Hurricane katrina. Theyre going to give us special coverage tomorrow morning to mark the anniversary. Were going to take a look at the progress thats been made to rebuild the gulf coast since the storm, and its painful aftermath. Were also going to hear from laura bush and Harry Connick jr. Who i understand may be giving us a bit of a concert, he is a major supporter there, as well. Hurricane katrina, five years later. That is tomorrow here on today. Meanwhile coming up in this half hour. Tiger woods and Elin Nordegren divorced. But sometimes people, even when they have problems they dont divorce, they still split up with their spouse, though. Sounds strange. Billionaire Warren Buffett is one of them. Coming up were going to look at some of the pros and cons of that unusual circumstance. Okay and by the way, who doesnt love jimmy fallon . Jimmy fallon, were going to be talking to him coming up in just a few moments this morning because the late night comedian is going to be hosting the
i m ann curry. and i m carl quintanilla. matt is on assignment. meredith has the morning off. it s great to be with you this morning. economy s been a big story all week long. now new home sales are painting an even bleaker picture of the real estate market and the overall economy. that s right, carl. sales of new homes dropped more than 12% nationwide in july to the lowest point ever recorded. that s much lower than expected. we re going to have more on this and what it means for you straight ahead. also ahead, we recently told you about one of the richest women in the country who has not been to her mansion in 20 years. she now lives exclusively at a new york hospital, and authorities have launched an investigation into two people handling her affairs. we ll get the latest on that mysterious story in a moment. it is a really mysterious story. plus we ve got tiger woods going on record for the first time now about his divorce from elin nordegren after she spoke out a