i m ann curry. and i m carl quintanilla. matt is on assignment. meredith has the morning off. it s great to be with you this morning. economy s been a big story all week long. now new home sales are painting an even bleaker picture of the real estate market and the overall economy. that s right, carl. sales of new homes dropped more than 12% nationwide in july to the lowest point ever recorded. that s much lower than expected. we re going to have more on this and what it means for you straight ahead. also ahead, we recently told you about one of the richest women in the country who has not been to her mansion in 20 years. she now lives exclusively at a new york hospital, and authorities have launched an investigation into two people handling her affairs. we ll get the latest on that mysterious story in a moment. it is a really mysterious story. plus we ve got tiger woods going on record for the first time now about his divorce from elin nordegren after she spoke out a
photo for their scrapbook today, thursday, august 26th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m ann curry. and i m carl quintanilla. matt is on assignment. meredith has the morning off. it s great to be with you this morning. economy s been a big story all week long. now new home sales are painting an even bleaker picture of the real estate market and the overall economy. that s right, carl. sales of new homes dropped more than 12% nationwide in july to the lowest point ever recorded. that s much lower than expected. we re going to have more on this and what it means for you straight ahead. also ahead, we recently told you about one of the richest women in the country who has not been to her mansion in 20 years. she now lives exclusively at a new york hospital, and authorities have launched an investigation into two people handling her affairs. we ll get the latest on that mysterious story in a moment.