>> yes, tamron. i'm on an accella express, and they are saying that the trains arek bad up behind them while they inspect is the tracks. i did feel anything while we were riding but it is such an unusual situation, because everyone here is trying to call back to friends and relatives in either new york or washington, and sometimes you get through and sometimes you can't. i just reached my 18-year-old daughter and said i didn't feel anything, but i got to the mall and the mall was closed so now i'm going home. so, it's all of the e-mail reports that i am hearing from the colleagues in washington is that the building shook, but no visible damage, so we are sitting parked in bright sunshine on the tracks. >> what are they saying, what are the conductors or whomever would pass along information say to the passengers? >> they are saying it is going to be a while, while they inspect, and they have not made it sound all that ominous to us. they said it is just out of an abundance of caution and no particula

tamron? >> thank you, ron. further south in new jersey there is ongoing water rescues and nine of the rivers in that state have reached or exceeded flood levels. look at the rescues taking place. this man is in wayne, new jersey, trudging through water in the middle of a flooded highway. nbc's michelle franzen is live 40 miles south of wayne and she is following the emergency efforts under way, and michelle, i was talking to someone who said that a two-mile trip took three hours because of a highway being basically flooded out at this point in time even right now. >> yeah. there are highways washed out and carved out by specific river, and tamron, we are further north where they are dealing with the aftermath of epic flooding in danville and manville area. right now the water is receding, but behind me, you can see the downed tree which downed power lines in this area, and the perfect example of what irene's damage has done here. this whole area, one-third of the town was flooded in the heightf of the storm, an

you're absolutely right, tamron. they were back in a coordinated effort, obviously, by their international allies with the united states and canada, great britain, france and germany as well as the united nations calling for an investigation into the atrocities, the alleged atrocities that have happened in syria, tamron. >> mi >>. >>> a major scandal brewing surrounding the university of miami's football program. among the allegations, players reportedly earned cash bounties for injurying certain opponents. who was on the hit list. >>> today's news nation gut check. listen to this. a 61-year-old life guard refuses to wear a speedo at work and he gets fired. he says it's age discrimination. what does your gut tell you? host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: do people use smartphones to do dumb things? man 1: send, that is the weekend. app grapgic: yeah dawg! man 2: allow me to crack...the bubbly! man 1: don't mind if i doozy. man 3: is a gentleman with a brostache invited ov

we must, must, tamron, reverse that flow.ust trade. >> yeah. >> picture -- you make a certain amount of money. you spend a certain amount of money. if every month i was taking from you twice as much money as you make, how would you be doing? >> i'd be doing poorly. that's also applicable if i'm spending more money than i make as well. >> yeah. >> which brings us back to the whole debate that i don't want to talk about anymore with the debt ceiling. i want to talk about china because people bring it up all the time, china owns us, that we'll be in debt long after you and i are turned to debt. >> how much of our debt do they have, 14 trillion, a little over 1 trillion is in chinese hands. most of it is not there. 13 trillion of it is not in china. a trillion is. still, what could they do with that, really could screw up, and on the other hand what is china's most important thing? full employment on the ground in china so that they do not have civil unrest. that's all china cares about. nord to do that, they need to have a marke

so what you had tamron was a problem for both sides. the defense wanted out, and they wanted the three men released, and all this state would agree to was a new trial in which the defendants would then have to take another gamble at whether they would get convicted or not, but at the same time the state realized that the case was very weak, so what they came up with was this compromise the three men maintain their innocence, and nonetheless pleaded guilty, and that is a technique that the supreme court has upheld before so based on that then the state basically said, okay, you have served enough time, you are free, so it is face-saving for both sides. the lawyers for these three men say there is no way that the state would let them walk free if they thought they really were the killers and so, basically, what you have here is both sides getting what they wanted, but the bottom line here is that after spending nearly two decades in prison, these three men are now free, and they say that the state should be expending the effort to find ou

tamron? >> thank you. right now relief workers in vermont are funneling supplies to towns that are completely cut off by irene and left without running water or power since this weekend. only one town, wardsboro, has not been reached. that has forced national guard helicopters to airlift food and medicine to the people trapped this. nbc's ron mott is tracking the relief efforts from rutland, vermont. a lot of damage and debris behind you, ron. >> reporter: hey there, tamron. good day to you. you mentioned the relief drop from the vermont national guard. there's one expected to land here in about 30 minutes. we're actually in killington at the popular ski resort. there's a little babbling brook babbling here. emfranzen has a raging river. we have a brook here, 10, 15 feet wide but it was enough water to take down part of this lodge here. the bar and restaurant area will have to be razed at some point. what officials want to do is sheer this off. this is a very popular place during the wintertime, a huge eco

