nation s capital. a new personal low in his job approval rating in the latest gallup poll. look at that number. 39. 39% here of people approve of the job he is doing. 54% disapprove. less than 15 months before the president faces the voters. so there on the banks of minnesota s cannon river, president obama coming out loaded forbear saying the dead debate say that some politicians and he didn t mention parties would rather see their opponents lose than see american win. tough words. take a listen. we ended up creating more uncertainty and more damage to an economy that was already weak. now, we can t have patience with that kind of behavior anymore. i know you re frustrated. i m frustrated too. three states in just three days. by bus for president barack obama. you have minnesota, iowa and then illinois. my colleague, wolf blitzer, is standing by. he hit the road. he got a break from washington. he ll be doing the situation room from the president s next step in iowa. wol
according to the indianapolis star website. high winds toppled the stage rigging between the opening and main acts of the outdoor concert. here s what we re hearing. the country band sugarland was just about to take is the stage, when that accident occurred. again, this video just coming into cnn. these are live pictures coming from our affiliate wthr. we re going to be following up on the news. ann ramsay was at the state fair on a ride and ann, you said you felt it shaking. was this weather, did a system come through you felt like? we were at the fair. i was with my kids and my sister-in-law back in the midway and all of a sudden is, the wind started blowing. things started blowing around. luckily, my son was ushered off the ride and people just started running and screaming. and i watched a mom and her daughter almost get trampled. the worker got her up and we got up to the front and tried to get on a tram to see if we could get to our car. and they shut the tram down an
oh, hold on. what about rick perry. the texas governor stealing headlines from the newly crowned queen of the g.o.p. clayton: they spend their days rebuilding the new york city sky line and breaks at the bar. ground zero hard hats are hitting the hard stuff for lunch, boozing on the job. fox & friends starts right now. and talking about it. itchy eye. juliet: i have a tear duct that s just, it s driving me crazy. clayton: she was up late last night watching the results from iowa and twitchy results. juliet: i saw the results and then i went to bed. no offense, but what an evening, what a day it was. clayton: the iowa caucuses officially have a front runner, her name michele bachmann, the minnesota congress woman yesterday winning the straw poll. steve brown is in ames, iowa with more on this, steve. yes, good morning, juliet, clayton and mike. over 16,000 folks came here, a pretty good turnout for the straw poll and there she is, michele bachmann on top of
the nypd coaxes a man off the ledge of 30 rock. we ll tell you what exactly happened here. but first, let s get to the news, live at 5:30 a.m. here s 30 rock in new york city. investors fleeing u.s. stocks in droves for the second time this week. as concerns over the health of french banks. and fears of another global economic downturn led to steep losses on wall street. the dow tumbling over 519 points. that s more than 4.6%. that wiped out all the gains from the previous session. remember we were up two days ago. down again yesterday. the average is fourth triple-digit move in five days. the s&p 500 shedding 150 pint, a loss of nearly 4.5%, and the nasdaq down 101, a loss of 4%. as of wednesday s close, the dow has now lost more than 2,000 points since july 21st. the start of the slide, the index is down 15.75% over the last 14 trading sessions. the latest slide comes as president obama met with members of his economic team. in addition to fed cham, ben bernanke and tre
the nypd coaxes a man off the ledge of 30 rock. we ll tell you what exactly happened here. but first, let s get to the news, live at 5:30 a.m. here s 30 rock in new york city. investors fleeing u.s. stocks in droves for the second time this week. as concerns over the health of french banks. and fears of another global economic downturn led to steep losses on wall street. the dow tumbling over 519 points. that s more than 4.6%. that wiped out all the gains from the previous session. remember we were up two days ago. down again yesterday. the average is fourth triple-digit move in five days. the s&p 500 shedding 150 pint, a loss of nearly 4.5%, and the nasdaq down 101, a loss of 4%. as of wednesday s close, the dow has now lost more than 2,000 points since july 21st. the start of the slide, the index is down 15.75% over the last 14 trading sessions. the latest slide comes as president obama met with members of his economic team. in addition to fed cham, ben bernanke and tre