is this a bad sign? they are debating about the president s jobs plan but they can t agree on when he should deliver the plan. that s where we are now, folks. the president asking to address congress on one night. the republican speaker of the house says that night doesn t work for us. you know the story by now. obama requesting the joint session for congress on wednesday but the same night the presidential candidates, the republican presidential candidates are holding a debate so speaker john boehner says do it on thursday, mr. president but we have a problem there too. that is the night the nfl is kicking off its season. now trivia, maybe you ll say, but the white house is saying that would be a distraction the white house wants to avoid and wants the country focused on what the president has to say but the president did agree to move his speech to a week from today. next thursday, yes, the same nights the saints and the packers are kicking off the season. the bickering rai
ethnic kurds were holding a peace rally, when dozens of young men en masse apparently hijacked that rally. this set off a confrontation with police and kurds are the minority and they ve been out on the streets protesting because many are angry the turkish military have been attacking their villages. president obama is moving his big speech on jobs from next wednesday to next thursday night. john boehner turned down the president s request to address congress wednesday. why? it would be hard. winds whipping 25 miles per hour are spreading west of dallas ft. worth. some 39 homes have been destroyed. 125 families are being forced out of their homes and we have just learned some evacuation orders have been lifted with at least half the fire now contained. it s ugly. it s real ugly. it keeps flaring up, the wind is crazy. the smoke was so see. you had to crawl through it as low as you could in your truck. check this out a fire in oklahoma city is threatening to jump inter
suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for wednesday, august 31st. firefighters are calling in air tankers to battle wildfires outside of dallas. more than two dozen homes have burned in palo pinto county and firefighters say the fire is 25% contained. several hundred people had to pack up and run as fires spread. texas is in the middle of an epic drought and heat wave that is dragging all summer long. reporter: more than 100 homes are in jeopardy and those who lost their homes are devastated. it happened so quickly and i was thinking not again. this time it happened like, now. before we knew it was coming, it was taking time. a brush fire overran several homes and this church in oklahoma city. crews say the fire, it is contained, but they re working hard today to make sure it doesn t flare up again. irene, long gone, but folks are still feeling miserable in parts of the northeast. forecasters say the pasaeic river in new jersey has peaked but it probably w
more than 2.5 million homes and businesses are still without power. the death toll has risen to at least 43. and thousands of people have evacuated from flooded neighborhoods and communities. yet, flood advisories are still in place for portions of seven states. one of the towns hardest hit is little falls, new jersey, along the passaic river. mary snow is there with the latest. mary, this is the worst flooding in a century there. are things improving at all? reporter: it s hard to believe that looking at the river behind me things are improving. take a closer look at the passaic river. some really incredible sight here. the passaic river actually crested here on tuesday, seven feet above flood stage, and the water is receding, but you can see the fury of this water and gives you an idea of what towns along the passaic are coping with. we have a before and after shot in nearby patterson. we were there all day yesterday and there are parts of that city just inundated with
asteroids. it s cool once you have a multibillion-dollar satellite and then you re worried about the satellites. we pollute the earth and then pollute the atmosphere. flooding from the pasaeic river continues to threaten the area. last year the county received $50 million in federal aid because they had the same thing happen. residents say they re hoping to receive additional funding for the post flood cleanup. there s going to be a warmup through the south and midwest today, we ve been telling you about the nice weather expected in the midwest. get a quick check with jennifer delgado in the extreme weather center. good morning christine and kiran. you mentioned the flooding across parts of new jersey. the pay sayic river going down to minor flood stage and more good news, notice how quiet it is across the northeast, the storm system out of here and a good portion of the u.s. nice and quiet. however we are watching out