that s right. see, i m still on vacation. i know. it seems to have started to head south when speaker boehner and others came out in support of president s call for military action against syria. so the market seemed to be able to handle this better than expected ism news. can it handle higher interest rates, 2.09%, cannot handle syria. you know, it s the unknown. and now that john boehner says he s agreeing with the presid t president, that ups the ante in terms of a real military action on the horizon. and that s a complete unknown. syria also on the mind of former home depot and chrysler ceo bob nar deli. he said it s a looming issue over the economy. he has a lot to say about that and the impact of new healthcare law. he ll also be here to tell us who he thinks should be the next chairman of the federal reserve. you don t want to miss this exclusive interview. that s coming up later on on the closing bell. and if buying nokia was such a good move for microsoft
with the rich paying their fair share. they recognize that the sequester is a bad idea. but what they ve suggested is that the only way to replace it right now is for us to cut social security, cut medicare, and not close a single loophole. i have to tell you, if that s an argument that they want to have before the court of public opinion, that is an argument i m more than willing to engage in because i believe the american people understand i believe the american people understand that yes, we need to reduce the deficit, but it shouldn t just be on the backs of seniors. it shouldn t just be on the backs of young people trying to get a college education. the president won the fairness debate in the fall. that s what the election was all about. today, the president said that argument will define the fight ahead on guns, immigration, women s rights, gay rights. the whole agenda. the question i will ask myself on every item, every issue, is is this helping to make sure
osgood: ship of state is a figure of speech we sometimes use to refer to this country and those in charge of it. this morning mark strassman will be taking us aboard the united states not the figure of speech but the real ship. reporter: the s.s. united states was once the pride of our nation. she still holds the title of the fastest and some would say most beautiful ship we ve ever built. but today she s in danger of being sold for scrap. her legend fading like the paint on her smoke stacks. later on sunday morning. they don t build em like this anymore. osgood: wayne brady is entertainer very much of our own time boasting a multitude of talents that can barely be catalogued let alone contained. with lee cowan we ll watch him at work. make me reminisce reporter: he can sing dance and deal. who wants to make a deal. reporter: wayne brady does it all and loves it all. how do you see yourself? i see myself as the guy who can do whatever you want him to do.
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know with the tropical systems we get the off and on rain. this is the apalachicola river. you can see the water rushing in in the opposite direction. it was actually rushing in up river and that s what we talk about when we talk about storm surge. this area of florida is extremely vulnerable from apalachicola from the big bend to tampa bay because there are so many bays and so many lagoons and intercoastal waterways and all of the water and the energy from these storms gets pushed up in there and we could see storm surge anywhere from five to nine feet. this is going to go on throughout the night. we are also going to see that tornado risk remain very high winds and even as far inland as tallahassee and into georgia and we will see possible down trees and widespread power outages expected and we ve already seen a lot of power outages here in the florida panhandle, anderson. it s expected to hit florida, but you re saying it could be felt all of the way up to new jersey, is