>> yeah, absolutely tamron. in every one of the situations, there are always going to be people who wish they can stay, and we wish them the best, but that is often not the case, but the safest place is 15 miles inland. and here in virginia beach, you can see a sand berm they built all night long to protect a part of the boardwalk from part of the storm surge and you notice a couple of the white tents on the beach, and one of the largest surfing championships in the country and the east coast surfing championships is going on and that is all that is left from a festival that stretches 10 city blocks here and they will take those down this evening and they will not be surfing in the day tomorrow. let me show you the waves here and the beach is not as crowded as it normally would be, and the swells starting to come in, and we went into town early on and it is a mixed vibe inside of virginia beach. one business completely boarded up and one next door open for business completely. some people are walking around. and

tamron? >> all right, miguel, thank you very much. >>> british prime minister david cameron is threatening to turn water cannons on rioters in an effort to stop a violent outbreak that started four nights ago. with 16,000 police officers now on the streets of london, the city is relatively quiet today. but the rioting is now spreading to other cities, like manchester and liverpool. this morning prime minister cam r cameron declared water cannons will be used. they will do anything to bring peace including using rubber bullets on the rioters. joining me now is the "new york times" london bureau chief. thanks for joining us. >> a pleasure. >> it's in the 7:00 hour there. the rioting could pick up again as nightfall is upon us, and you have so many people here wondering what is happening here and what is truly fueling the fire. some are saying these are thugs who are trying to take advantage of the situation. what do you know is at the heart of what we're seeing? >> this is a debate that is alre

tamron? >> thank you, kerry sanders live. and now over to the bahamas where the conditions are improving after the strike. and lilia, this is the best shot of you all day, so things are looking better than a few hours ago. >> yes, tamron. i have had some concern throughout the day, and only everything is settling down. we are seeing right behind us how the wind has really come down. and just a few minutes ago, we had sort of the last bands of rain coming about here, and now, authorities are concerned about smaller islands where they fear locals are not taking necessary or proper precautions and shelter in those regions. now, the lower islands were hit hard, tamron. the lower the southeastern islands of the bahamas received severe damages. we are hearing reports that in places such as crooked island, there were settlements there that lost 90% of their homes. also in akland, there is a place called lover's bay, and a lovely bay that lost 90% of the structures. so severe damages there, but fortunately, we are getting reports of

>> well, that is right, tamron. we were there across the street from the home this morning when we spotted this behavior, and the behavior that you are seeing on camera. a short time later, he was on the porch, and ambulance came, and paramedics had come to check him out and we don't know for what medical condition, but we do know that wendel noyes was taken to the hospital by ambulance and her mother joined him on the side in the ambulance, and we know what kind of week it has been for the family awaiting word. it has been a week since celina cass has disappeared, and they have been cooperating with the investigators and they have been questioned several times throughout the week, and as you mentioned, there are reports coming out now that certainly, activity in and around a dam a half mile away from her home. we are still waiting for official word from new hampshire officials, and that would be the attorney general. he is expected along with the attorney general jane young, and to have a press conference later tod

>> absolutely, tamron.t is hard to see from this vantage point, but it is off in the distangs over my shouce ove there, and you can see people coming out at 11:00, a couple of hours ago, but hundreds of people out for the public unveiling which has been 15 years in the making. the monument, itself, is the first for the national mall, it is the only major monument of a nonpresident and of an african-american, and it consists of essentially three main parts all composed of granite. you have the mountain of the stairs which is a mountain-like structure, but it has a passageway in between which is split into, and that is how the individual or thes enter into the area into the stone of hope which is the granite which has the statue of dr. king which stands over 30 feet tall to give you perspective the lincoln and the jefferson memorial stand 19 feet tall so it is higher than both of those. there was also featured within the memorial there are two crescent shaped balls that have his speeches incrested on them, an

