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