>> i don't think anybody thinks he, including pileate that jesus represented a major threat to roman rule. >> well, then why was he crucified? >> because of the disruption, potential for disruption he presented that passover. but he's in jerusalem, that's not roman rule. >> well, if it's a small uprising, if it's a small dislocation that he creates he would not have been crucified. crucifix was reserved -- correct me if i'm wrong -- >> yes. >> you're much more up to date on this than i am, the crucifix was reserved for public displays in order to gain social control exactly true. >> but there was no disruption according to your current thinking, is that correct, of any magnitude? >> well, i think there was a potential for public disruption but i also think that pileate new perfectly well even though he crucified jesus that jesus was not a revolutionary figure and that's because of the other fact. and we have so few real fact. the other fact that we have historically is that even though jesus was executed as if he were an insurrectionist none of his followers were. >> right, which is

christine romans identifies the people. and who else besides millionaires could pay for the price of the cuts? brianna, let's break it down. where exactly where the $3 trillion come from? >> so $3 trillion over 10 years in deficit savings, kiera. the plan from the white house would have $580 billion in spending cuts, some of which would be to medicare and medicaid. but the biggest chunk, $1.5 trillion, half of the president's plan, would come from increasing taxes. we're talking about on wealthy americans. some of the taxes we have talked about before, limiting those itemized deductions that the wealthy take. closing loopholes on hedge fund managers, oil and gas companies, corporate jet owners and also letting the bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest americans expire when they are set to. also a little more than $1 trillion in war savings. of course, we do know that the wars in afghanistan and iraq are already going to be winding down. and that's something that republicans are hitting on. and frequently both sides have used

but unlike most teens, roman isn't checking out facebook or e-mail. his first stop online is wikipedia, the website where you can find information on just about anything. >> i believe i was about 13 or 14 years old when i first began editing wikipedia. >> that's right, roman is a contributor to wikipedia. and that's what's special about the website. it depends on volunteers to add or edit material. >> i first started out by editing a few articles randomly, making a few grammatical adjustments maybe a spelling change here or there. >> the word wikipedia is a blend of two other words. a "wiki" is a website where anyone can add and edit content, and "pedia" comes from "encyclopedia." that's why wikipedia calls itself "the free encyclopedia anyone can edit. >> you've heard of h.g. wells, the great science fiction author. he actually had an idea, back in the '30s, called the world brain, which was a worldwide encyclopedia organization whose whole purpose was to collect and classify and sort the information of the world, and wikipedia is sort of a realizati

roman is a wonderful artist. its a shame but understandable that he can't come back here. >> that they couldn't find some resolution of that. >> they could not. roman was a naughty guy. >> rose: let me go back to evans. "the godfather" is considered one of the american classics. do you think so? >> it's become so iconic. when it was first released the distribution company didn't like it. the heads of marketing description says it was too slow and talky, wouldn't do business. the public had discovered the novel and the novel... see, when we bought "the godfather", the rights to it, it was an unfinished novel. studios did it in those days, they bought books before they were done. and then became this tremendous best-seller but you... >> rose: but when you bought it, it was not a tremendous best seller? >> it was not even done. >> rose: and you made the movie before it was done? >> we made... by the time we finished the movie the book had exploded as a best-seller. you know, theilm cost $7 million to produce. which

because they were roman catholic. well, what does catholicism have to do with the prejudice in america? well, it has, according to some people, irish catholics owed their allegiance to the pope in rome, not to the president of the united states. and secondly, in a democracy individual voters have to have the freedom to make up their own minds on political issues. and the feeling was that irish catholics would look to their feast priests, to their archbishops and, ultimately, to the pope in rome for their marching orders on what to say and what to believe and who to vote for. and this was considered un-american. of course, it was totally false, but nebraska the less -- nevertheless, sometimes americans believe things regardless of facts. and that was the case. and this new party, the know-nothing party, was dedicated to limiting immigration, particularly from ireland, and secondly, to limiting the civil rights of immigrants once they were in the united states. they were called the know-nothing party because it was a se