>> we don't, tamron.his was report by "the washington examiner" and it had the campaign on the record saying they are hoping to release their health care plan. nbc news has yet to confirm that particular report, but it would start to actually put some meat on the bones of what her campaign right now has been a lot of tough rhetoric and a lot of representing the taert. it would be the first substantial amount of policy that she has put on the table thus far. of course, she said that she's wanted to repeal president obama's health care law, but she, along with a lot of other republicans up until this point, have yet to say what they would replace it with. >> right. it will also be interesting to juxtapose whatever she presents against what mitt romney oversaw as governor of massachusetts. again, another potential for these two to face off against one another on something specific. >> absolutely. you mentioned mitt romney and health care. that's been an issue that hasn't been on the front burner for him over

iowa and the beauty of new hampshire, because people like to kick the tires and look under the hood, tamron. >> and the beauty of the process, because we saw it with the town halls when health care was discussed and maybe one or two people, but those people made headlines and may not see themselves as troublemakers, and may see themselves as people who want answers, and that could be perhaps what we see more of tonight in the debate and not the exchange obviously that we saw with that voter, but heated exchange between the candidates who have to distinguish themselves from each other, and on top of that domenico, sarah palin who is not a candidate is in town, and a lot of drama to be head. >> yes, palin and rick perry making headlines and they are not at the debate, but color me skeptical that we will see fireworks tonight. we saw tim pawlenty back off again after he said that he talked about president obama's likening him to a manure spreader in a wind storm, and we heard him say he would bring the hammer down, and then the campaign manager say, well, look, it is not his style necessarily

thanks, tamron. the good news is it clearly wasn't the worst-case scenario, and may be the best-scare scenario, but with all this disruption, you know, it's still unknown. i think the assessments need to be done. for direct relief international, we're the only nonprofit licensed to provide prescription drugs in all 50 states, so i think that's been on our focus on the particular needs we'll know that, i think we pre-positioned a lot of people in the region. we'll see how it shakes out. we're thankful for the support of abbott laboratories, fedex and protect other and gamble who understand this well and stepped forward and said put us down to help. let's pre-position materials where we can. so having those big companies understand and lean into this has been help for direct relief.org. >> how do you see coordinate if folks need help? >> we're in touch every day with the broad network of nonprofit community health care and clinics. we're working through that structure. we have text messaging back and f

tamron. >> thank you. and with me is arkansas state representative is john woods friend of a technical sergeant john brown, and i know you were one of the ones who knew your friend the best, and who can you tell us about him? >> well, thank you for letting me cite some of the good things about my good friend john brown. he was 6'2", and 230 pounds and great athlete, and mentally sharp, great sense of humor, and in high school we would watch "saturday night live" every saturday night before we would go out with our friends at night. he was a big chris farley fan and adam sandler fan, and he was physically one of the top soldiers. in high school after football practice or basketball practice or track, he would go home and eat dinner and put on his shoes and run for a few more hours. that is how fizz scli pphysical was. he was the ideal soldier. >> i know that a lot of the hearts there in silum springs is heavy, and let me play what john's mother had to say today in her pain. >> if there is a come fourth in t

tamron? >> we know there are questions about the mission, itself, and we are waiting for new details to come forward and we thank nbc's atia abawi for that report. >>> we are awaiting a important announcement from the u.s. federal policy makers. you see the dow is up 130 points after plunging 635 points yesterday in wake of the first-ever downgrade of american credit rating friday by s&p and in ten minutes we will get a statement from the fed which is wrapping up one of the regularly scheduled meetings on interest rates, and while the fed is expected to keep the rates at record low, wall street will look for some action that might invest consumer confidence and chief washington correspondent john harwood is joining us live. john, we heard from the president, and the tone is certainly positive and not received well by everyone, but what can we expect from the fed as we watch that the dow is up and maybe you can explain why we are seeing a better hour now on the, mas. >> well, wall street is no

tamron, you mentioned the flooding.re going from dealing with the winds and the surge to now all the that water's collecting and all the small streams and creeks, and now we'll deal with the crests. you heard the virginia governor said tuesday crest. new jersey crests will mostly be monday. the major river in this area is the delaware. we're already watching evacuation. all the streams and tributaries that feed into the, we're expecting all these places to have crest. the delaware river hasn't been friendly in the last couple years. we had a huge flood in 2004, one in 2006, and i believe in 2008. this is like the fourth time in ten years the delaware has seen major flooding. that will be the story to watch tonight and tomorrow. >> thank you, bill. >>> we'll get another update from you in the short time. >>> philadelphia has lifted its state of emergency. the storm knocked down about 100 trees, at least two cars crushed by the falling trees. 21,000 utility customers are without power there, nearly 300,000 without statewi

