we're at the top of the hour. hello to you all. welcome to this cnn saturday morning for this september 24th. i'm t.j. holmes. among the stories we are following closely this hour, for the third time this year, the united states is on the brink of another partial government shutdown. the republicans and democrats facing off over spending cuts and disaster relief funds. for some agencies, the cash could run out just days from now. and the wait is over for that six-ton satellite to crash through the atmosphere down to earth. nasa says it fell to earth in pieces somewhere over the pacific ocean. there are reports of potential sightings really all over the world. and a lot of people, as we know, struggling to make ends meet right now and there are ways you can keep more of your

hard-earned money. some simple thingsckpñ you can our financial experts will fill us in on how to live on less. but first, let's turn to washington, shall we, where this time next week we could see some government agencies shutting down because they will be out of money. lawmakers are still arguing over a new spending plan to keep everything up and running. they're off this weekend after days and days of bickering, the biggest sticking point here is over money for disaster relief. republicans in the house say any monies for fema must be offset by alternative energy programs. democrats say, huh-uh. >> that's the danger to this country is the $14 trillion deficit and the $ 1.6 trillion we add to it every year. >> wake up! wake up! you can't kill these programs. this is the solution you are killing. >> the senate majority leader

harry reid sans intends to push for a vote monday on the compromised package. deputy political director paul steinhauser explains why republicans are in florida. >> every republican knows florida is a crucial state, but the state is becoming a major player in primary politics, as well. >> welcome to the florida state fairgrounds in tampa, the site of the first ever tea party republican presidential debate. >> two weeks ago, to another showdown thursday night in orlando to a major cattle call of all the candidates yesterday. florida is front ask center right now in the race for the gop nomination and the fight for texas rick perry is the front-runner in the national polls and former massachusetts governor mitt romney who is second in the survey over social security, immigration and health care. it shows no signs of letting up. >> my friend, governor perry, said if you don't agree with this position, i'm giving that

in-state tuition to illegals, that you don't have a heart. i think if you're opposed to illegal immigration, it doesn't mean that you don't have a heart. it means that off heart and a brain. >> the model for socialized medicine has already been tried and it failed. not just in western europe, but in massachusetts. >> this afternoon, we'll get the results of a straw poll in florida. the contest opened to some 3,500 rendell gates from a state that will most likely vote early in the primary caucus calendar. later today, both perry and romney speak in person at a gop conference in michigan, another state that's moving up its primary position in the race for the white house. results of a straw poll there, they come out tomorrow morning. t.j. >> tonight, it's an important night for president obama. he'll be speaking to the congressional black caucus. some members have been critical of the way he's been handling the jobs problem.

unemployment among african-americans was nearly 17% last month. turn to the middle east now with the palestinian authorities foreign minister says he is hoping for quick action on the palestinian push for full ewe nooitd night dollars nations membership. president mahmoud abbas put forward the request in a speech at the u.n. . the u.n. security council will discuss the request on monday. he's hoping a vote will come soon. the u.s. threatening to veto a resolution on statehood if it makes it to the security council. the american position, israel must be a part of any statehood issues. after the abbas speech, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu took the stage. >> this sa moment of truth. our people are waiting to hear the answer of the words. will it allow israel to continue the last occupation in the world? >> the palestinians should first

make peace with israel. and then get their states. >> well, our senior state department producer alesse lavitt is with us in new york. how does this process work now? okay. he went, he presented it, when does it get an answer back? when does a vote possible come up? >> well, t.j., what he does was he dropped a bomb at the u.n. security council, went back, is giving this time to brew, if you will. the security council is going to start discussion owes monday. they expect a speedy process within the u.n. security council. some officials saying to weeks. others not being so firm. but i've spoken to senior palestinian officials today saying they have nine votes in the u.n. security council. we know the u.s. is going to veto so it's not going to pass, but it he looks like they want to press ahead within the u.n.

