Next half hour aj realmoney. In december Consumer Confidence surged close to where it stood before the government shownd in october. That episode of washington dysfunction helped to drop the conversation boards low in november. Consumer spending accounts for growth. In addition to a stronger job market and an incredible year for stocks Many Americans are feeling more confident and wealthier because of the rebound in home values. Home prices for 20 cities tracked by the s p case shiller index jumped compared to the year earlier. Thats the biggest jump in eight years. Thats a cautionary note. Cooling off just a bit. Prices rose just 2 10th of a percent. S ps David Blitzer said, we are living on borrowed time and the boom is fading. The question is kment where does the Real Estate Market go from here . Zillow forecast that u. S. Home prices will increase 3 in 2014. To put that in context, zillow said prices went up when 7 in november. 30 year Mortgage Rates rising to 5 by the end of the y
It is almost like the ginsu knife. That is a joke. [laughter] they did more. We understand our job is to defend this country. It is a noble mission. I look at the folks that do this every day and say, these are great americans. What they have done is they can see what the terrorists are trying to do coming into the country and what we were blamed for as an Intelligence Community was not connecting the dots. The fbi had one set of data, the cia, nsa, and other intelligence agencies, another. And we were blamed for not connecting the dots. So we said, we need the ability to connect the dots. We came up with a couple of programs. Business record fisa is the key to connect the dots. That is the one we need to focus on here today. What is that all about . How do we connect the dots with this . What is it . It has been sensationalized, that we are listening to americans phone calls and reading emails. That is flat wrong. Under fisa, we would have to have an individualized warrant to do that.
Right now at 11 00, reactions from neighbors, screams for help as flames engulfed homes. Two girls inside trapped, they were killed. A high school sex scandal uncovered, shocking allegations of three student athletes and their ties to a Child Exploitation ring. Major Security Breach on twitter. Hear the message that will be coming to hundreds of thousand of users. Investigators are sifting through rubble to figure out what started a house fire that killed two young sisters. Neighbors could hear the cries for help but it was too late. Erica gone zaelz reports frzale meyersville, maryland. Reporter a fire that moved faster than anything they had ever seen. You couldnt see a structure. See flames, structure of a house. Reporter mary beth and her son tell me what they heard from the neighbors Highland Yard last night rocked them to the core. She wasnt screaming like like word it was just like painful scream. Reporter in this home two little girls, 3yearold sophie and 6yearold madison trapp