and tamron hall is up next with "newsnation." >>> thank you. news with casey anthony, and she has just been ordered to return to florida, and we have new details that the judge has set for casey anthony to come back to florida and report to her probation officer. >>> and plus, a u.s. appeals court ruled that part of president obama's health care law is unconstitutional and what is being said in response? "newsnation" is moments away. ♪ ♪ when you're resonsible for this much of the team, you need a car you can count on. ♪ naturals from delicious, real ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow. share a better life. >>> i'm tamron hall and the "newsnation" is following breaking news out of florida this hour. the judge has ruled that casey anthony must return to orlando within two weeks to serve supervised probation stemming from a check fraud case, and anthony has been laying low since she was released from prison last month after being found not guilty of murdering her 2-year-old little girl caylee. an

now back to tamron. >> thank you, martin. will and jada pinkett smith, is that their whole name, fighting back against rumorses of a split, ladyga gaga guest stars on an iconic show and this year's mtv awards will be hosted by -- well, let's get the scoop. you'll have the answer to that. let's start off with the smiths. >> we weren't talking about the earthquake, talking about will smith and jada pinkett smith, the other earthquake that took place and whether or not they were splitting up. "in touch weekly" has indeed they are separating but it took hours and hours to get any real comments from reps from the family. >> maybe they thought it was silly, could that be? >> if you want to convince

my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next on "newsnation.", we're following breaking news from washington and wall street. the dow took another sharp slide after yesterday's huge rebound. in the third straight day of market may hernlgs and we know the names -- we now know the names of most of the lawmakers who will make up that super committee whose mission is to cut the nation's debt, and already republicans are slamming one of the democrats selected for the subcommittee. why? plus, breaking news, three siblings who are the focus or were the focus for a nationwide manhunt. "newsnation" is just minutes away. ♪ yes! ha ha! [ clicking ] ♪ what happened? power went out, want a hot dog? [ female announcer ] oscar mayer selects are made with 100% beef and have no artificial preservatives. how'd you learn to do that? what'd you use? every project we finish comes with a story built-in. it's how our rough ideas become "you did that yourself?" so when we can save more on the projects that let us fix, make, and do more... that just makes the stories ev

back to tamron. >> thank you, martin.eeping an eye on the daily briefing at the white house. jay carney discussing the president's plan to get americans back to work. we know that the president will roll out a couple of initiatives this week, and we are keeping an eye on that, but in the meantime president obama announced his nomination for the top economic post today, and he tapped allan krueger as the top economic counselor. president obama also said he will announce a new jobs plan next week that he hopes will have a bipartisan feel. >> i will lay out a series of steps that congress can take immediately to put more money in the pockets of working families and make it easier for small businesses to hire people, and put construction crews to work to rebuild the nation's roads and railways and airports and all of the other measures to help grow this economy. >> the president has called to extend the payroll tax cut at the end of the year, and to continue unemployment benefits. >>> and in just a few hours, searchers are he

thank you, tamron. there. >> thank you. >>> and coming up next, what political story will be making headlines in the next 24 hours? we will be right back. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" right here on msnbc. ben and his family live on this block. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. re/max agents know their markets, and they care enough to get to know you, too. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. whether it can be done safely and responsibly. at exxonmobil we know the answer is yes. when we design any well, the groundwater's protected by multiple layers of steel and cement. most wells are over a mile and a half deep so there's a tremendous amount of protective rock between the fracking operation and the groundwater. natural gas is critical to our future. at exxonmobil we recognize the challenges and how important it is to do this right. >>> welcome back. i'm tamron hall live from miami and we are getting reports out of washington that is a

