut. firefighters have managed to come near containing many of them. and improving conditions mean crews can set backburns to rob the flames of fuel and stop them from spreading. but the damage is done. the bastrop fire has already devoured nearly 800 homes out of more than 1,000 lost across the state. one belonged to charles billingsly. >> it was just ashes. it's almost like every other home. it was just like the winds were erratic. >> suarez: and while some residents know what's happened to their homes, others, like mitzi carrara, were among

and abc's ryan owens is in austin tonight. >> this is what's remaining of our house. >> reporter: mike stock gave us a heartbreaking home tour. have you found anything in all of this that can be salvaged? >> nothing. there's nothing at all. i mean, not even a brick can be salvaged. there's nothing in this house that's worth anything. >> reporter: mike and his wife, there's some of her clothes, along with their two young daughters, were out of town when this happened. >> oh, my gosh. somebody lost their house. >> reporter: a neighbor shot cell phone video as they fled. mike is one of the few who has been allowed to come home. there are literally thousands of texans wondering if their homes might look like this. and their tempers are flaring as hot as the flames. >> we were homeowners and now we're not. we don't know. they could at least let us know. >> reporter: responding to those complaints, authorities posted lists of hundreds of homes that have burned here. ominous clouds of smoke at sunrise were replaced by a haze as firefighters made good progress against the flames. by the end of

. >> i'm from austin, texas and i have been in sales for 20 years. i lost my job in 2009 and have been fortunate enough to be reemployed. my question is what can we do as american citizens to unite ourselves and help the economy. >> first of all are you a native of austin? that's one of my favorite cities in the country? >> i'm a native of charlotte, but i relocated and i love it there. >> austin is great. charlotte is not bad. that's the reason i had my convention in charlotte. i love north carolina as well. how long did it take you to find a new job after you got laid off? >> it took nine months. >> nine months. that's one of the challenge that is a lot of folks are seeing out there. you have skilled people with experience in an industry and that industry changes and you were fortunate enough to move some folks because of the decline in the housing industry are having trouble with mobility in fining jobs and relocating in pursuit of opportunity. >> yes, sir. >> the most important thing we can do is to help jump-start the economy which has stalled b

the state's largest fire is burning in bastrop county east of austin. it's already destroyed more than 475 homes and shows no sign of stopping. >> it's really very tragic is what it is. when you get a fire established like this, and the weather conditions as they are, it becomes very difficult and challenging situation. >> reporter: tropical storm lee brought high winds to texas over the weekend, and fanned the flames. >> the wind is just horrific out there. low humidity's making these firefighters use indirect attacks. >> reporter: firefighters are working around the clock, but relying mostly on air attacks. at least 5,000 people have been forced from their homes, some are staying in emergency shelters, waiting for word. >> i never did get to go to the house and see anything, get anything. this -- what i have on is all i was able to leave the house with yesterday. >> reporter: texas governor rick perry is urging people to heed local evacuation orders. >> i understand that losing your home, losing lifetime possessions is an incredibly difficult thing. b

about 30 miles from downtown austin. and it is huge. 25,000 acres. and counting. jake. >> ryan owens, stay safe. >>> and there'e'even more weather trouble in upstate new york, still struggling to e recover from hurricane irene, ich hit last week. this twister touched down west of albany last week, traveling along the mohawk river, tearing off roofs, blowing out windows and damaging more than 2 dozen homes. >>> in japan, the worst typhoon to strike that country in seven years. this deadly storm delivered heavy rain, triggering mudslides and killing at least 34 people. with dozens more missing. in a country still reeling from the earthquake and tsunami six months ago. >>> back in this country, there's little to celebrate this labor day for the millions of americans desperately looking for a job. 14 million americans are out of work. the unemployment rate is stuck at a stubbornly high 9.1%. president obama will unveil a jobs plan thursday he says will include bipartisan ideas from the past. at times the tone at the detroit labor council rally he attended today was an

ian austin. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to those who have fallen in afghanistan since we last met for prime minister's questions. paul watkins from ninth twelfth, corporal mark palin, marine james wright from 4-2 commando, lieutenant daniel clack and sergeant barry weston from kilo company, royal marines. we should also remember james smart from number two mechanical transport squadron who die inside a road traffic accident in italy on the 20th of july while supporting operations in libya. i pay tribute to the outstanding courage and selflessness, they've each given their lives to making our world more safe. this week we also reached the tenth anniversary of the terrible atrocities of september 11th, 2011, so we should remember all those who lost their lives that day and all those who have lost their lives in pursuit of a safer world. in addition to my duties in this house, i shall further such meetings later today. >> mr. ian austin. >> the whole house will ag

this is the biggest one burning in austin. the fire has charge of 30,000 a. and destroyed 600 homes. at least two people have been killed. you can see how quickly the flames are spreading through the dry grass. this is in the state park not far from austin. the fire is 30 percent contained. a search team will be out today looking for more victims of the fire. >> look at some of the homes of the been destroyed. some are damaged. others are completely leveled. this wildfire has scorched more than 100 a.. and all their more than 2000 firefighters battling the flames. statewide this is the worst fire season they have ever seen. here they are setting a controlled burn to try to control the fires. they responded to 181 fires that have burned more than 100,000 a. over the past week. >> we are not looking at many major incidents. we are tracking some unusual delays, hot spots for several freeways like interstate 80 in the westbound direction. because of an earlier occurring accident at university avenue the drive time is running 50 minutes and it should be about 25.

