it s the movie making millions, and it has everyone talking, but is the documentary obama s america based on fact? i ll talk with director denash desousa. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. on the west. as you grab breakfast or brunch, we begin with the one story that impacts all of us, food prices, up by a whopping 10%. that s according to a new report from the world bank. the cost of corn and soybeans alone spiked by 25%, now at an all-time high. the drought here in the u.s. partially to blame. while the gulf coast grapples with loss and damage from isaac, right now the storm is moving through the midwest, and with it, rain and relief for a part of the country in the middle of the worst drought in decades. we re talking several inches of rain from isaac for some parts of the midwest, and farmers are desperate. but it may be too late or not enough for some. our national correspondent susan candiotti is in farmington, missouri
city, bill weir in new orleans, louisiana, and terry moran in tampa, florida, this is nightline, august 29th, 2012. good evening, i am bill weir. and much to the relief of everybody here, isaac is finally leaving town. but not without leaving new orleans very wet, battered and dark. hundreds of thousands of people will head into the holiday weekend without power. and here is the satellite map tonight, as isaac slowly churns north after more than 24 hours of just driving rain. still some powerful squalls on the tail end of this departure. and here s some fresh pictures from one of the most desperate places in isaac s wake. la plasse, louisiana, where water blown out of lake pontchartrain led to the evacuation of hundreds of families by bus, by boat. this follows also a day of rooftop rescues in the southern reaches of this area. much smaller than katrina, but still, an eerie example of history repeating itself. in this part of louisiana, a lot of folks keep axes in their a
investments. she actually called him a liar at one point. we ll cover that later. the president holding a surprise news conference, his first in fi months. no mention of the economy. no mention of economic growth or unemployment from cook county illinois. that s chicago and its suburbs, to you and i. mitt romney leads obama 49-37. we ll have the latest on that later on. this comes as the liberal newsweek magazine run by ultraliberal tina brown walked away from obama with an article eviscerating the president for not delivering growth, deficit reduction, entitlement reform or bungling foreign policy. also this evening, liberal democrats frothing at the mouth over two. me, i think he e s a dead man walking. gop congressman and staffers rebuked for skinny dipping in the sea of galilee a year ago. republicans aren t so uptight after all. they learned the hard way they cannot walk on water. sinld indicated columnist ann coulter is i my guest tonight to comment on that and more.
share the insight he game is dinesh d souza. good to see you. thank you. he lived in a hit? it s not odd you have president who is well think and he has a relative in the hit, his half brother. but president obama has been going around the country saying we are our brother s keeper. fair share. he argued it. he said we have obligations to people, even people unrelated to us. and here is his own half-brother which is not only american poverty but in nairobi and he won t lift a finger to help him. he hasn t given his brother a dime, not a penny. he met him at the photo open. he goes and meets him. why did he speak out for the first time? wasn t there a story behind him that he was told not to speak to you? yeah, i was on your show, sean, a couple years ago. i started the george obama campaign compassion fund to raise a little money, a couple thousand dollars to help george
share the insight he game is dinesh d souza. good to see you. thank you. he lived in a hit? it s not odd you have president who is well think and he has a relative in the hit, his half brother. but president obama has been going around the country saying we are our brother s keeper. fair share. he argued it. he said we have obligations to people, even people unrelated to us. and here is his own half-brother which is not only american poverty but in nairobi and he won t lift a finger to help him. he hasn t given his brother a dime, not a penny. he met him at the photo open. he goes and meets him. why did he speak out for the first time? wasn t there a story behind him that he was told not to speak to you? yeah, i was on your show, sean, a couple years ago. i started the george obama campaign compassion fund to raise a little money, a couple thousand dollars to help george become an all auto mechanic.