i'm i'm tamron hall.wing breaking news where three men known at the memphis three have just been released from jail. a judge ruled after nearly 20 years behind bar for the the brutal murders of three boy scouts the men could in fact go home. this case has made international headlines. a short time ago all three men appeared at a news conference. we'll have their words. plus, why were they released after all after these years. there were a number of celebrities in court. why are they supporting these three? a big change to the immigration policy. the obama administration will give some illegal immigrants facing deportation a chance to stay in this country while putting convicted criminals out. >>> the miami hurricanes have always been controversial. now their future's on the line as the ncaa considers the so-called death penalty following new reports from a former team booster of improper benefits to players. for almost a decades, including cash, cars even prostitutes. we have a contributor to the cable sp

tamron, let me start with you. all right. you're going to be in detroit.a school system trying to figure out how to shrink. what's the message you're trying to send by being in detroit on this, for this story? >> interesting, cluck, because jeff is right now in new orleans and detroit is considering itself the new new orleans. it didn't take a natural disaster like katrina, but detroit is now focusing in on the schools that are at the lowest, the 5% that represent what's failing about that school system, and now they want to really push teachers, parents and the students to take it to the next level. this is not a charter school program, bought way to say instead of throwing out the kids and the schools away and deeming them failures, let's look at it and reformulate how we teach. if we can make this a success, other districts around the country might follow. >> jeff johnson, in new orleans. used as an example because of the katrina situation. what is it, though, what is the one lesson in new orleans that you can pass on to other -- and this has to do with

>> well, intensity is a good word, tamron. huge media draw and tons of reporters following her around the des moines state fair here, and intensity, and remember when she went on memorial day weekend with the bus tour across the northeast and a huge several day news story and now every time she is not participating in the debate or airing tv ads in the states the intensity is less where this might be a one-day story. of course, it looks like the bus tour will take her to other places besides iowa, but until she gets on and gets on to the stage, she is not treated like the pawlentys or the bachmanns or the romneys and now are rick perry who will make it official tomorrow. >> thank you, mark murray, and we will see what governor perry has to say when he makes the big announcement as expected. thank you, mark. msnbc will have complete coverage of the ames straw poll tomorrow starting at 7:00 a.m., and if you get up early on the weekend with special edition of the "daily rundown" with chuck todd, and "andrea mitchell reports." and

i'm tamron hall.g up on "news nation," we're following the latest on the category 3 hurricane irene. right now more than 200,000 people are being told to evacuate by tomorrow. we'll have the state by state updates for you. any minute now we're expecting a new update from the national hurricane center on where irene is headed and when it will make landfall. 55 million people could be impacted. meteorologists say this could, in fact, deliver a devastating blow to the east coast. all the details you need to know coming up on "news nation." >>> and now to libya. as the rebels try to gain control and find moammar gadhafi, what are the next steps as they try to create an interim government and a new economy? we're joined by the managing editor of "the financial times." how much damage has there been to the oil fields, and what will it take to get libya back online? >> there serm has been damage to the oil fields. tripoli is trying to talk optimistically about getting the oil flowing fast. there are those in

so they sort of said to tamron, you'll have to start early.s tamron jumping in and taking over, thank goodness, and calmly carrying on, because -- i felt i had to do it because of all the team here, that everyone had to move out of this building and evacuate on orders. >> i guess the president had started a round of golf, and stopped. he would get on the phone and they would be giving them updates. >> our colleague kristin welker tells us he did not feel anything, though the press pool said they felt something going on. he was out playing with friends and vernon jordan and other pals in martha's vineyard, so they didn't actually feel it themselves, parent, but the press pool that was standing by some distance amp said they did feel it. >> pete, this is tourist season there obviously in washington, d.c. you have the opening of the martin luther king junior memorial, so i guess that probably added to it. i don't know what the streets are like there right now, but new york city is just crazy this time of year. >> right. a lot of people, a lot of

tamron is here now. >> thanks for the mention. tackling that subject next week.ng big breaking news this hour. the jury in new orleans reached a verdict in the post-katrina danziger bridge. five police officers convicted of civil violations of unarmed men. we're keeping an eye on the markets one day after the dow plunged more than 500 points. the new unemployment report shows hiring picked up slightly. we'll get this processed. president obama says things will get better when? we'll talk about it. "news nation" is moments away. well-being. we're all striving for it. purina cat chow helps you nurture it in your cat with a full family of excellent nutrition and helpful resources. purina cat chow. share a better life. >>> welcome to "news nation." we're following breaking news right now. a new orleans jury has just convicted five current and former police officers in connection with a deadly shooting after hurricane katrina. an nbc news camera crew captured the video of the incident on the danziger bridge. the shooting happened less than a week after the storm in 20

