believe parker's elected in texas, maybe she'll do well and break down some laws. not elected yet, but close. thanks for joining us. see you back here tomorrow night, 6:007:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern. look at that beautiful shot, centennial olympic park right across from cnn headquarters. have a great evening. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com foreclosure notices fell last month. is your house safe? the dow's up, you got the spare cash. are stacks the place to stash it? how can you save during the holiday season without being scrooge? sure, we'll take your calls too. so will suze. and then queen latifah. outstanding and outspoken. we'll talk about tiger and obama and a lot more. she also shares one of the greatest stories never told. all next on larry king live. we begin with suze ormon, hasn't been with us since february. when you were on that time, obama was set to sign the stimulus plan. how's it all working since then? how are we doing? >> well, actually, if you look at it, we're a whole lot better than we were a year ago, we're no longer falling off the cliff, the banks have been saved, they're starting to repay a lot of the tarp money, however, with that said, forget about wall street, forget about the banks, how are every day people really doing? we still have a high unemployment rate. people are still under water in their houses, they don't know what to do. as far as the home loan modification program has been going, i think that's a horrific failure. but overall, we're doing a whole lot better than we were one year ago. >> a recent cnn opinion research pole, 43% of americans still think another great depression is likely. that's a high number. >> i don't think we're going to see another great depression. is it possible that we could double dip? possibly, maybe yes, maybe no. but no matter what happens in the outward economy, we still have people right now who are suffering. who still don't know what to do about their homes. they don't know what to do about their jobs, they don't have the answers out there, and the stimulus has not, in my opinion, provided the jobs that it was promised to do, so i hope it does eye eventually, but at this point, larry, it hasn't done so. >> the president called and said, there's one thing he isn't doing that he should do, what would you tell him? >> i think i'd tell him, can you just get these home loan modifications to actually work? you cannot put $75 billion away, sir, to correct a problem that wasn't even created by the people themselves, it really was created by wall street. you cannot put that kind of money away, saying we're going to help you, we're going to make it so you can stay in your home, when truthfully, nobody that i know of, anyway, is helping them. so 32,000 people approximately have been helped by this home loan modification, so, therefore, it is a failure. i would say, president obama, please get your staff, please get your people on these banks, so they can really get their act together to help the people keep their homes. >> 18% more foreclosure filings november of this year than last. foreclosures are down for the fourth straight month. what does that tell you? >> it tells me they're down for the month right now, two million people have still lost their homes to foreclosure. another projected 13 million people are projected to lose their homes to foreclosure. and even though i know a lot of the foreclosures have been stemmed off here, they've slowed down, i think we could see another wave of them. i'm not so sure that we've absolutely bottomed in the real estate market in certain areas throughout the united states. so again, larry, i think this is time for people to be cautious when it comes to real estate. don't go out there and just jump in and go, it's hit the bottom, we're okay. when you see a government that still has to initiate things such as an 8,000 dollar tax credit to buy a home. a 6500 dollar tax credit if you owned a home for the past five years, that says to me the real estate market would not continue without incentives to do, so we're not out of the water yet with real estate as well. >> we have a twitter question tweeted to kings things. i have been unemployed for 16 months, i'm going to apply for federal loan modification. any tips as to how i can keep my house? >> forget about applying, if you do not have an income, can you not get a loan modification. the only way you can get a modification loan is if you have an income that they can evaluate. number one, you apply for a loan modification, you go on a trial period. the trial period is there to see, can you pay for it. if you don't have income, it's not going to work. you have to be realistic, if you don't have money to keep your home, if you owe more than its worth, you don't have a prospect to get a job, sometimes it's just best to let the home go, because it's your only alternative at this point. >> the administration said helping three to four borrowers with modified loans. but only 3100 homeowners have received modifications since march. >> they don't have their act together. let me give it to you suze style. if this program was working, you had about a billion people that were eligible, that applied, then you had. i mean, the numbers are out there, they all came today, and if you look at the numbers, it's absolutely