good morning everybody from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia. this is your cnn saturday morning. i m t.j. holmes. right now we ve got new york and washington on high alert as the u.s. uncovers an al qaeda threat tied to the tenth anniversary of september 11th. we have new details on this threat and the responses on the streets. republican presidential candidates gearing up for cnn s first ever tea party debate. we ll tell you who is heading into the showdown with the upper hand. also the big question people often have, what do i do? do i save my money or pay off debt first? we ll explain to you which you should do first. security is stepped up all across the country after what officials call a credible but unconfirmed report that terrorists may be planning an attack on u.s. soil. tomorrow will mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11. the taliban movement issued a statement accusing the west of using 9/11 as a pre text for a war on muslims. they threatened to send america to,
conditions apply. tropical storm lee tearing through the gulf of mexico. this is what it looks like for oil rig workers, look at this, leaning almost 45 degrees into the wind, holding on to a railing for dear life to find out how fast the wind was blowing. on land, lee is a major flood maker. some parts of louisiana have already gotten more than ten inches of rain. that amount could double in some areas. great to see you. i m susan hendricks in for don lemon. you are in the cnn newsroom this labor day weekend. some of you are here on the gulf coast, feeling the impacts of a very slow moving storm named lee as it rolls north towards the tennessee valley. one thing is certain, it will be a soggy holiday across the south and up and down the east coast. the northeast is still reeling from the hurricane aftermath of irene. it is going to feel it, too, in the coming days with lee. if that isn t enough, another hurricane is building strength in the atlantic as well. a lot going on
they call it spiritual spanking, and they believe it s god s will. lydia was beaten to death in the name of god. she allegedly mispronounced a word during the home schooling session. that was her sin. we heard the phrase death by a thousand lashes. that s basically what this was. her parent pleaded guilty but was sent to prison. but michael pearl is still spreading his gospel through a book he wrote with his wife to train up a children. more than a million companies have been sold. they wrote it as a blueprint. it says if you spare the rod, you hate your children. but if you love him, you chase him timely. they say they re not to blame, but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message many fundamental christians and preachers embrace. you ll hear from a woman whose parents followed the teachings. she calls it abuse. this is a systemic form of brainwashing of these children. our investigation led us to a corner of christian fundamentalism that operates beyond the re