judy chu, who will speak at the women s march in l.a. tomorrow. she also chose to skip today s inauguration for president trump. congresswoman, thank you very much. tell us what motivated tomorrow s event. you re obviously one of the keynoters on the far west coast version of tomorrow s event. and while it s called a march for women, i know it s very important to organizers to point out, it is hardly limited to women. yes, in fact, there are 673 marches like this in states around the nation. and so far, 2.2 million women and others have signed up to be in this march. so this is quite massive. and it s an expression of concern and outrage. women are saying that they want to make sure that they have their rights upheld. that they will be able to have the affordable care act and
easier to get. now, the average credit score is up about four points from last year to 669. this is courtesy of our friends at experion, compared to 673. it s only six points away from the average credit score in 2007, which was back in 2007 it was 679, so we re getting close to where we are. here s one thing to think about, mortgage rates are up since the election. take a look at this, this is just since the election. you re now paying probably a little over 4% for a 30-year mortgage if you have the best credit, but the best credit means having a credit score of 720 or higher. so that s where we stand with the american consumer. now turning to other business, canadian prime minister justin trudeau has given the go ahead to a controversial expansion of an oil pipeline linking the oil sands in alberta to a tanker port in british columbia. cnbc s nancy hungerford joins us live from london. nancy, good morning to you.
now let s join correspondent greg palkot in paris for a look at how the da vinci code s popularity has created an industry. thanks to the da vinci code, tourist capital paris just got more visited. much of the book is set here. the action begins in the louvre museum with the murder of its curator and a painting said to hint at, among other things, mary magdalene s more prominent role. well, what s more interesting about mary magdalene is her role as sort of an early leader. one of several da vinci code tours conducted here is led by art expert ellen mcbreen. history is something that s based on original documentation, something that dan brown plays a little fast and loose with in the book. in fact, tour guide mcbreen does find a lot of inconsistencies in the da vinci code novel, as do others. it s claimed in the book the pyramid behind me contains a satanically sinister 666 plates of glass. according to the louvre museum, that should read 673.
we had stocks ending in the red. dow slumping by 55 points. s&p off by 6. the nasdaq sheds 16 points. a tough session for shares of macy s, which dropped about 14% today. the company reported weaker than expected result and issued a warning. amazon.com hit an all-time high earlier after morgan stanley raised its price target on the stock to $800 a share. they closed at $673 a share and iac has offered to buy angie s list, but the offer was declined. that s it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. amerivest selects the funds and manages your portfolio. is it run by robots? no no, you can talk to a person anytime. cause i don t trust robots. right.well, if the portfolio you re invested in doesn t perform well for two consecutive quarters, amerivest will reimburse your advisory fees for those quarters. i wasn t born yesterday.
of glass. according to the louver museum that should read 673. that s nothing like the unholy uproar of paris s sons of church. it features religious artifacts plus astronomical line. more of dan brown s tail. michelle spends much of his day correcting the false hoods with a less than divine image of jesus christ. if you believe what is in the book and they are quite surprised to discover at least what it says about this church. up next bethlehem takes a look at the town andhurch of the nativity.