reporters in tow. are we falling for yet another presidential tease? what to make of dick chain nay s media blitz? are the anchors holding him accountable? hurricane irene, i say television was swept away with breathless coverage. we ll ask two critics whether i m all wet. as the media gear up for the tenth anniversary of 9/11, a look at how that tragic day changed the news business at least for a while. slate lays off one of the country s most provocative media critics. jack schaeffer will speak his mind. i m howard kurtz and this is reliable sources. the headlines were instantaneous. politico s lead story for sarah palin the game is still on. the new york times said palin sounded more like a candidate than in any other speech this year. the washington post, palin blasts crony capitalism, all because the former alaskan governor decided to show up yesterday in iowa. former alaskan governor sarah palin delivered a series of sharp attacks against president bar
last sunday. dozens of families have lost their homes to wildfires. in oklahoma city alone, fires destroyed 25 homes just this week. and in texas, crews are still battling 14 separate wildfires. they have been making some progress, but a weather system is expected to bring high winds to texas to tomorrow. and that could turn the embers back into flames. politics and sarah palin s latest appearance in the critical early voting state of iowa. the former alaska governor and former vp candidate was a keynote speaker at a tea party rally. she didn t use the rally to declare her presidential bid but she definitely sounded like a candidate. watch. candidate obama didn t have a record while he was in office, but president obama sure does and that s why we re here today. candidate obama, he pledged to fundamentally transform america and for all the failures and broken promises, that s the one thing he delivered on. we have transformed from a country of hope, to one of anxiety. t
also, infighting within the tea party movement, and a congressman s explosive charges that elements of the movement would like to see him hanging from a tree. and we ll take you inside the archives of moammar gadhafi s brutal regime and uncover secrets that massacre victims took to their graves. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. there is little to celebrate this labor day weekend here in the united states for millions of americans who want to be working, but simply can t find a job. and there s no comfort for them in the government s latest labor report, which shows the economy basically added no jobs in august, leaving the unemployment rate unchanged at a dismal 9.1%. it all puts even more pressure on president obama as he gets ready to unveil his highly anticipated jobs plan later this coming week. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is joining us now with details of
and this boat, no match for the rough waves slamming into the mississippi overnight, despite efforts to wrangle the boat here, it was a lost cause, ta digging a huge hole in the hull and capsizing, you are in the cnn newsroom, i m susan hendricks. this massive storm is stalled just off the coast of the new orleans. it promptses to bring high winds, heavy rains and flooding. the governors have declared states of emergency. already power has been knocked out to thousands in the southern part of mississippi, the mayor of new orleans held a news conference a short time ago warning residents not to be complacent. we expect stormy conditions for the next 36 hours, so please do not be lulled into sleep by the breaks in rain. we have to stay alettrt. as all of us who have been through this know, it s not how much we get, but it s how much we get in a short period of time and should that come with unexpected rain bands, we can expect to get what we got last night, which was some flo