president trump tweeted in 2012 when president being a glimmer in his eye, he said i don t take vacations. what s the point? if you don t enjoy your work, you re in the wrong job. think like a billionaire. that was november 19, 2012. they say it will be a working vacation at his property in new jersey. we re about to see the first total solar eclipse over the united states set for august 21 and it s big. the winners of an air b&b contest could be the very first to see it in the sky. lillian has details for us. we re preparing all kinds of special programming for this. it s going to be a big deal. what is this air b&b thing? air b&b wants eclipse fans to go to their website and tell them why they think the eclipse is bringing people together and why they want to be a part of it. the winner will get to bring a fan to the oregon wilderness,
today wisconsin is a fall preview. they look at wisconsin, and they see america s battleground between people who want to work together to solve problems and penal who want to divide and conquer. democratic challenger and milwaukee mayor tom barrett on his bid to oust the republican governor in a recall race. then battleground politics with virginia republican governor bob mcdonald, u.s. jobs and the bloodshed in syria. plus, unemployment is up, the dow is down, and the presidential election is 157 days away. analysis from mark zande of moody s analytics, stechen moore of the wall street journal, and dan balz of the washington post. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. 19 months after electing republican scott walker as governor, wisconsin voters decide tuesday whether to recall him. walker s critics were galvanized by his first budget designed to fix a $3.6 billion shortfall. it included stripping collective bargaining rights for most public workers
struggling to piece it together. from the capitol, we want to show you images from new york city. scenes just like this. police popping up in the backs of trucks. taking a close look at trucks, vans. here is what we have learned just within the past hour. all of this coming from intel sources in washington. they say their source of information is a communications intercept involving a known al qaeda operative in pakistan. this known operative is said to have discussed a vehicle bomb attack against either new york or washington on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. we ll get you more details on that momentarily. but first, i want to okay. we re going to get straight to our terror expert. terrorism analyst out of new york. paul, we have heard that authorities are trying to trace the movements of it s not one, it s not two. apparently these three individuals, including possibly one american, these three may have recently entered the u.s. or perhaps are on the way. what more can
good to know. everybody hopes for the best. good to talks to you today. bill: how bad will it get? good question. bill: how bad irene will be. we re about to find out. some folks are riding out that storm. what it s like to have winds surging by your home at 70 miles an hour. live on your screen and we re back in a moment as our special programming continues on hurricane irene. [ dad ] i m usually checking up on my kids.
as soon as it s safe for them to do that and by early tomorrow morning, you ll see people moving throughout your community trying to get a handle on what has been damaged and what we can do to put north carolina back together. i want to thank all of you for your patience. we ve gotten through this almost and we re at the end now and we thank you. thank you. questions? bill: that s perdue, the governor in north carolina. i think one of the most telling aspects of her comment there tells the story and shows us that this storm has affected her state. for almost an entire day. it began at day break and goes deep into the night, 3:00 o clock or 4:00 o clock in the morning. that s a good 20, 21 hours almost of the storm affecting the tar heel state. welcome back here. we begin yet another hour here of our special programming on hurricane irene. i want to welcome everybody viewing today. i m bill hemmer. good saturday to you. how are you doing, martha? martha: i m doing well. haven t seen