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Two-thirds of minimum wage workers in the united states are women, and -- so they're paying out of pocket as they go along, they don't have enough money to set aside for their retirement. they are very reliant on social security and certainly medicare. they don't have $6,000 a year extra that it will cost if romney and ryan get their hands on medicare. and by the way, if romney and ryan get their hands on medicaid, half of medicaid dollars go to support nursing homes in this country. thousands of -- >> and a lot of people impoverished themselves to get their parents into these homes. there's n...

all i knew i was on the ground. million dollar baby. this man was once homeless, now he's on the brink of becoming a million dollar champ. meet the man and hear his amazing story live. that and more right here right now on cnn. good evening. i'm don lemon. until just a few minutes ago we had only heard of him as one of two u.s. service men killed in afghanistan. now it is all too real as we learn his name and see his face. he is luteenant colonel john loften, a 44-year-old officer from kentucky. he died along with another officer. he is like you and me, has a family, a mother, wh...

>>dave: and now the news. 70 million, that is amount of money general electric agreed to pay other allegations that the finance division engaged in anticompetitive practices. next, 1.4 million minimum wage workers receive a boost between 28 cents and 37 cents an hour. and five, the number of outfit changes kate middleton will make for the royal christmas. >>juliet: a roller coaster for congress over the payroll tax cut but can lawmakers learn anything from the bipartisan showdown? >> this congress has had a very good learning experience. especially those who are new to

spending cuts, much of it from medicare and medicaid but also the 1.5 trillion in tax revenue, more than 1 trillion in war savings as operations in iraq and afghanistan draw down and interest savings amounting to more than $400 billion. texas governor rick perry may be asked more about this on the campaign trail. census data shows more than 18% of texans live below the poverty line. that's 3 points higher than the national average. the state also has the highest share of people without health insurance. and it's tied with mississippi for the highest percentage of minimum wage worke...

you're looking at live picture from the united nations. where all eyes right now are on this year's general assembly. president obama and the first lady, michele bachmann, expected to arrive in new york only minutes from now. at issue for the united states and much of the world this week, a showdown over the middle east. the palestinian authority president vowing to submit a formal application for statehood to the united nation's security council. it could have serious implications for the u.s. relationships with iz real and the arab world. much more on this part of the story coming ...