told nbc news, god bless the peru authorities. perhaps now justice will be served. that was jeff rosen reports. police and prosecutors aren t just asking for 30 years prison. they want him to pay $70,000 to flores family in peru. the next hearing scheduled in two weeks. gas prices kwushlly drop around labor day, but not this year. the average for a gallon is $3.62. the highest ever, second highest ever. government is reporting to sue more than a dozen banks over bad mortgages. the suits are expected to be filed in the next few days. a junge could decide as early as today if roger clemmons will face another perjury trial. sales of lottery tickets are up in 28 states. 17 have set all time sales records. the likely reason the bad economy. at about 8,000 items belonging to rosea parks are going up for auction in new york.
advantage of gas prices that have dropped in recent months. at the pump unleaded is now averaging $3.62 a gallon. down from a high of $3.9 v 98 on may 5th. still almost a full dollar more than a year ago when unleaded averaged $2.67 a gallon. meanwhile, the economy continues to struggle. you have some americans who are still financially stressed. people who are living paycheck to paycheck and they don t have a disposable income to travel like they had before the recession. reporter: in the lower 48 states californians still pay the most. $3.85 a gallon. they re coming down a little. i think they re still high. reporter: back in storm battered north carolina a message from the governor. i really do want to remind visitors and residents that most of north carolina s coast is open for business. and ready for visitors who are coming for the holiday weekend. reporter: so where are gas prices headed? i talked to the folks at
doing. the dow is down 156 points, and the s&p down 125 points and the nasdaq down 57 just over 2%. americans borrowed over $5 billion in may, racking up debt for the eighth straight month. they say that increasing home equity and auto loans is a sign of confidence, but rising credit card could be an indication that folks are falling on hard times yet again, and that is probably not far from the truth at least according to the american bankers association which says that more people are struggling to pay the credit card bills on time. that s pushing the credit card delinquency rate to 3.4%, but one positive data point for consumers is gas prices. they finally dropped by a penny in the last two weeks. the national average for a gallon of regular gas is now $3.62 and that is it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. martin, back over to you. thank you, kayla. there is no containing the scandal that has rupert murdoch s media empire in the uk on the ropes. british prime minister gord
getting a relief at the pump, gas dropping 1 cents over the past two weeks, the national average for regular gasoline, 3.62 a gallon. let s take a look now at how the markets are reacting to the economic news today. so much uncertainty going on in the united states, bill, on wall street. early trading, we re down more than 100 points, right now, down about 130 points. we ll continue to keep an eye on the markets throughout the morning. also the president, speaking about this whole debt issue. bill: he sure is. heather: at 11:00 this morning. wall street is waiting to hear. what exactly is going to happen on that. bill: a curious time to call a press conference. we ll talk to brit hume about it in 15 minutes. they re investigating how a stun gun turns up on a jetblue flight from boston to newark, new jersey when the cleaning crew sound it in a seat back pocket. we ll show you photos of the device, this coming ten days after a nigerian man flew across the country on an expired boardi
i m alex witt. at 26 past the hour, here are your fast headlines. wisconsin is the 49th state to legalize concealed weapons. yesterday governor scott walker signed the bill to take effect in november. illinois is now the only state that does not allow concealed weapons. a wyoming man is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the killings of his three sons and brother. police say the man also shot and wounded his wife in the massive mobile home. he later surrendered to police. police discovered the bodies of ten men and a woman found shot with high-powered rifles in bex mexico city. given the nature of the violence, police suspect the attack could be tried tied to the drug trade. at the gas pump the average gas price rose to $3.62 a gallon, 5 cents more than last week and 90 cents more than a year ago. and day two for the duke and dutchess of cambridge.