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It was a good cause to raise money to clean up the world's ocean. peter is live in the newsroom. maybe they'll clean up the hudson river. >> reporter: you know how tom jones has the singer, you know it because it's the ring tone. he left key west florida the southern most point for a 92 day paddle boarding adventure that just wrapped up in new york city 1,507 miles later. a paddle board is big surfboard that you ride while standing and power and steer with an oar. he averaged 16.7 miles in the ocean every day. he took on this paddling marathon on behalf of a group to bring awareness to massive...

Shape, peter? >> reporter: he is and think about it, it takes a few hours to travel 1500 miles by plan, takes more than a day of driving to go that far and tom jones found it takes 92 days to travel 1507 miles by paddle board. it is basically a surfboard you stand on. you see it here. you steer it with an or and the people who ride them you have seen in venice but this was not a short trip. he departed from key west, florida and traveled the equivalent of 16.7 road miles till he arrived in manhattan this week and his trip was amid one of the hottest summers. and he had to deal with creatures. ...

Live from our studios here in new york city and peter, how long did it take them to make this trip? >> 92 days, kelly. and 15 nautical miles a way. the equivalent of 16.7 road miles, that's every day since may 13th, that's when the journey began at the southernmost point of the united states, key west, florida and he kept going until he got here in manhattan and the mode of transportation was a paddle board, which is basically a surfboard. you can stand on it. it's powered and steered with an or. e tom's group plastic-free ocean.org and took three months of his time to draw attention to what h...

87.6% of the people surveyed said no, they are not using it well. they have priorities for those tax dollars that makes so much sense, but washington isn't listening. >> big research out of ohio did it exclusively for us, for the dolans and our cnn segment. 18% said we want a comprehensive -- number one choice, by the way, 18.6% said we want a comprehensive jobs program for the millions of unemployed americans. >> 16.7% want to reduce the budget deficit. >> also 16.7% say, please return the money to the social security trust fund that has no money. we would like to continue to get checks. >> 1...

Adjust. so what you want to do is you don't really want to give the government a bunch of money to hold for you throughout the year. and then get it back in a big refund. unless you aren't disciplined enough to save throughout the year. >> all right. ryan, let's talk about i.r.a.s. what role should they be playing in people's lives right now? >> i definitely think the i.r.a., you can reduce your living expenses, reduce your debt and powerful ways to reduce your taxes. and the i.r.a. is essentially allowing yourself to get a tax-deferred savings plan and a tax deduction if you have a traditiona...