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Class of 2013, and in so doing, i was really taken great care of by my new friend richard dannell and bobby cunningham. they showed me the best barbecue in memphis. and i got honored with an honorary doctorate. so call me doctor from this point on. thanks to you, lane college. and thanks so much for you for joining us in the newsroom. i'll be back an hour from now. 3:00 eastern time. "your money" with christine romans starts right now. children kicked out of head start, fewer meals for low income seniors, smaller benefit checks for jobless american. the most vulnerable in america are crying ...

His first official trip overseas as defense secretary. a short time ago, he met with u.s. troops in jalalabad. he thanked them and awarded the purple heart to two soldiers. if washington, millions of unemployed americans are already feeling the pinch from those forced spending cuts. they're seeing their benefit checks get smaller, and that's making it harder on the family budget. emily schmidt is live in washington with more. how big of an impact are we talking about here? >> reporter: pretty big impact for people who don't get any other income. we're talking about almost 10% of weekly job b...

>> may not have a choice. we'll see how it plays out. before the president does hold the news conference later today, expect some news from house democratic leader nancy pelosi. pelosi says she will announce later this morning whether she will stay on as minority leader after the democrats failed to within enough seats last week to take back control of the house. and also there are some new questions right now about the political future of democrat jesse jackson jr. who easily won re-election to his illinois house seat last week. jackson has left the mayo clinic for the second time. no wor...

Year. the overall economy getting a boost as more americans spend money shopping. the commerce department reports retail sales were up up .8% last month. analysts say that's better than expected. the results of the warmer weather and gradually improving job market. surprising retail numbers sending the dow up nearly 72 points today as i mentioned the nasdaq was down. s&p 500 stayed just about even. it was apple's slide that pushed the nasdaq down about 23 points. >> big changes coming to social security. benefit checks will no longer come in the mail. it's all digital now. the treasury departm...

morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning it is friday, october 14th. welcome to "american morning." it's a good morning on many levels. >> the tigers won. >> that's what i was going to say. the rangers are one game away from clinching it, and i kept think, well that means the tigers could still win. >> did you see the sixth ining? crazy. a single, a double, a triple and home run in one inning. i don't think that's ever happened in baseball before. the double kareemed off third base. the only reason it turned into a double and that was the turning point. >> there...