hit a record high. nearly 6.4 million americans have already selected obamacare policies through the federal exchange through the new year. that is about 400,000 more people than last year. my panel of cnn political commentators. ryan lizza, washington correspondent for the new yorker. patty solis doyle, former campaign manager for hillary clinton. and doug hye, a former communications director for the rnc. you have these concerns over enrollment a few months ago. now we ve seen that premiums were skyrocketing. although fair to say a lot of people weren t going to feel that. but now you have a lot of people saying, wow, donald trump might be leery, might need to be leery politically of getting rid of obamacare. well, i think he, during the campaign, didn t quite understand, at least publicly, he never articulated what he would replace obamacare with. when you get into the details,
up to $3,750 for each piece of equipment put there to cheat the emissions tests. there are about 500,000 diesel cars on the road that violate the environmental guidelines. that means the fines could top $18 billion if they have to pay. speaking of a lot of money. it has never been more expensive to buy a home in manhattan. the city that never sleeps. you have to work 24/7 to live here. the median sale price here in the big apple hit a record high of $1.15 million in the fourth quarter. that is the latest report by miller samuel. these are plain apartments. the new price tag broke the record hit in 2008 before lehman brothers collapsed. inventory is low and credit is tight. competition is stiff.
our focus as it relates to firearms should be hunters and people who shoot sporting clays and things like that, so the types of rifles we sell, the types of ammunition we sell, should be curated for those things. so about two months later walmart comes out and says no more assault rifles on our shelves. now, interestingly, walmart said it had a lot more to do with slumping demand than any political. they weren t selling? that s what walmart says, but, of course, it won t release the data, which we asked for. of course, because everywhere else noted they are selling. cnn money had a fascinating article about fbi background checks. i think the number was somewhere around 20 million background checks for guns this year, which is a pretty good indication of gun sales, somewhere near a record. absolutely right, we re on track to hit a record this year and as you point out, fbi background checks are a proxy for gun sales. not only that, black friday this year hit a record for the
include a kill switch on new phones next year. if your dwrevice is stolen, era and lock it. if found, the date tat were be retrieve. us airways won t fire the employee who tweeted a pornographic image. accidentally sent from a twitter handle. us airways calls it an honest mistake. hoops, hooter s and russia. nba player andrei kirilenko announced plans to open five hooter franchises in his native russia. the first known for waitresses will be in moscow. you re paying more for food and shelter. consumer prices rise in march as beef hit a record high and milk and veggie prices climbed. housing is getting more expensive, too, but getting a break at the pump. gas prices slightly lower in march. [ buzzer [. coming up, how do hackers make themselves unhackable? i don t actually know any of my passwords inside of my head. only one passwords.
cookbooks. and finally, go ahead, check your 401(k) balances. fidelity says the average balance hit a record high last year, more than $89,000. that s up 15% from 2012. the jump is because of a big surge in the stock market. christi and victor, that s the wrap of the week on wall street. alison, thank you so much. coming up, these are not, take a look, toys in a sand box. these are real cars in a sinkhole. and it s not just any car but classics that were in mint condition. we ll tell you where this happened and where. plus, a lot of people talking about this this morning, ju juno star ellen page making a big announcement in las vegas. what she said that brought the entire crowd to its feet. the wine he ll order. you know him.