0 accident with your pet, would your best friend survive? we have must see information to help insure your four-legged friend won t become a statistic. first, privacy versus convenien convenience, the choice you need to make now if you want to take part in the future. if you could choose not to give us this information but if you give it to us we can do a better job of making better services for you. not everyone who is watching you in the digital age has your best interests at heart. how can you protect yourself. christine romans has answers. your money starts right now. big brother is watching you, and so are chinese hackers, identity thieves and tech hackers. technology is moving forward but security is sometimes left behind. in the rush to create gadgets, manufacturers are leaving security holes hackers can use to attack you and your families. then there are the companies you trust your data to. you don t pay for facebook or g mail but those companies are sailing somethin
poppy harlow joins us. poppy? reporter: this is pretty surprising to me, but what we ve seen, in the months following the massacre at sandy hook elementary school, the purchase of weapons have risen. the number of background checks for people who want to buy guns rose 53% from the six months before the shooting to the six months after. i m nancy. hi. how you doing? reporter: she s a grandmother who is about to become a first-time gun owner. this way is easier. reporter: nancy ellis says the new gun laws passed in connecticut, among the toughest in the country, are a big reason why she s buying her first firearm. our rights are being slowly infringed upon, and that this whole idea of controlling guns has come to my back door. in other words, there could be a time when i may never be able to get a firearm. reporter: ellis lived in newtown for 28 years. her desire to own a gun is part
for families making $56,000 a year, that s the median u.s. income. but you can see how that affordability is falling. next, the labor market. nearly 5 million net new jobs have been created near the end of the recession four years ago, but look at the jobs that were lost. mostly middle wage jobs right here, and the jobs we re creating, mostly lower wage positions. and finally, cute but costly. children. for a middle-income family is costs $241,000 to raise a child. that s from birth to age 18. that cost has surged 23% adjusted for inflation and includes things like housing, food, health care, as well as toys and computers. those of you in the northeast are probably going to pay even more of that. out west, more than that average. america s rural areas getting a little bit more of a break. mark morial is the ceo of a company yielding nearly $2 trillion in assets. what s the biggest thing holding americans back from this recovery today? good jobs that pay good wages, number o
0 and shocking news from british police. they have been given new information about the death of princess diana, the latest on what we know coming up at 3:0 eastern time. from the american dream to america s reality. millions still feel like they are missing out on the recovery. so when will it be their turn? christine romans has answers. your money starts now. the american dream, happiness and prosperity. a house, a great job, maybe a couple of kids and time to enjoy it all. the great recession is behind us, but the recovery isn t so great. i m christine romans and this is your money. first, housing. goldman sachs says all cash deals are half the market right now. wealthy investors, buyers from china, canada, south america, pumping up recent housing data. average americans may be getting priced out. in the second quarter, when you look at this, more than two-thirds of all the homes sold in the u.s. were affordable. for families making $56,000 a year, that s the median u.s. inc
dramatically. not just in newtown, this is happening across connecticut. you look at the numbers can compare the six months before to the six months after, a 53% increase in background checks for people wanting to buy guns. i m nancy. reporter: she s a grandmother who is about to become a first-time gun owner. this way it s easier. reporter: nancy ellis says the new gun laws passed in connecticut among the toughest in the country are a big reason why she s buying her first firearm. our rights are being slowly infringed upon and that this whole idea of controlling guns has come to my backdoor. in other words, there may be a time when i may never be able to get a firearm. reporter: ellis lived in newtown for 28 years. her desire to own a gun is part of a spike in the state. newtown vividly remembered for one of the worst gun massacres