and make him well enough for trial. listen. so there s this real debate on should he have forced medication in order to make him functional which ultimately could allow him to assist at the time of trial and also take care of him. in addition to that there at least have been some reports that he is dangerous to himself, and to others. and as a result of that, again they want him on medication. reporter: now, jerod laughner will not be present for this court hearing today, he remains at that federal mental healthcare facility in missouri where he is being treated. he is supposed to be reevaluated next month to see if the drugs are in fact doing their job, and he is then well enough to understand the charges against him so that this trial can get underway. rick. rick: casey stegall live for us today in san diego. casey, thanks. jenna. jenna: thanks, rick. fox news alert the president just making some comments about the hurricane, the pending hurricane just moments ago. let s go ahead
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have bad economic news if you re the incumbent president. this is about the time where if you re in president obama s position, you want the economic news to be turning upward, and the approval ratings are kind of tracking the economy, they re heading down. now, the interesting thing, and you mentioned the graph looks at both president reagan and carter, could go either of two directions. president reagan went through a very bad economic time the first three years, and he won a smashing re-election in 1984. jimmy carter never got the turn around. he was at about this point, and it sunk further. so that s the question. but i think the key for democrats is they re at about the point in the election cycle where it needs to turn around if it s going to get better by election day. jenna: one of the things we see, though s complete dissatisfaction with any member of the congress with republicans, so should republicans spend equal energy just based on any well, that s a really good point
a week from now it s a very predictable thing that a lot of people, a lot of geologists, a lot of meteorologists are going to be questioning the wisdom of building so many high-priced properties right on the beachfront like this. they ve cone it for years done it for years, we re going to find out tomorrow whether those admonitions are going to be heard loudly and clearly again. jenna: doug, thank you very much. rick? is. rick: the threat from this monster storm prompting tens of thousands of people along the east coast to head inland for safety despite what we just heard from those guys in maryland. in north carolina shelters are taking in hundreds of evacuees as folks are leaving the outer banks. further up the east coast evacuations underway. he s how one new jersey driver describes the scene. madhouse. the world s coming to an end, it looks like. i mean, it s lack of preparation, but i think because of the panic. rick: mandatory evacuation orders are in place in parts of south
the camera and sit on the beach and take pictures of the waves. jenna: well, a lot of folks are already heeding that warning as this large hurricane takes aim at the maryland shore. our very own doug mckelway has not taken that warning, he s there with a camera, aren t you, doug? waiting and watching to see what s going to happen. and what is the latest at ocean city? i m breaking up a little bit, jenna, but i think i heard what you said. right now it s just as calm as it could possibly be, what a contrast to what we expect to see. just to pick up on what janice was saying, according to noaa, the hurricane-force winds from this storm extend 90 miles out from the center of the storm, and storm force winds extend 290 miles out from the center of this storm. so the potential for irene to cause major damage all the way up the east coast is intense, indeed, and that s one of the reasons that governor o malley was calling for the evacuation. people have been heeding that