because of a slow-moving and strengthening tropical storm lee. it is keeping people guessing about what it s going to do. also this morning, is this any way to teach kids about the events of 9/11? a coloring book where kids can color in pictures of the towers burning or of a navy s.e.a.l. shooting osama bin laden. it s real, folks, and the publisher will be here to explain why he thinks this coloring book is a good idea. an illinois congress member calls president obama idiotic. what he says he really meant to say. it s saturday, september 3rd. i m t.j. holmes. let s start with the tropical storm. it is whipping things up in the gulf of mexico. there are several states of emergency that are in effect. mississippi and louisiana getting their ducks in a row right now just in case that water starts rising. take a look at what is happening in grand isle, louisiana. the rain is already there. people are preparing for more and maybe a lot more. listen to the mayor. you can t
the perry campaign? what did you just say? considering that his campaign is only three days old, doesn t it seem as if rick perry has been doing a pretty remarkable job of confirming his reputation as a texas league chucklehead? i may not go so far as to say chucklehead, but it s a good term, isn t it, but the texan has been running more like an insurgent republican, more like an michele bachmann than like a guy thinking about the general election. first, of course, there was his threat of mob violence against ben bernanke? if this guy prints more money between now and the election, i don t know what y all would do to him in iowa, but we d we would treat him pretty ugly down in texas. you know when you know you ve gone too far, when you draw rebuke from karl rove. governor perry is going to have to fight the impression that he s a cowboy from text ittias. then, perry suggested
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tom davis. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. the president said he wanted a deal by friday so lawmakers met with him at the white house day after day after day. they took a break friday, and the president pushed again. if washington operates as usual and can t get anything done, let s at least avert armageddon. joining me now, white house budget director jacob liu. thanks for being here this morning. good to be with you, candy. we are told by hill sources that since the last white house meeting on thursday and this morning there has been no progress. do you concur? i think quite a bit has been going on since the meeting at the white house on thursday night. there s been activity. has there been progress? there s been activity and progress i think on two fronts. first, there are substantial discussions going on in the senate between the two leaders to make sure that at a minimum congress has a way to take action and avoid default on the u.s. de
the president said he wanted a deal by friday, so lawmakers met with him at the white house day after day after day. they took a break on friday, and the president pushed again. if washington operates as usual, and can t get anything done, let s at least avert armageddon. joining me now, white house budget director, mr. lou. thank you for being here. thank you, candy. we are told by sources since the white house meeting on thursday and this morning, there has been no progress. do you concur? a lot has been going on since the white house on thursday night. there has been activity, but has there been progress? there has been activity and progress on two fronts. there is substantial discussions going on in the senate between the two leaders to make sure at a minimum congress has a way to take action and avoid default on the u.s. debt. that s critical. we don t think it s enough. we think the president said clearly we should do as much as we can to reduce the defici