Another day or so. Im one of the coowners of politics and prose. We both welcome all of you and also on behalf of our great staff. A few housekeeping announcements before we get going. Most of you have been here so you know the drill, but if anybody doesnt, michael will speak about his book the first half of the program that he will be happy to take questions. We only have one microphone and its right here so hopefully you can make it appear and this is being recorded so it is helpful to become helpful to if you want to ask him something. If you have a cell phone or other noisemaking device. We have plenty of copies of the book and its a pretty cool looking book. Plenty of copies up front so you can go get one and have him sign it appeared at the table. And if you wouldnt mind also folding up your chairs at the end and putting them to th to de that wilthe sidethat will expedg and in easier exit and it will also make the staff very happy. We appreciate that. I just want to make two anno
Sales happening. Now with this new number, this is where we stand this is where we stood. About new number, 650,000, you can see that has not been hit since the Third Quarter of 2007. They gangbusters number in terms of new home sales. A pop in terms of percentage, 12. 4 . Out as that develops and how that affects the markets. Meantime, lets see how the markets are doing in terms of our majors. The dow and s p and nasdaq are up on the order of about half a percent. For today, investors are a little doubtful on whether a rate rise will happen, so they are pushing back into equities. Stanley fischer on sunday may on thewkish comments u. S. Economy. Take a look at this other chart i have. Generally speaking, we are in the dog days of summer, but along with fed speak on rates, we have some investor hesitation. Basically what you are seeing is the s p has had absolutely no one present moves to the upside or downside in the past 31 days. Investor doubt that any rate hike will happen in the n
Tonight, a freak accident kills a woman walking her dog and sends this pickup truck crashing into a lake. Good evening the crash happened this afternoon near judgeur drive. Kpix 5 emily turner is there with what happened. Emily . Reporter within the last five minutes, we want to let you know that the boulevard has finally reopened but it was shut down for the better part of the day because of the the terrible. A woman in her 40s hit and killed a woman walking her dog. She was out in the middle of the day taking her dog for a walk. The truck hit the curb and flew into the water. The driver is fine. The 40yearold driver has a few minor injuries. That woman was killed. She was a 65yearold woman. The dog survived. She was walking with a friend of hers who was just a few steps behind her. The woman saw it all as well as several people who were around this area at the time. He just hit the curb, at the same speed, no brakes. It was, like, severe, like hit. Reporter police are still trying to
Kenyan mall continues. The fourth day in that standoff marked overnight by bursts of gunfire. The kenyan foreign minister says two or three of the attackers were american. In this position we have a young man. President obama will address the United Nations General Assembly this morning. The question hanging over the meeting is whether the president will meet face to face with irans new leader. Firefighters battling a fastmoving wildfire east of l. A. The fire is there. Vice President Biden to colorado hit hard by recent flooding. Hillary clinton says shes thinking about 2016 but shes not in a hurry to announce anything just yet. Do you think shed rather be today, she can do both, president or grandmother . A cherokee girl at the center of a highprofile custody battle has been returned to the couple who are asiped to adopt her. Bam. A 400,000 bam boarlamborghini is split in half. The driver unharmed. Shaquille oneal has bought a minority share of the sacramento kings. Sacramento and al
Split in half. The driver unharmed. Shaquille oneal has majority share of the sacramento kings. Sacramento and to quit smoking on cbs this morning. Always something going on here in new york city. Opening day at the United Nations. Everybody agreed its not as much fun without berlusconi. [ laughter ] announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning, norah. Good morning. We begin this morning with the battle to win control of the nairobi mall. Its in its fourth day, gunfire and explosions erupting inside the building this morning. Kenya Security Forces are making a final push to clear out all militants. Countrys foreign minister says two or three americans are among the attackers. At least 62 people are dead in the siege. Including a woman who is more than eight months pregnant. Charlie dagata is at the scene in nairobi. Reporter day four of the