reporter: but with so many seniors living longer, surviving on a fixed income can be a challenge. marilyn s secret identify what you need. not what you want. it s incumbent upon each individual to do their own saving. you don t have to have that particular article that you just obsessing over. take your time. go home, sleep on it. come back. do you really need it. reporter: poppy harlow, cnn money, philadelphia. the first man to receive a full face transplant in the united states is out of the hospital today. he says the first thing that he s going to do when he gets home is to hold his daughter. he was horribly burned by a high-voltage electrical line three years ago. doctors transplanted everything from his forehead, nasal structure and lips to skin, muscles and nerves. he revealed his new face at a news conference just this last hour.
introduces us to a retiree on a budget who says that she s living the good life. reporter: marilyn lasseter takes great pride in her work at this philadelphia library. they did did my book come in yet, dear? reporter: at 70 years old she swears she s living the good life. it is amazing. the freedom of not having to be someplace at a certain time. reporter: marilyn retired back in 2007, right before the economy soured and millions found themselves out of work. despite living on a fixed income, she was able to buy a new house and she travels extensively. i live on $3,500 a month. reporter: and is it tight? is money tight or no problem covering your bills? no problem. no problem. i don t spend. at a certain time in your life, there s nothing that you should need. reporter: did you pass down your theory on the importance of saving to your kids? yes, i did.
the explosion opened a two-mile hole, flooding more than 130,000 acres of farmland in neighboring missouri. when you look at that, what do you think? i m very sad. i look at that and i don t have a home. reporter: marilyn s farm has been in her family for three generations. two still be dry if the federal government hadn t blown up the levee. i feel like that we re having to suffer for somebody else. reporter: farmers ray and roy presson have 2,000 acres under water. we ve always lived with the idea that some day they might have to blow it. the waters kept rising and we knew they would blow it. we don t like it but we have to accept it. reporter: the plan since 1928 has always been that if cairo, a city of 15,000 at the time, was in danger of flooding, the levee would be opened to save the city. but back then, things were much different. cairo was a vibrant river
we think that there had to be some sort of support network for bin laden inside of pakistan. but we don t know who or what that support network was. pakistan s prime minister says talk of government complicity or incompetence in the bin laden matter is absolutely absurd, in his words. he warned the united states today, pakistan will defend its airspace, if american forces mount another secret rated. raid. investigators are trying to figure out what set off two passengers on different planes. it happened this weekend. a man traveling on a yemeni passport rushed the cockpit door during a chicago to san francisco flight. crew members and passengers quickly corralled him. a law official says the man appears to have mental issues. a continental flight from houston to chicago had to land in st. louis due a rowdy passenger. this man tied to open the plane s door. i hear a scream from the stewardess and i see her fly across the thing. and so i go running and i see this guy wi