the consultant's name should read "adriannaklein" spelled k-l-e-i-n and also the roman numeral should reflect the change as well. there are three withdrawals, on resolution 118-23-w-28 on page 54. we'd like to withdraw that. as well as for item 118-23, k-25 on page 118. and item 118-23-k-48 on page 166. so that's item w-28, k-25, and k-48. >> do you have all those noted? any items removed for reading by the board? any items set up by the board or superintendent for discussion invoked tonight? commissioner wynns? >> i'd like to sever 2-e-c-2 on page 25. and actually how about -- i prefer just so sever the whole 2-e because i'd like to ask a question what mr. kelly asked and that's earlier in the 2-e item. >> commissioner maufas? >> i'd like to sever k-28, 29 and 42. 28, 29, and 42. [inaudible] >> correct. thanks. >> ok. let's move on, then. just move on to next item which is -- oh, the roll call vote will take place under section o . and item h, superintendent proposal held for speaker card and action. none tonight. item i, board members' proposal held for speaker cards and action. alr

catholics and wanted to restrict the rights of the roman catholics. the problem was by and check the evangelical religion a polarize the process from the center it governs best near moderation and if you look at the legislation we have had in our history civil-rights, they have been the result of compromise and moderation it was much less possible in the environment where your opponent was the devil and you were the same to. it was building and climaxing with the civil war as early as the 1830's. known as the second grade awakening started to into the process. are a start my book with the disappearance of a nine. the viewers may ask what does that have to do with the civil war? the outcome was the burning to the ground of the convent in massachusetts and fomenting fact hatred and arson was the father of harriet beecher stowe who said that roman catholics were of the devil. they had no place in america and should be dealt with as such but it was an early indication of the power and bigotry of nor

rome, -- rum, prohibition, romanism, the catholic church.is one of the phrases that apparently contributed to blaine's loss. >> he did not denounce it. many people thought that he had said it. it is just that he did not denounce it. >> also the new york catholic vote. >> was there an anti catholic mood in the country in some sectors? >> certainly, even still. there had been from the 1840's when the irish were emigrating in large numbers. also the prohibitionists and the temperance movement. >> the second phrase is -- what was that all about? >> that is about this accusation that cleveland had a child out of wedlock somewhere and in fact that he was not the moral upstanding man that could be set to challenge the corrupt and devious blaine. >> he chose a tactic which i read which was not to deny. >> also to pay child support, pay for the child at the orphanage. >> a lesson perhaps for modern politicians. [laughter] >> i have a book here. the newspapers were reporting on him at the time. this is the book that james g. blaine wrote which helped

well, because they were roman catholic. what does catholicism have to do with decisions 234 america? according to some people, irish catholics owed their allegiance to the pope in rome, not to the president of the united states, and secondly in a democracy, individual voters have to have the freedom to make up their own minds on political issues, and the feelingfuls they would look to their priests, arch bishoped and ultimately the pope in rome for mash -- marching orders on who to vote for. this was considered un-american. of course, it was totally false, but nevertheless sometimes americans believe things regardless of facts, and that was the case and this new party, the know nothing party, limiting immigration from ireland and limiting the civil rights of immigrants once they were in the united states. they were called the know nothing party because it was a secret organization, and if you approached one of the know nothings, they would have said, oh, i don't know anything about that political party, so hence they were c

