750 million customers. retail stocks in focus with only two shopping days left until christmas. retail next says people bought less than the final weekend before christmas, usually one of the busiest weekends, despite those deeper discounts. and aaa says a record number of americans, 86 million, are traveling by car over the holidays. and thelund the national average is down to $3.26 a gallon after a month of increases. that s your cnbc news now. stick with innovation.
i m milissa rehberger. here s what s happening. the first full day of weather brought a weird mix of weather. new york city a record high of 71 degrees. just a few hours away there s ice, freezing rain and snow. meanwhile in arkansas a few tornadoes touched down saturday leaving two people down. two other people were killed by powerful storms in mississippi. good news for holiday travelers. prices are down at the gas pump. the latest lundberg survey shows regular at $3.26 a gallon. back to caught on camera. welcome back to caught on camera. i m contessa brewer. okay, you may have heard of kung fu panda. obviously a fictional cartoon character. but when you see a real bear showing off some martial arts moves, well, that s a recipe for millions of hits and a lot of people scratching their heads and saying, there s just no way. this video starts out like any
so again, we shouldn t be prizes that it s going well there. that s how this was intended to be. but i think for folks that maybe don t hib in those states, that s why enroll america has our campaign and why we are working in partnership with community health centers and faith leaders to get the word out. so maybe the other states are farther behind but we still have lots of time to get the word out to consumers and get them enrolled. appreciate your approach and your attitude, anne filipic. thanks. another reversal of fortune at the gas prices. prices are rising about 2.5 cents today to $3.26 a gallon, 5 much 58 cents in one week. it s still six cents less than a month ago and 16 cents less than a year ago. new today, the decline of driving in america. a new report suggests this country s love affair with car travel is waning but may not all be due to the economy. joining me now, jordan wise man, senior associate editor at the atlantic. it s good to see you. you re the one who w
average cost of a moof ticket the highest ever and due to the is your charge on i max and 3d tickets. they indicate the average ticket was $8.38 which is higher than $7.96 the price during the same quarter last year. however, to put this all into perspective, if you factor in inflation a movie ticket 40 years ago would have cost you $9.26 today. switching focus to click beverages. recent data shows u.s. beer sales have dropped in the first half of between. it might not be apparent but the catalyst, reports say, is a payroll tax hike as well as a spike in unemployment particularly among young men. analysts at bern stein said there is a deterioration in the economic well-being of the low comk consumer with the payroll tax hike taking its toll and
separate from the debt ceiling crisis. i don t think, patti anne, you will have any impact on mortgage rates despite the crisis that is upon us. patti ann: that is good news for us. stuart varney, thank you as always. thank you. gregg: the debt ceiling first established in 1917. since then the debt limit has been raised 102 times, congress voted to raise the debt limit, 11 times since 2001. right now the national debt is over 16 trillion dollars and counting every second. there it is. patti ann: meanwhile hopes of a budget deal in washington and higher home prices are combining to send the price of oil back up again. heating oil rising four cents to more than $3 a gallon. wholesale gasoline rising six cents to $2.78 a gallon. current national average is $3.26. national gas up 4 cents to