giving more. they also found that the united states is the most charitable country in the world as of last year. that does not happen every year. the united states is not always first. this past year even with the economy stuck in neutral, americans found new and creative ways to give. and to give in many cases not to people seeking help, but to people who were getting help anyway from americans taking on an angel role in anonymity. americans are giving right now. even as we are struggling. not everybody is struggling, of course. here s another economic snapshot of america right now. there are about 307 million americans total. so doing a little tv math, 10% of 307 million is roughly 31 million people. so if you want to come up with 30% of america, just take three times ten. we get to about 93 million people. 93 million people are about 30% of our country s population. 93 million people have the same amount of money collectively as
countries. they found that despite global economic turmoil, the world is giving more. they also found that the united states is the most charitable country in the world as of last year. that does not happen every year. the united states is not always first. this past year even with the economy stuck in neutral, americans found new and creative ways to give. and to give in many cases not to people seeking help, but to people who were getting help anyway from americans taking on an angel role in anonymity. americans are giving right now. even as we are struggling. not everybody is struggling, of course. here s another economic snapshot of america right now. there are about 307 million americans total. so doing a little tv math, 10% of 307 million is roughly 31 million people. so if you want to come up with 30% of america, just take three times ten. we get to about 93 million people. 93 million people are about 30% of our country s population.
fix. and would you ask your boss s wife out on a date? especially if your boss is the president of the united states? announcer: from cnn s world headquarters bringing you news and analysis from around the globe, live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning with t.j. holmes. let s start with the senate. open for business today. it will be open about three hours from now. they have some work to do. they need to work on a couple of bills. one is a big spending bill that will fund the government through september. a deal is reached that will keep us from having a government shutdown. the government was supposed to run out of money, a one-day extension so they could vote today. looks like crisis averted there. the other issue is payroll tax holiday extension. that could mean an extra $1,000 in your pocket. at least mean you won t lose that $1,000 at the beginning of the year. a compromise keeps it going for another two months. okay. two months is not something that
a week after irene hit the east coast, the central gulf coast is getting ready for storm with flooding rains. louisiana governor bobby jindal already declared a state of emergency. oil companies are pulling workers off the rigs in the gulf. some places including new orleans could get as much as 20 inches of rain. texas could really use some of that rain from the tropical system. it doesn t look promising. 14 big wildfires are burning in that state. just one of them west of dallas. firefighters are finally making some progress. they ve got about the fire half contained or so. we can do all the work by air we want, but as my instructors told me a long time ago, it s boots on the ground that gets it taken care of. employers added no jobs during august. the unemployment rate is unchanged at 9.1%. a couple things we should point out. the report was distorted because it counted thousands of verizon workers who went on strike but that were now back on the job. the numbers also i
a test vote will be taken on the plan to raise the debt ceiling. the white house and leaders are making progress on a new plan. mitch mcconnell said he is optimistic. i spoke to the president and the vice president within the last hour. we are now fully engaminged. the speaker and i with the one person in america out of 307 million people who can sign a bill into law, i am optimistic that we will get an agreement in the very near future. joining me from washington is a reporter for usa today. what are you hearing this morning? i m hearing that there is a deal in the works. everyone is hopeful they are