snowfall records in what s called the biggest winter storm in two years. more than a thousand flights canceled there. schools closed across three different states and we shall see what happens in the nation s capital as the day goes on. we re tracking questions about this wall street rally. see the news yesterday. the dow hit an all-time record high. some saying it s a sign the u.s. economy is on the mend. great time to be in the market, they say. but there are new numbers suggesting what s happening on wall street may be disconnected from what s happening on main street and that has some folks very worried about where this is likely to go. melissa francis, host of money with melissa francis on fbn is here to rain on our parade. oh, no, come on. megyn: i liked it better when folks were saying, whoo hoo look at the numbers, we re rich. if you re in the market, but unfortunately a lot of americans took their money out to pay their bills. if you want to look at the
now to our three big money headlines. wall street rally, holiday hiring, and what s going on with american airlines? joining me now a retail and economic analyst. i m glad to have you here. there s something fun to talk about. wall street s highest close in years. in five years, actually. hit 13,600, around there. it s been on the up and up from thursday or friday it went up 35 points. and a lot of people are saying it had to do with those unemployment numbers. being at 7%. there are also other reasons why. i also wanted to mention the blue chip stocks as well. these are the blue chip index stocks they cover like heinz, general motors. stocks that have been doing well for awhile. that index was also up around 69 points. that s good. okay. what about the holiday hiring?
now that our three big money headlines, wall street rally. the west coast gas crisis, and what is going on with american airlines? joining me now, a retail and economic analyst. with a good morning to you. good morning, alex. first to the wall street highest numbers. highest in the last five years. dow closed yesterday at 13,610.15. the highest, as i said in five years. 35 points up. and also the blue chip stocks. talking about heinz, general motors. those blue chip stocks were up, the index up 69 points. that s pretty great. how about these gas prices which is anything but great in california. these new highs, terrible. alex, from the moment i did my notes last night to this morning, gas prices went up. so the average price now in california is $4.61 a gallon. that was up 12 cents just from last night. while you slept? while we were sleeping last night. how long is that going to
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