atrocious, when you see they're about 31,000 people accepted for loan modification, 32,000 people that have been -- were accepted, all of a sudden were disqualified. really about 3% of the people that are eligible for a loan modification has -- they've currently gotten them. that to me is not a successful program, so they have really got to get their act together to get the banks to communicate to the borrowers, to get this system to really work. right now it's broken down and it has not been working. and i don't know what they're going to do to fix it. >> more with suze ormon in a moment. and tuesday night the cast of "nine." tomorrow night howie mandel. more of suze next. get the taste of a home-cooked meal at work with new marie callender's home-style creations-- a delicious meal made fresh from your desk. just cook them, strain them, mix them. marie callender's home-style creations. a little touch of home for lunch. find them in the soup or pasta aisle. a little touch of home for lunch. about all the discounts boswe're offering. i've got. i some catchphrases that'llideas make these savings even more memorable. gecko: all right... gecko: good driver discounts. now that's the stuff...? 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i have heard people say i need the mortgage interest deduction on my taxes. that doesn't make sense to me. >> it all depends how old you happen to be. if you are old enough where you're going to be keeping this home, and it's going to be a home that you're going to stay in for the rest of your life, let's say you're 45, 50 years of age, i think it's a wonderful thing to do to pay off your mortgage. why? most of your tax write-offs on your mortgage are in the beginning years. if you have a 30-year mortgage, it's a $200,000 mortgage. you know after 20 years of paying 14,000 a year, you still will owe 100,000 on that mortgage. why? because all the interest is up front. so in the later years of a mortgage, it's all principle anyway. so if you're going to stay in the house for the rest of your life, if you're 45, 50 years of age, i would say, yes, you should absolutely pay off your mortgage, because then you know, nobody can ever take your home away from you. >> we have a call from niagara falls, ontario. the canadian side. >> how are you this evening? >> fine. >> barack obama's only been in office for like 11 months now, so it's going to be a year in january. i think that we should all have some patience and i would imagine that it will take time for him to change, to make some changes. >> do you have a question or is that just a statement? okay, a statement, do you agree with that? >> well, of course, it's going to take some time. he came in in a situation where it was horrific in the economy. he inherited a lot of the problems he's currently dealing with. with that said, there comes a point in time when you institute a program, larry, and have you something that's put in place to help people, you've got to make sure that the program is working, and the program especially for home loans, for the modifications in my opinion is not working, there is a failure to communicate between the borrower and the bank. the people servicing these loans, so it's not about how long he's been in the office, it's about the fact that the system that has been put in place is not working, and that has got to be fixed and that came in on his watch. >> a lot of people are going to cut down on spending, good for them, bad for the economy this christmas? >> well, the economy should expect that people for a long time now are going to be savers more than spenders, and they should just factor that in. the truth of the matter is, our economy should not be held on the shoulders of people who don't have the money to spend. that's how we got into this problem to begin with, the greatest gift we can all give each other this holiday season is the gift of honesty. if you have the money out there, if you don't have credit card debt, you have an eight month emergency fund, putting money in your retirement account, go out there and buy anything you want. if you have credit card debt, you're not saving, you don't have an emergency fund can you just not spend what you don't have? >> miami, hello. >> hi, larry, hi, suze. >> i'm a self-made woman, a rehabber, before the boom, during the boom and after the boom. i think i could help this country of buying foreclosures and buying homes that need rehabbing and doing that and flipping them or renting them out. i did three houses i purchased for -- >> what's your question there? how could a person like me, i have seven houses, i bought 21. how can i get more money to do more properties. the more i do, the better the streets are? >> can flippers get money? >> here's the thing, my miami friend, that is the question, you are running a business, whatevered business may be. you need money to run your business, and still small businesses today are not getting the money to flow through to be able to expand their business or create a business. the banks are holding on to the money still. interest rates have got to go up, the feds have got to increase interest rates so that banks want to lend money again, and that the dollar stabilizes here, until they start lending again, really to small businesses like you, there's not much any of us can do. >> more with our mistress of