live pictures from oslo, norway, the world is watching. we're moments away from learn whog will be awarded this year's nobel peace prize. here in the united states, today marks day 21 of the protests. even the president has taken notice. and the same medical group that told women in their 40s they don't need mammograms will soon recommend that men not get screened for prostate cancer. good morning to you. happy friday. it's october 7th. this is your a.m. wake-up call.

i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. want to go ahead live to oslo. >> the committee has decided the nobel peace prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between ellen johnson surlaf, name ma bow lee and tav co-carlin for the nonviolent struggle, safety of women and women's rights to full participation in peace-building work. we cannot achieve democracy and piece in the world unless women receive the same opportunities as men in all levels of society. in october 2000, the un security council adopted resolution 1325.

the resolution for the first time made violence against women in armed conflict an international security issue. it underlined the need for women to become participants on an equal footing with men in peace processes and in peace work in general. ellen johnson surlif is africa's first democratically elected phenyl male president. since her inauguration in 2006 she has contributed to securing peace in liberia, to promoting economic and social development and strengthening the position of women. lama bovin organized women across ethnic and religious dividing lines to bring an end to the long war in liberia and ensure women's participation in elections. she has worked to enhance the

influence of women in west africa during and after war, and in the most trying circumstances, both before and during the arab spring, to be queue carmen has played a leading part in the struggle for women's rights and for democracy in yemen. it is the nobel committee's hope that the prize to these three women will help to bring an end to the suppression of women that still occurs in many countries and to realize the great potential for democracy and peace that women can represent. thank you. >> [ speaking foreign language ]. you just heard the

announcement, the nobel peace prize goes to three women, women who have fought for women's rights as part of the arab spring and also in liberia. perhaps the most famous and the name you might recognize, at least our united states audience was ellen johnson surly, president of liberia. she has done so much to help the women of liberia to end the civil war within that country and promote women's rights. we'll have much more on these three nobel peace prize winners. all along analysts were saying they thought the nobel peace prize would go to a woman because it hasn't gone to a women for such a long time. now three women are sharing the prize. we'll have much more on the nobel peace prize winners in just a bit. we have reporters actually across the world. we'll get one up live in just a short time. the anti wall street

protests seem to be growing by the day. the demands are even being heard in the white house. president obama spoke out about the protesters yesterday saying they're giving voice to those americans frustrated with the way wall street and the big banks work. demonstrations have sprung up in more than a dozen cities against corporate greed. the first of the so-called occupy wall street protests took place in new york's financial district about three weeks ago. their ranks appear to be growing, drawing people from all walks of life. two prom meant supporters are actor tim robin and film director michael moore. >> they're already listening. we don't have to do anything. you understand that? we don't really have to do anything. this is already happening. it's happening in 100 cities across the country f. you don't think the politicians an lobbyists an everybody else, the people in these financial buildings aren't paying attention to this? >> a key focus of the protest, the nation's high unemployment

rate. the government eefs latest unemployment report is due out at 8:30 eastern. one survey indicates a modest edition of only 45,000 jobs last month, compared to 89,000 in august, a number that was revised down from the previously reported 91,000. jobs and the economy are high on president obama's agenda. shortly after the unemployment figures are released, he's meeting the with the senate democratic leaders on his jobs bill. they plan to take up the $447 billion bill next week. yesterday president obama issued a tough warning saying any senator who votes against it better have a good explanation. he says the bill will boost economic growth and put people back to work. a key element to the bill is in how it's funded. >> this jobs bill is fully paid for by asking millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair

share. >> that was house speaker john boehner. he dismissed the president's remarks saying mr. obama is campaigning for re-election instead of carrying out his job as president. ten years and counting. american forces invaded afghanistan. the start of the longest war in u.s. history. the initial goal was quickly achieved. the defeat of the taliban and the destruction of al qaeda training camps. two years later, everything changed. president george w. bush invaded iraq with many of the u.s. troops shifted from afghanistan to iraq. the taliban made a comeback. today, how much, there is an end in sight. president obama says most american troops will be withdrawn by the end of 2014. the toll of the nation's longest war, more than 1,70 troops killed, more than 14,000 wounded. astronomers say a media

shower expected to hit this weekend will be more like a meteor storm and that has nasa very concerned. jacqui jeras will explain why just ahead. first, here is our quote of the day. if you were ever going to spend $39,000 on a bag, that's the bag you should buy. end quote. we'll tell you who said that and what they're referring to in 90 seconds. it's eight minutes past the hour. let's get chinese. should we order panda blossom, panda moon... how about chinese at home with wanchai ferry?

