Hurricane Rita - CNN - Situation Room & Lou Dobbs Tonight - 2005-09-21
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[0:00] five. That's 1%. The NASDAQ is uh also
[0:04] off 24 and a half points, more than 1%.
[0:07] 21106 is the closing number there. Tough
[0:09] market day and everybody's eyes are on
[0:11] Rita right now. Wolf,
[0:12] >> it's been like that for a few days now.
[0:14] Thank you very much. Uh Ally, it's 400
[0:17] p.m. here in Washington and you're in
[0:18] the situation room where news and
[0:20] information from around the world arrive
[0:22] at one place simultaneously.
[0:24] Happening now, an all too familiar and
[0:26] all too dangerous threat. Hurricane Rita
[0:30] now nearing a category 5 storm and
[0:32] barreling through the Gulf of Mexico.
[0:35] It's 300 p.m. Central along the Texas
[0:37] coast where anxious residents are
[0:39] getting out of harm's way. A critical
[0:42] question this hour. Are federal
[0:44] officials ready for Rita? The president
[0:46] and his team are trying to show they're
[0:48] on top of the situation this time. and
[0:51] Hurricane Katrina's toll on America's
[0:53] finances. Where should the budget be
[0:55] trimmed? There's a new surge of
[0:57] proposals up on Capitol Hill and online.
[1:01] We want to know how you'd make the cut.
[1:03] I'm Will Blitzer. You're in the
[1:04] situation room.
[1:20] This hour, a frightening and uh a very
[1:23] frustrating reality for thousands of
[1:25] people in Texas and Louisiana. They know
[1:28] Hurricane Rita is coming, packing the
[1:30] kind of devastating power Katrina had
[1:33] when it slammed into the Gulf Coast 3
[1:35] and 1/2 weeks ago. And Rita could grow
[1:38] even worse before crashing onto land in
[1:41] the coming days. Let's go to the CNN
[1:43] weather center. Our meteorologist Jackie
[1:44] Jerus standing by with the latest
[1:46] forecast. Jackie.
[1:47] >> We