money, suze orman in 60 seconds. even after waiting a month for my appointment, and spending two hours in the chair. there's nothing like feeling the open air freedom of my jeep wrangler. to make vanity... fly right out the window. i live. i ride. i am. jeep. i'm hearing a lot about transferring my bank credit card to a credit union credit card. how can i find one that offers the best cards? >> yes, yes, yes, yes. here's my new thing. credit unions, especially ones that are federally chartered, so to speak. the maximum interest rate they can charge you is 18%. while that may sound like a high interest rate. the truth of the matter is, many of these banks today are charging 29.99% interest. here's what i'm suggesting, i think the united states of america, all of you should start looking into credit union credit cards and do a balance transfer. how do you find a good credit union credit card where they won't charge you a balance transfer fee. the interest rate is 8%, things like that. i want you to go to a site called creditcardconnection.org. it's a new site. credit unions, you should all start to register with this site. it gives the credit unions a rating. you put in your zip code, you get information on a credit union that is in your area, that will give you a good rate, treat you right. the person running the site honestly knows what they're doing. creditcardconnection.org. >> thank you, suze, we'll be back p.m. still to come, queen latifah, don't go away. what are we making? 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"nine" is a ten. our guest is suze orman. how damage is the tiger woods brand? >> well, i have to tell you, at first i didn't think he was so damaged. and then every day with more and more coming out, i'm starting to think, well, maybe he's going to be damaged. however, with that said, people have very short term memories, and you have all these people that have done these horrific things in life that you look at and go, oh, my god, we're back with them all, larry. i think he may be damaged here a little bit, but not as much as people think. >> it's worse if the story has legs, right? >> well, of course, if it keeps going, if all of a sudden we go from one person to six people to ten people, all of a sudden it comes up that there's video footage of him doing things, and things like that, it's going to keep going. but it's -- he can just let it settle duown here, he'll be bac, and he'll have a hole in one once again. >> we have a tweet from someone who wants to know what all the folks who live on their returns can do about the near zero interest rates. >> that's one of the travesties i have to say of the fed funds rate being at zero percent. which is why it's good for banks, they're making money, and everything is good for them. especially with the elderly population. those people on fixed incomes, their income is going away. maybe they've been used to 5% and they're renewing it at 1% or 2%. i think a lot of people now still, and i talked about this before, municipal bonds are something that's giving you a nice interest rate. you may want to look into that. especially if their general obligation bonds are insured, safe and sound. there's nothing wrong, i have to say, looking into some of these individual stocks or exchange traded funds, utility stocks, remember the good old days? people who needed income had utility stocks, where you could get 3, 4 percent income now and get growth out of your money if you're willing to wait. other than that, it's very difficult. you also might want to look, however, into a single deferred annuity, not a variable annuity. sometimes single premium deferred annuities can give you a higher interest rate than cd's. >> caller from rhode island. >> my brother-in-law is in a computer business, but has not been making money for three years. but adding up a lot of creditors, and my sister was concerned about the mortgage and was wondering if it was possible or smart to take my brother-in-law's name off the deed to protect her in the house. what do you think about that? >> you can take his name off the deed, but you can't necessarily take his name off of the mortgage. if the mortgage isn't being paid, if there isn't money to pay the mortgage, even if the deed is just in her name, there goes the house. i don't think it's so much that his name should come off the house, i think they need to figure out a solution to how are they going to make money to pay the mortgage so that they can both keep the house? i think that's a smarter thing to do. >> before the recession began, american's net worth hit a peak of 64.5 trillion. the fed says it's now the past two quarters 53.4 trillion. that's 11 trillion less. how long will it take to regain that? >> years and years. right now we're doing okay relatively speaking. everybody's feeling better, the market is up 60%, larry from the bottom of where it was in march of this year. however, with that said, we are still years away from solving this problem. you know, we're on financial steroids, the markets are going, the economy is going, we've injected all this money into it. but eventually that injection of capitol is going to take its toll on the financial body, it's got to be paid back. and how is that going to get done? so, therefore, we're in this for the long run. it could be years, truthfully, before all of this is