. >> michelle's home burned in the steiner ranch community northwest of austin. today we are reminded not all fire victims were lucky and we may not know all the dead. the biggest fire has killed at least two people, and two others, a mother and toddler died elsewhere in the state on sunday. today a 100-member search team from texas task force one plans to fan out southeast of austin where authorities fear not everybody fled when the flames approached. take a look here. this is an interactive map you can link to from the website of the texas forest service. it has burned more than 33,000 acres and is 30% contained. this time yesterday it was zero percent contained. and then another fire torched 75 homes and threatens many more. my colleague is watching the battle, and many don't know whether their homes burned or not and may now be getting some answers? >> reporter: yeah, authorities now here within the last hour taped information up of homes they know have burned. 233 so far. that number will be more than doubled. excuse me, the smoke has been heavier today. in

one near austin has destroyed close to 500 homes and 3.5 million acres have burned.he size of connecticut. >>> those tornado warnings sounded again in suburban atlanta. the last remnants of lee causing tornadoes to touch down in several metro counties yesterday. high winds and knocked down trees. five-mile stretch, more than a hundred homes damaged or destroyed. >>> chattanooga to the north, the problem was flooding. more than 8 inches of rain fell in a 24-hour period breaking an all-time record. several creeks flooded and are not expected to crest until later today. >>> sarah palin continues to keep people guessing about possible presidential plans but while we wait for her final announcement she is not sitting on the sidelines. here is cnn's brian todd. >> they can't stop us! >> reporter: she is hitting those crucial early decision stops in iowa and new hampshire. soundsing out themes popular with the tea party. >> we believe that the government that governs least governs best. >> reporter: sarah palin hasn't said if she will jump into the presidential race but som

morning to you from austin.y northwest of town. it's called sina ranch and it's really a suburban area northwest austin. and scary enough, this is really one of the smaller fires that are being battled here in central texas. about 125 acres have burned and in this residential area, 1,000 residents here and families, all ages, pets, elderly people were evacuated on sunday when those winds started picking up. at 30 homes destroyed, burned to the ground, another 30 damaged. and now the governor, governor rick perry is expected here in just a few minutes to really tour the devastation in this neighborhood. now, this is not to mention that there are fires burning east of here in a community called bastrop where 475 homes at last check have been burned to the ground. so very devastating over there. and it's really depleting our resources. and the other fires that are burning here in a suburban area of austin and in other areas of austin as well. right now, it's just a waiting game, i should say. whether or not these r

there's a sense here in austin that mr. toomey, very bright and hard working, is the power behind the throne of governor perry. >> roland, you're saying this sort of -- we're seeing underbelly of politics playing out here? >> absolutely. i hate to suggest that this is what we're used to but that's a fact. i think the voters are saying, my goodness, we're used to this revolving door, whether it's in texas, illinois, or washington, d.c., where people that work for politicians go to corporate america, come back to politics and go back. i remember when president george w. bush was there and department of treasury people said, you got goldman sachs and bank of america and jp morgan chase executives working for the government and going back. the problem for perry is that he's building his campaign on this whole notion of integrity, of character, evangelical voice. if he's able to be undercut by saying what is the level of influence in terms of former staffers that are getting dollars from the state, that's going to be a problem i

so that was radio host alex jones joining us from austin texas. let's talk now about promises made by president obama on the campaign trail and even when he first came into office he spoke a lot about comprehensive immigration reform for america's estimated twelve million undocumented immigrants that's one in every twenty workers but three years later immigrants here say they're still living in the shadows taught to fear police and mount seek help because of enforcement programs like the one the administration just announced will now be it will not be actively in forcing it's called the secure communities and basically requires local police departments to run background checks on every person booked into police custody whether or not they're charged if they're illegal they will face deportation so this is not just robbers and rapists this is people arrested for trespassing in a home depot parking lots looking for work people with very minor traffic violations or even people who call police for help artie's killing four and has the story of one wom

now is ready to host alex jones in austin. well the conversation over the size strength and power of a future palestinian state is one that we realize has dominated the global stage for decades it is no doubt a conversation that most people tend to have very strong opinions on regardless of what side they're coming from and those opinions often translates into influence which in turn can translate into action i want to take a look now at the major influence coming out of washington one that is artie's kalen ford found out may have played a significant role in president obama's changing his tune and pledging to stand by israel and veto palestinian statehood same floor same nations same debate when we come back here next year we can have an agreement that will lead to a new member of the united nations an independent sovereign state of palestine living in peace with israel but one year later a different american position the palestinian move at the united nations is not going to create a state not in reality. not even in fact in