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Today, hundreds of desperate homeowners line up for a chance to get their mortgages modified. >> this is my last hope, yes, of keeping my home. >> reporter: last year tirra was full of hope after she got a trial modification under the government's loan modification program, making home affordable, reducing her monthly payments. but after many months, she was denied a permanent modification. instead, the bank moved toward foreclosure. she was stunned to learn that the bank had counted all her reduced payment under the government program as underpayments, making her loan delinquent. >> everyone ...

Now, used to have over 20 people feive years ago, went from 1.8 million to 522,000 dollars, now, in a matter of four years. i mean, how did this happen? i don't know. you know, it's the economy, blame it on the economy, i don't know. >> i'm sure it is the economy. serge jean-louis, thank you for coming on and helping to raise awareness. >> i appreciate it, thank you very much for having me on. >> you're welcome. coming up, getting rid of recess in favor of more structured stuff for kids. one district is doing that this fall. is that best for kids? we've got your opinions via twitter and e-mail...

Not equipment. >> they're talking about the f-35 and the new tank they want to force down everybody's throat. >> how about the tanks we gave the muslim brotherhood. that would be a good way to start cutting. >> you keep talking about all the places where there's terrorism. eric's put his finger on it. we can no longer go over and be the policemen of the world. let's protect our interests, but we don't have the circle the globe with united states military presence, and a lot of the budget is double. >> isn't that two different arguments? >> while we're drawing down, our enemies are getting bigg...

Just during the time of george w. bush was president, we more than doubled what we spend on the military. but today, pentagon proposed cutting that budget. sort of. by law, the size of the military and the military budget are both scheduled to shrink over the next few years and by a lot. congress already voted the army should shrink from 522,000 soldiers to 420,000. congress already voted that the marine corps should shrink from 190,000 marines to 175,000. that's already law. congress voted for that. scheduled to go into effect if nothing else happens. that's the sequester they voted for. what...

Proposed cuts by the secretary of defense will cut our standing force from 522,000 to 450,000. the u-2 spy plane will be done and they're due to increase special ops by 6%, a little bit of good news. the good news i believe is that congressional support is needed and there's even some democrats that are upset by some of these proposals. >> you're right about that. governor fallon of oklahoma faced a wave of tornadoes, deadly in 2013. she said this could weaken the government's ability when it comes to the national guards. people on both sides of the aisle, veterans, politicians -- >> senator j...