worked out. >> what about unemployment, though? >> unemployment, we're at 10% as you know, that's down from 10.2%, we're starting to add jobs, but still, it's a seriously high unemployment rate. we need do get it down into the 4% area. so that isn't happening at this point in time, so the true programs that are coming about, the stimulus programs, that money has to go to create jobs. without jobs we continue to lose homes. when we continue to lose homes and people go into foreclosure, people who have their homes lose value in their homes, and then it's a spiral where it just goes down again. jobs have got to start to be created and that's where the money needs to go. >> arlington, massachusetts. hello. >> hello, larry, good evening, suze. i have a quick question, suze. don't you think that this recession has been a good teaching moment at all for some of the people in the united states looking at it in a way that material things are not number one any more in their lives? thank you very much. >> i've always -- if you watch my show, you always hear me end my show with a statement that goes people first, then money then things. and i do think what's happened in the economy, has gotten us all to realize there can be tremendous joy in just being with people and valuing things that matter, and letting you define the things around you rather than the things defining you. with that said, it's a shame that that lesson had to come in the way that it did. it's not right that people don't have jobs. it's not right that millions of people have lost their homes. it's not right that people don't know what to do. good, every day people that really were inflicted with this one for many of them. it was no fault of their own. so a recession has taught us lessons, i'm so sorry it had to do so, however. >> always good seeing you, suze, thanks again. >> thank you. >> suze orman new york times best selling author, and the host of her own tv show saturday nights on cnbc. next, queen latifah. don't go away. you can build walls that separate people from people, but it is impossible to build a wall that separates a man from his freedom. because freedom always finds a path... to build peace. this film is dedicated to aung san suu kyi, still prisoner in burma. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx now, welcome one of my favorite people. queen latifah, grammy winning recording artist. author, entrepreneur. and also serving as centennial ambassador for the milton hershey school. a school established in 1909 by the hershey magnet. it's a cost free home for children of low-income homes, structured home life year round, kindergarten through 12 much you are their centennial ambassador. how did this hook up for you? >> i had the fantastic opportunity of going up to visit the milton hershey school, and i was just blown away. i was amazed. they have 1800 students. when you meet these kids, they're so smart, articulate, kind and not afraid to speak. they shake your hand, they're so talented and supportive of one another. and they have a wonderful campus, incredible classrooms. high technology, arts and music, and i'm like, i want to go to this school. so i got to see what the campus was like, and i got to see what their homes were like, because the kids -- it's not like a dormitory kind of situation or a boarding school. they live in homes, and each home has house parents which is like a married couple who -- it's their full time job to take care of the kids in the house. they cook them breakfast and dinner, make sure they do their chores, their homework. i got to sit with them, play with the kids and they cooked us an amazing meal. it's quite revolutionary, it's an amazing school. i wanted to help them to help people find out more about it. >> as centennial ambassador, you spread the word? >> i'm spreading the word, because you know, i don't think people even realize when they buy hershey that they've been supporting this school. although the late milton hershey dedicated -- he left his entire fortune to the hershey school, he also made sure a portion of the proceeds from the hershey's go to the school, to continue to support the school. the fact that kids who have been through -- some have been through a really tough side of life, some kids have not been able to afford to have the opportunities in life they should have had the most amazing opportunities at this school, it's so important that people know about it, and, you know, if they can have more people come out and be teachers at milton hershey school, members of the staff, or house parents it would be fantastic. i think people would love -- as the daughter of a teacher, i'm sure my mom would have loved to teach at a school like this. >> where is it located? >> it's in hershey, pennsylvania. come on, larry. >> no, i -- because he founded it doesn't mean he has to be there, queen. you know, he could have put it in new york, he could have put it anywhere. >> he could have, but he put it right there in pennsylvania. it's really great, because have you the school, it sits on at least 150 acres. so it's nice and spread out. there's room for everyone to move around, to run and play and take part in activities. but there's also the hershey factory itself that's there, there's hershey park that's there. so a lot of these kids don't go home for the summer, they stay on campus. some