everyone can spend like a drunk sailor. it s been great. now we have to start coming back to reality and this is a bit of that. shepard: the nasdaq off 2.24%. s&p 500, which is what we like to look at more than maybe we show it on the screen because it involved so many more stocks, it s 500 stocks. the s&p 500 down to 2.73%. big percentages. they are big. but if you re a technical trader, you look at certain levels. if it breaks through, you think it s growing to go to the next step down. we haven t seen that yet on the s&p. what we re trying to decide and difficult to gauge because it s down to the investors in these programs, at what point do we say, okay, that s enough. now we re going to start taking advantage of the cheaper stocks. technically our dollar policy has been weak.
you need a 4% polling average in new hampshire or in iowa in order to make it onto the debate stage, even if you are doing terribly nationwide. and so good new hampshire numbers like these put john kasich and chris christie and carly fiorina all very comfortably on the main stage even though their national numbers stink. now we get to the part that s really weird. now we get to the part that i sort of can t believe isn t a big national news story. because these are the polling numbers for a candidate named senator rand paul. nationwide. again, he would need to hit a polling average of 3 1/2% in order to make the main stage. he does not get it. he s at 2.73%. unlike those other candidates i just mentioned, rand paul also has bad numbers in new hampshire. he would need 4% in new hampshire to qualify for the main stage. he s not at 4% in new hampshire. he s at 3%. how about iowa? again, he needs just 4% at his polling average in iowa in order to make the main stage. rand paul does not mak
with what we can expect this holiday weekend. traffic. 7 million 37 million of us are traveling. 9 in 10 of us are driving. that means #33 million people sitting bumper to bumper trying to hit the beach or that barbecue, ladies. a lot of people. a lot of demand. what about gas prices? how are they looking? i have good news and bad news for you. the good you are likely paying the lowest memorial day gas price in at least five years. gas prices today $2.73 a gallon. that s $0.91 cheaper than it was last year. there s bad news. gas prices are going up. they are up a nickel since last week. up a quarter since last month. as the weather gets warmer and the roads get fuller prepare to open your wallet wider. let me show you wall street. a lot of people hitting the beach early. it will be quiet today. futures are higher dow is up 17 points now. thank you, lauren.
the citi double cash card. it s a cash back win-win. with 1% when you buy and 1% as you pay. with two ways to earn on purchases, it makes a lot of other cards seem one-sided. before you leave the house, here s what s happening today. the prime suspect in the gruesome d.c. murders was arrested overnight. we could get our first look at e-mails from hillary clinton s private server as early as today. the state department expected to begin releasing them after months of delay. and gas prices going up just in time for memorial day weekend. national average $2.73.
challenge its own detention. today a panel of judges unanimously said the chimp is not a person. calling it inappropriate to grant the rights of a human to an animal. they wrote, unlike human beings, chimpanzees cannot bear any legal duties, submit to societal responsibilities or be held legally accountable for their actions. stunning. the animal rights group tweeted it already is pursuing an appeal. make everyone a human. corporations are, after all. gas prices are dropping and drops, and some areas they re now below two bucks a gallon for the first time in like ever. a buck 99 in oklahoma city. the first spot where prices have followen below $2. analysts predict texas, south carolina, and mizzou could be next. the national average is 2.73, and if gas prices continue to fall that could mean big savings