they're as separate as church and state under a perry administration. [cheers and applause] nation, a wise man once said, "everybody shut up. stephen's talking." this is tip of the hat, wag of the finger. [cheers and applause] nation, i love the story of the garden of eden. it gives me comfort to know that every time i sin, it's really eve's fault. [laughter] boy am i gonna blame some stuff on you this weekend! [laughter] -6- that's why i'm so disturbed by a new movement to break-up the bible's most famous couple. npr's steve inskeep explains. >> for many evangelicals, a historical adam and eve is a critical part of their theology, but now some conservative religious scholars are saying publically that they can no longer believe it. >> stephen: no adam and eve? no apple? no tasteful leaf thongs? and all because these so-called conservative scientists say "there is no way we can be traced back to a single couple...given the genetic variation of people today." oh, the genetic variation needs more than two people? fine, they had a freaky three-way with the

an expect report in "the huffington post" says rick perry's administration wanted to help wall street investors gamble on how long retired texas teachers would live. author of the report zach carter and our rick perry expert, jim moore are here. the dick cheney memoir keeps popping out dandies. guess which country he wanted to bomb in 2007? tonight, "daily show" co-creator lizz winstead and mike papantonio are here. and the party that couldn't be bothered to pay for two wars is back at it again. republicans are playing politics with disaster relief, as irene gets ready to pound the east coast. >> good evening, folks. good to have you with us tonight. texas governor rick perry is now the clear-cut front-runner for the republican presidential nomination. he leads the pact by double digits and three new national polls. gallup has perry ahead of mitt romney 25% to 14%. public policy polling put perry ahead 27% to 17%. and rasmussen shows perry with an 11-point lead over romney, 27% to 18%. so let's welcome governor rick perry of texas to the national spotlight that comes with being the ne

an entrepreneur gave $100,000 and somehow he got a $3 million development fund from the perry administrationher gave $15,000 to perry, and his biotech company got $1.75 million grant from the texas tech fund a lot in that "new york times" piece. tell us about the things that you feel give us a different view of him. >> if you want to give a want to be heard, about a $200,000 donation will do it. he's used these things as ways to help his pals. you make a campaign donation. and in one case an entrepreneur came before that fund, and he had -- onit was a lot of money, but only $1,000 into his own company. he came before this fund and was warrick walking out the door with almost $3 million. >> are these funds directly under his control? directly where he would reward these people? >> that's absolutely correct. the enterprise technology fund has a board set up on a regional basis. all these people are friends of perry on the board. he has to sign off on the final awarding of the money. in one case with the texas enterprise fund, a very large mortgage company wanted to come down to texas, and they

instead of using the fund, texas lawmakers in the perry administration filled the gap with $6.4 billion of federal stimulus money. that's how he balanced the budget without touching the rainy day fund. at the same time as he was taking billions in federal money he was railing against the federal government. earlier he posted a blog headlined "help us turn the tide in washington and stop these irresponsible bailouts." that post went up the same day he requested the federal money. here answer the letter he wrote to president obama "please allow this letter to certify we will accept the funds in h.r. 1 and use them to promote economic growth and create jobs in a responsible manner that is in the interest of taxpayers." he said he opposed the stimulus and took the money. right up to this day he continues to speak out against federal money and the state officials who take it. >> americans are fed up with democrats and republicans who have embraced bailouts, championed so-called stimulus programs and supported big government giveaways. >> governor perry has published a book titled "fed up, ou

instead of using the fund, texas lawmakers in the perry administration filled the gap with $6.4 billion of federal stimulus money. that's how he balanced the budget without touching the rainy day fund. at the same time as he was taking billions in federal money he was railing against the federal government. earlier he posted a blog headlined "help us turn the tide in washington and stop these irresponsible bailouts." that post went up the same day he requested the federal money. here answer the letter he wrote to president obama "please allow this letter to certify we will accept the funds in h.r. 1 and use them to promote economic growth and create jobs in a responsible manner that is in the interest of taxpayers." he said he opposed the stimulus and took the money. right up to this day he continues to speak out against federal money and the state officials who take it. >> americans are fed up with democrats and republicans who have embraced bailouts, championed so-called stimulus programs and supported big government giveaways. >> governor perry has published a book titled "fed up, ou

