and labor has gone up sharply and, max, that is just going to make this whole process that much more challenging. and along with almost everything affecting our wallets these days, expect to pay more for christmas trees this season. they say inflation is to blame. tree growers are spending more on labor, materials, shipping and those surveyed expect the wholesale prices to rise as much as 20% this year. the good news is they expect to have plenty of trees for the holidays. kim kardashian has agreed to pay an almost $1.3 million fine to the s.e.c. that was because she was paid $100,000 to tout a crypto asset. according to forbes kardashian
Tree Farms Open For The Holidays - The Christmas season has already arrived, as vehicles have been seen around town sprouting Christmas trees from roof racks even before Thanksgiving.There are several local options for holiday greenery. Leavenworth Tree Farm is open this season to.
make deliveries to military bases all over the u.s. today is the trees for troops day so they are encouraging families to come out and you can actually donate a tree, write a card and have it go specifically to a military family. and there are many locations nationally. this is only one of many. you have to check locally if there is a tree farm in your area. what has been the response on behalf of the military families. many of the military families also receive wreaths, too. the military families have been appreciative and i think it has also been exciting for the fed ex team members who volunteer. everyone has a touch with the military families and it has been heart warming and rewarding the response we have gotten from the military families, the tree growers and from our own team members. thank you very much for talking to us. $35 is all it costs to donate a tree. certainly good money toward a good cause. shannon? shannon: julie banderas, thank you so much. well, the old man
cnn newsroom starts right now. happy black friday. one in four americans says that he or she plans to shop on this busy shopping day and the crowds are coming out. at times, however, things do get out of hand like at this walmart near los angeles. authorities say a woman waiting in line pepper sprayed other customers, apparently, so she could get a better place in line. ten people were hurt when the crowd scattered. no serious injuries reported. the woman paid for her items and ran out of the store and detectives are hoping that a security camera will help identify her. and there was another wild morning at a walmart near orlando and police say two men started fighting at the jewelry counter. one of them allegedly resisted arrest and officers ended up wrestling him to the ground. okay, hopefully these are just exceptions and it s an important day in the united states, as well. as far as the economy is concerned. so much of this economy relies on consumer spending. we
almost 3% of market s valleys. the standard & poor s index down more. nearly 4%. alison kosik live with the latest. what s driving this? reporter: we saw the sell-off pick up steam on wall street after a report a eurozone official said they have no plans to givotly a financial rescue package, financial assistance may not be in the cards for italy. the thinking, it will could be too big to bail out. the fact it s solvent but drowns in $2.5 trillion in debt. its economy more than twice as big as greece, portugal and ireland when you put them altogether. a bail xwout could cost clearly much more than it did for greece. the fear italy could default is playing out obviously in the equity market, in stocks and italy s bond markets. the ten-year yield spiked 7%. no one wants to touch italy s debt because it s a big question whether italy can even pay its bills. john? for someone watching here in the states you have a global domino effect going on. what will it take to stop the f