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So we'll really have to see where these cuts come from, suzanne. >> alison, appreciate it. thanks. he hasn't run for office for nearly three decades, over three decades, but jimmy carter always keeps politics on his radar. in my exclusive interview, carter weighs in on the next generation. will we see another carter in the white house? >> well, you know -- >> more of my exclusive interview in the "cnn newsroom." her morning begins with artitis pain.

Spending seriously surged. the budget last year was at $700 billion. you have to remember, a lot of that went to fighting the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> alison, i've got to ask you here. obviously we're all happy that bin laden's been captured. we see the big results, that the money has paid off. but can this spending go on with the budget crisis that we're dealing with, at those levels? >> you know, with our debt issues, front and center these days, i'll tell you what, everything is on the table right now when it comes to the budget cuts. president obama is proposing cuts in defense spe...

Fertile in the first place. >> they expected this? >> well, i heard rob talk to a man who went through the '37 or '39 flood, he said, sometimes it just happens. what we have done, we have put people in the way. we have put houses in the way. we have put communities in the way that weren't there in 1939 and '37. that's what's getting flooded this time. >> chad, appreciate that. >> sure. look at business headlines. cnn money.com's lead story, how gas prices are impacting the average family. a check of the markets, the dow is now down about 120 points or so. in the decade between the september ...