instead of using the fund, texas lawmakers in the perry administration filled the gap with $6.4 billion of federal stimulus money. that's how he balanced the budget without touching the rainy day fund. at the same time as he was taking billions in federal money he was railing against the federal government. earlier that year he even posted a blog headlined "help us turn the tide in washington and stop these irresponsible bailouts." that post went up the same day he requested the federal money. here answer the letter he wrote to president obama "please allow this letter to certify we will accept the funds in h.r. 1 and stimulus and use them to promote economic growth and create jobs in a responsible manner that is in the interest of the texas taxpayers." he said he opposed the stimulus and took the money. right up to this day he continues to speak out against federal money and the state officials who take it. >> americans are fed up with democrats and republicans who have embraced bailouts, championed so-called stimulus programs and supported big government giveaways. >> governor perry h

perry for a moment. bruce bartlet who worked on the first bush administration. overnor rick perry's comments about ben bernanke being treasonous if he printed more money. this is what he said. >> rick perry is an idiot and i don't think anybody would disagree with that. of. >> anybody disagree with that? >> i do disagree with that. i mean, we all know there's no love lost between the bushies and perry's folks. >> whoo i is that? >> because there's a lot of reasons, but it goes -- you know, all the way back when reagan was president and h.w. was vice president, i worked for lee atwater, we used to say the lowest ranking person on the reagan staff thought they outranked the vice president of the united states and they did. perry was lieutenant when bush was governor. bush drove the deal. just a bunch of type-a texans. >> oh, absolutely. i think if they had their choice, the belief is that both of them absolutely cannot appeal to those independent voters. when governor perry makes these kinds of comments, the problem is he does not come across as a strong economic p

perry. the governor has come out of the gate with some harsh words for the obama administration, saying that the men and women in the military want a commander and chief who has worn the uniform. mr. perry by the way served in the air force. the president took the opportunity to lecture governor perry yesterday. >> mr. perry just got in the presidential race. i think that everybody who runs for president it probably takes them a little bit of time before they start realizing that this isn't like running for governor or running for senator or running for congress. got to be a little more careful about what you say. but i will cut him some slack. he has only been at it for a few days now. >> laura: here is how governor perry respond today. dollars. >> yesterday, the president said i needed to watch what i say. i just want to respond back, if i may, mr. president, actions speak louder than words. my actions as governor are helping to create jobs in this country. the president's actions are killing jobs in this country. it's time to get america working again. >> laura: joining us now from stanfo

on saturday, perry focused on the obama administration. >> they inherited a bad economy and made it worse. they inherited an unemployment rate. >> perry is polling well, but mitt romney and michele bachmann have a sizable head start in organization and fund-raising. the life's broad of politics. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> coming up next at 5:00, bay area college students arriving at their dorms this weekend, why are some checking into a hotel? also -- >> we don't have to hide, we just don't, we won't. ? going legit for a marijuana grower, how did a popular social media site help find a bay area student in malaysia? >>> i'm rob mayeda, it's been a breezy and cool start to the weekend. san jose one of the warmer spots we're seeing right now. it's only 75 degrees. oakland socked in by clouds and san francisco the battle of the bay about to get underway there. you can see low clos and driz nell tonight's forecast. iz >>> it's back to school time for many public and private schools throughout california. but at san jose state, it's a frustrating time for many of the students who are

governor perry criticized the obama administration for relying too heavily on central planning for the economy. however, the obama campaign wasted no time in responding to perry's speech. in a written statement the campaign accused perry's economic policies of being a carbon copy of the economic policies of washington republicans, which the obama campaign stated would subsidize corporations while ignoring the middle class, jamie. >> jamie: he mentioned taking the country back, that it's time for us to take the country back, what does he say his biggest priorities are in doing that? >> he said that the biggest priority is job creation. that's first and foremost and he doubted his record in texas over his tenure as governor. he'd been in office for 11 years, during the last decade, texas has seen the creation of 900,000 new jobs. he jokingly apologized to the crowd for talking so much about his home state, but then had this to say, listen. >> i'm a texan and i'm proud of it. but first and foremost, i'm an incredibly proud american. [applaus [applause] >> and i know something, america is