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it's nine minutes past the hour. this is your wam wake-up call. here is the quote of the day. if you were ever going to spends $39,000 on a bag, that's the bag you should buy. who said that you asked? it was amanda brooks. she's barney's fashion director. brooks is talking about this, a $39,000 luxury backpack from mary kate and ashley olson's clothing line. someone has money. it's just not any of us. who would spend $39,000 on a bag, jacqui jeras? >> not me. i'm lucky to spend $39 on a bag. i'm just being honest. >> that's more than some people make per gear, more than many people make per year. >> craziness. >> before you get into weather, could you indulge me?

>> sure. >> you know the detroit tigers won. they've advanced and beat the new york yankees. rob marciano has noticed has take ten day off. i had a bet with him that he would be fully dressed in a boston red sox uniform, and he's off today, jacqui. i wonder why. >> i guess that explains the midnight phone call. i'm kidding. no. this was planned. >> congratulations tigers fans and tigers, it was a game that went down to the wire. they won 3-2. when ben wall walked that guy in, i thought, oh, no, here we go. they pulled it out. it was an exciting game. >> you know i'm a midwest girl, carol. so if i had to choose a time-out of that, i'm celebrating with you today. >> that's why i like you so much. >> i know. >> okay. now we can get to weather. >> okay. shall we? we've got a lot going on.

the nation's mitd section in particular is going to be wickedly windy today. that will be the big weather story from the upper midwest all the way to the gulf coast where winds could gust as high as 50 miles per hour. high pressure across the east means it's going to be gorgeous. you've got leaf-peeping plans this week? go ahead and keep them. lots of sunshine. warmer-than-average temperatures. in florida later today, expecting showers and thundershowers and something to potentially develop here tropically or maybe sub tropically late in the weekend. it's something we have to be watching over the next couple days. either way you spell it, lots of downpours for parts of florida along with high risk of rip currents. travel delays under an hour for everybody. minneapolis because of the wind, kansas city, dallas and omaha because of the wind as well. in miami looking at the showers and thundershowers. you might see this over towards

ft. lauderdale as well as melbourne. temperaturewise, man it's gorgeous for october. 84 in minneapolis. 87 in kansas city. still warmer in dallas with 90. cooler temperatures in the northeast. 67 in new york city. it's really not too terrible. we've got snow in the rockies to talk about once again today. heavy at times. those skiers are salivating, though, at the thought of it. things might be opening up early if this keeps up. >> speaking of things coming from the sky, that story you were talking about earlier, the meteor shower taking place this weekend. a big deal this time around. normally it's an iffy media shower where you don't expect to see a lot. this year expecting to see 600 per hour. unfortunately for us in the united states is going to be between 3:00 and 5:00 in the afternoon so the sun prevents you from seeing it as well.

you still might see a little show. there's a little concern with this as well, carol. when the rocks and the ice moves into the earth's atmosphere, it creates electromagnetic, like a discharge. that's kind of a concern for things like the international space station, for things like satellites. so they could have some control problems or electrical problems. something they'll be watching for tomorrow. >> we'll keep our fingers crossed. >> we normally get up in the middle of the night to try to see a little something. >> i'm up in the middle of the night anyway. president obama is turning up the heat on congress to pass his big jobs plan as new unemployment numbers come out in just a few hours. his challenge to those against it. that's coming up. it's 14 minutes past the hour. [ female announcer ] once you taste