call the number on your screen. >>> i'm tamron hall and the "newsnation" is following developing newsow. the heartbreaking homecoming for 30 u.s. troops killed in afghanistan. in 15 minutes a private dignified transfer ceremony will begin with the bodies of the 25 special ops forces and five air crewmen and eight afghan forces and one interpreter arrived at dover, delaware, this morning. the president arrived on marine one on an unannounced trip. tom costello is there. the media is not allowed in, but tom, what can you tell us about the ceremony? >> well, the president's trip is unscheduled and an announced and he canceled a trip to ohio and arrived here and this dignified transfer procedure or ceremony gets under way in 15 or 20 minutes or so, and the president spent the next two hours here on base. we expect that the members of the military are here, and some family members may be here for the ceremony. as you mentioned, 30 american service personnel are here and among those who are, whose remains were brought back to the united states today. in addition, there were eight afghans wh

and they sort of said, tamron you have to start early. tamron was just jumping in and taking over, thank goodness, and calmly carrying on because we really did feel we had to move out and i felt i had to do it as part of the team. everyone had to move out of the building and evacuate on orders. >> i guess the president stopped -- he just had started a round of golf on martha's vineyard and they stopped and he got on the phone and they gave him updates and that kind of thing. >> our colleague, kristen welker said he didn't feel anything but the press pool said they felt something going on with the earth. he was playing with friends and vernon jordan and other pals up there in martha's vineyard. they didn't actually feel it themselves but the press pool standing by some distance away said they did feel it in the vin zbloord pete, this is tourist season there in washington, d.c. tough opening of the martin luther king jr. memorial. so i guess that added to it. i don't know what the streets are like there but new york city is crazy this time

. >> you know, you and tamron were in detroit talking about jobs.omewhat heated in that town hall meeting, as you and i were both experiencing it. the members of the congressional black caucus, for instance, got an earful from frustrated residents in the area that you were at. they just simply want to hear more. the issue of 16% unemployment to be tackled there, rate for the african-american communities across the country. let's show folks first what representative maxine waters said. >> are people are hurting. >> yes, ma'am. >> the unemployment is unconscionable. we don't know what the strategy is. we don't know why on this trip that he's in the united states now he's not in any black communities. we don't know that. >> so the question might be asked here, you know, why didn't the president stop in michigan which is certainly the worst off right now as he went through the midwest? >> well, for one, am not going to attempt to say what the president's schedule should be, but the real question is when you have a city like detroit that's 21.6% unemploy

we'll have that for you next hour on news kwags" with tamron hall. >>> almost 40 years ago he led thearch on washington, blacks and whites together to pursue a dream of civil rights. martin luther king junior is now memorialized in stone. he's the first nonpresident to be so honored on the mall in washington. the privately funded project cost $120 million. they raised $114 million so far. it opened to a public for a preview this morning. >> it's just a dream come true for all of us in america to be able to have such a tribute to him. >> he was for everybody. not just for black people. he was very everybody. equality for everybody. >> congressman john lewis back then a 23-year-old civil rights movement worker was with dr. king every step of the way. i sat down with john lewis to talk about the importance of this day to him. >> it is wonderful. it is so moving to visit the mall and see this memorial to martin luther king jr. he's standing between jefferson and lincoln. to have a man of peace, love and nonviolence on the mall it's probably the first time in history of our country to have

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i'm tamron hall. "newsnation" is following breaking news for you.n secretary ray lahood is urging congress to return from the august vacation today to resolve the partisan standoff over a bill to fund the faa that's left 74,000 people out of work. now, this dispute has resulted in a partial shutdown of the faa. it is costing 4,000 faa workers and 70,000 construction workers their jobs.

but, tamron, then they exercised their own first amendment right.re was a press conference yesterday and they regarded her as unprofessional, disrespect and shockingly profane. so often you see legal parties, one side or the other would say, we couldn't possibly comment. they wanted to make sure their feelings were heard yesterday. >> yeah. no one's perfect, but when you hear a teacher described as unprofessional, profane, as a parent, would you want your child in that individual's class? >> definitely not. and you've presented the sanitized msnbc version of this, the family version of it. she said that these kids were lazy a.h.s and she said that, rude, belligerent, argumentative "f" bomb. and what she was saying is, this is what i sh i had the option of putting on report cards so i could tell parents what i really think of their kids. you get this vision of her -- a lot of people hear this and think, it's got to be an older teacher, worn down by years of abuse by students. she's 30 years old, for goodness sakes. >> she should be energetic, fresh a

i'm tamron hall. nbc's brian williams will take over our special coverage of hurricane irene.