attributed to the oil and gas industry as opposed to things that were done specifically by the perry administration to create those jobs? guest: there is a substantial presence in oil and natural gas. prices have been high. there has not been a technological revolution in natural gas. it has a big impact on the state economy. the pro-business climate there has probably contributed as well. i suspect that now governor perry has jumped into the race, a lot of people are going to analyze that. prof. krugman has started on this. i am sure we will hear more of it. host: we have another tweet. it says more jobs overseas means better and cheaper imported products. everybody wins. guest: we want high-quality products made in the u.s. and the availability of high-quality products made in other countries. we want the productivity growth that comes with the integrated global economy. americans see firms setting up overseas and shutting down in this country. i would not start denying the unease about the issue. we talk about regulation. tax policy is a big part of it. the u.s. tax code is probably unfair and i

republican presidential candidate rick no relation perry's claims about his miraculous job creation in texas. today, a key member of the obama administration challenged perry's education record in the lone star state. it seems that texas students are suffering under the governor's leadership. education secretary arnie duncan slammed perry's handling of the texas school system in a news interview with bloomberg tv's al hunt. >> texas has really struggled, and i feel badly for the children there. texas may have the highest high school dropout rate -- sorry, the lowest high school graduation rate in the country. far too few are prepared to go to college. massive increases in class size. cutbacks in funding. we have to educate our way to a better economy. >> and it's likely to get worse. mr. no relation perry is using this year's budget to slash $4 billion from public schools. $46 million from the university of texas alone. and ut is part of the statewide system that's one of the largest in the country. perry and a texas think tank are pushing a plan spearheaded by a perry donor to overhaul the university system in a way that at least one dean

perry invited the obama administration, texas legislature, and all 50 u.s.vernors to attend the event. only one person accepted republican kansas governor, sam brownback, through his spokesman, though, now says the governor is on vacation this weekend and that it is "left to his discretion whether he'll actually make it to hang out with people who think catholicism is a godless theology of hate." even governor perry is down playing his role in his own event. he told reporters last week i'm going to be there, i may be ushering for all i know. and i'm going to be here tomorrow night and i may be ushering for all i know. joining me now, executive director of americans united for separation of church and state barry lynn, thanks for joining me tonight, reverend. >> nice to be here. >> reverend, you and the aclu of texas are running another event called the family faith and freedom event the night before governor perry's. if i could get to houston this weekend, why would i want to go to your event rather than one where i can hear that the religion i was baptized

going to have a great school year in spite of what rick perry and his cronies in austen did to the public schools in texas. >> as a former administrator teacher, do you think perry respects what it takes to put together a sound education? do you think he believes in public education? >> no. i do not believe that public education is one of his priorities. since 2005, texas public schools have struggled to kind of find some way to finance our public schools. we continue to add children. each year i think we're adding 40,000 children this year with no extra money. >> so he will not raise taxes on the wealthy, is that correct? >> no. >> he won't raise corporate taxes? >> he will not raise taxes and he will not use taxpayer money we had. in our little community, we lost seven teaching positions. only because we got a little bit of federal money we were able to add three more back. but we'll lose those next year. it takes good teachers to educate children. >> no question about it. it's a very fundamental things that been around america for a long, long time. it would seem to me that you as a school board member are at a cross roads with oth

caller: rick perry was al gore's campaign manager in 1988 and was convincing him to become a republican. we will have a repeat of the bush administration with rick perry. he attended the meeting where he was anointed four years ago. this guy is going to -- the reason he said that about the federal reserve chairman is because these are the people who own him. it is the old brer rabbit -- "do not throw me into the briar patch." this guy is as phony as they come. host: from new york? caller: good morning. rick perry is not my first choice. but republicans, tea party conservatives need to get together. i would rather have him than mitt romney. i would love to see michele bachmann. but that will not happen. i hope rick perry 6 michele bachmann. host: why not mitt romney, bill? caller: obamneycare. i am a vietnam veteran, and i do not respect john mccain anymore at all. host: ken cuccinelli out of virginia considers a senate run in 2014 against virginia's most popular politician, democrat mark warner. wisconsin, randy. go ahead. caller: i have to echo the sentiment of 30% of your other callers. ron paul was actually talking about the federal

