the kitchen, it was awesome. it was totally updated, but i don t think it was really our style. reporter: the second just under $190,000. two bedrooms instead of three but a giant backyard. and lastly, the least expensive, 185 grand but, by far, the largest. but the renovations also the costliest. they bought number two. we called them and they ve been renovating before and after. kate surprised me with how handy she is. i went to the hardware store and i even got tools. tools. tools. i don t even know the names of some of these things. reporter: names don t matter as long as she can operate them. a jigsaw. also a nail gun on the list. i did talk with the couple. they ve spent $3,000 on renovations which explains that domino effect economists say they re seeing. just a week ago abc was reporting on lowe s and home depot and their sales up because of those buyers finally feeling comfortable enough to buy those homes and then spend money on renovations. david muir, abc news
this is sort a followup this is sort of a follow-up to the story yesterday, lowe s, retail giant pulling its ads earlier this week from the all american muslim tlc reality series. they claim they pulled the ads because it was a business decision as opposed to perhaps yielding to pressure from groups that said they didn t want, they didn t think it was a accurate. accurate portrayal, depiction of all american muslims. interestingly enough, russell simmons is outraged by it. i think many people certainly are. russell simmons tries to buy all the ad time on all american muslim, trying to, basically put his money where his mouth is. apparently he tweets just purchased remaining spots for all american muslim. sold out. keep your money, lowe s, we ll keep ours. calling for a boycott on lowe s. backlash against company. the idea is to show muslim-americans live normal american lives.
megyn: trace gallagher live with this one. trace? reporter: that conservative group is called florida family association. i want the put their claim up on the screen, what they re saying is, and i m quoting here: the program is propaganda that riskily hides the islamic agenda s clear and present danger to american liberties and traditional values. after that complaint, lowe s, the home improvement store, pulled advertising from the show. now a state senator from california, a democrat, is considering organizing a boycott against the show because he is furious. listen. what lowe s did is profoundly ignorant. islam is a peaceful religion practiced by over 1.5 billion people, including many americans and employees of lowe s, and for them to not understand that is a shocking level of just stupidity and ignorance. reporter: so lou has now called on lowe s to apologize and begin advertising again on the show. well, lowe s did kind of issue
will approve another group of f-16 for iraq because our air force was destroyed completely during the wars that iraq entered into and this is not all. we also need technical equipments related to the security field. these are issues that are being discussed by the concerned people in both countries, between the ministries of defense and interior with our counterparts in the united states and we received promises and facilitations and we agreed on how to make this relationship continuous in the security field because both of us need each other and need cooperation, especially in chasing al qaeda which we started and was not defeated in any way except in iraq and we hope to cooperate with all those who feel the dangers of this organization to cooperate with us as well. our goal is a sovereign iraq that can protect its borders, protect its airspace, protect its people. and our security cooperation with other countries i think is a model for our security cooperation with iraq.