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Today's hot topics: Palin, Haiti's hurricanes, and your money

As we brace for the hurricane hitting Texas, Haiti is still reeling from four catastrophic storms this summer. Hervé Sabin, Director The Rural Haiti Project, Inc. gives us his report. Find out how you can help at www.ruralhaitiproject.org. (And if you are in New York City, be sure to check out their upcoming benefit, website has details)

CC, host of “The Cutting Edge” at KUDO 1080, Alaska's Progressive Voice in Anchorage, Alaska shares her findings on “trooper gate,” she’s following the Gov. Sarah Palin story.

Jim Carr, Chief Operating Officer for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) joins me to de-mystify the dealings at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Last time we had Jim on to talk his group’s proof that there are major differences in how people get loans in this country and how unfair lending practices work.

And Deborah McKoy, Executive Director and Founder of the UC Berkeley Center for Cities and Schools at the Institute of Urban and Regional Development will join me later to show how the sub prime mortgage crisis impacts schools.