that congress approve government regulations that have a significant impact on the economy or small business, lowering the tax rate for businesses and individuals to know more than 25%, passing free trade agreements with columbia, panama and south korea. they say that will create up to 250,000 jobs and increasing domestic energy production. the pentagon says the don't ask, don't tell policy in the military officially ends on tuesday. the defense secretary has been asked to hold off on repeal. congress needs more information about the policy changes they say. the pentagon says the repeal of the policy of gays serving in the military has been through a rigorous vert fiction, process. thousands of students in tacoma washington will not be in school again today. the teachers' union voted to keep its strike going despite a judge's order to put the signs back and get back to the classroom. >> we were surprised and disappointed. we fully expected students would be arriving and teachers would be arriving. >> the district has been bullying us and forcing us no a position that's simply not right. >> the teachers union is clashing with the school district over issues like class size, teacher pay and the way teachers are transferred between schools. clemson university has found a way to bring professors and students closer together, put them in the same dorm. the school launched a new program that has some teachers living in residence halls. the idea is to foster a better understanding between students and faculty. and the motorcycle rider who was pulled from underneath that burning car in utah is now talking about his experience. remember, some bystanders proved to be life savers for brandan wright in they heaved a car off of him and pulled him to safety as his motorcycle and a car burned. he's pretty banged up but thanks to those people, those heroes,' live and boy is he grateful. >> i just want to thank all the heros that put their lives on the line to save mine. i'm forever in debt. i can't thank them enough. and i just hope they know how much they mean to me. >> wow. wright has a broken leg, a broken pelvis, bruised lungs and burns on his skin. he was not wearing a helmet but says he is going to buy the best helmet he can find once he's ready to ride that motorcycle again. now let's head to atlanta to check in with rob marciano. wow, it's chilly out this morning. >> it is! >> you know, record low temperatures yesterday and that cold air is beginning to infiltrate the eastern two-thirds of the country. good morning, everybody, if you're tired of summer and ready for fall, we have a treat for you. a handful of records there. this doesn't include spots in northern minnesota where temperatures got into the teens. can you believe that stuff? and check this out. earliest snowfall in north central wisconsin, september 15th, 191. we'll see what happens there. 20s and 30s across parts of the western great lakes this morning. a freeze warning and watch has been posted for some of those areas. going to be a chilly, chilly start there. tomorrow morning will not be a barg an cross parts of the northeast. the cool air gets down into the gulf of mexico as this front takes a little dip further south than we're used to for this time of year. 66 the high temperature in new york city. 61 in chicago. and only up to 72 degrees in atlanta. by the way, hurricane maria is heading towards newfoundland. winds of 80 miles an hour. just thought i'd mention that. it's the third hurricane of the season. scientific discovery out in outer space, scientists discovered a planet that orbits not one but two suns. now, if you're a "star wars" person, you might remember in "star wars" 4 there was such a sun -- such a planet. i believe it was called tatuwine. they are referring this -- officially it's called kepler 16-b. it will take us 200 years traveling at the speed of light to get over there. the telescopes are super powered and they're giving us glimpses into the universe like we've never seen before. >> if it takes 200 years to get there, both of us won't be going any time soon. >> not this lifetime. >> thank you, rob. >> all right, carol. >> european leaders are trying to ease concerns about a default in greece but not everybody is ready to rest easy, including stephen colbert. here's your punch line. i want to start by reassuring investors and calming the markets were for starters, everybody close your eyes, take a deep breath. and just pretend there is no place called greece. we're all going to die. suck it up. suck it. i want to address those of you who are concerned because swiss financial giant ubs reported yesterday that they lost over $2 billion from rogue trades. how could something like this happen? 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