deborah walters pushed off from the east coast yesterday.he 63-year-old grandmother says she was inspired during a visit to guatemala. she saw the living conditions and lack of opportunity for children. she'll collect donations along the way. what a great idea. >> that's going to weigh down her kayak, all of that money. good cause. >>> our next newscast is tonight at 5:00. >> see you tomorrow. (stage manager) we're back in two minutes! so are you going to ask out the head? the head? there are these two msnbc guys we keep seeing around, and we don't know their names, so we call them the head and the hair. how come? so what are you, like 6'2"? 6'5". wow. i see you're looking at my watch. what? it's cool, isn't it? that's a japanese pie watch. oh, okay. it tells time with those little pie pieces. each piece is six minutes. so right now, it's six times four. 5:30. that can't be right. my watch has these little hands that go around and point at numbers. hey, that's awesome, possum. (stage manager) one minute! the point is, the hair is ridiculousl

deborah walters will set up tomorrow in a kyak.zeera caught up with her right before she left. >> reporter: deborah walters isn't your average grandmother. she paddles her kayak all over the world, week's long solo journeys through the arctic. >> you can get closer to the wildlife. you are slowing down. you are seeing more of the world around you. you are feeling really immersed in the environment. >> her next journey will take her farther than she has ever gone. 2,500 miles to the atlantic and the caribbean. >> i am kayaking solo from maine to guatemala. and when i tell people i am doing that, most people say, are you completely nuts? but my favorite question was: what we want wrong in your life that led you to this? actually, what went right in my life was i joined a group of rotarians and i visited the garbage dump there. >> according to nonprofit organization safe pages, many scavenge the dump, they are trash pippingers, some of the poorest people in one of the poorest nations on earth. deborah first began volunteering at the s

deborah walter is kyacking from port land, in maine to guatemala.ith the idea after witnessing extreme poverty in the country. >> now, the methane gas and the dust and vultures circling overhead, and i had a chance to talk with the parents who support their families, by scavenging in the dump, foot, clothing. >> deborah's goalies to raise money. she wants to help children get a good education so they can get jobs and start businesses. >>> coming up next on good day, is it the summer of sharks? this video captures a great the white off cape may last month. >>> it is one of several, so should we be concerned? >>> plus a young man gets what could be devastating, a devastating diagnosis, he was about to lose his foot but the 23 year-old tea sides to turn tonight to a reason to live life to the fullest. if he were a lobbyist... if they were political contributors... maybe tom corbett would listen to them, instead of cutting... funding for their schools. but corbett's huge tax giveaway to the oil and gas... industry has cost us billions. forced deep cuts

deborah walter is kyacking from port land, maine to guatemala. with the idea nine years ago when she was only 54. after witnessing the extreme poverty in that country her goal, it is now to raise money for children of guatemala. she would like them to get a good education to get jobs or start businesses. we wish her the very best. >> good for her. >>> washington state woman says thoughts of her children help her stay alive during a helicopter crash. >> would the man and two others, boarded the helicopter saturday morning. she said she felt aircraft drop in the water about 20 yards from the shore. people rush to help free passengers and the pilot but it was difficult to get to her. they had to cut her from the chopper, with a box cutter. >> we work as fast as we could to get seat belt off but it was so tight we ended up cutting her a little bit. >> the belt was holding me. it doesn't matter how deep it is, i will drawn and i will die. >> she has minor cuts and bruises but otherwise she's okay. other passenger and the pilot survived with no serious

. >> deborah walters isn't your average grandmother.00, the retired scientist has paddled her kayak all over the world, including on weeks' long solo journeys through the arctic? >> you can get closer to the wildlife, seeing more of the world around you. you are feeling really immersed in the environment? >> her next journey will take her farther than she has ever gone. 2005 miles? >> i am kayaking solo from maine to guatemala. when i tell people i am doing that, most people say, are you completely nuts? but my favorite question was: what we want wrong in your life that led you to this? actually, what went right in my life was i joined a group of rotarians going to guatemala and i visited the garbage dumps there. >> according to non-profit organization safe package, more than 7,000 people, including 1,000 children scaveng the dump to survive earning less than $5 per day, the trash pickers are some of the poorest people in one of the poorest nations on earth. deborah first began volunteering at the school they built nine years ago. >> i

deborah tweets, my husband has been unavoidable five years, it has put a strain on our marriage. i'm sure it is and i know a lot of people feel the same thing. waltery facebook page i do not truly care how much she has or has not. i married for love, not money and if she has more than me than i would ask her to protect herself. however, i do not have this problem. walter, that is a sweet answer. our viewers are romantic, that's what it is. still to come, my 2 cents more and kelley blue book has the list of best car sales for this month. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. but hurry, offers end july 31st. share your summer moments in your mercedes-benz with us. gerri: well, if you're in the market for a new car this summer, apparently right now is the time to buy. that's according to kelly blue book, which recently released their top list for the new car deals of the month. matt, is here with us for kelly blue book's top consumer website. welcome to the show. why is summertime the best tim