states on fire right now. thousands are fleeing from their homes. hundreds of thousands of acres burned. firefighters are stretching themselves to the limit. red flag warnings are up in parts of arizona, utah, colorado, texas, oklahoma, kansas and new mexico. high heat, low humidity and strong winds are turning the region into a tinder box. dozens of wildfires are burning as we speak. kgun reports from arizona which is seeing the worst of it. down here on the right side we ve got another thick black cloud of smoke going up. we have a lot of people here looking. we have people evacuating the area south of camino principal. we have people turning around. it is a chaotic situation once again. this is what the firefighters feared most that with 50 miles per hour winds, the monument fire would make a run and indeed it is. this is how it breaks down. more than 3 million acres caught fire in the u.s. just this year. in arizona there are two main fires. the wallow fire is the big
the record water levels could last more than a month. houston s newspaper reports that doctors will perform major surgery on gabrielle giffords. but first, we have an idea of who will leave al-qaeda and it s not who you d expect. dan rivers is in london. who is this man? this is saif al-adel, who is a former egyptian special forces officer, a veteran of al-qaeda, the chief of their military committee for many years. a veteran of afghanistan and somalia. he s got a long record as a terrorist. he has been appointed in a caretaker capacity to sort of look after the organization while they try and find a permanent replacement for bin laden, which may be sa hary. that has been hampered by the intelligence that the u.s. has seized at bin laden s layer in pakistan. do we know where he is now? saif al-adel we understand is in afghanistan. we re not sure where, but his talked from one source, a former libyan islamist, now turned his back on terrorism, he has got sources who
the further right hand? a 9-1 vote by the house ethics committee recommending censure for charlie rangel, now shamed by ethics violations. yes, even more big political news and this one might make you cringe when you hear it. our contributor, james car vil, enrages the obama white house by suggesting and i m being very, very, very careful here with my language, that the secretary of state, is more of a man than the president. we begin tonight with your money, a potential glimmer of hope for the made in american level and a very important fact chat. this is how the day began on wall street. that revving engine is general motors, once the icon of american and global manufacturing. more recently, gm has been known for shattered plants and a bankruptcy filing. it s stock is for sale again and it closed up on day one. good for any of you that decided to buy at the the opening price and maybe good for all of you anyway, because as taxpayers, you are pat owners in general motors
continuing our joint research into solar, biofuels, shale gas and building efficiency. so what is the president doing talking about creating jobs in india only days after an election when the democrats got clobbered over the lack of jobs in the u.s.? joining us to talk about the messagen and the timing of the trip, eric erickson, editor in chief of redstate.com. from new orleans, cnn political contributor and democratic strategist james carville. in new york, john avenue lob, a senior political contributor and in washington, senior political analyst gloria borjer. welcome. james, is this trip all about changing the subject after the election? well, no. i think these trips get scheduled an awfully long time in advance. there s something like a thousand business people on it. you can t just pick up and do something like that. i don t think that s what it is. maybe the timing could be unfortunate. i don t know. i think to be fair to the president it is about american jobs. w
let s continue our conversation with jessica and dana and pete domenic joining us from new york. you re a loyal guy, pete. yes, sir. bill clinton campaigning in florida for kendrick meek running third in a three-way race for senate. people are wishing meek would get out and then charlie christie might win. a lot of people wish that would happen. people won t say it because you have a prominent african-american. this is bill clinton s third appearance for meek. we say a lot about bill clinton. sometimes we say politics is local. this is personal. kerry meek was the congresswoman who held the seat before her son. remember monica lewinsky, pete? no. never mind. she was the subject of an impeachment battle in the united states. this is kerry meek. mr. speaker, he without sin