security council and at least get a yes-or-no answer. they might get to the u.n. general assembly, but certainly a lot of things right now in play trying to get president abbas not to force that u.s. vote in the u.n. security council. >> mahmoud abbas is going to go back home looking like a hero no matter what? >> if you saw when he was giving that speech, t.j., if you saw some of the pictures from the palestinian territories of the palestinians celebrating, i think he can go back and claim international victory. after years of despair, after all these years of frustrations, at least for one day, i know the palestinians saw some light at the end of the tunnel, some hope. you speak to u.s. officials, though, and they say he raising expectations because this is not going to lead to a state. the u.s. and others have said, listen, the road to a palestinian state is not on the floor of the u.n. general assembly, it's in jerusalem where the parties should be having negotiations. so he might be able to claim a

long-term political victory, but there's a lot of concern about violence on the ground if these aspirations are not met. >> alesse, thank you, as always. it's seven minutes past the hour now. let's turn to italy where prosecutors are defending the dna evidence they used to convict american amanda knox of murder. this is day two. during her appeal, independent defense experts called the dna evidence flawed, insisting the police mishandled it. knox hopes to overturn a 26-year prison sentence. to germany now, where there was a flight security incident near the site where pope benedict held mass today. somebody shot two private security workers about a mile. the pope himself never in any

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ten minutes past the hour now. we're told it has arrived. this dead satellite that we at nasa has been telling you about all week, it did come crashing back to earth, finally, broke up into pieces somewhere over the

pacific. happened around midnight eastern time. we don't exactly know where all this stuff landed, but we're told it is here. no reason for alarm to go into your bunker, to put your hard hats on or to duck. there are videos coming out and you were the first one this morning, reynolds, would -- >> hid in a tree with a video with a flashlight. >> you see something in the sky, why not assume that's what it is? >> yeah. it's possible. is it likely? probably not. how many different things we have up in space, how many different things re-enter the earth's atmosphere. is it a definite thing this came from that satellite? it is a stretch. >> 20,000. we need to be ducking all the time. >> the thing you need to remember, though, is when you have a meteorite. many of them are but the size of

a grain of sand. >> do i need to duck for that, too. >> i think you need to. these are images captured by kris rawkowski up in minnesota. could this be part of it? it's possible. we'll never know. they said reentered over the pacific ocean. i'm sure there's a chance some of it may have fallen into the pacific. that's the largest geographical feature in the planet. 26 pieces that they say survived, made out of the stainless steel in the titanium. i'm going to go out on a limb saying they never know where many of these would have gone. who knows. but i think it's impossible to find every single one of them. >> way to go out on a limb there, reynolds. >> one thing we're going to see today besides going out to, from -- out to space back a little closer to home, one of the things we've got here with

our satellite imagery were tropical storm ophelia. this is actually -- i'm going to the gain strength. winds right now at 50 miles per hour. should stay off the u.s. mainland. that's the good news. the problem is, we have a long way to go for the rest of hurricane season. the proof in the pudding is right here. tropical depression number 17. moving off the african coast. we're going to watch that for potential development. very quickly as we wrap things up, here is tropical depression ophelia. moving away from the u.s. seaboard, but possibly getting closer to bermuda as we fast forward to tuesday. this is the information we saw from the satellite imagery. the as atmosphere, reentered, breaking up into 26 pieces. >> folks, if you do find that stuff, it is not your souvenir so keep. nasa is going to want it back. and if it causes damage to your home, they have to pay because if it comes down, by law, they

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17 minutes past the hour. a lot of people are glad to see this week on wall street behind us, the worst week since the start of the economic collapse three years ago. wall street saw the dow drop more than 700 points. s&p and nasdaq also took heavy losses. experts are blaming the drop on greece's financial problems and fears over a possible new global recession. whether it's a recession or not, a lot of people don't care what you call it. some people on main street are struggling every single day. 46 million americans are living in poverty. that includes people who don't fit the government's definition of poor. here now is cnn's athena jones. >> you know, i have to get money taken out of my paycheck for me. >> for dawn and is her family,

every day is a struggle. a single mom with two young children living at home in maryland, she makes just $25,000 a year as a department manager at walmart. but that puts her over the federal poverty line. >> it's not enough. >> reporter: poverty looks different on paper. to be officially considered as living in poverty, a family like hers has to make less than 17,5$17,568 a year. >> i would love to be able to not struggle and to put some money aside and to do some fun things. >> the defining line is adjusted yearly for inflation, but it was developed back in the early 1960s. >> since then, so many things have changed. >> she studies poverty at the urban institute. >> health care costs are higher, housing costs are higher. just a lot of changes that you and i would expect would be taken into account, but they're

