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Charity. "people" reports shes one of several singers includes mariah carey and usher being pressured to return money they received from the gadhafi family. in the latest move the u.s. is hitting him hard in the wallet. the treasury department has frozen $30 billion in gadhafi assets. im joined by author jeffrey robinson. one of many of his books, laundry men, inside money laundering, the worlds third largest business. how much are we talking about here? 30 billion frozen? >> chump change. gadha...

Money, your checking account, something like that, and in this case, someone will purport theyre trying to develop friendship with you, theyll send pictures like were looking at now saying im a soldier, i need friends, and then all of a sudden youre writing back and forth, and youve got a relationship going. >> clint, youve been writing on this topic, saying the victims have lost tens of thousands of dollars. in one case $25,000. let me show you what facebook has said, in response to this. there...

The all-star concert was in the east room a tribute to motown records and a celebration of black history. well, still to come this morning, where to find the best free checking account. we have the answer coming up on this "american morning." [ woman ] nine iron, its almost tee-time... time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze... my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a liquid gel.

Negative equity. what do you think suggest? don wishes old have met you sooner. >> well, don, ive done a lot of stupid things in my life. when they cost me money, i call it stupid tax. youve learned that the worst car accidents happen on the showroom floor and go down in value like a rock. thats where chevy got that. >> if we have a high speed train system, this kid wouldnt need a car. >> sure. >> thats the whole problem. >> meanwhile, susan wrote us from oklahoma and says we joined a debt settl...

Could weather the storm. we actually put in savings accounts, the largest savings account in the history of montana. today we have $355 million in our checking account. another $800 million in our savings account. and other entire budget is only about $1.7 billion per year. so you plan for these events in the future. i mean you got to plan for these things. you know, its like somebody who gets a fire in their couch. you call 911. but while the fire engines are getting there. try to put the fire ...

Large surpluses. in fact, three years ago i demanded that the legislature put enough money aside so if there was a recession we could weather the storm. and so we actually put in savings account, the largest savings account in the history of montana. and today we have $355 million in our checking account, another $800 million in our savings account, and our entire budget is only about $1.7 billion per year. so you plan for these events and in the future, i mean, youve got to plan for these thing...

The multitrillion dollar ponzi schemers in the mortgage business to say, look over there, but thats for another day. but if theres a thread to pull on from madoff into the big banks, where would it be? >> it starts with j.p. morgan. they were not only investors, but lending investors money to put into madoff. thats the hey day. a lot of the prime brokers were leverages up, lending money to investors to double or triple returns. i think j.p. morgan is particularly complicit, according to the trus...

Three days and you can start accepting payments. hooked directly to your checking account so you can use that money immediately. >> reporter: square makes the money by getting a small cut of the transaction. the hardware, by the way is free. download the app and insert basic info like your banking account info so you can get paid and one other company doing this, a service from intuit, giant software company. bottom line is all these devices make it very easy for someone to accept a credit card ...

Ing direct, free checking account, no atm fees on 35,000 atms with the all point network. person to person lending through its site or mobile app. quarter percent apy with a balance under 50,000. if not, 1.2% t. cons, of course, you dont get paper checks from them. capital one is a big brick and mortar bank, no maintenance fees, no minimum balance requirements on checking accounts. there are cons, $2.00 to use a noncapital one atm plus whatever the other ones charge you. they only have 2,000 cap...

City officials like to point to a study from washington university in st. louis that found that children who just had some money set aside for college were seven times more likely to go. this latino father says he wants to send his two children to college, but like many parents, hasnt saved for it, and is intimidated by the costs. >> when youre unemployed, and not working for five months, its kind of hard to think about saving. >> one half of the community in san francisco doesnt even have acces...