choose to stay and some can't go home because of their unstable home situations. and they get to be a part of the town. it's a very close knit community up there. so it's wonderful for them to get a slower side of life, a slower pace of life, but still be part of a great community. >> you know, when you drive through hershey pennsylvania, you smell chocolate in the air everywhere, it's wonderful. >> you can smell it. >> we'll talk to some of the kids from the school later, but there's other things to talk about with queen latifah. we'll be right back. like she was drifting away. we wanted to be there for her... to hold on to her. mom's doctor said his symptoms were signs of alzheimer's, a type of dementia, and that prescription aricept could help. it's thought aricept may reduce the breakdown of a vital chemical in the brain. studies showed aricept slows the progression of alzheimer's symptoms. it improves cognition and slows the decline of overall function. 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(announcer) fiber one. cardboard no. delicious yes. even after waiting a month for my appointment, and spending two hours in the chair. there's nothing like feeling the open air freedom of my jeep wrangler. to make vanity... fly right out the window. i live. i ride. i am. jeep. queen latifah earned raves in the 2007 movie/musical "hairspray." john travolta also starred in it in drag. watch. ♪ ♪ >> that's a great movie. "hairspray ii" has been announced. are you going to be in it? >> i hope so. to my knowledge. but i don't know, the script is not done yet. so i'm interested in finding out how it comes out. i hope so. that would be fun. it was so much fun doing the first one. >> that movie was made before the tragic death of jett, john travolta's son. did you have any contact with jett during the making of the movie? did you know him? >> no, i didn't have any contact with him. i can't say i did. we were just working on the set, and john, you know, he keeps his private life private, and very low key. so when he's off -- it takes him three hours to get in and out of the costume, he's sure he's ready to go home and chill out once he gets out of that costume. >> queen latifah has written an exclusive blog for us about hershey school and why the school's work is so important. can you check it out at cnn.com/larryking. more after this. queen latifah is with us, last year the new york times quoted you as saying, i don't have a problem discussing someone being gay. but i do have a problem discussing my personal life. how do you draw the line being in the public eye. >> you just draw it. you just call it. people can choose to deal with their personal lives however they choose. i can't tell another celebrity how to handle their personnel life. some like to live their life out in the open. they want you to come into your kitchen and watch them cook. come with them to their kids at the park, and i just can't really see me living my life like that. what i do with the public is what we share together. and what i do when i'm off the clock is my business, and i just want to keep it for myself and my family and friends, i don't want to share it with the world. >> why do you think the world has such an interest -- why do you think people have an interest in the private lives of public people? >> because we just don't share it? i mean, i think they get -- the way the media has changed too. there was a time when paparazzi would shoot you at awards shows and things like that. but they wouldn't really take picture the of your kids playing in a park or you just walking in a grocery store, just living average every day life. and i think that the media has sort of invited itself so much into the normal life of celebrities that it's created even more of a curiousity. and, of course, with several celebrities, people when we fall down, we have to fall down in public. which is really tough. when normal people fall down who are not celebrities, they fall down in front of the people they know, their family, their friends, people who may know them. we have to do it in front of the world, which makes it way more difficult to deal with, because now everyone's putting scrutiny on you. people really don't get to weigh-in on those things in your life. it's a give and take kind of thing, i think people really -- a lot of people who haven't had a voice finally through the internet have a voice. sometimes they want to use it for negative, so they say a lot of negative things for shock value, so someone will hear them. i think there's still a lot of positive people out there. >> in that regard, what do you make of tiger woods' current business? >> i respect that. i respect that. the tiger woods i know is a golfer. i don't know that man. i don't know his wife. i don't know his children. i don't know his personal business. i don't know anybody he allegedly slept with. i don't know anything about that. i know a guy who can hit a ball 400 yards, you know what i mean, and can sink a putt that makes -- is beyond belief. that's the guy i know. that's the guy i accept. whatever happens with him and his family and whatever is going on with his situation, to me, really is between him and his wife and his family. that's for them to work out. my life goes on, and so does yours, larry, and so does all the viewers with or without happens to tiger