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There is a plan to repair the levees and to take care of the destruction. but, you know, all of that is bottom ground. its all drained by ditches that over the years have millions of dollars have been spent on to maintain those ditches. and we all know what shape the federal government is in right now. even though the court has told us theyll make us whole, they dont appropriate the money, congress does. and our question has been, wheres the money going to come from? until they fix the levee, we...

Laden had been killed. we asked, what about the death of osama bin laden, is it a major achievement? look at these numbers. 67% say its a major achievement. 23% say its a minor achievement. 9% say its not an achievement at all. i was a little surprised by 23% saying its a minor achievement and 9% saying not an achievement at all. i wonder who these people are. on this next question, does the death of bin laden eliminate the threat to the united states from al qaeda? look at this. only 5% say yes...

Advice.com, and ryan mac of optimum capital management. first question coming from are judith from north carolina. she writes in, im not completely happy with my credit score of 692. i have several credit cards. ive not been late on paying payments, so im thinking i have too many credit cards. when i pay them all off, should i close the accounts, or just not use them to get a higher credit score? this goes against what most people think, ryan. >> right. paying them off -- she has a 692 taka scor...

$18 billion since 9/11, mainly to fight terrorism, which brings us to todays talk back question and carol costello. >> so many questions about what pakistan knew about osama bin ladens whereabouts. some are asking this question today, should the u.s. freeze pakistan funding? this from rocky, they have achieved the ultimate goal of bin ladens demise. remember, keep your friends close and enemies closer. pakistan has lost so many citizens due to bin laden, as well. this from nathaniel, yes, immedi...

Blast sounded like last night. pretty dramatic. cnn meteorologist rob marciano live in cairo, illinois. the question, did it work? >> reporter: well, from what we can see here it seems to work for cairo but you know, where the water goes from here it goes to another spot, and not everybody happy about that especially those with farmland in missouri. from what were told, its the best option for what they had to do. want to show you a um couple of things. some sandbags the national guard set up be...

Was done completely after we knew that bin laden was killed, 52% approval of the way hes handling his job. over the weekend, before any of us knew bin laden was dead, we asked a similar question, 51%. so we got a little bounce over 24 to 48 hours. in mid april, his approval number was at 48% in our cnn opinion research corporation poll. other polls had him even lower. but he got a little bit of a bounce. but let me dig deeper and show you on specific issues whether he got a bounce or not so much...

So, the talkback question today, should the u.s. freeze pakistani aid? facebook.com/carolcnn. ill read your comments later this hour. >> already typing. im going to type myself. >> please do, drew. >> carol, thanks a lot. other news happen, too. army corps of engineers sets off explosion at a missouri levee with two more to come. the corps wants to ease flood pressure on the mississippi and ohio rivers, and save the town of cairo, illinois. the operation will flood 100 homes and 200 square mil...

So, hey, were doing this thing, a cupcake factory in your neighborhood. lets get the local paper over to cover it. so, it is holistic in that sense to get the buzz, get the excitement. >> thats so interesting. there are all kinds of ways to get money. we talk so much about last year how hard it was to get a loan from a bank, but theres money out there if youre creative. thanks so much. >> youre welcome. its time now to answer some of your business questions. nancy and ari are back with us once...

>> chad, thanks for the warning. >> youre sounding back on our talk back question. to candidates like ron paul play a vital role in politics? long shot candidates only nab meaningless small votes from the sure-fire winners. some of your responses, just moments away, including yours, justin. time now for the help desk, with me this hour, gary shats key, president of objective advice.com and ryan mac, president of optimum capital management. thanks for being here. first question from jessica who...

And you say this is my story, i want $8,000. then you tell your customers, tell your friends? >> you tell your customers, you tell your friends. really, it builds on social media. so, a lot of these people are turning to twitter to facebook, to all those social media platforms, and the sites themselves are engaging or recommending that you engage your local immediata. so, hey, were doing this thing, a cupcake factory in your neighborhood. lets get the local paper over to cover it. so, it is holi...