bush administration. >> rick perry is drawing upon a wealth of conservative, hawkish militaristic foreignand foreign policy personnel here in washington that includes a lot of people on the sidelines in the obama administration that are more than eager to get back into the game. >> he opposes time tables and on afghanistan said the united states needs to be sure they are at stake before it commits troops. the foreign policy strategy will be just like the last texas governor turned president. >> he has no interest in going backwards. >>s it tough talk will probably go over well with conservatives, but one particular issue could cause political problems. that's immigration. perry said strict arizona-style immigration laws are not right for texas. he pushed for a law giving illegal immigrants the right to pay in-state college tuition, a texas version of the dream act. >> people would be surprised on the far right the positions he has taken. >> this is a friend of the governor. a south texas democrat. he thinks perry will soften on immigration. >> you still see what i call the perry that i kn

i think the broader point governor perry was making is the facical policies of this administration in running up debts and deficits is not good for our country. they're not creating jobs. they've had no plan to create jobs and governor perry has. i think he's going to make that contrast and he'll find his way to communicate that in an effective way to the people. >> but governor, with all due respect that's not the contrast he's making. it's one thing to go after president obama's economic record. all the republicans are doing that. some felt that was a threatening comment, not a respectful comment of the fed and of ben berman key in particular. >> well, i might have said it a little bit differently. listen, governor perry's just brand new in the race. i know he wants to make an impact quickly. and i think focussing on the fiscal policies of this administration that have us $14 trillion in debt heading towards over $20 and having no coherent strategy for a budget that's going to get us out of this $1.5 trillion deficit a year i think is governor perry's broader point. everybody's got

perry didn't back down from those remarks. he, in fact, said that he was just reflecting the will of the american people, who as he put it, were frightened about the monetary policies of president obama's administrationas. >> nbc news campaign inbed ali weinberg in south carolina on the rick perry campaign. thank you, ali. appreciate it. >>> all right, so, more reports from ali and also the rest of the nbc political unit. we recommend that you head to firstread.msnbc.com. all the information you need will be right there. >>> well, a horrifying reminder of the dangers of school violence just ahead, as students get ready to head back to campus to start a school year. jared kanno was arrested last week for allegedly plotting to kill students and teachers in an attack when his school was to open. police say he planned on bombing the school. a friend says he was just venting anger and never planned on going through with it. susan payne is the founding executive director of safe to tell, a hotline where teens can reach out to report threatening behavior. susan, good to have you on with us. >> thank you. >> tell us how the tip line works for parents, for kids that are out there watching. >> well, in colorad

rick perry has been the worst when talking obama and his administration. there are two rick perry's. if you talk to texas republicans, there are two separate camps. one says he's an outsider, this non-politician. they really like that. he's the texas republican bush pretended to be. the other half, the detractors find him to be overly political. they really are turned off by it. which rick perry he wants to be going forward. the outsider, the outside washington texas politician. he can't occupy both spaces. >> the civil tone as jon huntsman at 1%. >> i think that's his family. >> his mom. >> you know, what else can you say other than he is trying to compete. he is saying presidents are elected in new hampshire and south carolina. it's where his effort is. this is just noise. he's not going to get involved in this. you have rick perry who is his own hurricane irene. i think, you know, in that same mitt romney interview someone said are you going to show more personality now, no offense. romney just had no rejoiner to that. it's a change in dynamics. exactly.

. >> let me ask perry this, perry, reuters is reporting that the obama 5d administration is going tos congress comes back, they are going to lay out a jobs bill. if that is the case, and if that is done, what will that do politically to the republicans that seem to only be dealing with the politics of the matter and have not really dealt with what is going to provide jobs for this country. >> i guess, reverend, it depends on what is in the jobs bill. if the idea is the smaller things the president is talking about today, the republicans might agree to some of those. but a lot of those things won't create jobs. it f it is a broader stimulus bill, that might vee create jobs but the republicans won't agree to that. so it depends on what is in the bill but i expect a smaller more bill. there therefore it may not have a big difference under the terms of the economy. >> now, josh, you are on the right had a very interesting weekend. ms. bachmann won the straw poll, ron paul came in very close second. uz have the entry of ms. perry and it seems like perry and bachmann are going to have a fi