no president, the roman empire look pretty stupid in its last years, but they didn't say to roman taxpayers that as a matter of policy will have to pick up the bill not just for the roman military, but that is a god military as well. and if they had it would have been so bad because the visigoth military's budget was mostly adults. -- peltz. [laughter] they still would've gotten a better deal than we do. permanence is the illusion of every age. we are not, we're not just outsourcing the economy. we are outsourcing power. american power fades, it's outsourcing the future to a very dangerous planet. this is a bleak, this is bleak, and i understand this depressing scenario. i don't want to give away the ending of my book, but when we do the musical version that drew seem to be encouraging we will focus the finale and out of town previous, and will change to a happy ending and which michele bachman sees the error of her ways and settles down with the joe biden to run an all seeing, all dance compartment in chicago. it will warm your heart. [laughter] but until we close the deal with disney on t

that's where thomas roman is live for us right now. thomas? >> carolyn, it has been almost five hours and police are still surrounding the apartment complex. san jose police say the suspect they have been searching for all day ran into the huge apartment complex after officers fired at him after 6:00 p.m. while the officers searched, residents are not being allowed in and others are told to shelter in place. at about 6:30 this evening, san jose police surrounded the home on north king. it happened moments after police say they shot at the suspect they had been chasing all day long. the man is seen here in a chevron gas station surveillance video. he approached the man pumping gas, asked him for money and shot him once. police say he took off in the stolen black nissan, which police found in the plant shopping center parking lot. here the man according to police car carjacked a lexus that they say belonged to cindy nguyen. police say they traced the car to the montclair home. >> i can tell you they felt threatened enough that they felt deadly f

reporting live, thomas roman, abc7 news. >> good to know those crews are there. thank you, thomas. >>> and sandhya patel told us about the strikes and she is following live doppler 7hd. >> we saw thunderstorms developing in the inland east bai. this started moving down toward the fremont area, down toward the peninsula, and the santa clara valley. you can see the numerous lightning strikes there. obviously there was some rain being reported. some reports of hail. and with more thunderstorms possible over the weekend, the red flag warnings are going until 5:00 p.m. on saturday for dry lightning. the north bay mountain usa buff 1500. the santa clara valley and the santa cruz mountain rundz the red flag warning. there is a fire weather watch from midnight tonight until saturday afternoon for the monterey bay and the monterey county. watch out for the potential for a dry lightning accompanied by obviously the potential for some wildfires. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast. carolyn? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> developing news in the east bay where police ar

i'm christine romans. september 11th, 2001, changed this country and its people forever. it's changed our security and our priorities. and most of all, it has changed the day-to-day of everyday life in the united states. what has changed since 9/11? maybe the question is, what hasn't? a 6-year-old girl searched before boarding a plane. a wheelchair becomes a red flag on airplanes, trains and subways, intense scrutiny. backpacks are searched and sniffed. even a trip to the ball game is an exercise in homeland security. homeland security, an entire government bureaucracy that didn't exist a decade ago. an agency that gave us the terror alert level. >> the federal government was raising its threat level to orange. >> reporter: before then orange was just a color or a fruit. hardly an assessment of potential threats. there are threats the 9/11 generation is used to. they've grown up during two wars and they're still just kids. there was 9/11, then london, the shoe bomber, madrid and mumbai. rounding out a decade of anxiety that marks life before and after. tom cain is the for

christine romans following it for us.he bad news. >> it's frustrating for so many people. it's happening in their living room or their neighbors house or families. 428,000 people filing unemployment benefits for the first time last week. i's a number that is too high. you want to see it below 400,000 to show the economy is beginning to heal. we are not seeing that yet. worse, the week before was revised higher as well. we are talking long-term unemployment for six months. we are seeing here, most recently in the past couple weeks something has been happening about the economy and confidence that led employers to do more layoffs. that's what we are doing in terms of the picture for jobs. the debate goes on in washington. 3.7 million americans continuing unemployment benefits. kyra? >> speaking of big numbers what do we know about the ubs trader? >> we have a name. it's the man who was arrested, a 31-year-old. it's according to reuters, a 31-year-old arrested overnight in london. ubs is saying it was unauthorized trades. un

