helping to ruin his party, or is he turning into a media gad good fly? and abc had a real presidential debate last night, but donald trump wants to moderate his own version of a debate. some of the candidates aren t coming because you haven t ruled out running yourself. well, i won t rule out a run, greta. especially if the party nominates a joke candidate like ron paul or jon huntsman or rick santorum here. [ laughter ] rick i m talking. you know, it s sometimes hard for news shows to capture the absurdity of the campaign. the daily show and saturday night live have a major impact on 2012 other will give us much-needed comic relief. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. when it comes to newt gingrich s surging presidential campaign, the journals have been something sly over the past week or so. news outlets carry stories about how republican leaders, even white house officials, are reassessing newt s candidacy and agreeing, hey, he might win t
aim at inaction in the nation s capital. across the nation, we re still digging out from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. it s taken longer and it s been more difficult than any of us had imagined. even though we ve taken some steps in the right direction, we ve got a lot more to do. our economy has to grow faster. we have to create more jobs. and we have to do it faster. and most of all, we ve got to break the gridlock in washington that s been preventing us from taking the action we need to get this country moving. texas governor rick perry had some tough words for president obama s job policies. during a radio interview with shaean hannity yesterday, perry made a reference to a recent political column titled is rick perry dumb? what s dumb is to oversee an economy that has lost that many millions of jobs, to put unemployment numbers over his four years will stay probably at
i m christine romans. hurricane forecasters feeling the heat because the wrath of irene didn t live up to all that hype. and i m carol costello. like a hurricane, rick perry stormed to the front of the gop presidential pack. the latest cnn polling gives him a double-digit lead over mitt romney. is the texas governor built for the long run? well, good morning. it is tuesday, august 30th. we are still dealing with the after effects of this hurricane. things for a lot of people starting to get back to normal. the river still cresting and could happen over the next day or two in some spots. water is still rising in parts of the country. we begin with hurricane irene. the storm s impact will be felt for months after the winds died down. the death toll rising to at least 27 people. along with the estimated cost, the cost of cleaning up this mess from north carolina through new england, obama administration officials will visit three states today that were hit hard by hurrican