Are those guys ganging up on that guy . And amid a global terror alert, what are the airlines doing to make sure we are safe in the air . Well explore that one, but, first, lets check in with sue at the nyse. Sue . Good to see you, ty. Stocks modestly lower today, and well cover the markets for you in just a second. First, as you mentioned, a big change in the housing market. Lenders are making a change in their standards. Diana olick is on the reality check for us and she joins us from washington. Hi, diana. Hi, sue, and youre right. Fewer people are applying for mortgages overall and refinances are positively plunging. That has banks looking for more business and easing up a little bit on that tight, tight credit that had become the norm during the housing crash. Take a look. Credit availability rose 2. 2 in july month to month and is up 3 from may, according to a new survey from the Mortgage Bankers association. May was when Mortgage Rates began to rise. The increase in availability
Thanks very much. The dow down again today. Hit its lows about 11 00 and then i got in the car to come down here and then it started to come back. Each passing block, as i drew nearer, the dow industrials rose a little higher. Nonetheless, down about 82 points, about half a percent over the past couple of days. Were town 1 . 15,530. 19, well above 15,000, up about 18 year to date as you see on that chart. Lets take a look at the s p and see where it stands, down again half a percent at 1699, nipping below 1,700. The nasdaq off 22 points, twothirds of a percent and the russell, after sort of high after high at 1053 right now, down 9. 99 points. Tenyear note, there you see the yield at 2. 66 and change, and gold down 19 an ounce at 1,282. Thats the first time below that i guess below 1300 in a couple of weeks for gold. Lets get some of the trading action here with bob pisani. A little fed speak, a little whatever. Believe it or not, this is practically the weakest day since the end of ju
asked so far in this debate illustrate why the american people don t truth the media. the democrats have the ultimate super-pac, called the mainstream media. why is the business network being so widely panned. will the rnc dump the upcoming debate. and launching a deathwatch for jeb bush. and why is donald trump after losing his lead in some polls calling the media scum? and we unveil our new microscope using cutting hef edge technology to how the candidates are being covered in print and online. which stores are getting traction. plus bob woodward on hillary s e-mail mess, and the challenge of cover trump. if i were doing trump, i would do 50,000 words, and do each deal, and look at, you know, how did he get his money. you know, this is a guy who s been in the news for decades. and why he s once again investigating richard nixon and watergate. i m howard kurtz, this is mediabuzz. republican national committee is going ballistic over that cnbc clash in color
asked so far in this debate illustrate why the american people don t truth the media. the democrats have the ultimate super-pac, called the mainstream media. why is the business network being so widely panned. will the rnc dump the upcoming debate. and launching a deathwatch for jeb bush. and why is donald trump after losing his lead in some polls calling the media scum? and we unveil our new microscope using cutting hef edge technology to how the candidates are being covered in print and online. which stores are getting traction. plus bob woodward on hillary s e-mail mess, and the challenge of cover trump. if i were doing trump, i would do 50,000 words, and do each deal, and look at, you know, how did he get his money. you know, this is a guy who s been in the news for decades. and why he s once again investigating richard nixon and watergate. i m howard kurtz, this is mediabuzz. republican national committee is going ballistic over that cnbc clash in col
0 daniel craig did james bond no one expected him to pull it off because daniel craig was too serious, reinvented the james bond character. i think affleck will do the same with batman. every woman will be happy. i am be standing in line to see it. very quickly here, during the british invasion, the no. why are we against affleck? i don t understand. when he goes for these big commercial movies he seems to implode. i don t see it. it better be a good script. don t think it s going to work. maybe if they can he s like an esteemed director now. respect. academy award worthy. now he s going to do a budget-busting film all it has to do is not profit and he will get panned. don t put on the tights, is that the rule? i don t know. that s very wise. i m going to frame that one. ben affleck in tights is okay. for some of us, there s never a point you should put on the tights. that s true. you were right, they didn t grow up. should we get to these? shall we? t