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financial planner and author of "it's just money, so why does it cause so many problems," karen lee joinss. great title for a book, by the way. >> thank you. >> we got these bad u.s. economy numbers yesterday. no new jobs created in the month of august, unemployment still at 9.1%. things are not getting better. and so obviously there are a lot of people out of work, a lot of people who still have a job and are still concerned about their budget, maybe want to try to downsize. what are some of the tips? you start with stash cash. how much cash? >> let's say too about a recession, if we don't go back into a recession, there is another one coming in our lifetime. it is part of the normal economic cycle. so these tips are really timeless, but really important right now. >> so stash cash. >> we used to say we needed about 3 to 6 months of what your expenses are every month for emergencies. we have upped that to about 6 to 12 months. >> why? >> well, because we're finding that people are taking much longer to find work than in the past and this recovery is taking so long. so if your bills are,

. >> reporter: financial planner and author karen lee says it's important for people who have never facederty to keep a positive outlook that things can get better and be versatile. >> i have seen people go from riches to rags to riches to rags. you can rebuild and you can completely change careers and rebuild. >> with this new baby i can't be stuck in thinking whabt what i used to have. >> reporter: catena decided to teach herself web development. >> real estate is no longer of any use to me. being able to let go is going to be a person's biggest advantage. >> reporter: john is betting on a new business he started, building security cages for air conditioners to prevent copper theft, a big crime problem in cities like at any time. >> so this is how you're making a live? >> yes. >> reporter: adapting and retooling is their plan to over come poverty because they say times have changed and survival isn't just about them anymore. george howell, cnn, atlanta. >>> people globally are being affected by what's happening in the global economy everywhere. check out our website for more on global b

. >> financial planner and author karen lee says it's important for people who have never faced poverty to keep a positive outlook that things can be better and be versatile. >> i've seen people go from riches to ration and ration to riches. >> with this new baby i can't be stuck and thinking about what i used to have. >> she decided to teach herself web development. >> literally threw my rolodex away. it was real estate related. it's no use to me. being able to let go is going to be a person's biggest advantage. >> john is betting on a new business he started, building security cages for air conditioners to prevent copper theft, a big crime problem in cities like atlanta. >> this is how you're making a living in. >> yes. >> adapting and retooling is their plan to overcome poverty because they say times have changed and survival isn't just about them any more. george howell, cnn, atlanta. >>> american hikers josh fattal and shawn bower are returning to the united states tonight. they were locked up in iran for two years on charges that they were spies. since wednesday they have been fre

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i talked to karen lee about boomerang kids, the author of " "it's just money so why does it cause so what do you do once you let your grown kids come home. >> once you talked to your children about your own financial situation, i want to -- i'm giving you permission, it is time to ask about theirs. what kind of debt are they in? it is very important you help your kids stay on top of the debt payments, not be late. >> not just open the door, come on in, i'll help you feel better, but we have to have dialogue, this should not be a permanent situation. >> i would think the former would be a huge mistake if you just let them in with no ground rules. >> you got to let your kids know there are conditions right away. >> absolutely. if your children have an abundance of debt, i encourage you to encourage them to seek debt consolidation help. >> i thought that usually cost more money. >> it does not. they -- talk with your credit card companies, lower your interest rates but package everything together, make it easier and you get involved. >> my goodness. >> the other thing you can do to help

consultant karen lee shows you how to set the ground rules so that you and your children can live under one roof again and not go broke. coming up in our 4:00 hour. stay with cnn. "your money" starts now. >>> president obama has two goals, create jobs and save his own. he has a plan, but will it work? i'm christine romans. welcome to "your money." ali velshi is off this week. president obama gave a speech to congress and the nation laying out his economic plan, but initial polls find very little support for the president's handling of the economy. cnn/orc polls show 36% of americans approve of how president obama is handling this economy. candy crowley is chief political correspondent and anchor of state of the union which airs every sunday morning. candy, we don't know what will pass and whether it will work. politically the president addresses the nation in prime time and the polls show any real balance. has he lost the ability to inspire confidence in the american people here? >> the entire country is show-me state. they have heard for some time from the very beginning before the sti

