Your girl might like to party all the time. take us out of here, eddie murphy. hard jobs agenda for months was held up in congress. do something about the economy that was being held hostage. we have been working with democrats to create jobs, creating legislation. republicans insist on reckless cuts that hurt our economic recovery. we ve tried president obama s approach. it s failed. it s time for something new. the new approach we are suggesting isn t aimed at pleasing washington had not been able to do on its own. all right. good morning. it is wednesday, september 7th.
I m glad you re up for this this morning watching on msnbc. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me and let me know what you re doing up this early. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, september 7th. a lot to tell you about today including a response from both the white house and jim hoffa on the comments he made about congressional republicans at the president s labor day rally. plus, former presidential candidate tim paul lenwlenty co alive. we ll show you some great tea party a bit later. first, let s get to the news at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock. tonight, presidential hopefuls head to the ronald reagan library in california for
this american morning. good morning. zogood morning alina. it s early. it is early. not so early for you. always great to have you here. carol is off, christine is off. that s right. we ve got you back, which is fantastic. we ve got a really serious situation going on in texas. it s it seems to be getting worse although in some parts getting a little more control over it. these raging wildfires we re telling you about sweeping across the country right now. the governor rick perry is describing the disaster as, quote, a monstrous storm of smoke and flames. the flames are sending thousands of people running for their lives, showing no mercy. it s killed four people. hundreds of firefighters are on the frontlines dousing some of the fires, new ones, they re starting new ones hoping to get rid of the bone dry bub brush that goes up in an instant. this is what s left of a ranch in austin, texas. a pile of twisted metal and ash. the texas forest service sa
good morning. i m ali velshi joining us live from new york. let s start with the fast and furious wildfires wrecking land and property in texas. they ve killed four people and destroyed more than 700 homes in the past few days. the biggest fire is just outside austin. firefighters have been struggling to contain it. let s go right to cnn s chris welch. what s the latest? reporter: well, you just mentioned four death so is far at this point associated with these fires. two of those came from here in bass rtrop county. we assume they occurred yesterday. we don t know for sure because officials aren t providing more details. what we do know is this morning search crews will finally be going in for the first time over the past three days, look for anymore fatalities, look for any bodies. they hope obviously that they don t find anymore, but these fires have been very massive. we re talking these fires are 30% contained. that honestly is a big step from what we ve seen in the la
good to see you. have a great day. from studio 7, i m fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. let s get you up to date for this wednesday, september 7th. in texas, more wildfires break out as the state battles its worst fire season on record. at last count, 22 new fires are burning. those and dozens more have scorched 120,000 acres in the last week. and across the state, four people have died and more than 700 homes have burned. for many people who have evacuated, there is heartbreak when allowed to go back home. my heart is pounding. it s pounding so hard right now because i don t know how i m going to react when i actually see it and stand in front of it. katie and brian s house. and that s my house. that s my house. right here? yes. oh, i m sorry. the oak trees are still there. are you all right? you re shaking. i m okay. i am the luckiest person in the world. my family is safe. now i need to check on my neighbors. and the death toll from a shooting