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have been supported by both democrats and republicans. if it turns out that there are republicans who are opposed to this bill, they need to explain to me, but more importantly to their constituencies and the american people why they're opposed and what would they do. >> of course, tim, republicans said they've done that again and again and again. and the senate is set to take up this bill next week. it's not going to go anywhere, is it? >> let's back up for a minute. the president doesn't often do news conferences. yesterday morning, a hastily called news conference and then spends about 75 minutes talking to reporters, most of which, in fact, the first 20 minutes of which included one question was all about the american jobs bill and why it needs to be passed. many democrats in the senate opposed the bill as the president presented it. they need to figure a way to make it look better. they've come up with a different tax, a tax on millionaires that they'll vote on next week, and the senate leadership for the

democrats will meet with the president to find out how to do that. mitch mcconnell and harry reid started playing this back-and-forth game on how to vote, how to vote, how to vote. for the six of you interested in this nuanced parliamentary procedure it was kind of fun. for most of us rnlgs it's an example that this is all ability positioning. thement saying republicans don't want to work with me. democrats saying the same thing about republicans, and republican ps saying the president isn't being reasonable. it's all about the white house in 2012. meanwhile, as we get jobs numbers today, there will be very little if any progress on this bill. even if it gets through the senate next week, it's not going to make it through the house of representatives. i ask the question, where are we, carroll? i have no answers on this. >> it's just so frustrating. it makes you believe that things really won't change until after the election. the presidential election. it's clear that's what everyone is waiting for. and nothing will get done before then. in the meantime, people remain

out of work. the protests on wall street are growing. americans are becoming even more disenfranchised with their government institutions. it just kind of makes you sick to your stomach. >> this is not a happy time, no question about it. >> also i want to talk about this. today marks the tenth anniversary i of the war in afghanistan. mitt romney is delivering a big foreign policy address today. how will he play that, tim? >> well, he's going to try to create an aif air in which both hawks an doves can comfortably roost, if i can borrow a phrase from my colleague lou ellen king. he's not going to be big on substance. he's going to be big on style. he's expected to call for an america century, for not crawling into an isolationist cell. you'll recall in 2008 he and john mccain went back and forth at the reagan library on the use of the word timetables. he will call for a review of the

situation in afghanistan within 100 days of being elected if he could do that. expect a lot of style today. this is once more mitt romney positioning himself as a candidate as opposed to somebody who wants to be the republican candidate. he's going to go right up against whatever president obama's vision is. he has to be careful because even john boehner recently has been praising the president's policies on afghanistan. >> most americans approve of the way the president has been handling things over seas, maybe not so much with the war because our troops remain in afghanistan and iraq. i think many mayor cans want to see them come home. >> war weary i think is the phrase. >> very war weary. tim farley, host of "morning briefing" on sirius poed tus radio. you can point to what happened on the senate floor last night as an example of what tim talked about. chaos erupted over efforts to

vote on a china currency bill. the real issue, a heated debate over the rights of minority republicans to offer amendments to it and other bills. >> i found over the last congress and nine months that when i try to have an open amendment process it is a road to nowhere. >> i think members on both side of the aisle feel like this institution has degraded into a place that is no longer a place of any deliberation at all. >> the united states senate, the minority is entitled to be heard, not entitled to win, but entitled to be heard. >> in the end, senators agreed to take a cooling-off period over the columbus day weekend. they plan to vote on the china bill and the president's jobs bill next week. all right. take a big gulp of your favorite

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specifically if you are male. the same group that made headlines telling women over 40 to skip mammograms is ready to offer controversial advice to men. cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen spoke with our wolf blitzer. >> i was on your show two years ago and we talked about the mammogram recommendations that women in their 40s don't need 40s. that same group, the u.s. preventive services task force we are told is poised on next week to say that they think that men should not get prostate cancer screening, that psa test at all. they say that the test does more harm than good. now, this is according to a source that is privy to the task force deliberation and a report that cnn obtained. it is a draft report. there is a chance that it could change by monday when it's due to be released. >> i know a lot of men who did have that psa test. they skofrpd that there was cancer. they had treatment and they're alive right now. what does this say about that?

