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it is september 14th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you live this morning from new york. thanks for waking up with us. nearly one in six americans are now living in poverty. that's according to a new report from the census bureau. it's a gut check on where we stand in the wake of the recession. here are the raw numbers from the government. 46.2 million lived in poverty in 2010. that's over 15% of the population, the highest level since 1993. for a family of four, the poverty line is just over $22,000 a year. some advocates for the poor say that bar is w...

Dead body and the source described to us what it looked like. essentially, what you can see in the photograph is a large open wound to the forehead. you can actually see brain matter in the picture, we're told. we're also told that one of bin laden's eyes is open, one is completely gone. you cannot see the exit wound in the back of the head, we're told, or the chest wound, but again, one of the reasons the white house is taking so much time in deciding whether to release the photos is the gruesome nature of it. the person who saw the photo told us that you -- that bin laden is easily recogniza...

Sit in deadly silence trained to camouflage themselves to any environment. or hold their breath underwater for over two minutes without releasing a single bubble. the only thing seems to be missing is the ability to leap a building in a single bound. and of course, they can shoot with pinpoint precision. for example, they rescued sailors from the "alabama maersk," taking out pirates through an open window on a rocking ship from 120 feet away in the dark. >> when you do hostage rescue, you train hitting a 3 by 5 card over the brain matter or the heart. >> reporter: but for all of their physical...

As soon as i saw that jessie had been shot, my focus transition was taking care of her. so the shots continued and i at that point had gotten out my phone and i fumbled around to call 911 as soon as i could. i had noticed at this point that the screaming had stopped and jessie had sustained a shot to the head in which case brain matter was exposed. it was at that point i crawled a little closer to her and i prayed over her. i didn't know what to do. it felt right. i just gave her the best sendoff i could. >> sandy philips, jessica gowie's mom.

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