storm chasers drive to it. i m really afraid that people got hurt. they were in their cars. they were trying to be storm watchers. then, all of the sudden, they moved across i-30, 44. people were stuck on those highways. that one is a tornado event where we ve been telling people for days to get to your safe place. get to your home. people trying to get out of the way. get out of the way. this is a very big storm. there s no place to go. the roads were completely jammed. we saw fife lanes going one way.
interrogation. clayton: then the obama administration hailed the stimulus. and why did foreign workers get many of those jobs? fox & friends hour three starts right now. good morning, everybody, thanks so much for joining us this morning, and if you re waking up in the midwest, it s been a rough night. let s get to the top stories, because of the severe weather alert throughout the midwest, there s chilly video coming in from storm watchers all across the country. they got up close and personal with storms like this, and there were hundreds of tornados that were spotted. some of those were deadly. yeah, right now we know at least five people were killed in oklahoma including two small kids. joining us live is our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth and he s on the ground at one of the hardest hit towns,
tornadoes here in the operations center. we re monitoring the television broadcast. we re also monitoring our storm watchers are out on the field on the radio. what kind of information are you getting from the storm watchers? they re trying to keep in contact. visual contact with the tornadoes on the ground. how many are being reported on the ground? suspected tornadoes? right now, we ve got one confirm tornado on the ground in arlington, around 820 and i-20. i believe that s what we re looking at right now. near i-20. you have several watches in effect, as i understand. tarrant county, johnson county. i believe also, joshua. a number of other places. what is happening where you are? we have a tornado warning. you can see, mark, you cannot see our screen but we visibly see debris flying through the
situation room starts now. thanks very much, brooke. happening now, republicans pouncing on president obama and a horrible new unemployment report. this hour, the numbers and the politics and what it all means for millions of americans who need a job now. plus, i ll talk to a republican congressman who plans to boycott the president s big jobs speech before a joint session of congress next week. also, a new worldwide travel alert as we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11. national security insiders tell us what they know about the risk of a terror attack. revenge, as far as al qaeda is concerned on that momentous day. and a statue honoring one of the most important figures in american history, made in china. controversy surrounding the dr. martin luther king memorial. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. it s a big fat zero, and it s a bright red circle around the unemployment mess in this country right now. the government reports today that no new jobs we
welcome back to the newsroom where the news unfold live this saturday, august 27th. i m fredricka whitfield. we continue to watch hurricane irene and all that it is doing and wreaking havoc along the east coast. right now, live coverage from our affiliate out of norfolk, virginia, wavy, wayv vy as it i referred to. sure talking about a child that might be trapped. let s listen in. two people and their cat rescued after their boat was anchored and they got caught in some vicious water trying to escape hurricane irene. we understand they are okay. we also have many road closings. the hrbt is closed with the midtown tunnel and the chesapeake bay bridge tunnel. you look at the pictures and you can see why. this is a view from our vdot traffic cam, traffic jam cam, it shows virtually nobody on the road because conditions are getting progressively worse. we talked to melody woodrow a few minutes ago in hampton. melody had to move because the james she was stand on the james r