rick perry perhaps spending as much time being critical of the obama administration, calling president obama a representation of rudderless leadership as he did talking about his humble beginnings as jim was outlining there, the boy of a farming family, he eventually would become a cotton farmer there after growing up in paint creek, texas, a place of no zip code. did he sufficiently kind of introduce himself to america, much of america who perhaps doesn't know anything about him and his principles, and his politics? >> reporter: fred, as jim was just saying he really hit a lot of the high notes to conservatives and other tea party activist that is he's going to have to make the case to over the next couple of months, especially that anti-washington theme. the country, he said, is doing just fine. it's washington that's the problem. that served him very well about a year ago when he was running for reelection as governor of texas and he faced the primary election against kay bailey hutchison. you were mentioning barack obama just now. and the obama campaign didn't wait very long at all

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perry matchup who would come out on top with immigration? >> that's to be decided. certainly president obama has supported the notion of comprehensive immigration reform. there are concerns about his administration's enforcement policies. the record number of deportations that have happened. versus perry who is not agreed to having a path to citizenship. a path to legal status for 13 million undocumented in this country. it's a real question with immigration. we're not in a good place, unfortunately. >> thank you. >>@bam trading in the beast for a new million dollar baby. it is a safer way to hit the road in the midwest. how does it stack up against other presidential rides. the flip side right after this. just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. ♪ ♪ i like dat, all right [ male announcer ] mio. a revolutionary water enhancer. add a little...or a lot. for a drink that's just the way you like it. make it yours. make it mio. a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combinat

or as well as cast all the blame on the current administration are these candidates doing rhetoric that's outright extreme take a look at what rick perry said about the federal reserve's policies and fed chairman ben bernanke. i don't know what shows. like oh. that's of course coming from the guy that is a lot of the around the treasonous idea of seceding from the united states but that's just one example or to look at a few more clips and ask if this batch of candidates are crazier than your typical politician or crazy this is the new normal and it's got this with me is matthew boyle reporter at the recall or thanks so much for joining us and i thanks for having me ok for starters these people i guess you could say are more on your side but on lines that might i do you think that the candidates are a little crazier these days it was just that they're saying seems a little more outlandish than usual we want to first of all i would really like to get a copy of the rubric that you guys use to define people in the political spectrum as extreme or not that i that's i don't i don't read it is i'd love to see it because people when i was cle

reporter: as governor of texas perry doesn't have much foreign policy experience but he's reached out to former defense secretary donald rumsfeld and other bush administration veterans for advice. so far perry has been able to appeal to mainstream republicans by touting his economic record in texas. >> how many jobs are you going to create? >> as many as i can. >> reporter: and to tea partyers with blunt talk on things like social security. >> a ponzi scheme. i can promise you my 27-year-old son, social security under the program that we have today will not be there. >> reporter: mitt romney had been the clear front-runner for months before perry jumped in the race. so far romney hasn't had much to say about perry keeping his attacks for now aimed at barack obama. >> it's been a presidency which has been associated with debt and with downgrade and with delay. >> reporter: there's no doubt that romney will eventually need to take aim at perry. in fact, george, romney is going to be in perry's backyard later today giving a speech in san antonio to the very same group thth perry addressed yesterday. >> and maybe we'll see it in the first big debate or the next

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relentless assault on president obama's economic policies and perry is not backing down from his comments about one of the administration'snomic gurus, fed chair ben bernanke. perry said it would be treasonous for bernanke to try to stimulate the economy by printing more money. >> two democratic state senators in wisconsin will keep their seats. they defeated their republican challengers in a special recall election yesterday. the vote was in response to the bitter fight over new laws that crack down on unions and their right to collective bargaining. >>> a close call at orlando's sea world. lightning hit the ground at the discovery cove attraction there yesterday. five staff members and three guests were reportedly hurt. five people taken to the hospital. they are expected to be okay. >>> president obama's three day bus tour through america's heartland makes its final stop in illinois this morning. the focus, jobs. during an exclusive interview with cnn's wolf blitzer the president said political paralysis has stunted the nation's economic growth and he blames that on his republican opponents but insists he has a plan. >

