and we just don t know. and not knowing is awful. reporter: and there are thousands in texas right now suffering through that not knowing. 5,000 just in the bastrop area, alone. it s been evacuated. that number, chris, expected to grow today. jay gray, thank you so much. a spokesman says moammar gadhafi is determined to fight his way back to power. but officials say a large convoy of gadhafi loyalists, including the leaders s own security chief fled to bordering niger s camp. the spokesman still insists gadhafi and both his sons are in libya. my doctor told me calcium
new york. i m wolf blitzer. thanks for watching. the news continues next on cnn. good evening, everyone. it is testing time in american politics. one leading republican presidential contender, texas governor rick perry, is about to make his debate debut and is drawing a political spotlight as his state deals with punishing wildfires. at this point we re urging people to avoid any outdoor activity which could conceivably start a fire. another top-tier gop contender the former mches governor mitt romney took issue with the democratic incumbent as he outlined a 59-point plan to spur job creation. what he s doing is taking quarters and stuffing them into the pay phone and thinking can t figure out why it s not working. it s not connected anymore, mr. president. all right, your pay phone strategy does not work in a smartphone world. and that indumb bent, governor romney speaks of, president obama, he s at a new low point in his political standing as the president pre
there is 10.9%. then if you look at detroit, it s up to 15.7%. so some really staggering numbers there. white house officials have made the point that this administration has created about 2.4 million jobs, and so they also you might hear the president talk about his bailout of the auto industry when he talks today, thomas. but a lot of eyes on this speech to see if we might get a glimpse of what he will say on thursday, thomas. kristin welker at the white house for us this morning, thank you. texas officials are calling for any and all firefighters around austin to report for duty. wildfires threaten entire neighborhoods there as strong winds push the flames across thousands of acres. playses are burning throughout the state, including one further east that killed two people over the weekend. libyan rebels are waiting for word from their leaders to enter one of the few remaining towns held by gadhafi forces. a heavily armed group of gadhafi
libyan rebels are waiting for word from their leaders to enter one of the few remaining towns held by gadhafi forces. a heavily armed group of gadhafi loyalists are holed up there. negotiations between the two groups broke down over the weekend. rick perry is taking a texas-sized lead over the other republican presidential candidates. what this means for the one-time front runner rick perry. plus, getting to work. the president is prepping to outline his jobs plan later this week. i m going to have a chance to ask congresswoman maxine waters about that. stay with us. we re back with much more. so i took my heartburn pill and some antacids. we re having mexican tonight, so another pill then?
of these places getting closer to these strongholds, we still do hear from people ait s the highest priority for the rebels to control the last remaining holdouts of gadhafi loyalists. stephanie goss in tripoli for us. thanks. new evidence about the disappearance of american robyn gardner. will the difference be about the person held in jail on that case? campaign 2012 and the book that could haubt rick perry? and guess what? he s the one who wrote it.