Good morning and happy pre-Super Bowl weekend. A Chicago crossing guard went viral last week after a news helicopter caught him carrying a seventh-grader across a flooded, icy street. The kid didn't want to soak his new Air Jordans — so Joe Sass, a former rugby player, slung him over his shoulder and walked him to school. Now his community is returning the favor: a GoFundMe started in his honor has raised over $8,000. The Jordans survived.

Here’s what we’re covering today:

  • Peter Schiff warns of US economic crisis that will make 2008 feel like a ‘picnic’

  • Retired teacher, 94, loses pension checks from California after wrongly declared dead

  • Viral ICE officer claims his salary is $200K. How much ICE agents actually make

The economist who called the '08 crash is sounding the alarm again — and this time, he says it's aimed squarely at the U.S.

His warning centers on the dollar's eroding status as the world's reserve currency. Here's a stat that puts it in perspective: $100 today buys what just $12 did in 1970.

Schiff says there's one asset with "no ceiling" that could protect your portfolio — and he's not alone. Jamie Dimon thinks it could hit $10,000.

Trivia

What was the face value of a ticket to the first Super Bowl in 1967?

A) $6

B) $35

C) $100

D) $350

Get down to the endzone for your answer!

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Gloria Wilson taught in Los Angeles for over 40 years. Now she's 94, living in Texas, and depends on her pension to cover her bills.

Then, one day, her deposit just... stopped. No warning, no explanation, just missing money.

When her daughter called to find out what happened, the answer was the last thing she expected: California's pension system had declared her mother dead.

Wilson had to prove — twice — that she was still alive. Paperwork got delayed over printing issues. More phone calls followed. And that's when her daughter learned this might not be an isolated case.

A viral video captured a surprisingly civil exchange between an ICE agent and a pair of bystanders. When one mentioned her $200,000 salary and seven years of schooling, the officer fired back: "I went to high school and I make $200K."

He also said he loves his job so much he'd "do it for free."

The clip has racked up over 2 million views — and a lot of skepticism in the comments.

So we dug into ICE's official job postings to see what deportation officers actually earn, what qualifications are required, and how the agency's recent hiring surge is changing the workforce.

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Trivia answer

What was the face value of a ticket to the first Super Bowl in 1967?

A) $6, with $12 being the most expensive ticket

Source: eBay

Back then it wasn't even called the Super Bowl — it was the "AFL-NFL World Championship Game." The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and about a third of the 94,000 seats went unsold. A 30-second TV ad cost around $37,500. Today? Tickets run $6,000+ on resale markets, and a 30-second ad spot goes for about $10 million. That $6 ticket would be around $55 adjusted for inflation — still a steal compared to today.

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