>> this decision is going to be very hard to explain to those men. here is the situation with prostate cancer, wolf. some prostate cancers are fast-growing. you want to catch them and growing. there are many prostate cancers that are going to be slow. you catch them, and they'll never kill the man. but you do give the man treatment and that treatment can make him impotent or incontinent or the treatment could even kill him. that's the problem here is that medical science can't discern between these different kinds of tumors. some men get this treatment and they actually would have been fine without it but the treatment hurts them. >> this is the same group that recommended against mammogram screening for women in their 40s. they got a lot of backlash for that as well, didn't they? >> they certainly did. you know what, wolf? i'm expecting something similar in this situation. we already talked to someone at a prostate cancer foundation, a man who had prostate cancer. he said this proposed recommendation is a tremendous mistake. those are the words that he

used. >> bottom line, elizabeth, should men 40, 50, 60 years old, should they be screened? should they take these psa blood tests or not? >> you know what, wolf? this is a very difficult decision every man has to make with his doctor. on the one hand, you might catch a fast-growing cancer. on the other hand, you might catch a slow-growing cancer and be compelled to treat it. if you test men you've got a less than 1% chance of finding one of these harmful cancers. you're 47 times more likely to find one of the smaller cancer cancers where again you really would have been better off not knowing about it at all. odds are you'll find one of the cancers that you really in many ways don't want to find. >> elizabeth cohen reporting. still ahead, the federal loan scandal involving a bankrupt solar energy company leads to a high-level resignation. a california bank gets busted for having child porn.

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good morning to you. it is friday. happy friday. it's october 7th. this is your a.m. wake-up call. i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. it's 31 minutes past the hour. this year's nobel peace prize, this year the prize is shared between three women. we'll take a closer look at each of their accomplishments. let's start with ellen johnson sirleaf and leymah gbowee. >> reporter: it wasn't the media

savvy nobel prize we suspected which was possibly the arab spring. certainly these two women have been working behind the scenes and in the public to help women's rights and stabilize liberia. sirleaf as the first democratically elected woman president in afghan, bringing peace and stability to the war-wrecked country. the other person from africa, leymah gbowee, she was instrumental in pushing for pro peace activists to stop the second civil war in liberia, carol n and bravely fought against, in a peaceful way, the tyranny of charles taylor, the president at the time and helped pave the way to democratic elections. certainly a very proud day for west africa, liberia and africa as a whole. >> david mckenzie, thanks so

much, live from nairobi. let's learn more about the third woman awarded the peace prize, tawakkul karmanin. >> she is a pretty extraordinary woman. she was a stay-at-home housewife whose political conscience was galvanized when her husband was beaten and imprisoned. she went on the streets. yemen, even amongst the arab states, for a woman making that statement has proved galvanizing movement, staying in a country where women are expected to be back in their hopes by nightfall. but in recognizing her, the nobel committee has recognized women across the arab world who have been so crucial to the resistance process during the arab spring and really unlike

many of the men who were only fighting -- i say only, but obviously fighting against suffocating dictatorship regimes, the women were also fighting against suffocating social stretches at the same time. >> thanks so much. here in the united states if senate democrats get their way, millionaires and billionaires will pay more in taxes under president obama's jobs bill. can you guess how much? we'll have the answer for you after the break. first check out today's get smart question. the nobel peace prize was awarded this morning. it's actually named after alfred nobel, a swedish scientist. what did he invent? was it a, dynamite, bpost it notes or c, the internet. we'll have the answer in one minute. it's 34 minutes past the hour. people told me i wasn't going to do anything. and i just decided i have more to offer than that. i put myself through nursing school, and then i decided to go get a doctorate degree.

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back to today's get smart question. the nobel peace prize is named after alfred nobel. what did he invent, was it dynamite, post-it notes or the internet? the answer, he invented dynamite. he received the palt tent for dynamite in 1867. this morning we're learning more about what's behind the proposed millionaire surtax. let's head to christine romans here in new york with me. the president, christine, is endorsing this plan being opinion pro posed by senate democrats, talking about a surtax on those making a million dollars or more. >> it's a surtax. it would capture a wider amount of their income, a 5.6% surtax on millionaires, as i said, taxing a larger amounts of their income by the way it would be used in tax. investment income sources would also be taxed. it has a little broader reach than regular income tax right now.

