criticism for chick-fil-a. a brand new crop of businesses will start to pop up in colorado next week. the shops will be heavily regulated by state and local authorities. cnn s anna cabrera has the story from denver. reporter: the countdown is on. marijuana becomes legal to sell for recreational use here in colorado in less than a week. the state hoping to generate tens of millions of dollars in new tax revenue. businesses are seeing green as well as certain pot shops already operating as medical marijuana dispen sarris open their doors to a whole new clientele. reporter: the green rush here in colorado is about to get even bigger. this week state licenses went out to local businesses giving them the green light to start selling recreational marijuana. and money does grow on trees and it s called the cannabis plant. reporter: january 1st
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that s giving investors confidence to put their money back into the market. you look at gdp. it s stronger than first thought. the jobs picture is getting better, although it s not quite where we d like it to bement car sales are solid. to be. car sales are solid. and the easy money policies of the fed, the federal reserve, buying $75 billion of bond every month. and by most accounts, the fed did a good job in conveying the fact that it was going to go ahead and cut back on its bond buying by $10 billion a month. what you re seeing now at the end of the year as investors taking this news enthusiastically to say the least. investors are taking this news enthusiastically and i don t mean to be debbie downer, but there s a new cnn poll that shows most people, 70%, don t feel the economy is getting better. what gives with that? reporter: you know, there s the continual disconnect that we talk about. and you know, a lot of that really has to do with jobs. you know, what s interesting
if they were able to return to europe and to get access to the united states or return directly to the united states, they were not put on any watch list, they would pose a very serious threat. they re well trained, radicalized and have the ability and intent to strike the u.s. only. analysts say the rise of the new al qaeda affiliates is part of the price paid for years of attacks against the old core al qaeda. many of those leaders are long gone, including osama bin laden. they have much more freedom to operate as they see fit. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. checking other top stories at 50 minutes past, the mission to free a trapped ship just off the coast of antarctica has stalled now. one of the ice breakers ran into icy conditions of its own. it is in sight of that stuck vessel. it is 6 nautical miles away. luckily there are no injuries
this year. why aren t middle-class americans feeling any of the benefit? a new cnn/orc poll finds that nearly 70% of americans say economic conditions are poor. just 32% said they were good. why is there such a disconnect and how do we fix it? i m joined by personal financial columnist david wagner and david wetzel, contributor it the wall street journal. welcome to you both. thank you. okay. first we ll start with a tough question. john, why is there such a disconnect? well, i think the main reason is because people aren t getting paid very much. they haven t had a raise after inflation for nearly a decade. they re losing money to increasing prices and feel poor. that s the way it is. does that mean the economy is roaring back it life, david? the economy is definitely getting better. but i think john s right. the benefits of that renewed
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