not be too late to get in. now may also be the time to buy for first time home buyers according to clark howard. i sat down with him yesterday. he told me that despite big-time investors helping to push some home prices up, the first-time buyer, this is the chance of a lifetime. this is an absolutely great time to be a first-time home buyer. you don t have a house to dump. even with these increases we re talking about, houses are so much cheaper than they were years ago, in so many markets. and interest rates, this is virtually a once in a lifetime opportunity. with these ultracheap interest rates. be careful of those buying frenzies in some of those places. you heard of these flash sales where people can t get in and get a house. that will go away. but look at these low rates. average on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage 3.43% this week. only a little bit higher than the record low of 3.31% from last november. you can see the rest of that interview with clark tomorrow morning on my sh
in washington in that regard? people get caught up in their jobs and it consumes more of their lives than they would like it to. what you didn t see there was shortly after that, michael had two phones to his ears at one time. unbelievable. tomorrow at this time michael and i have an in-depth discussion about the runup to the iraq war and the twisting of truths to justify invading iraq in the wake of 9/11. time for today s list of number ones. first up with the price of gasoline averaging about $3.70 a gallon across the country, some folks are enjoying the lowsest pump prices in the land. salt lake city is playing the least, $3.31. og again, utah, and bill ths, tth, right hand at $3.32. followed by provo utah and green vim, south carolina. a new census report finds the dallas metro area gaining the most in population. it increased almost 132,000 people between july of 2011 and 2012. daniel day-lewis oscar winning performance may have
him. he was always the most courteous and sensitive of all the ones we visited. of course, the pope, i think, he has been most astonishing teacher. pope benedict parting words were good night. now pope emeritus, the former pontiff, says he plans to spend time hiden away from world in prayer and interlecht wall pursuits, while the cardinals get ready to choose his successor, they will likely set the date for the conclave on monday. bret: amy kellogg in rome. thank you. mortgage rates in the u.s. dropped to just over 3.5% this week. that is .2 of a percentage point from the historic low of 3.31. the commerce department says the u.s. economy grew at an annual rate of one-tenth of a percentage point in the time quarter of last year. the dow fell 21 points today. the s&p 500 was off one. the nasdaq dropped two. we have been telling you for
tweet them to us at fox friends first or e-mail to us at foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. 12 after the hour. even if the defense department vieds the automatic sequestration cuts in march some say the military could receive cuts. jennifer griffin explains why. a long time teacher is fired for give ago student exactly what he wanted a copy of the bible. a look at the gas prices. the national average 3.31 cents. that s unchanged from yesterday.
look back at the all low on n. record it was 3.31%. we are doing very very good. you know what this means, with low rates if you refinance, can you put that money to work somewhere else. can you save it and spend it it s better for consumers, better for the academy. gerri willis, thank you. you re most welcome. shepard: a fox weather alert now and stormy winter warnings in effect now for much of the western united states. first alert forecasters warning folks in the northern plains and parts of the southwest to brace for possible blizzard conditions. they say temperatures will start dropping tonight and more than a foot of snow could fall in some areas. meantime, down south, a tornado tore through a small town in louisiana this morning. it damaged some homes but so far no word of anybody hurt. just a couple hours ago louisiana governor bobby jindal declared a state of emergency because of severe flooding across his state. our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the extreme weat