down to these prices that comes to a dead halt. some of the big boys, arco and chevron, can absorb this. i m more worried in the macro, without getting too arcane and wonky, this presages something else. maybe a global slowdown, china is coughing, india is hiccupping. this happened before when we had low oil prices. this could be precipitating something even bigger. short term, everybody is very happy about this but we have to focus on the long term, energy independence, getting the economy back, running and energy prices will bring it to a grinding halt. the offset has been thought to be the lower gas prices and freed up american wallets that
consumers. we count the number of people who walk in and out of retail stores, and for most of the retailers in the united states and many through the world. we have 70,000 counting devices where we get the data from, and what we have seen over the last decade is that consumers will really react to stimulus. that stimulus could be when they were getting extra tax checks and then with faced the worst recession in the world, fiscal cliff, sequestration, all those things are impactful. and we noticed the direction correlation is when gas price goes up a few pennies, the consumers will stop spending or stop going to the store. so, our view, as we re rolling into the holiday season, there s not a lot of energy coming into halloween. we don t see a lot of increase traffic. in fact we saw decreased traffic in the time the government was shut down. so, that does recover over time but it takes a while. what you re saying, it could be hiccupping along the way. absolutely. one thing we have
hiccup woman. you might remember her nonstop hiccupping and how she was an internet must see. today, she s back in the headlines, this time convicted of first degree murder. she lured a man to his death. she wasn t the one that killed him. she was sentenced to life in prison without parole. the pennsylvania police chief who delivered a profanity lates pro-gun message, guns blazing on youtube is out of a job. [ bleep ] yourself and get some more. [ gunfire ] his videos went viral generating a lot of support for his stand. also, there was a lot of criticism. we are joined from new york to sort it all out. rosa? reporter: good evening, mark kessler blast eed gun control.
and ask about discounts for aarp members. adt. always there. offer ends october 31st. martha: opening statements getting underway in the case of the woman known as hiccup girl. she was charged with murder after allegedly luring a man to a home where police say she and her friend robbed and shot him. she is 22 years old. she twained national attention because of her prolonged hiccupping. look at her now. boy . what a turn. bill: consequence rrp in congress trying to force democrats to strip down the
these are just the people who visited according to visitors log. there are countless other people we learned from, i think it was the washington post expose a couple of years ago, instead of going to the white house, they say to the white house person, we don t want to sign in, why don t you meet us at caribou coffee so a lot of official business gets done at caribou coffee. brian: an average of five and a half people every day. can t wheat that half a person can t wait to meet that half a person. elisabeth: we have a lot of news. good morning. y all remember the hiccup girl? she made the round. steve: thieves on this show. steve: she was on this show. opening statements are set to begin in the opening trial hiccup girl. the 20-year-old was seen on tv because of that uncontrollable hick cupping she had. hiccupping. she was charged with murder three years ago after she