woods. to me that's his personal business, and you know, god bless him. everybody deals with their struggles. i hope that everything works out. >> larry: we'll take a break and come back with queen and four children from the milton hershey school. don't go away. >> milton hershey school. that's what i'm talking about. ♪ ♪ >> oh, yeah. queen latifah is in the house. i got my safari sisters with me. we're about to get into this tune about the letter -- what's the name of the letter? >> oh, yeah, that's the letter o. that's the letter that's the letter o. >> larry: queen latifah is with us. joining us now, several students from the milton hershey school, 16-year-old sidney allen, 16-year-old andrew altman, 9-year-old niecy borshard. in fourth grade and tyler jones in fourth grade. sidney you're 16 years old from morrow, georgia. how long have you been at the school, sydney? >> for three years now. >> larry: what do you like about it? >> like the opportunities that the school gives you to grow as a person because you don't have your family to rely on. you just have yourself to do well. >> you get a lot of support there, though, right? >> lots. >> larry: andrew, how do you like it? >> i like it very much. >> larry: you're from bath, pennsylvania. you're in the 11th grade. how long have you been there, andrew? >> six years. >> larry: is it difficult living in a kind of new house? >> it can be, especially getting along with usually about 12 other of your peers. >> larry: how do you like having queen latifah as your centennial ambassador? >> i like it a lot. she's great. >> larry: niecy, you're 9 years old, from allentown, pennsylvania. you're in the fourth grade. how long have you been there? >> i've been here for one year. >> larry: how do you like it? >> it's good so far. >> tell them what you like about it. >> larry: are you a good student? >> yes, i am. yep, i am. >> larry: tyler jones is from warren, ohio. you're also in fourth grade. how do you like it? >> it's really good. i like how you have a lot of opportunities to grow up and have a good life and have a good job and have a house that's stable. >> larry: how about living in new houses? do you like that, tyler? >> uh-huh. the houses are stable and protective. >> larry: queen, you were quoted as saying that the kids at the school are like the ones you knew growing up. in what way? >> because i come from basically from a lower middle class neighborhood, if not lower than that. you know, i knew a lot of kids who have family issues, whether it was drugs or alcohol in the house or whether there was abuse in the home or whether they just lived below the poverty level and their parents really struggled to put just food on the table and clothes on their backs. so i know to see a lot of kids like who have gone through that at this school, don't be fooled by these guys right now. they're being very professional on tv, but they're so amazing. i mean, these two, they both play saxophone, this guy's in student government, this girl runs track. they do amazing things. they're not just students, but they're also able to do everything that surround being a student who reads, writes, and does arrhyithmetic. i get excited because i know that that capability is in all children if we have those opportunities. i'm one of them. you know, i came from the hood, so to speak, so i got that opportunity. it's just wonderful to see these kids get an opportunity, right, tyler? >> yes. >> larry: your younger sister is in the school, right? she attends the school? >> yes. she does. >> larry: how does she like it? >> she loves it. she gets a little homesick at times, but she knows that's where she should be overall. >> larry: andrew, two of your siblings have graduated. how are they doing? >> they're doing wonderful. i have a sister at drexel university and my brother attends penn tech. >> larry: what do you like most about the school, niecy? >> i like that you can be safe, that you can learn good, and that you can have fun. >> larry: and tyler, what would you say -- i know you're a good student. what's the most important thing you've learned? >> one of the most important things i learned is that the people up at hershey, they're being supportive so you need to give that back to other people maybe when you grow up. >> larry: this is wonderful. we only have about 40 seconds. what do you get out of this, queen? >> i think i get just what he said. you know, when you supported -- you give support to other people. i think getting back everything that was given to me. someone supported me, and i hope to support them. i hope people will go to the hersheylegacy.com and become a teacher at the school or become a staff member or become house parents or actually, you know, they enroll 400 new students every year. they need some more applications. they need people to apply. they want to help more people. so this is just my way of getting the word out so people know there's an amazing thing happening up in hershey, pennsylvania. check it out. >> larry: hersheylegacy.com. >> and it's some good chocolate. hear me? >> larry: thanks to all of you. thanks, guys. we have a sad note tonight. condolences to filmmaker tyler perry. his mother died at age 64. she was the inspiration for her son's most popular stage and screen career. the tough-talking, outrageous entertaining madia. our thoughts go out to tyler