enroll marines with brain injuries just for the money. they had brain injuries so severe some of them couldn t recall what courses the recruiter had signed them up for. that s appalling. that s disgraceful. it should never happen in america. i m not talking about all schools. many of them for-profit and nonprofit provide quality education to our service members and our veterans and their families, but there are some bad actors out is there. they ll say you don t have to pay a dige for your degree but once you register they will suddenly make you sign up for a high-interest student loan. they ll say that if you transfer schools, you can transfer credits but when you actually try to do that, you suddenly find out that you can t. they ll say they ve got a job placement program when, in fact, they don t. it s not right. they re trying to swindle and hoodwink you, and today here at ft. stewart, we re going to put an end to it. [ applause ] we re putting an end to it. the executive
budget and create millions of jobs. president obama disagrees. you can bet that since it s an election year, they re already dusting off their three-point plan for $2 gas. and i ll save you the suspense. step one is to drill and step two is to drill and then step three is to keep drilling. so how much can the president, for that matter congress, really control? stephen moore is an editorial writer for the wall street journal. kris ya freeland editor of thompson reuters digital. stephen, newt gingrich says $2.50 a gallon. president obama laughs it off as insincere election speak. i guess if the president could do that, he might have done it. we know the problems americans are paying more to fill up their cars and trucks, what part does a president or washington play in the solution? well, ali, i know this is going to absolutely shock you, but i agree with newt gingrich on this one. look, i think look, in the short term the president can t do much about the price of
lot more good for the economy. the energy issue is enormous. an enormous flow which would drive down prices to $2.50 a gallon would help us balance the budget and create millions of jobs. president obama disagrees. you can bet that since it s an election year, they re already dusting off their three-point plan for $2 gas. and i ll save you the suspense. step one is to drill and step two is to drill and then step three is to keep drilling. so how much can the president, for that matter congress, really control? stephen moore is an editorial writer for the wall street journal. stephen, newt gingrich says $2.50 a gallon. president obama laughs it off as insincere election speak. i guess if the president could do that, he might have done it. americans are paying more to fill up their cars and trucks. what part does a president or washington play in the solution? well, ali, i know this is going to absolutely shock you, but i agree with newt gingrich on this one. look,
newsroom begins right now. all right. straight ahead we re going to talk about the cnn debate, the tea party republican debate. we ll talk a little bit later about this this hour. but first we want to let you know that the president of the united states is expected to speak in just a few minutes on this, the tenth anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks. you re looking live now at the kennedy center in washington, d.c. this is going to be a concert for hope in washington and as soon as this gets under way when the president makes his remarks we re going to bring that event, in part, to you live right here on cnn so don t go anywhere. but before that, i want to tell you about a developing story. it is about the war in afghanistan. it began less than a month after 9/11 and today a reminder that tens of thousands of americans remain in harm s way there. a suicide bombing at a base in eastern afghanistan has wounded as many as 77 american troops and killed at l
forces in libya are free tonight. late word of a new kidnapping and last ditch battles that may be linked to moammar gadhafi s escape plan. and cnn goes inside the virginia nuclear power plant near the epicenter of that historic quake. we have a lot of questions about nuclear safety and whether the east coast is prepared if another big one hits. wolf blitzer s off today. i m joe johns. you re in the situation room. hurricane irene is bearing town on the bahamas with winds of up to 120 miles an hour right now, and the national weather service warns this category 3 monster could be upgraded, upgraded to a category 4 tomorrow. that means irene could be capable of catastrophic damage when it slams the east coast in the days ahead. the storm has been pounding the turks and caicos and other islands and gaining strength along the way. there are reports of damage but so far no serious injuries. we do have a view from space that gives you an idea of just how big the storm is. it