the apologies of families that have been victims to accidents. but the strongest sales in august with have been up 13%. you have the strongest sellers of the suvs and the mini cars such as the smart car with double digit sales and the you conn seems not to mind about the recalls in may. and car sales overall are up. thank you, courtney reagan. thank you, chris. and speaking of cars, edmonds.com and cars.com are out with the best cars. in this, it is the mazda 6 and the honda accord and the nissan outback, and the best minivan is the honda odyssey. if you want to see the full
2.2%. oh, no. that s terrible news in new york city. how can college tuition get any more expensive? that s a great question, mike. college tuition a huge expense and next year for a four-year instate public school students prices are about to uptick by about 2.9%. if you re going to a private college or university, which is always more expensive, 3.8% increase next year. food is also going to be going up. certain times of food, i guess. beef we ll start with? yes. exactly. the usda says overoo all that prices for food are about to uptick by 3%. that goes to eating out not just if you re buying in the supermarkets. we have some items to show you. debby downer, do you have any good news? how about stuff that will go down in price? yes. absolutely. one area where we re going to see prices falling, used cars sales. edmonds.com said used car sales
plans for the hyperloop. it s a hypothetical tube that would take you really quickly, basically suck you from san francisco to los angeles in only 30 minutes! it s apparently going to be almost 800 miles an hour. i say hypothetical because there are a lot of unanswered questions. we don t know who would build it. it would be 400 miles. we don t know who would pay for it. we don t know how long it would take. a lot of details but it sounds like a really awesome idea. cnbc mandsy drury as someone who just came back from california and sitting in traffic. it sounds great. thank you. thank you. when shopping for a car you go for style, handling and comfort. edmonds.com has a list for the best cars for short drivers. they looked at height adjustable streets and steering wheel columns and adjustable pedals and here are the ones who made the cut. bmw 3 series and mazda 3 and mercedes-benz s class although that is about 93,000!
public. bottom line, michelle, do you think the future of the automobile industry lies in electric cars? i would say electrified cars. i think ten years from now, we will not be having this discussion because every car will have some form of electrification from hybrid to full electric, and they are the way of the future. it s just going to take be a bumpy ride getting there. michelle of edmonds.com, thank you. thank you. that s a wrap of this hour of weekends with alex witt. join me for a two-hour edition of the show today at noon eastern time. straight ahead, we have more smart political talk on up with chris hayes. following that, melissa harris-perry and all to come for you on this saturday on msnbc. what do you get when you combine the home depot with this weekend? the cure for cabin fever. because with get-it-done savings on everything we need. .we can turn this weekend into a fresh floor. .or an updated bathroom.
i m ban ban. zoraida sambolin. it s 5 a.m. in the east. the accused ohio school shooter is due to appear in court today. later on in the program, you ll hear from a student grazed by a bullet in that attack as parents waited outside in desperation. more questions about warning signs. were they missed with this alleged shooter? the. the daytona 500 officially ended in the wee hours of morning. it was delayed ties by rain. then two hours by a horrific fire. you re looking at it there. the flaming wreck at the daytona 500 much the winner crossing the finish line a few hours ago. rick santorum is asking something weird. he s asking democrats to come on out and support him. do him a solid and help defeat mitt romney. we ll explain a little bit more about what s behind that. trouble at sea for the costa concordia s sister ship. it s drifting away after a fire. everyone is safe. we have a lot more details on that for you. it is one minute past 5:00 in the morning. we r