thanks to dry brush and strong win winds. so far, dozens of structures have been burned, but there are hundreds more homes that are threatened this morning. one of the worst of the fires burning right now is in luther, oklahoma. investigators there are looking into the possibility that the fire was deliberately set by a man allegedly throwing burning wads of paper into a pasture. more extreme weather now and tropical storm ernesto is moving west toward jamaica. people in southern jamaica are being warned that the storm is coming. it already swept past the windward islands with heavy rain and 60-mile-per-hour winds. ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane some time tomorrow, but the latest tracks don t have it reaching the u.s. and right behind ernesto is a brand-new named storm, tropical storm florence with winds at 40 miles per hour. relatives of former penn state coach joe paterno are fighting for the school and his legacy. paterno s family says they plan to
we want to kel come our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer you re in the situation room . ment obama sounding an urgent note about the u.s. economy and the new risks it faces from europe s growing cries. he warns that so-called head winds from europe can setback the recover in the united states. he says the u.s. businesses are improving and creating jobs but he s pressing congress to take action on the public sector. the big challenge we have in our economy right now is state and local government hiring has been going in the wrong direction. you ve seen teacher layoffs, police officers, cops, firefighters being laid off. the other sector that s still weak has been the construction industry. those two areas we ve directly addressed with our jobs plan. the problem is that it requires congress to take action and we re going to keep pushing them to see if they can move in that direction. the truth of the matter is as i said we ve created 4.3 mi
outfront tonight is the economy, stupid. in a surprise news conference today the president blamed congress for keeping americans out of work. they left most of the jobs plan just sitting there, and in light of the head winds that we re facing right now, i urged them to reconsider because there are steps to take right now to put more people back to work. the president is angry that congress has not passed his jobs bill, which sat on the shelf since last fall. part of it did pass. the payroll tax cut extension and long-term unemployment insurance, but the president wants to pass the rest immediately and the price tag is $297 billion. his bill summary, which we obtained from the white house, says that money will go to things like preventing teacher layoffs, modernizing schools, building science labs for a total of $297 billion. does spending more add up? we wanted to know the answer to that question. we did the math on how much money taxpayers have spent on stimulus since
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight is the economy, stupid. in a surprise news conference today the president blamed congress for keeping americans out of work. they left most of the jobs plan just sitting there, and in light of the head winds that we re facing right now, i urged them to reconsider because there are steps to take right now to put more people back to work. the president is angry that congress has not passed his jobs bill, which sat on the shelf since last fall. part of it did pass. the payroll tax cut extension and long-term unemployment insurance, but the president wants to pass the rest immediately and the price tag is $297 billion. his bill summary, which we obtained from the white house, says that money will go to things like preventing teacher layoffs, modernizing schools, building science labs for a total of $297 billion. does spending more add up? we wanted to know the answer to that question. we did the math on how much mon
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight is the economy, stupid. in a surprise news conference today the president blamed congress for keeping americans out of work. they left most of the jobs plan just sitting there, and in light of the head winds that we re facing right now, i urged them to reconsider because there are steps to take right now to put more people back to work. the president is angry that congress has not passed his jobs bill, which sat on the shelf since last fall. part of it did pass. the payroll tax cut extension and long-term unemployment insurance, but the president wants to pass the rest immediately and the price tag is $297 billion. his bill summary, which we obtained from the white house, says that money will go to things like preventing teacher layoffs, modernizing schools, building science labs for a total of $297 billion. does spending more at up? we did the math on how much money taxpayers have spent on stimulus since it beg