for 2000 years, the average human being lives not like a roman slave. a condition that comparable to livestock. one-room with a lot of other people and animals. couldn't read, and no medical care, inadequate food, , etc.. by the time dickens comes along in the hundred days hungry forties, that is another possibility. and then so productive in in no longer necessary but in then with the inevitability of what was accomplished the cut is there was a finite number of resources to people began to appreciate the fact you could include the resources by becoming more productive. >> host: what happened to that never before you have a sustained rise of productivity? just or the of benefit, productivity is the amount that is produced per worker. so what it means if a country has high productivity it means they take the same resources, as saying he human beings in resources but accomplishing more. and productivity gnash your -- naturally determines what is available for consumption. with the wages and living standards and 2000 years through the rise and fall of gre

christine romans, you've had a busy day today.r sign of the tough economy. >> it is, i sit here and tell you all the time about how a higher education is a buffer for you against unemployment. the unemployment for people with a bachelor's degree is like 4.6%, half the national average. you've got to go to college, but this new survey, they surveyed admissions officers, more than half admitted that they're looking for students who can pay the full cost with no financial aid. they don't want kids that have to worry about getting financial aid. more than half said that. why? because of the economy. they're getting pressure from administrators they need to make thur sure they're going to get paid and money can trump smarts, grades, even your student record in some cases. 10% of cases, it's more important to have the cash on hand in the bank than it is to have the straight as. that shows you that if you have money, you have a better chance of getting in, although there's another edge. that some students do have an edge that isn't finan

romanism and rebellion. it is this anti-catholicism that really i think was part and parcel of its popularity, particularly in the american south. so you have the 1920s. now it's sort of the breeding ground and the fertile ground for the coming along of demagogues in history tells us this was always have, sometimes in the name of religion. along comes this complex carrier, j. frank norris and "after america: get ready for armageddon" is about 10, john franklin norris or simply known as j. frank. he was born in 1877 in alabama, but moved at the ceiling at a young age to the hill country of texas, where he grew up, survived a gunshot when it that almost killed him. his father was a hopeless alcoholic, but his mother was extremely devout and the driving force of his life. we is in his late, he experienced a religious conversion and came to the call of the ministry. he went off to baylor university, which were a baptist kids went at that time he did his undergraduate work and graduated with honors in many which

christine romans, what does that mean exactly? 12,000 people, fewer people lined up for the first time for jobless benefits last week. t.j., i mean, it means that the economy isn't getting worse. it means mass layoffs are not picking up. it means the striking verizon workers aren't on the roll. the verizon situation, over 409,000 people filed for unemployment benefits so these are first-time filers. not people unemployed for a long time just new first-time filers. anything above 400 thousand is a weakness in the labor market. it's not as bad as it could have been and not as bad as the week before. here smi wois my word. churn. churning in stock prices and churning in general as everyone tries to get a sense of what is happening in the jobs market, what we can do to improve it, and the political atmosphere surrounding that. i expect a lot of churn about jobs and about stocks here in the near term. >> what will our churning be like tomorrow? expecting more numbers? >> reporter: expecting maybe 80,000 jobs created. so this number i w

i want to bring in christine romans of our money team.h listen to the president's speech here. he says it is not about class warfare. it is about math. can you break it down for us, what this tax plan actually includes? who's going to end up paying? >> you asked a really good question, who would pay higher taxes? people who make $1 million or more, people who make $200,000 a year or more, some companies would, oil and gas companies. the buffett rule, millionaires taxed more. he said again and again that it is not fair that workers pay a higher tax rate than their big wealthy bosses do. and that's just not fair. he keeps calling it the the buffett rule. though tim geithner speak being at the white house briefing right now calls it the buffett principle. people who hate it are calling it the buffett tax. so already the semantics around it as you know well in washington can be pretty loaded. let the bush era tax cuts expire. that would raise $866 billion. cap itemized deductions. that would bring up about $410 billion. one of the things that

