Aides and tragedy in texas floodwaters sweep away little boy as his parents trying to get the family to dry land. And today millions are under threat of more severe weather. Im kate baldwin was sara sidner and john berman in this is Cnn News Central happening now as possible Ground Invasion of Eastern Rafah in gaza could be imminent with hostage and Ceasefire Negotiations teetering on the brink of collapse. We have brand new video, justin of a plume of smoke. After a loud explosion in rafah Israeli Forces could putin launched what they are calling a limited scale operation. The idf Drop Leaflets with a map to socalled safe zones in the message, evacuated immediately. This has a direct impact on as many as 100,000 people, cnns Jeremy Diamond is in jerusalem. Jeremy was the latest your hearing from there . Elmilitary thousands of leaflets on Eastern Raffa, ordering an area were about 100,000e currently living to begin evacuating north to what the Israeli Military is describing as an expa
plus, the latest on pats quarterback tom brady involved in a serious car accident this morning. the jaws of life were used in chicago. and is in boston, by the way. speaking of chicago, sit ready to say hello to mayor rahm? but first, today s trivia question from the almanac of american politics. who served longer in the house before becoming speaker nancy pelosi or newt gingrich? the answer next. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, there s new motrin pm. no other medicine, not even advil pm, is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. new motrin pm. is moreso i takee one a day men s 50+ advantage. as a manager, my team counts on me to stay focused. it s the only complete multivitamin with ginkgo to support memory and concentration. plus vitamin d to help maintain healthy blood pressure. [ bat cracks ] that s a hit. one a day men s.
my father who s been very ill and treated well there and donna this time donna holland. my dad s gone home again today. dad, stay home, baby. stay home. anyone who does care about childhood obesity should join us for the bipartisan next thursday in washington. that s on the ball. mika? i m going to be there. thank you. have a great weekend. what time is it? morning joe. the daily rundown starts now. this is a recruitful bonanza for al qaeda. the pressure building. the president weighs in on that florida pastor s plan to burn the koran. 54 days before the critical midterm elections. why s the chairman of the republican party in guam? get this. football great tom brady involved in what s described as a serious car accident in boston this morning. it s thursday, september 9th, 2010. i m chuck todd. savannah guthrie is on
bonanza for al qaeda. flash flood watches are up from texas to kansas as when s left of tropical storm hermine moves north. the system triggered heavy rain, flash floods and several tornadoes as we showed you in dallas, texas, on wednesday. and transportation secretary ray la hood brought this good news. the government says the number of people dying on the roads has reached the lowest level in 60 years in part because we wear seat belts, cars are safer and tougher penalties for drunk drivers. a few other stories making headlines this thursday. tom brady appears fine after a serious car accident in boston. rescues had to use the jaws of life to pull brady from the car and reportedly shaken up and suffered whiplash. being seen by a team doctor. the accident happened when a minivan reportedly ran a red light 6:15 or so this morning. firefighters in colorado say they have gotten control of 10% of the wild fire raging near
assignment. brady s accident occurred hours ago. but first, let s get to the rundown. president obama came out swinging in cleveland defending the presidency and ramping up criticism of the man who would be speaker and potentially his chief adder is vary john boehner. athna jones on duty for us at the white house this morning. so, trying to find somebody to run against, the white house singling out john boehner. reporter: that s right. good morning, chuck. what was interesting about this speech yesterday, the president named john boehner eight times in the speech trying to lay out the difference between what the democratic party will continue to offer, the work they want to continue to do, and what it would mean to have a republican take over of congress. the speech did have a campaign feel to it yesterday, chuck. the president even mentioned having traveled to ohio in the final days of the campaign of 2008 to make what was essentially his closing argument