markets that facebook is its own unique deal, this sell-off was sort of targeting there and only there and everyone can calm down. is that the case? we have charles payne here and melissa. charles, to you and the amazon news. i m breaking out on you here. a lot better than expected. what do you think of that? if this number there s a lot of factors in the real numbers. but they re looking for $2.53. this is double that. last year it was 40 cents. just to tell you the growth that they ve enjoyed. to your point about the influence on the market. in the first half of the year, of all the southbound gains, 36% came from amazon. now, consequently 8% came from facebook. we saw a muted response. if this is real and the guidance is just this strong, we ll have a monster session back in these tech names by tomorrow morning.
house and contaminate everything upstairs too. i m incensed they are not letting us into take care of our homes when we had no warning. we have a curfew in effect until 5:00, after tonight he will decide whether to lift it going forward. thank you. nice to have you back. doing a great job down there. officers salute their fallen brother who gave his life trying to help others. sergeant perez drowned in his car driving to work during harvey s flooding which his wife urged him to stay home but he told her, quote, i have got work to do. the 60-year-old houston cop was with the department for more than three decades. he leaves behind two adult children. gas prices have jumped as texas refineries begin to recover from harvey though they did take a hit. according to aaa the national average for a gallon of gas $2.53 up $.20 since last
way, meandering through the southern part of the united states, and up to the new york area. what they re now saying is that, in fact, it is only closed in texas. they have now opened it from the louisiana state line all the way up to new jersey. so that is very good news, indeed. but, of course, if you don t have oil to put in that pipeline, that s a problem. and that is why it s critical that those refineries get back up and running. so they need to get all those refineries opened up. in addition, they ve got to clean up the port of houston, because of all of the debris in there. so all of that has to happen in short order for there to be a lot more oil flowing through that pipeline. gas prices, we re now seeing the national average at $2.53 a gallon. note, i say that s the asnation average, because in various cities, it s going to be higher. by the way, that s up 18 cents in a week. we jumped 18 cents in a week on the national average. some areas more than that. anecdotally i ve hea
composite is up 1.55, tokyo s nikkei up, as well, just under that. the hang seng is up 2.53% and australia s&p asx 200 up 1.46. the dow broke the sixth day losing streak finishing up 619 points. the biggest one-day gain since 2008. military officials say they are close to confirming the death of a prominent isis recruit who are was tar getted in a u.s. drone strike in syria. they say hussein, a british born recruit and hacker was heavily involved. shooting death of a tv crew as they were doing a live interview. family and friends are grieving the loss of alison parker and cameraman adam ward. a former reporter as natalie mentioned who had repeated
of regular, $2.53. it is putting an extra $100 in your pockets every month. 13 states have stations selling gas under $2. more stations are expected to join that trend this week. airline bag fees are moving up. all together, the 27 u.s. carriers took in almost $1 billion in package fees last quarter. that is according to the department of transportation. that is up 9% from a year ago. almost every carrier now charges for checked bags. even jetblue. one of the last holdouts. some are charging for the overhead bin space. and shoes. and gas prices are plummeting. you would think they are cutting ticket prices. no. on that note, early start continues right now.