topping our money lead, a rough day on wall street. the dow jones industrial average falling more than 800 points today amid fears of a looming recession. the nasdaq and s&p 500 ending the day in the red as well. from wall street to main street, you might want to double check your thermostat because energy prices are currently skyrocketing again. as if consumers were not already feeling the squeeze, the war in ukraine is also driving up costs for u.s. utility companies. even higher, as cnn s gabe cohen reports for us, the budget burden for low income families can be agonizing. this is kind of when the chaos really started. six months of baffling power bills for his house in beacon, new york. the price rising from $190 to more than $400.
good idea or way over the top? thank you for being with us. basil, good idea or bad idea? i think this is a great idea. child childhood obesity leads to adulthood obesity. if you can start tracking these issues early i think you can stave it off. i think it s a great idea. on the other hand you say it s ends up being a budget burden on the family, right? well i mean the bottom line is we ve got it backwards here. heavy adults lead to heavy kids. this is part of a michelle obama s hunger free kids act which created a million more hungry kids because they stopped buying school lunch. it s more government intrusion. who are the bureaucrats that go in the daycare centers and weigh and measure kids and council them on the weight. as a mom it makes me nervous.