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We talked to people early this morning at 5:00 a.m. who are also preparing to leave. they came to visit clearwater, where we are, and now they realize this could be a very dangerous and serious storm. with us now derek van dam, i get to hang out with him in person. hurricanes do sometimes bring people together. >> good morning, sara. >> we are standing on the beautiful, sandy beaches of clearwater, but this is potentially a very powerful storm. >> without a doubt. this area is so susceptible pur...

>> the disrespect, rampant here today, tells us what is really going on here. >> surely you dont expect us to be easier on you because youre a woman. >> absolutely not. thats not how my momma raised me. >> reporter: congresswomen on both sides of the aisle fiercely advocating their positions. >> why do you need federal dollars? you make a ton of dough. >> we harp on a womans right to make choices that are hers to make. >> reporter: richards then asked to explain the apology she issued after this...

You to do with respect to mutual funds. what should an average person when buying a mutual fund other than knowing whats in the mutual fund, what should we be looking at in evaluating. >> you want to look at strategy, how its picking stocks or if its an index fund, exchange traded fund, what sort of method its using to assemble the index that its tracking. strategy is key. you want to focus on expenses. we harp on this a lot but we crunch the numbers all day long looking for the numbers that wil...

There are a lot of issues at hand and many of them go back to this economic downturn that weve just gone through. unemployment is high, so are foreclosures. a lot of companies stopped matching 401(k) contributions on top of that so saving 10% of your income that most financial planners suggest is difficult for a lot of people. for some people its just downright impossible. for many it means making major life decisions. a quarter of workers say theyre postponing retirement. but thats not an optio...