not. >> did gooft uses the poverty line to help determine who qualifies for federal health, like food stamps, the federal health insurance program and school lunches. and any change in the official definition could affect the number of people eligible for that health. that's where politics come in. >> i think we need to go back to the drawingboard and come up with an accurate formula so we can better know what to do. >> congressman barbara lee, a democrat, believes more people would be considered poor because the current measure fails to account for geographical differences and family expenses. >> let's face it, what really accounts to people is conservative income. >> a measure that counts government benefits like food stamps and housing subsidies would see the income rate fall. >> you're not measuring our largest anti-poverty program and official poverty numbers. like i said, this is a lot like not counting field goals in football games. >> policy analysts agree the measures should be updated to

account for where a familiar lives, whether they rent or own their home and expenses like child care and transportation. >> come on in. for dawn, who relies on help from the government and through organizations like catholic charities in washington, d.c., it's a theoretical argument that doesn't help pay the bills. >> i pretty much care about taking care of my girls, you know, my kids. my kids always come first. >> 20 minutes past the hour and there are some very simple things you can do right now to lower your monthly expenses. i talked to our financial analyst collide. some things are very simple. you might not even be thinking about. let's start with taking advantage of the low mortgage interest rates. >> when we're talking about these all-time lows, we're talking about 4.3 in a lot of places and some places even lower. that's pretty much the average. this is a great opportunity for people who can refinance to

refinance. >> a lot of people are looking at you right now and saying, wait a minute, i'm upside down. how am i supposed to refinance? >> that's where it comes in. some areas haven't experienced the type of depreciation that some have. you still have areas around the country that are just able to refinance. a lot of people have been hit with depreciation so they can. if you're in that type of situation where you own more on the house than its worth, you're -- >> another way you can possibly find so save money, we pay our phone bill without even thinking about it. >> we pay the phone bill without thinking about it. some have been with the same service provider for years. we don't see the value from the that. there's a lot of people out there competing four offer business. this is an opportunity to talk to them to say, what other packages do you have for me? how can you lower my bill? >> we should or shouldn't bundle? >> do not bundle. once that contract is over, don't automatically go into a contract. try to do a no contract. with those bundled services,

unbundle the services and you may get more for your dollar. >> next up here, what other options around the house? >> save fuel. fuel costs. >> as far as energy, let's do that. >> we pay a lot of money right now on heating, gas, whether it's heating, gas or electric, we're paying a lot of money. sometimes your service provider will give you discounts if you're doing certain improvements on the house. it's all about going green right now. maybe you're doing some new windows, some heat, don't let the heat out of the homes. so those are green improvements that can help you so save more money. call them up, let them know what you're doing and they're doing an audit. they can tell you exactly what you're spending right now. >> another easy one here, buy generics. >> you don't need name brands. >> do you need name brand toilet paper? >> sometimes you have to make sure it's the same quality. sometimes some of these are just packaging. so you're fielding the same manufacturing plant to make some of these name brands versus the

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we have a story for you about women withholding sex from their husbands. and they say they had good reason for doing it. they were trying to stop an armed conflict. that's what the women did in the philippines. well, exactly how did that work out? i talked to our nadya billcheck about it. >> what happens with the various rural villages and they've been having conflict since the '70s. but around 2008, the united nations refugee agencies said to

these people, how can we help you? they made a slowing co-op for these women. the women got together and they said, our men are still fighting. what can we do? we are going to withhold sex. well, it worked wonderfully and the road that had been closed is now reopened and trade is being done between the villages. so let's hear from one of the women who has been withholding sex and one of the men who has been withheld. >> translator: if you don't agree with my -- you can -- you have no salary from him. >> no salary. >> no salary. >> that's what the kids call it these days. >> but i have to tell you something funny. there's been so much more prosperity since this ease of

tensions. he said what are you going to do now? he said i think i'm going to take a second wife. and you know what she said? she said i'm going to help people in need. as we know, t.j., this is hardly the first time. ancient greece, when athens was fighting start ta, the women withheld sex. so certainly a good weapon, maybe something of our politicians in d.c. or their partners to think about. >> let's see if that inspires some folks in this country, as well. but it has proven to work. >> we're at 28 minutes past the hour now. up next, infidelity, intrigue, some of the staples of daytime television. soap operas. but one of the fan favorites is now gone. we're saying good-bye to pine valley. stay with us. and i get my financing from ge capital. but i also get stuff that goes way beyond banking. we not only lend people money, we help them save it. [ junior ] ge engineers found ways to cut my energy use. [ cheryl ] more efficient lighting helps junior stay open later...

