Marilyn Lasseter News Today

>> reporter: but with so many seniors living longer, surviving on a fixed income can be a challenge. marilyns secret -- identify what you need. not what you want. >> its incumbent upon each individual to do their own saving. you dont have to have that particular article that you just obsessing over. take your time. go home, sleep on it. come back. do you really need it. >> reporter: poppy harlow, cnn money, philadelphia. the first man to receive a full face transplant in the united states is o...

Introduces us to a retiree on a budget who says that shes living the good life. >> reporter: marilyn lasseter takes great pride in her work at this philadelphia library. >> they did -- did my book come in yet, dear? >> reporter: at 70 years old she swears shes living the good life. >> it is amazing. the freedom of not having to be someplace at a certain time. >> reporter: marilyn retired back in 2007, right before the economy soured and millions found themselves out of work. despite living on a ...

The explosion opened a two-mile hole, flooding more than 130,000 acres of farmland in neighboring missouri. >> when you look at that, what do you think? >> im very sad. i look at that and i dont have a home. >> reporter: marilyns farm has been in her family for three generations. two still be dry if the federal government hadnt blown up the levee. >> i feel like that were having to suffer for somebody else. >> reporter: farmers ray and roy presson have 2,000 acres under water. >> weve always liv...

>> we think that there had to be some sort of support network for bin laden inside of pakistan. but we dont know who or what that support network was. >> pakistans prime minister says talk of government complicity or incompetence in the bin laden matter is absolutely absurd, in his words. he warned the united states today, pakistan will defend its airspace, if american forces mount another secret rated. raid. investigators are trying to figure out what set off two passengers on diffe...