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Over a lifetime, jon, the average worker will pay about $345,000 in fica taxes, and according to the urban institute they'll get back $417,000. so when you look at fica, think of it as a payment into your retirement fund. jon? jon: and then there are those who believe they'll never see that money at the end of their retirement, but that's another story. william la jeunesse in los angeles, thanks. jenna: decisions about the payroll tax cut, for example, or lack thereof are made, well, in washington, d.c., and that's where we're headed back live where you see the senate and the house both going ...

to see how they're doing. a lot of damage. >> interestingly, jim, one thing to we do e-mailed me this which came from the national emergency management agency hout there where you are. they basically tell us it is the islands where the problems are. a lot of power lines down, a bridge out here and there, a report from cat island that all power lines were down and no telecommunications. so it sounds like the large islands have done pretty well. the smaller islands, either we don't know or they have had some problems. >> that's right. it's probably going to be another at least into t...

fine. >> then after north carolina, irene could hit new york and new england late this weekend. keep watching for latest turns in the hurricane's track. right now, a firefight is under way outside a cluster of buildings in tripoli. libyan rebels believe they have moammar gadhafi pinned down. they believe he is hiding in apartments in his compound. rebels have put $1.5 million bounty on gadhafi. he is wanted by the international criminal court for alleged war crimes. moammar gadhafi's son, wants a cease-fire to stop the bloodshed in tripoli. saadi contacted nic robertson by e-mail. ...

residents to get out or get ready. >> walking free from the hotel. christine romans. 33 journalists are out this morning and are talking after a terrifying ordeal. held at gunpoint by gadhafi loyalists growing more desperate by the second. the end of an era at am. i'm carol costello. steve jobs, creator force behind apple, resigns. what will this mean for the company? the change the way you live on this "american morning." good morning to you. it is thursday, august 25. welcome to "american morning." every day, it has been something else. something big happening. >> we want it to...

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