i have the epperson to do what i want to do and as long as i can do it and -- i have the opportunity what i want and to do it as long as i can, mattersat is what i to me. if i can do that all my life, there is certainly more happiness in that. certainly more happiness than slogging along and doing things i now to crazy about. tavis: i have heard actress to say, you have to pay the bills. >> old age, yeah -- oh, yeah, i do that, too. but the last one i got pretty lucky on. a guy to be in new orleans for nine weeks. i just heard so much great music -- i got to be in new orleans for nine weeks. i just got to hear so much great music. tavis: when are you doing in the green lantern? >> i play the father of the bad guy. actually, my actions result in almost the destruction of the world. if i had been a better parent -- tavis: [laughter] >> i do not think peter saarsgard would want to destroy the world. tavis: we all know better parents. is this thing slated to come out yet? >> yes, the summer, i think. tavis: everybody has been talking about this for a long time, the green lantern. >> yes,

. >> reporter: like marine staff sergeant mike epperson, surprising his two daughters, caitlin and cayleehio. >> i'm probably going to cry. so, i apologize. i haven't seen them in almost eight months. >> reporter: and in his honor, a song about the home of the brave and the moms and the dads. ♪ and the home of the brave >>> and that's what's making

. >> reporter: like marine staff sergeant mike epperson, surprising his two daughters, caitlin and cayleeeir school assembly in ohio. >> i'm probably going to cry. i haven't seen them in almost eight months. >> reporter: and in his honor, a song about the home of the brave and the moms and the dads. ♪ and the home of the brave >>> and we will see you right back here tomorrow night. until then, good night. >>> were deputies justified in daysing -- tasing this marin county man? >> dozens of criminals swept off the streets in a crime crack down. it may have crippled the notorious california prison gang. >> and the shooting of a fremont police officer a woman suspected of being an accomplice is set free. >>> a round over cut backs firefighters revealing a flaw in a dispatching system. >>> good evening, everyone. he was tased as he was on his wade to bed. >> the sheriff's department responds tho this video seen only on 7. you can see the 64-year-old peter mcfarland being tased by deputies three times. >> vick slee in the newsroom tonight with reaction from the sheriff's department. >> reporter

sharon epperson is cnn's personal finance editor.he author of finish rich and a personal finance expert. good to see everybody. let's get started. now we're going to go to skype right off the bat. diane from tlflagstaff, arizona has a question. >> good morning. i'm a single low income mom with my youngest attending arizona state university. she currently receives the federally funded scholarships, grants and loans. i have met the love of my life and we want to marry. would our joy mean my daughter's pain and change her financial aid? >> first of all, congratulations, diane, to you and your new husband, i hope that that's what you're going to do, because i'm going to tell you, you're actually going to have some impact to your daughter's financial aid package, by marrying, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't get married, but it does mean that on that application form, the fafsa form, they're going to look at that to see what your overall contribution will be. but i urge your daughter to look at scholarships, go to fast web, see if the

like marine staff sergeant mike epperson, surprising his two daughters at their school assembly in ohioy going to cry, i apologize. i haven't seen them in almost eight months. >> reporter: and in his honor, a song about the home of the brave and moms and the dads. ♪ and the home of the brave >> what a beautiful moment it must be for those families when those soldiers come home. really incredible. >> that's why these soldiers when you talk to them, when dan harris does these pieces in baghdad, when you talk to these soldiers that's the moment they look forward to. to come home a see that.owowowowowowowowowowow >>> president obama declares a change in iraq. >> i am announcing that the american combat mission in iraq has ended. >> he says now the iraqi people have lead responsibility for their own security. >>> hurricane earl, incoming. and in north carolina, they are getting ready for a potential direct hit. >> gather up those supplies, put them in that water-tight box. >>> and a bitter battle. not over money or children. at stake is one of baseball's marquee franchises. >> that is way ou