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talk 2012 politics with ron klain, former chief of staff to al gore and joe biden and my colleague tamronhas a look at what's next on "newsnation." thanks for being there for me. >> absolutely. around this time the earth was shaking beneath you, andrea, and what a day that was. we're moving on to the other big story and that is the newest advisory on hurricane irene. yes, from earthquakes to hurricanes. forecasters warn irene could post a big threat to the east coast. evacuations already under way in one state. we'll get the updated information for you. >>> and new details on the damage done to the national landmarks. structural engineers on the scene as we speak at several locations in washington, d.c. >>> and libyan rebels have placed a bounty on moammar gadhafi's head offering money and amnesty to anyone who kills him. we'll have the live report from tripoli. "newsnation" is only minutes away. form a layer called biofilm so strong it survives brushing. thankfully, there's listerine® antiseptic. its triple-action formula penetrates biofilm, kills germs and protects your mouth for hours.

>>> hi i'm tamron hall.ing up on "news nation", hurricane irene has started bearing down on north and south carolina. we just learned new york city is shutting down the entire subway system tomorrow. that is the first time in history that will have happened. and president obama is ending his vacation on martha's vineyard a day early because irene is heading that way. we're expecting new information on where this storm is headed in a few minutes. we'll have the latest information on hurricane irene for you on "news nation." >>> thanks so much tamron. more information coming in to us. new jersey governor chris christie announcing new jersey transit trains will stop running at noon saturday because of hurricane irene. as she bears down on the coastal north carolina and the rest of the eastern seaboard fema is preparing a federal response to the potentially devastating impacts. we're joined now by fema's deputy administrator. give us a sense of how fina is operating right now? >> we've been in constant contact w

i'm tamron hall. we're following breaking news on wall street.g all day long. at one point, the dow dropped 350 points, wiping out not only its gains for the year but most likely any gains you've seen in your stock portfolio. the reason analysts say investors are becoming more worried about a double-dip recession here in the united states and the debt crisis going on in europe. you see the dow down 335 points, just this morning. the latest sign of the weak job outlook.

. >>> i'm tamron hall.nation", former vice president dick cheney said his memoir would make heads explode all over washington. now colin powell is firing back. >>> plus, a 23-year-old engaged woman vanishes and police say there's no signs of violence in her disappearance. her parents say she's never gone more than 24 hours without contacting them. so what's happened here. >>> and a grizzly bear roars into a man's backyard while his children were playing. he shoots and kills that bear and now he's facing charges. it's today's "news nation" gut check. >>> developing news from libya. nbc news has learned three of muammar gadhafi's children along with his wife have fled to neighboring algeria. the location of gadhafi himself, however, is still unclear. nbc's stephanie gosk is live in libya's capital today. what can you tell us? >> reporter: it's interesting news. there was a rumor earlier in the week that six blackmer sads had slipped into algeria. it was unconfirmed. no word on saif al-islam and muammar gadhaf

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. >>> i'm tamron hall. coming up on "news nation."tional guard is using helicopters to deliver food and water to towns completely cut out from communication after the bridges there and roads were flooded. we'll get an update plus the latest on the massive flooding in new jersey and north carolina. also, new details about former vice president dick cheney's memoir including how he's now going after senator john mccain. and from the dog fighting ring to a super bowl ring? the eagles are shelling out $100 million to michael vick just two years after he was released from prison. will they get their money's worth? and what happened here? details on the college party that went shall i say horribly wrong. >>> well, there's major fallout from the widely criticized u.s. operation aimed at tracing the flow of illegal weapons into mexico. pete williams joins me now with the details. i believe a big resignation. what can you tell me? >> two big changes. this is involving something called fast and furious, an effort by atf to try to trace the flow

i'm richard lui in for tamron hall. the "newsnation" is following developing news at this moment.he second of the three-day bus tour in the midwest which the white house insists is an official tour and not a campaign swing. right now the president is

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