it s strong enough to beat both of us. now, john boehner responds by saying, well, our priority is jobs. our priority is helping americans get jobs. let me show you john boehner. helping americans get back to work it will start with jobs. republicans have been focused on job creation since the beginning of this counseling. really? if they ve been focused on it, they never got to it. the priorities have been investigating planned parenthood, crippling epa rules about cement plants. i don t see a jobs plan today brought before congress, so if this has been their priority, they have a strange way of getting around to it. i think it s true. there is a philosophical disagreement, where the president is saying, look, the way you get the economy moving,
worth has destroyed about 30 homes already. it threatens many more. this is so big, the fire is so big and intense that firefighters haven t been able to contain any of that. right now crews are getting people out of its way and trying to protect the homes still standing. the fire has burned nearly 8,000 acres. air tankers are expected to drop water on the fire today. it is unclear how this fire started, but the epic drought and the heat may have made this the worst fire season in texas history. oklahoma is suffering, too. a fire near oklahoma city has forced people within a two square mile area out of their homes. it s going to be another busy day for rescuers in vermont. several hundred people are still trapped by floodwaters. irene with its punishing wind and rain turned some communities into islands, cut off from civilization. the national guard has been dropping supplies by helicopter. at one point you couldn t get into or out of 13 towns. authorities hope all of them wi
on the middle east. the positive is it s more definitive proof. the negative is what the consequences could be in the mideast when we have troops in iraq and afghanistan and a lot of u.s. civilians in afghanistan where i just was a couple of weeks ago who we need to be sure and protect. it s a tough decision but i support the president on this one. senator portman out with a jobs plan today and a blueprint. good to see you. thanks for joining us. thanks for having me on again. up next, burying the memory of bin laden. we ll go live now to ground zero as our president prepares for his first visit there. plus, what do you get when you put an ex-pizza executive, two libertarians, a former governor and a former senator all on the same stage? yep, it s the first debate of the 2012 season, even if you can call it that. a lot of the big guys are not showing up. what does it all mean? first, today s trivia question from the almanac of american politics. which congressman announced hi