yes. everybody says he got whitewashed. he was representative of an era. the democratic party changes at that point. changed the system of presidential primary process in a way that is still impacting. iowa, new hampshire, that system now. finally ross perot? i don t think you can go to a tea party rally and not hear echos of ross perot. a lot of people argue without perot, he was tied almost in a dead heat with george h.w. bush and drops out. he takes a lot of oats away from him. a lot of people argue bill clinton would not have been elected without ross perot. the series looks fascinating. can t wait until it s all out in one session as well. i got my tivo already set. if it s wednesday, it is our hump day panel.
i m christine romans. a warning from the 9/11 commission. america is not properly prepared for another terrorist attack because nine of the commission s security recommendations made back in 2004, nine of them, have been ignored by the government. i m carol costello. the stand-off is over. the president agreeing to reschedule his big jobs speech next week. backing down from john boehner on this american morning. good morning. good morning, good morning. thursday, september 1. welcome to american morning. september 1. can you believe that n. no. september is supposed to be newsy. four months in a row for the dow. libya. okay. but tomorrow is friday. so good morning. there you go. suffering after the storm, still following the devastation from hurricane irene, it was another dark night for close to 2 million people days after irene knocked out power. the floodwaters started to recede and revealing muddy, awful marks that are being left behind in new
welcome back to first look. i m lynn berry. it s time now for entertainment news. anhathaway who played a fictional princess says she d consider a real royal, if asked. she told the sun she thinks kate middleton, duchess of cambridge, is great and would play the princess if offered. vulture reports after dismal ratings, paris hilton s the world according to paris is not returning. you ll have to adjust your tivo, bill. and finally, jim carrey is head over heals for 22-year-old actress emma stone. how old is he? and doesn t care who knows it. even if he sounds a little stalkerish and looks really stalkerish. blogs are buzzing over whether or not a video posted on his website is a joke. the 49-year-old makes fun of
143 points to be compact. the s&p 500 gained, as did the nasdaq with a 21-point move up. a lot of activity in the financial stocks today. bank of america soaring nearly 11%, very heavy volume. some analysts saying, hey, that stock simply got oversold. a lot of concerns around bank of america, but not today. gold a different story. gold had its worst day in three years, plunging almost 6% vgts investors cashed out and moved on to riskier stocks, down more than $100 an ounce. that-to ease some concerns, and research in motion, maker of blackberry gaining on reports that its new smartphone tablets will run on google s android applications. tivo also surging after hours. almost doubled the number of
night live and an author. he s even got his own ice cream flavor. behind all the laughter is another jimmy fallon. piers, i saw what you did to oprah, and you are not going to make me cry, buddy. the real jimmy fallon. properly in love? properly in love, what are you saying? what are you jimmy fallon, the prime-time cable exclusive, this is piers morgan tonight. jimmy fallon, your new book is called thank you notes. we all know them from your show. brilliant, simple idea. very quick. you know, when you start a talk show, a late night talk show, you always hope for like the top ten list or the headlines like leno has or whatever like that. we try different things every week. this guy jeremy bronston came up with the thank you notes. it was with one off. we tried it, wrote sarcastic thank you notes, twitter, facebook blew up. my god, we love thank you notes. do it again. guys, we might have a hit. it s cool. is it like all things in comedy, especially with th