perry stood by his statement. >> i'm compassionate about the obama administration's monetary policy.s what that conversation was. that was what my remarks were about, and i think americans are concerned about the monetary policy, and, un, i'm sorry if i offended a congressman, but the fact of the matter is i'm about representing american people out here. >> eleanor cliff is a contributing editor from "newsweek." good morning. what do you make of perry's strategy in he's not backing down. he's sticking by his statement. >> yeah, but he's not using the word treason and he's not saying that the fed chairman ben bernanke came to texas he might get an ugly reception which was a threatening statement. and i think the reporters who were covering perry noticed that he got noticeably more scripted after making this remark saying it's treasonous behavior to print money. you oned whoert enemy is. ben bernanke was originally a republican appoint see, but the targets are emerging in the republican field and ben bernanke is one of them and the epa and environmental regulation is one of them and it

other things, the plan would double the small business administration invest manies in rural businesses and help rural hospitals recruit doctors. >> perryivals mitt romney and michelle bachmann, the tea party darling who took her message to south carolina. >> we believe in life from kons yepgs until natural death. >> she walked out to elvis presley's the promised land even if she did get his birthday wrong. it was the day that the king and his music died. perry asked about accusing fed chairman of treason for trying to boost the economy for printing more money. perry says he stands by those remarks. >> a federal appeals court ruled bernie madoff's ponzy scheme victims are not entitled to profits he claims they earned in the statements. and madoff is serving a 150 year jents after admitting his role in defrauding thousands of investors. he told them before arrest in 2008 their investments more than tripled. >> with police hot on their trails, thiefs in los angeles may have gotten cold feet. a quarter million dollar art work has been found, too hot to handle. >> a remember brant, recovered thank thanks to a tip, authorities discovered thi

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huntsman did react and rick perry did react and neither gave credit to the obama administration or tohe president. romney's reaction was probably the most interesting of all. because he immediately said in his statement that this should now lead to calls from the new regime to demand that the new regime return the lockerbie bomber to authorities in britain which puts a new twist on things. >> you know what is interesting and i'm not sure if you heard my conversation with michael before the previous administration, the bush administration, but he was quick to use the language that the president wanting to take credit which is not what we heard in that statement. it is quite unfortunate that these things become as the people in beltway like to call political footballs, but that is where we are at this point where everything matters both on the domestic front and the international front and as you pointed out, this is a major success for this administration. >> it is. and it is a shame that we are not at a point in the country's history where people can be a little less grudging about so

perry is officially in the race. >>> president obama's approval rating falls below 40 percent for the first time with gallup. lou dobbs react toss that. >> michelle malke nevment says the administration was dealt an embarrassing blow last week on its attempt to curtail oil and gas exploration. we'll have a fair and balanced debate on that claim. >>> a 16-year-old goes swiming in a lake and winds up dead, thanks to a brain eating ameba. dr. michael baden joins us live to tell us how that happens. see you top of the 1:00. jenna: america's asking about the economy and back with us, we now have economist mark zandi, chief of moody's analytics. mark, we certainly have a lot of questions, first to the extension of the payroll tax credit and also the extension of unemployment. a lot of our viewers have the question about where we get the money to do that if we're also in a time where we're cutting so many programs. is the money actually available to do that? >> yeah, that's a great question. we'll have to borrow the money, so that would add to the decifit in the near term. but i think we could and should pay for it in the longer run. so what we would do is marry those cuts, an increase in t

ever the republican nominee is, whether it's mitt romney, rick perry or somebody else, they're just a continuation of the bush administrationnd if you look at the polls and more americans still blame bush for the current economic woes than blame obama, and i think that's going to be the focus of the white house's strategy. >> lehrer: how does that fit into the new poll, yesterday's poll that was out today, cbs "new york times" poll about the low opinion that the american people have of the congress? >> congress as somebody once see serves two purposes, it makes the united nations look efficient by contrast and it makes the president's job rating look good. but we've been through three straight elections in a row, jim, that have repealed one of the great maxims of american politics. all politics is local. all politics is not local. and it is local until it's national. we've gone through three national elections where they've thrown the ins out. 2006 it was the republicans and 2010 it was the democrats. i think what you see the that "new york times" poll is an electorate ready to throw people out again. >> you could end up wi