tony katz. jamal simmons thank you so much. we appreciate your time. >>> u.s. stocks sharply lower in early trading the dow down more than 211 points. s&p down about 21. nasdaq down about 41.5. >>> to the wildfires that are raging out west. fireworks are being blamed for sparking a wildfire near seattle, washington. crews are working to keep the flam fast moving brush fire that spread across 20 square miles. officials say the sfier is threatening more than 600 homes. in texas the most destructive wildfires in the state's history have taken a turn for the worse there. firefighters are now battling more than 60 fires that have scorched more than 30,000 acres. governor rick perry had this warning for residents. >> we're a long way from having these around control. the most important message here for people is to when the evacuation order comes, take it seriously. get out of the way of these fires. >>> rem in and abouts of tropical storm lee wreaking havoc in parts of the south. flash flood watches and warnings are in effect after the storm dumped large amounts of

i am tony katz. thank you. >> let's give land to a k tonyatz. a hand to tony katz. in april 15th, 2009, recognition was given to an event for the tea party of america as being the best organized. i was part of that event. there were many great volunteers that step forward to organize that event. now we have a recording artist, cris the branch -- krista branch. she started singing at church at a young age, and she has never stopped. a year ago, she released a youtube video, "i am america." id when viral and gained her national recognition on fox ms.. -- fox news. all of her music can be found right now on itunes. as a special treat today, in a few minutes, she will make a public debut of her new single, can you hear us now? she is a tea party favorite. she has sung at many tea party events. the first, here she is singing her head, i am america. before she starts, i want to mention to you that her husband pastor mike branch and krista have a tenst. please go up there and get a cd. it helps them out. they came here at no expense. this is their ministry. all of the tea