democrats say it would raise $450 billion over ten years. how much does this mean? if you're a millionaire waking up this morning and saying wait, what does this mean to me? it comes out according to the tax policy center about $110,467 a year. that's how much each millionaire would have to pony up extra on average. how many households would aff t affected? 3 92,000, a tiny sliver and it shows you also that senate democrats have raised the bar for what they're calling rich, now focusing on the super rich, not just the $250,000 for couples in this country to raise taxes. it moves it up a little higher. that's more palatable for small business owners perhaps. i will point out a fantastic story i'm going to tweet a link to from jean is a had difficult on cnn money. tax experts don't like these kinds of things. they say surtaxes don't really

work. they make a tax code that's more complex, instead of making it simple, transparent, more easy to understand, it adds another surtax on top of another messy tax code. tax experts don't like it. they'd rather see real tax reform. it certainly appeals to the populist, the blame-the-rich mentality that seems to be really resonating. that's why you're seeing so much heat behind it. >> what you're saying, it may be smart politics, but many economists say it's bad policy. >> exactly, carol, exactly. >> we'll talk more about this on american morning. thank you, christine. still ahead, the federal loan scandal involving a bankrupt solar energy company leads to a high-level resignation. a california man gets busted for having child porn. you'll never believe who turned him in. it's 38 minutes past the hour. not yet, thanks for reminding me.

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i'm carol costello live from new york. it's 45 minutes past the hour. now a look at this day in histo history. operation enduring freedom began ten years ago. the war in afghanistan came after the 9/11 attacks. the operation was launched to end al qaeda and to stop the taliban from providing a safe haven to the terrorist group. not only is the war in afghanistan the nation's longest, it's the war that's been fought by only a very small number of americans due o to the fact we have an all voluntary armed forces. the toll on the men and women in uniform fighting the war has been enormous. cnn's nick paton walsh has more. >> reporter: it began when they landed in beg graham and it goes on. ten years of jet fuel, faith and now fatigue. here you can see what it takes to carry on through this

decade's wars. lieutenant colonel eric albert son is chaplain to thousands, in the several months affected by the very few. >> a number of soldiers in their third, fourth, in some cases their fifth tour, there's a fatigue factor. emotionally drained, physically tired. we've had instances where soldiers have taken their own lives here. that's tragic. we've had about six or seven since i've been here. when someone takes their own life, there's almost a sense of -- you've reached out to me for everything else. why didn't you reach out to me for this? >> reporter: the ripples of a suicide reach far. master sergeant stratsman is in this tour so her three tours won't be, marched by the loss of a friend in iraq. >> it was actually -- she overdosed. and she was younger than me, so

i didn't -- i thought she had a lot to live for. i don't know why it happened. i wasn't necessarily talking with her frequently at that time. but it hurt me a lot. how? because i knew her. i knew what some of her dreams were and now she didn't get to live those dreams. it's like it ended. >> reporter: this was a dirt road a decade ago. now it's home to one in nine of america's troops in afghanistan. when the americans landed here ten years ago, it was on this russian-made runway. now they've been here nearly a year longer than the soviets. the cost of the soviets, huge. the total cost to america still unknown, although signs of sadness and change are everywhere. the prison here now gone. its afghan prisoners elsewhere. soon troops will leave for good,

but will carry away with them the scars of here and iraq. >> what i do every year is i call the family, either the spouse or the parents of the individual that has been associated with me that was lost in combat, and then i also call a very close friend of mine that was injured, severely injured on the day that that occurred. i make three calls a year -- actually four. four calls a year to family members. i wouldn't say it makes me feel good or bad. i just think it's something that i need to do. >> reporter: the closing stages of a war longer than anything america has ever coped with before. nick paton walsh, cnn, bagram. >> as we mentioned, the toll on american servicemen and women fighting in the afghan war has been huge. the war started on this day in 2001.

since then nearly 1,800 american troops have been killed and more than 14,000 wounded. in other news this morning, the government's latest unemployment report is due out at 8:30 eastern this morning. the word from some economists isn't very encouraging. one survey indicates a modest addition of only 45,000 jobs last month. that compares to 89,000 in august, a number that has been revised down from a previously reported 91,000. jobs and the economy high on president obama's agenda today. shortly after the unemployment figures are released, he'll be meeting with senate democratic leaders in the white house on his jobs bill. the senate plans to take up the $447 billion bill next week. yesterday president obama issued a tough warning saying any senator who votes against his jobs bill better have a good explanation. he says the bill will boost economic growth and put people back to work. a key element in the bill is how it will be funded. >> this jobs bill is fully paid