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we're just past the bottom of the hour. prosecutors in italy are defending the dna evidence they used to convict american amanda knox of murder. this is day two of closing arguments as she appeals her conviction. that jury found knox and her italian boyfriend guilty of

killing her roommate two years ago. experts of the court called the dna evidence flawed. knox hopes to overturn a 26-year prison sentence. two of the american hikers arrested in iran are now formally engaged. cnn has obtained this photo of the couple in oman. that's where she and josh fattal and shane bauer were reunited after they were released. and one week left before the government shuts down due to a disagreement on the federal budget. lawmakers aren't able to agree right now on how much money fema should get. republicans say extra funds should be offset by cutting back on clean energy programs. democrats say no way. that defunct, that dead satellite we've been talking about this week, it has finally crashed back to earth into

pieces. nasa says it fell somewhere over the pacific around midnight, but the agency hasn't pinpointed the exact location. there have been plenty of reports of possible sightings that go from texas to minnesota to hawaii to the philippines to the netherlands, why frankly what our meteorologist reynolds wolf says we just don't know what this stuff in the sky is and we may never know. >> some of these images, i think, are pretty unusual. but when it comes to trying to track each one of these, it's almost like we're talking about confetti that has been tossed across the atmosphere. how in the world can you track every single little piece. here, we're talking about pieces coming through the atmosphere that are burning up, super heated. a lot of this is ripping apart as it's coming down. it's very, very difficult to say we're going to find every single one of these. i'm sure they won't. >> reynolds, if you're telling me that is not a piece from that satellite, what is it? >> it's a fire fly. that is someone's t-shirt that

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37 minutes past the hour. this just in to us. you're looking at a live picture inside a courtroom in florida. the verdict has just been read in what many followed as calling the millionaire trial. well, the man, bob ward is his name, on trial for killing his wife has thou been found guilty of second degree murder. a lot of people will remember this case because of the 911 call. he was accused of killing his wife. he claimed that she was suicidal and that the two struggled when he saw her with a gun in her hand. she ended up shot in the face. and his story was that she was trying to stop her from shooting herself, but she ended up shot and the gun went off.

his wife, diane ward, is her name. she died back in september of 2009. he has now been found guilty of second degree murder. it has been several weeks of emotional testimony in this case. the prosecution saying he had other motives. his wife was supposed to testify. there he is being led away actually here now, but this is just happening live here in florida, but he's found guilty now of second degree murder, so he could possibly -- i believe it was 20 years in prison he was facing. but bob ward is the name. the millionaire people that many people followed. and i mentioned the 911 call that was released. that's why you may remember this story. his voice was heard on it calling 911 saying repeatedly, i shot my wife, i shot my wife, she's dead. so that was a piece of evidence used against him. bob ward, the millionaire convicted now of second degree murder in the murder of his wife in 2009. we'll turn now at 39 minutes past the hour to latino in

america, the series that is going to be focussing on and bringing you here at cnn. we're talking about people now who are born in the united states, but their parents were not, having come to their country illegally, their parents, at least. most often when the parents are deported, the children have to go, as well. as part of our special, latino in america, thelma gutierrez reunites us one one of those children. >> i first met julie when she was 13. she was in the middle of one of herty maul tuus times of her life. her family was about to be separated for good. we followed julie's story for four years to document the impact of deportation and separation on american children born to undocumented parents. there are an estimated 4 million kids just like her. julie's nightmare began in 2006 when immigration agents arrested

her mother, a hotel maid who had been working without documents in burien, washington. >> i was there when they handcuffed her. i was there when they took her down. >> julie's mother, anna, her stepfather and two older brothers were all deported. julie and her sister, shiri, both americans and still children, had no choice but to follow. julie was a stranger in a foreign land and that's where we first found her, in a cramped house in the middle of mexico city, where anna sold tacos on the street, shirif played on the asphalt and julie had dropped out of school. >> how did you do in school? >> really bad. i would just come home, sit down, cry. mom, i can't do it. >> why? >> i can't read or write spanish. >> when texas businessman joe kenard read about julie's plight in mexico, he contacted her mother, then arranged for julie to move to texas with his family so she could continue her education.

