on thursday, the president will deliver a prime time address to congress, outlining his plan to create jobs. labor secretary sole lease says the president will offer, quote, bold ideas on battling unemploy pln. joining me now, mark murray. another good morning to you. good morning, alex. expectations are riding very high. is he going to say something big here? does he need to present a major proposal to match all of the hype? there s a lot riding on the speech he s going to be giving on thursday. most polls have shown him at one of his lowest points in his presidency. just on friday came the jobs number that is a zero number of net jobs created in month of august. of course there was that almost kind of debilitating debt ceiling ebait that occurred that
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debt ceiling fight talking about trillions. right, right. it would be a billion or probably less than that. okay. that or just go get yourself starbucks. it s all good. mark murray, thanks very much. we invite you to watch the president s speech before congress 7:00 eastern thursday on msnbc. today the president will see firsthand some of the destruction from hurricane irene. he travels to paterson, new jersey, which has seen extensive flooding and power outages. kristin welker has more from paterson, new jersey. what s the plan for the president s schedule once he arrives? reporter: alex, we don t know his specific plan but i can tell you he is going to be touring the damage, he ll also be assessing recovery and response efforts. as you said, paterson was one of the communities that was really hit hardest by hurricane irene when she touched down just a week ago, 1500 people had to be evacuated, hundreds of thousands of people lost power. we saw homes destroyed.
bachmann at 10. i understand sarah palin had choice words to say about polls, right? that s right. governor palin actually said poles, quote were for strippers and cross-country skiers during the speech yesterday. it did appear she was sending a message national polls aren t going to have an influence on her when she s deciding if she s going to run for president. and a lot of political insiders put emphasis on polls but she didn t really seem to think of them too highly during her speech. strippers and cross-country skiers. she left out downhillers. i use poles. anyway, alex moe, thanks. see the full field of republican presidential contenders square off in the nbc news political debate wednesday september 7th, here on msnbc. in a moment, it sunk the economy to historic debt. can the housing market rebound under a lawmaker s new proposal?
by hurricane irene. so surveying some of that damage. thanks to the storm the area saw extensive flooding. it s the worst flooding in more than a century. the passaic river behind me, flowed out over the city with floodwaters rising nine feet. the president will be arriving shortly after noon and then begin surveying the areas affected, presumably homes, businesses, infrastructure, and the like. he will be joined by several new jersey state officials, including governor chris chris tis in what is paterson s first presidential visit in 35 years. last week, president obama signed a disaster declaration for the state of new jersey, making them eligible for federal funding and rebuilding in the wake of the storm. boy, does paterson need that help. this city was one of the hardest hit by hurricane irene. the flooding left lots of damage in its wake, roads, people s homes and businesses. also left thousands without power and about 1500 people had to be displaced. the mayor said all told, 6,0