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As a matter of fact, in personnel you are talking about an army that will go from 549,000 to 425. a marine corps from 202,000 to about 145. the lowest level that the marine corps has been in quite some time. when you look at our combat formations, maneuver battalions and the army go from 100 down to 60 or 70. the fighter aircraft in the air force goes from 1,990 to 1500. look at enabled war vessels go going from 288 to 238. when you look at trouble spots all over the world now is not the time for to us do this to the military which is what we heard secretary of defense, general joint chiefs an...

Location, location, may not have as much bearings these days. now the price that you set is more important than ever. here is cnn's allan chernoff. >> reporter: linda's charming maplewood, new jersey home has a beautiful kitchen and renovated bedrooms and bathrooms. but when she put it on the market at 549,000, she had no buyers. they showed the home 16 times. what to do? linda divorced mother of two grown children looking to downsize didn't hesitate. she lowered her asking price by $20,000. >> are you confident that it's going to go at this price? >> no, not really, because of what the market...

joe johns, have a great rest of the weekend and safe travels. >> you, too. on this memorial day, i want to begin on cordova, alabama. it hit on the morning of april 27th by a powerful ef-3 tornado, and then the very same day ef-4 tornado hits that same town that night. cordova, alabama, is not the town that you see here in some of the video, some of the aerial pictures here and satellite images. a lot of folks have certainly lost their homes, but as we told you on friday, the cordova mayor jack scott is invoking a ordinance that rejects any trailer which is being offered by the fed...

I'm julia boorstin. the dow is now, let's take a look at the dow, the dow is down 50 points, s&p 500 up over 9, and the nasdaq up over 14. goldman-sachs profits took a dive down 82% from the first quarter. the investment bank says that a 5$550 million settlement for fraud took a big toll. new home construction also took a hit in june as the housing market continues to struggle. the commerce department says housing starts fell to an eight-month low last month, dropping 5% to 549,000. that's it from cnbc first in business worldwide. thomas back to you. we're going to continue to follow the b...