financial advice, but suze orman has changed course on the american dream. known for sticking to her guns, what are we to think now? here's vicki mabrey. >> reporter: until a few years ago, the american dream seemed to mean -- >> more, bigger, best. >> reporter: financial adviser, suze orman says that dream -- >> has died. that is a good thing, because those values of more, bigger, bigger and impressive were false. >> reporter: in the new american dream, she says -- >> you actually get more pleasure out of saving than you do spending. >> reporter: the new dream's poster child could be diante murphy and his mother. >> look how tall you are. you're a young man. >> reporter: he met orman by chance seven years ago and her advice stuck with him. >> do you get an allowance. >> yes. >> what if i told you, if you put it in the bank, the bank would pay you to keep it there. >> i will put it in. >> reporter: he did and so did his mother, who cut back on nonessentials and had money deducted automatically from her paycheck. >> reporter: how much are you able to put away

and for the millions of people who buy her books and watch her on tv, that's where suze orman comes in. but lately,orman has reversed some of the key points of advice she used to give. tonight, she tells vicki mabrey why. >> look how tall you're are. you're a real man. >> reporter: deonte murphy and his mom wanted to thank suze orman for making their american dream come true. last time they met was seven years ago. >> do you get an allowance? >> yes. >> how much do you get? >> $10. >> reporter: a chance encounter on his 10th birthday, where suze taught them both about saving. >> what if i told you, if you put it in the bank, the bank will pay you to put it there. >> reporter: his mother cut back on hair and beauty treatments and had money deticketed to start a 529 college fund for her son. >> it's my only child and i wanted him to actually attend college. because you need a degree. >> reporter: deonte is now 17, a senior in high school where he plays basketball. but they didn't want to depend on athletics to get him into college. following suze's advice, she saved money from her parale

suze orman offers financial tips for tough times and more. here are the headlines for this sunday morning the 13th of march, 2011. we begin with the latest from japan. a news agency now estimates more than 1800 people are either dead or missing after friday's massive earthquake and the tsunami that followed. but there are projections that the death toll could rise much higher, perhaps surpassing 10,000 in one state alone. some 170,000 people have been evacuated from a 12-mile area around fukushima nuclear power plant. a partial meltdown is underway now, and a second of the plant's three reactors. many of the households remain without power. at least one million have no water. it's now believed insured losses from the quake could be more than $15 billion. as supplies and personnel stream in from the united states and other nations, japan's prime minister is calling this the worst crisis his nation has faced since world war ii. the aftershocks continue. more than 150 since the quake struck on friday. lucy craft is in tokyo. >> reporter: two day

. >> also suze orman has been talking about the new american dream.ions. >> first, remember all the way back to erin brockovich? fast forward to her love interest and he's now fighting aliens in "battle los angeles." he plays a marine. aaron, nice to see you. i love a good alien movie. i think "the king's speech" would have been better if it had aliens in it. >> yes! >> this had to be fun to make. >> it was a blast. it was a childhood dream to get out and play with our weapons and shout and all that stuff. lots of fun. >> you went to boot camp? >> we did three weeks in the middle of summer in louisiana which was hard enough. really got to know each other. all that camaraderie and friendship in the film we developed in boot camp. >> you were tough. you broke your arm during filming and kept on shooting? >> i did. i tried to get fancy and do an air jordan through a huge fireball. fell seven feet on my arm, heard it crack when i hit the ground and did the charlie chaplin thing and kept going. i said "don't cut" if i'm going to break my arm. >> you did it

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"erika is to strategy what suze orman is to personal finance." that's some quote, girl! erika andersen: that is some quote. i was very honored when nancy said that. diane bliss: and that really is an implication that you're tackling the whole situation, not just a little fraction. and that's really what you do, you take that book back and you ask people to join you in stepping back, pulling back that camera lens if you would. talk a little bit about that. erika andersen: well, i think the reason nancy said that is because she felt that my apprch is sensible and simple and it's accessible. that you don't have to be the ceo of a major organization to understand it, although you can be. that you, at home, trying to create the life, the career, the relationship that you want for yourself, can use these tools that you're capable of making the life changes in your life that you want. that's what i was trying to convey. diane bliss: well you surely have conveyed it, and with such clarity and ease and comfort, and that's the best part about learning something new. you know, espe

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