Next half hour aj realmoney. In december Consumer Confidence surged close to where it stood before the government shownd in october. That episode of washington dysfunction helped to drop the conversation boards low in november. Consumer spending accounts for growth. In addition to a stronger job market and an incredible year for stocks Many Americans are feeling more confident and wealthier because of the rebound in home values. Home prices for 20 cities tracked by the s p case shiller index jumped compared to the year earlier. Thats the biggest jump in eight years. Thats a cautionary note. Cooling off just a bit. Prices rose just 2 10th of a percent. S ps David Blitzer said, we are living on borrowed time and the boom is fading. The question is kment where does the Real Estate Market go from here . Zillow forecast that u. S. Home prices will increase 3 in 2014. To put that in context, zillow said prices went up when 7 in november. 30 year Mortgage Rates rising to 5 by the end of the y
Attend the funeral of Nelson Mandela. He reflects on u. S. Policy and l how it has changed. Mr. President , thank you for joining us. At the time you were in office, Nelson Mandela was still in jail. There were americans who will remember back, and said we were not always the best friends we so have been to the antiapartheid forces in south africa. When i was in office we were looking for an end to apartheid. We worked hardest on changing to what became zimbabwe, and also were working to make a change in south africa as well. My Vice President , walter mon mondale, called for one person, one vote in south africa. But that was kind of an anomaly in those days. After i left office, the United States administration went back to its previous time of being aligned with the apartheid government. But that doesnt make sense. Its not something americans today think that americans in the 80s would have been aligned with. Why did americans think that it was okay to support the apartheid governmen
People are preparing for a new year but also for a new currency as the country changes from the lat to the euro. And in colorado begins the general sale of marijuana. The United Nations says it will do everything it can to prevent further terrible acts of violence in south sudan. Negotiators from both sides of the conflict are in the ethiopian capitol. In the worlds newest country has left more than a thousand people dead. Most of the battles have happened in these places in juba, bor and we have just sent this report from the capitol of juba. Reporter marching to war as the conflict in south sudan continues these men and women are preparing themselves for the battle ahead. We are coming. We are united, we will defeat you, they sing. These government soldiers are preparing for the front lines. Fight something going on in at least three different fronts, and military commanders say they will continue fighting the rebels until there is an agreement. The spokesman for south sudans forces.
Through the show. Today were taking an interesting look at what against. Yes, and using the hashtag, our community has been tweeting in. Yeah, that term gets thrown around a lot on both sides. Protesting for a green planet could land you in jail. Issues like fracing have brought protesters out in droves. At times resulting in arrested. Robert f kennedy, jr. Is a environmental lawyer, who himself has been arrested. When you have no recourse, we not only have the right but the duty to break the law to show our discontent and put political pressure on the president. However, a banner held by antifracing protesters in oklahoma have some concerned they are being unfairly targeted. Oregon is now allowing contractors to sue for disruptive and costly protest activity. When does the activism cross the line . Joining us is representative noel who has been fighting the Environmental Movement for years. In oregon we have lauren reagan, the founder and executive director of the Civil Liberties defe
And today, sex scandals, i think that we had the salaciousness covered for this week. And speaking of that, we have pastor joel, one of our favorites, and he tweets in, our leaders are a reflection of us. When we see their morality, were looking in the mirror. And on facebook and a lot of people thought that. Yeah, a lot of people say that what you do behind the scenes may have a proclivity of what you do in public. Clintons impeachment trial was definitely, for the first time, a president s sex life was out in the open for everyone to judge, and since then, knowledge of sex scandals has increased dramatically, making it easier to spread the dirty details. Americans never seem to fire of the stories, but does the public hold politicians to a higher moral standard or simply the standard that they expected of themselves and significant others . And whats the medias role in all of this . Are journalists giving information thats valuable in the interest of the candidate or just robbing tim