we have allison at the stock exchange and also christine romans in our new york bureau. two big stories going on. christine, let's start with you. those fears about the greece default definitely impacted the numbers on friday. and more than likely will impact them today as well. >> and the fears that were at work in the market on friday kyra, only through over the weekend. the new property tax for greek citizens most likely will mean strikes and people taking to the streets. and you have the tug of war between the rich countries in europe and the countries in trouble in europe like greece, and that's really wearing at the very foundation of the european union. and that's got a lot of people very, very nervous. french bank exposure to greece's problems. and also all of this debt turmoil in europe has raised the borrowing costs for countries and for banks and the like. and all of this is just a big toxic brew that's been a problem for the banks and for these countries, and it's not going away anytime soon. the path of least resistance quite frankly is still global concern

muse that we would hit the news making magic in the blues ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ we were playing in the roman plrley-vous franca is? then we headed to the coliseum. ♪ the night was hot and dangerous like a forest fire. there is just the gypsy girl and me. oh, gypsy girl oh, gypsy girl she did not speak a word of english but she followed me to the grand hotel she kissed me with her eyes tight shot i could not help but stair her face was like a renoir she even had red hair gypsy girl oooh, gypsy girl and me well we stayed in each other's arms tumbling through the night her skin like porcelain lit by the pale moonlight we made love in every way yes we set each other free we did not stop until the morning me gypsy girl and gypsy girl gypsy girl ooohh gypsy girl and me i colder we had to leave. we were playing in marseille she smiled and kissed me i laid by the window to try to catch some air the sun was slowly rising casting shadows from the trees i could hear the people talking about the gypsy graaff and me -- girl and me ♪ she brought a friend to see the show she was a gypsy, to we laughed toge

. >> if you think back, the romans came up with a system of plumbing that allowed us it use water to transport waste away from the hub of civilization, which enabled cities to grow. . >> you have a large bowl, a drive motor and another motor with a planetary gearbox with differential pressure inside there. the large mass up there spinning separating the solids from the liquid. we have to prevent about once a month, we go in there grease those, change the oil, check the vibration levels. the operators can tell just by the hum of that machine that it's a harmonic noise emitted that it's out of balance and the machine needs to be cleaned. it will start vibrating and we have vibration analysis machines that will come over here and check the levels. so it's kind of an on-going thing that you have to stay on top of on a daily basis. >> handled properly, you take organic residuals, as we call them, that are leftovers of our society and turn them back into some energy. and we have another ability to take that sludge and get a nutrient value for crops there. we actually are running a kind of

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thomas roman has been following the president, and he joins us live from the faremont in san jose where mr. obama is staying. thomas? >> the president is in for the night. we are here in san jose where the president is addressing after a whirlwind tour of fundraising. it has taken them from washington state to the bay area. air force 1 touched down at 5:35. president obama emerged to the cheers of about 50vip's and dig gnaw tears -- dignitaries allowed on the tarmac. obama shook hands and hugged people and high fiveed with a woman who caught his attention, and he even signed a couple autographs. then he went to his first fundraiser at the home of john thompson. on the way he was greeted by a platoon of angry tea party activists. >> to let mr. obama know what we think of him and his policies. every day it gets worse and worse. >> there were half a dozen obama supporters, but they were heavily outnumbered. >> 300 people were expected to pay it is 2500 apiece to meet the president. the take is $750,000. earlier at the atherton home of cheryl sandberg, a $35,000 a plate dinner is being prep

it means that for 2,000 years the average human being lived like a roman slave in material conditions that comparable to livestock lived in one-room with a lot of other people and animals couldn't read, eight bad and inadequate food, you know, etc.. okay? and by the time that dickens comes along in the so-called hungry forties, he is writing about another possibility in other words and economy that is so abundant, so productive that that old, you know, life sentence most people is no longer necessary. >> host: but of course one of the things that change moving away from this vision of the inevitability that when the population got bigger resources got exhausted because there's a finite limited number of resources people began to abridge the fact that you could actually increase the resources to becoming more productive. t want to explain how that shift took place? >> guest: what happened is that you never before had a sustained rise in productivity, and just for the benefit of people who are listening to us, productivity is just the amount of produced per worker. so -- and what it mea