>> you can make the argument that she deserved what she got because she was an adult, she made a choice, she knew the consequence webs etcetera. but why the children? they're innocent. and they're born here. they're u.s. citizens. >> it was a huge opportunity for julie, but an incredibly painful decision for her family. that was four years ago. julie is now 17. she told me that just thinking about the day she left her mother behind in mexico still causes her heart to drop. >> i just remember we were holding hands and they just slid apart and i went my way and she went her way. i remember i looked back once, she was looking and i never turned back around again because she was crying. i didn't want to see my mom cry. >> so joe kennard hired an attorney and after several years of fighting their case in court, julie's mom was granted a temporary work visa to return to the united states. it was a bittersweet reunion.

back in burien, washington, julie and shirif are now living with their mother. >> do you miss mexico? >> yes. >> what do you miss the most about it? >> i miss my dad. >> sharis would prefer to be in mexico because her dad there s there. you prefer here because you grew up here. it's a difficult spot, isn't it? >> they have no choice, basically. >> i asked anna if she had any regrets about putting her children in such a difficult children. she said yes because she brought her oldest children into the u.s. when they were young and they're suffering because of the decisions she made. she says she did it for them, to give them the opportunity for a better life. julie and sharis savior these moments with their mother and say they have faith the rest of the family will one day be reunited with their family.

>> and tomorrow, soledad o'brien introduces you to an atlanta boxer who will fight in the first olympicic boxing tournament to ever include women. latino in america, in her corner, airs tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern.

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46 minutes past the hour now. and it's the end of an era in daytime television. we're talking about soap operas right now. they're on the chopping block and now one of the oldest and most popular has signed off. careen winters takes a look at the end of "all my children." >> t.j., this is a show that's been around for four decades, "all my children." it's a really long time. it's not alone here. there are so many soaps getting washed up in this new era of entertainment. it's the latest soap opera squeezed out of daytime. >> it's over. there's nothing left. >> "all my children" which made america's favorite soap icon susan lucci a household name and

helped launch stars of kelly rippa. >> my first job, 19-year-old girl off the bus. >> and actress sara michelle geller was stunned by the decision to can the classic due to daytime operations. >> it just seemed so wrong to me. >> imagine after a 40-year rung. >> these are expensive shows to produce and they're not got to get the same shows they used to. >> soap opera digest stephanie williams says "all my children" was the number one soap opera when it debuted and stayed on top for decades. >> the show had the first abortion, protest to the vietnam war. they dealt with aids, they dealt with homosexuality. >> but in the 1990s, sloan says the popular drama began dipping in the ratings. >> networks execs were forced to slash salaries and in 2010 relocate the show's production from new york here to l.a., but it wasn't enough to save the

soap. >> the era of the bored housewife is over and soap operas catered to that 1950s woman sitting at home. >> the popularity of eye guiden light," "one life to live" and "all my children" is a result of reality tv and transition over the years. >> who cares about erica cain when you have real housewives of new jersey battling it out onscreen? >> reality shows offer the network an inexpensive replacement for these shows. >> it's not just reality shows, but talk shows like "the chew" filling the daytime landscape. fresh, new programming networks hope viewers will sink their teeth into. starting next week, "the chew," a food and lifestyle shows takes over all my children's time slot.

closing a chapter of one of television's longest running and most beloved daytime staple. t.j., while you won't be able to turn on the tube to see "all my children" any more, it's not entirely dead. a production company is bringing the series back to life in an online format. so many die hard soap fans out there fear the show just won't be the same. t.j. >> i don't know what i'm going to do. the soap opera's genre has been slowly disappearing. this is serious stuff for folks here. do you see this? this is for real. we got to talk to earlier the guy who plays tad. even if you're not a big follower of "all my children" there are probably at least two people you know. you know erica cain and tad martin. there's susan lucci who plays erica erica cain. the guy who plays tad martin was with me earlier. he told me it was emotional when

they had to shoot the last episode. >> it was a very emotional day in the studio for all of us. some of us have known each other for decades. i think yesterday most of us were just gratified because we had been working with the damocles over our head for a long time. to know it meant so much to so many people to say good-bye, it was a good sendoff. >> what really killed "all my children?" >> i think what it is, in an age when the internet is redefining so many industries, publishing, online marketing, television had to deal with a lot of things. cost, as they had to harder for the same market share they don't have the same monopoly they did 20 years ago. they had to cut costs. it's a pretty big nut to carry a

