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Dollars -- and this year alone, disaster, the cost of three disasters. hurricane michael, $25 billion. $50 billion for hurricane florence. craig fugate, can you convince people with dollars and cents? >> i don't know if you can convince them with dollars and cents but the sheer frequency of events occurring. every time this is a record setting event, almost all the practices looking to the past to prepare for the future is not working. look at all the money we're spending. when fema is spending money, that's for uninsured losses. we've seen the largest transfer like fema and hud and the nation...

the dow finished up thursday, 340 points. this could be the best october in a quarter century. the economy is growing. the gross national product for the third quarter was nearly double the figure from april to june and that's thanks to consumer spending and more business investment. alison kosik will join us in about half an hour for the opening bell, but right now let's talk to global editor at large with reuters. good morning. so, what a difference a day makes. the dow futures are already down this morning and we've learned that whirlpool is cutting 5,000 jobs in north america and...

Tell your doctor if you are taking other medications, or if you have any muscle pain or weakness. this may be a sign of a rare but serious side effect. i thought i was doing enough to lower my cholesterol, but i needed more help. what are you doing about yours? [ male announcer ] have a heart to heart with your doctor about your cholesterol. and about lipitor. we've got major flooding to tell you about. the situation in fargo, north dakota, is bad and getting worse. children pitching in on sandbags along the river. it's expected to crest at 40 feet. janell joins us live from fargo. they are ...

Overflow area. you would think that's a taylor swift concert. >> boston is not ready for a college town. >> what started that? >> the thing is we've all learned everybody took their mass com 101 class and heard the media is the message. no. in this case the media is the message and it's about bernie sanders. a record setting event in a very political town. we're still a year out and i mean, this guy, people need to stop. al fred has been saying this for a long time. people have got to stop saying bernie sanders is doing great but he can't win. >> he is winning. to the next point, you have to s...