. >> rum remains adantha ly roman catholic priests m ge mmunion to the faithful. this region is a symbol of catholic faith in eastern rmy. members have remained faithful to run despite pressure from all around. benedictus now moveon t his next destination in germany, in the southwest of the country. the president of yemen has made uris return after spending three months in saudi arabia. state tma t aouement that he is back for good. thousands of supporters celebredn the capital, but the opposition held huge rallies in oth ptsf e ty they are calling for him to be put on trial. he recently spent time revengro injuries sustained during an assassination attempt. >> we have all of the business news for you now. greeceep mke wdeng today whether orderly default is on the way. at the start of the trading day, markets welcomedalk of a hair cut. at the same time, banks holding veme bdsould need financial backing to withstand losses, but the greek government has dismissed rumors of default and viable -- as vile option for solving its crisis. >> greek newspapers have been qui

and for 2,000 years through the rise and fall of great empires, roman, the chinese, the ottoman, the arabic, you know, all of which had made great inventions, great discoveries, you know, had great artistic achievements none of that -- none of that human invention, none of that progress in science and philosophy ever changed the way the average person lived, okay? and then from the middle of the 19th century, right about the time that mark and engles says what you can expect is increasing misery and so from now you've had a ten-fold increase in the standard of living. this is the world average including the poorest as well as the richest countries. so this was something -- this was not a few good years -- you know, this was a complete takeoff from what had been the human condition. and, you know, the theory which said that, you know, a few good years with rising wages would simply result in earlier marriages and more children and, therefore, a return to subsistence actually was a brilliant description of what had happened for all of recorded history. until a few decades after his dea

record book as the longest surviving member of a group of felines known as janis cats named for a roman god with two faces. that will leave you talking this morning. >>> well, now here's an early look at one of your top health headlines on msnbc.com. cornell researchers who turn to twitter for real-time little filtered behavior and thoughts found a pretty consistent pattern. people tend to wake up in a good mood and are happiest on weekends. on average positive attitude peaks early in the morning and starts to dip mid-morning. the positive vibes start rising again in the evening and peak again near midnight. for information on this and other health stories you can check out the health page at msnbc.com. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,153 after rising 143 point yesterday. the s&p was up 9 points but the nasdaq lost 10. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei was down a fraction while in hong kong the hang seng dropped 418. >>> stocks mostly rose thursday. a day of high volume and high volatility a

. >> the election of a german pope in april, 2005, was received with enthusiasm by many roman catholicsin germany. pope benedict was known to be a theological conservative. that did not bother the leaders or dampen celebrations on his election in his hometown. >> it is fantastic. he is the first german pope and 480 years and i am proud of that. >> we hoped he would be elected. now, we are happy. >> four months later, he traveled to germany for his first visit as pope. hundreds of thousands turned out to welcome him. at world youth day, crowds gave him a rock star reception. there was posters given away by a teen magazine. the german polk disappointed hohos that he would build bridges and introduce reform. on the contrary, he threw his weight behind the conservative movement. -- the german pope disappointed hopes. his efforts to improve interface relations had setbacks after he offended muslims and jews. >> at times, i find him too coervative. i would like to see and it is for reform and a readiness to take risks. -- i would like to see some impetus for reform. >> the faithful would real

most seem to have survived including the jewel of the crown, the ancient roman city on the mediterraneanwe went to visit it and were shown around by a man who was lived there all of his life. >> welcome. it is the second city behind rome. my name is -- i have lived all of my life here as a tour guide. we can see the great fountain of the city. the public fountain. a very big tower, two floors. i was looking after the sheep. gadhafi's to come here very often. -- used to come here very often. he would come but we are not allowed to get near. now we are standing in front of one of the monuments which is called -- we have come to the hot rooms. this is not only entertainment but work. we are expecting good things. like athens or roms or something like that. people come and go and see the heritage. >> the headlines for you this hour. afghanistan's chief peace negotiator with the taliban burhanuddin rabbani has been killed at his home. >> the imf says the world economy is entering a dangerous new face and warned that the u.s. and europe risk falling back into recession. among the latest foreca

i'm christine romans. have a great weekend.