soap opera. i wouldn't say the internet or reality television killed the soaps. i think it would be interesting to see if -- because if we did find a new home on the internet, hopefully, it would be interesting to see it's the same thing that challenged us, made life difficult for us, was our savior in the end. it's kind of a plot twist agnes would have come up with. i think we'll see soap operas change. go to more of a novela format, limited run so you keep your cost down. i don't think we'll see it go amplt i think there's just so much reality television people can take and they are going to want to see scripted tv. >> even if you don't know, you know that guy. everybody knows that guy. >> it is an institution. i think it is sad that it's going away. >> it is. >> it's going to be odd turning on the television in the middle of the daytime and not seeing that show. >> they are going to put it online. true fans will certainly follow it. they will have some new

episodes. how are you doing this morning? >> fine. how are you? >> a little sleep you're on right now, though? >> i'm okay. who needs sleep. >> who needs sleep. the reason, fredricka is on little sleep, fredricka apparently put on a concert last night. >> oh, no. let me show you the concert fredricka put on. >> this was not meant for air. ♪ i call your name girl >> yes, fredricka. please explain to me what you were doing. >> okay. essence magazine, an incredible event last night honoring three extraordinary people who do a lot for other people. tom joyner, donna richardson and dr. regina benjamin as well. but one of the highlights of the evening was the surprise guest. so i was rattling off some of the names of the songs. nobody got it. so i thought i had to share a little tune there. >> did they get it once you --

>> they did. i heard a few hooping and hollering. could have been because i was off tune. people got it. he was the guest, sang beautiful balance adds. >> that was a taste there, fredricka, finish the song now. >> heck no. >> fredricka, come on. >> no way. >> put you on the spot. >> no way. i am not doing that. i'm saving your ears. you don't want to hear me sing. that was all i had. i didn't realize that was going to make air. >> we wanted to share that. >> i was among friends there in a very quaint ronald reagan building there in washington, d.c. i certainly didn't think that was going to make airs. >> you're among friends here, just between us. >> all right. >> we'll go to your day job now coming up in seven minutes. >> a lot going on, arrived and av will be with us, the highlight of the noon eastern hour. amanda knox, college student facing 20 years prison time in italy. now, it is down to the wire.

will she win freedom through the appeal? richard herman says he thinks she's going to find her way on u.s. soil soon. we're going to ask why, what he thinks, why he thinks this case is closing favorably for her. >> she needs to get home. >> he thinks because of the lack of evidence she might make her way home. i won't steal his thunder. everyone knows levi johnston's name. he's written a book "deer in the headlights." a tell-all book about the palin family. that was the moment that changed the dynamic for him in so many different ways. that was republican national convention here when he saw what an incredible stage he was on, that he felt like he was thrust on. he is talking about how life seemed simple and amicable with the palin family until bristol palin got pregnant and until the

presidential ticket lost. >> is this a tell-all in the sense of a tell-all, salacious. >> no holds barred. he feels like at this point so much has been said about him by the palin camp, that he felt like this was my turn. so it is a tell-all book. then he says he's also moved on. it's an interesting heart to heart with him. >> they are telling me we've got 30 seconds here. we used a lot of time on you singing. >> robbed the time with me singing. mi, mi, mi, mi. >> it was totally work it. >> financial fix. so would you be able to stay in your home if you lost your job. we're not just talking about how much savings that you have. i think folks have heard it ad nauseam now eight months saving. there are other measure to take. a real treat 4:00 p.m. eastern time. talking about extraordinary

people. wnba's player tammic, a catchings. a story about achieving greatness. she's going to be here. she was a young kid who had hearing limitations. she said, you know what, i'm not going to allow that to create my destiny. we'll hear from her how she was able to get beyond that. she in no way thinks it's a disability, if anything was an advantage for her. we'll end in an inspiring way. >> would you like to send us out on a singing note. >> no. >> quick break. >> too early, have to warm up my vocal cords. may seem like a trumped-up hollywood premise. ♪ but if you take away the dramatic score... take away the dizzying 360-degree camera move, and take away the over-the-top stunt, you're still left with a pretty remarkable tale. but, okay, maybe keep the indulgent supermodel cameo...

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