for by asking millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share. >> house speaker john boehner dismissed the president's remarks saying mr. obama is campaigning for his re-election instead of carrying out his job as president. the anti-wall street protesters, they seem to be growing in numbers by the day. the demands of this grassroots movements have been so loud, they're being heard in the white house. president obama spoke out about the protesters saying they're giving voice to those americans frustrated with the way ball street and the big banks work. demonstrations sprung up in more than a dozen cities. the first of the so-called occupy wall street protest took place in new york's financial district about three weeks ago. their ranks appear to be growing, drawing people from all walks of life. two prom meant supporters are actor tim robbins and film director michael moore. >> they're already listening.

we don't have to do anything. you understand that? we don't really have to do anything. this is already happening. it's happening in 100 cities ak crops the country. if you don't think the politicians and lobbyists and everybody else, the people in these financial buildings aren't paying attention to this? >> let's head to atlanta and collect in with jacqui jeras. please indulge me again while i brag about the tigers. i do notice rob marciano, mr. yankees fan is off today. i wonder why. >> did he go to the game? i didn't talk to him. he was tweeting up like his mom was in the stands or something and he needed more noise from the stadium. >> after the game i e-mailed and tweeted rob marciano and he did not respond. i think there's a bit of sore loosership. just in case all of you didn't know, the tigers beat the yankees 3-2. the yankees are out altogether

and the tigers will play the texas rangers for the american league pennant. i'm so happy. i guess we have to get to the weather now, huh? >> i guess we development that's going to make a lot of people happy if you live across parts of the east today. it's absolutely fantastic. gorgeous, sunny weather. temperatures above normal for this time of year for almost everybody. a couple of hot spots we have to talk about. one thing you don't see, so to speak, is the wind. that's going to be a big issue today from the upper midwest all the way down to the gulf coast, from minneapolis to dallas to houston. watch out for windy weather. we've still got snow in the rockies as well as the wasatch. we'll see two feet of snow before all is said and done in the high country, up above 7,000 feet. heavy wet weather in florida. that's going to be concerned through the weekend. watching for the potential of a little something-something developing there. keep that in mind tropically as

we head through the weekend. airport delays, minneapolis, kansas city, dallas, omaha, all due to the wind. miami looking for showers and thundershowers. probably will see some of the delays in ft. lauderdale as well. video of a sinkhole in san diego. take a look at this huge thing that opened up. there was a break in one of the water pipes underneath the roadway here. that flooded it out and caused the huge hole. this was near the june verps ti there. they had to shut down the roadway a number of hours. i think it will take a while to clean that thing up. >> lucky nobody drove into that thing or happened to be on that very spot where the sinkhole went plop. >> that would be a prop. >> many thanks to you. a check of the markets live from the nasdaq market site when we come back. it's six minutes till the top of the hour. needs can go up when you're on the road to recovery. proper nutrition can help you get back on your feet.

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three minutes till the top of the hour. this is your wam wake-up call. let's head live to the nasdaq market site and check with carter evans. >> going for four in a row. four in a row. that's what we want. four in a row of numbers like these. but it is all going to depend on the jobs numbers that we get today. right now our futures are a little to the downside, dow down 36 points, s andp 500 down about three. it depends on the jobs report today. carol, we're expecting to see that the economy added about 60, 65,000 jobs. that would certainly be better than august when we added zero jobs. we just want to see we're adding something. >> that's looking at things like

the glass half full. i like that about you carter evans. what's making headlines on cnn money right now? >> how is this for a headline, a mortgage rate below 4% for the first time ever. this has never happened before. 30-year fixed rate mortgage now 3.94%, lowest since freddie mac started keeping track. it's great news if you can get a loan. that's the problem. it's still very difficult to get a loan. if you were to get a loan, say $300,000, at this rate you would save $100,000 a month over what rates were just three months ago at 4.6%. it's huge savings. now you've got to go out and get that loan and convince the bank to give you the money which is very tough these days. >> you have to have nearly perfect credit. it's hard to get through because so many people were in line. >> yeah. lots of people want these loans. they just cannot get them. >> i know. but it's worth a try because you save so much money. carter evans live from the noose dak market site. american morning continues right no