it takes a kind of permanence to get in roman going. in terms of looking at new charters, we have new charters. i am going to be critical about any new charters. we need to make sure the charter's we have granted are supported and could be as successful -- as successful as they can be. new charters i will have to ask how are you addressing students that are not being met by the charters we have granted. >> i am glad to see metro is back in bayview. the last time i visited you were in -- heights and i loved you were so close to the community on a number of different fronts. i am happy to see you there. when the mayor and i were at the lights out event in bayview, your teachers were out there, we had a chance to talk about them. they spent time with my intern's. both the kamara teachers or recruiting both of them. which is mildly challenge right now. with what i am seeing on the data sheet. as you grow, there is a need in the community that i live in in bayview. before another school and another option for many of our students. it is to s

obrian, the editor of the times of cuba and in the cuban roman catholic church, father moynihan, no relationship to my grandmother, loved for his kindness and great sense of humor. born in the 20's in havana were of irish descent. they were fran emilio. he was entirely blind by the age of 13 but learned gerschwin's rhapsody in blue by using braille scores. he was also one of the major instrumentalists of the feeling -- many of you recollected remember -- the thrilling sound of the 50's that blended the latin bolero with the latin sound. the second was chico, we like always to put these little names to people. my name is carlotta but my real name was charlotte and they called me carlotica, little charlotte. he moved to new york city in 1948, where benny goodman hire him and he became very famous in new york at the time and he died in new york in 2001. one of the pieces of my ticket to ride is how many cubans of irish ancestry are there. because this connected to my family, that's why i wanted to read it to you. in the 40's, my father moved to new york in search of his destiny. he learned to make

i'm taking the romans numb ral to the nfl.onds. [ doorbell rings ] hello there. i'm here to pick up helen. ah. mom? he's here. nice wheels. oh, thanks. keeps me young. hello there, handsome. your dinner's in the microwave, dear. ♪ where do you want to go? just drive. [ engine revs, tires screech ] mom? ♪ >>> 47 minutes after the hour. lot going on this morning. here's ha you need to know to start your day. michele bachmann's presidential campaign trying to regain its footing after losing two top strategist is. ed rollin is stepping into an advie roll and david polyansky is leaving altogether. >>> texas a virtual tender box. more than 60 wildfires are burning across the state. the largest fire in bastrop county near austin has destroyed nearly 500 homes and killed at least two people. >>> hurricane katia now a category 3 as it clurns out into the atlantic. the storm is expected to spare the u.s. east coast a hit, but forecasters are warning of dangerous rip currents. >>> and just a few hours, the postmaster general will testify

. >>> i'm christine roman pz. a republican capturing the house seat left vacantant by anthony weiner and the gop is calling it a vote against president obama. >>> i'm carol costello. an unconscientious motorcyclists was saved. why they risked their own lives to save someone else on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, september 14th. ali has the day off. >> he does. tired after that big tea party. bob turner winning the race to fill anthony weiner's vacant congressional seat. it is the first time in nearly a century that a republican has captured the traditionally democratic ninth new york district, and turner did it with an anti-obama campaign. >> -- asked by the people of this district to send a message to washington, and i hope they hear it loud and clear. we have been told this is a referendum and we're ready to say, mr. president, we are on the wrong track. >> mary snow is tracking this developing story for us. so did this come as a surpris