. >> reporter: financial planner and author karen lee says it is important for people who have neverto be versatile. >> i have seen people go from riches to rags to riches to rags and you can rebuild and you can completely change careers and rebuild. >> with this new baby, i can't be stuck in thinking about what i used to have. >> reporter: katina decided to teach herself web development. >> i literally threw my rolodex away because it was all real estate related. it is no longer of any use to me. so being able to let go is going to and person's biggest advantage. >> reporter: john is betting on a new business he started, building security cages for air conditioners to prevent copper theft. a big crime problem in cities like atlanta. so this is how you're making a living. >> yes. >> reporter: adapting and retooling is their plan to overcome poverty. because they say times have changed and survival isn't just about them anymore. george howell, cnn, atlanta. >>> facebook has another facelift. many users think it's ugly. >>> but first, this year is the fifth anniversary of cnn heroes. o

karen joyce klitzman. >> ronald philip kloepfer. >> evgueni kniazev. >> andrew knox. >> thomas patrick knox. >> rebecca lee koborie. >> deborah a.us. and my father. whose memory i honor by serving my country. we love and miss you. >> and to attend australians who are on foreign shores. especially my twin brother. >> gary edward koecheler. >> there was a family room across the way where family and friends, -- came to iraq -- to leave their thoughts are sign their names. all woman who lost her son rode beside her picture appeared to the world, he may have been one person. to me, he was the world. of author wrote this poem in a scrapbook and inscribed it to his daughter. it tears could bring you back to me, you would be here by my side. for god could fill a river full with all the rivers -- the tears i cried. if i could have one wish come true, i ask of god in prayer to let me have just one more day to show how much i care. if love could reach to heaven's shore, i quickly come for you. my heart would build a bridge of love, one wide enough for two. >> frank j. koestner. >> ryan kohart. >> vanessa kolpak. >> irina kolpakova. >> suza

gets beyond the louisiana and mississippi coast, tropical storm lee may wash out labor day for much of the southeast. meteorologist karenaginnis in the cnn severe weather center with me. karen, where is the storm headed? obviously right for new orleans and then where? . >> well, this is forming so close to land, and it does not have typical characteristics of a tropical storm. meaning we don't see kind of that concentric look, we don't have a clearly defined eye. but the computer models are still in very much disagreement as to where this is going to be headed. take a look at this. some have it just kind of swirling around the coast, some have it going off towards the southeast. there were even a few that had it going over towards texas. i see in our latest run that it looks a little bit more defined as to where we anticipate making landfall. perhaps sometime on sunday, maybe the middle part of the day, but somewhere along the louisiana coast. but i say that, but just to be aware, this is a system that is not moving very far. not moving very fast. still at tropical storm intensity. and yet some of these areas are going

joseph klares peter anton klein alan david kleinberg karen joyce klitzman ronald philip kloepfer evgueni kniazev andrew knox thomas patrick knox rebecca leeorah a. kobus >> and my father, glenn, whose memory i honor by serving my country. >> and to the 10 australians on foreign shores, we miss you all. especially my brother, andrew. [applause] >> there was a family room just across the way, where families and friends came to write their thoughts, leave a photograph, and sign their name. a woman that lost her son wrote beside this picture -- to the world, you may have been just one person, but to be, you were the world. a father wrote this poem in a scrapbook and inscribed it to his daughter. if tears to bring you back to me, you would be here by my side. for god would fill a river with all of the tears that i have cried. and if i could have one wish come true, i would ask of god in prayer to let me have just one more day to show how much i care. if love could reach to the heavy shore, i would quickly come to you. my heart would build a bridge of love, one light enough for two. [applause] >> gary edward koecheler frank j. koestner ryan koh

karen. thank you all for coming up. >> you survived. >> i did survive. almost lost you at the end. can't lose anybody. got to take everythibody to the end. >>> and up next, tropical storm lee the update on the dramatic wildfires. we'll bring it to you right after this quick break. ♪ there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of litters now works harder to help neutralize odors in multiple-cat homes. and our improved formula also helps eliminate dust. so it's easier than ever to keep your house smelling just the way you want it. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ '80s dance music plays ] [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. >>> wildfires raging through texas, homes burns in the state. in an ironic twist of fate, instead of bringing relief with rain and wind, tropical storm lee has been fanning flames in its place. nbc's jay gray is in the hard-hit base of texas area with the latest. >> reporter: hey there, thomas. the latest here is not good as far as the fires are concerned. the