without a strong middle class, america's middle class economy falters. ed wolf, the author of the study, middle class meltdown, robert shiller, nobel prize-winning economist from yale. and gentlemen, thank you for being with us, and let me start with you, ed. if you dropped down on earth and looked at it the last year, you would see improvements in the home prices and the stock market and wages and more jobing created. why do these things not translate on an one-on-one level for americans that we're focusing on? >> you have to go back in time. there has been a huge decline in household wealth, particularly for the middle class. in fact from 2007 to 2010, it plunged by 4%. it put middle class families back to where they were in 1969. incredible. so i think, you know, wealth, net worth, savings, that's a former security for the middle class, and i think the angst of the middle class is really closely tied to what has happened to their balance sheet. the struggle can be seen in the fact that they're still dissaving, not saving but dissaving, and their net w

middle america including conservatives who have been turned off by all the mockery of the anchor characterhat's it for this edition of "media buzz" i'm howard kurtz. we're going to miss playing the colbert clips. we still have you on stewart, i suppose. we hope you like our facebook page. we posts a lot of original content there and video and response to your e-mail questions. check us out on twitter, as well. and hour home page where you can follow our columns. we're back here next sunday morning 11:00 and 5:00 eastern for the latest buzz. >> it is monday december 22nd. a fox news alert. breaking developments this morning in the execution of two new york city police officers. >> this is crazy. >> the chaotic moments after the ambush and the chilling methods from the shooter moments before he fires. >> a city divided. the mayor verses the police. >> blood on the hands on the steps of city hall and the office of the mayor. >> the growing criticism and the push for mayor deblasio to resign. >> new threats from north korea after the interview. the country's new warning to the u.s. and why top

middle america including conservatives who have been turned off by all the mockery of the anchor characterfor this edition of "media buzz" i'm howard kurtz. we're going to miss playing the colbert clips. we still have you on stewart, i suppose. we hope you like our facebook page. we posts a lot of original content there and video and response to your e-mail questions. check us out on twitter, as well. and hour home page where you can follow our columns. we're back here next sunday morning 11:00 and 5:00 eastern for the latest buzz. news when news is always on the way. >>> i'm chris wallace. a gunman kills two new york city policemen. he says to avengethef eric >> a gunman shoots two new york police officers. >> we cannot have a society in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the united states. >> how will the u.s. respond to howneraeing attack on sony >> how vulnerable is the united states to hackers and cyber security? >> we need stronger firewalls again the growing threat.

middle america including conservatives who have been turned off by all the mockery of the anchor characters it for this edition of "media buzz" i'm howard kurtz. we're going to miss playing the colbert clips. we still have you on stewart, i suppose. we hope you like our facebook page. we posts a lot of original content there and video and response to your e-mail questions. check us out on twitter, as well. and hour home page where you can follow our columns. we're back here next sunday morning 11:00 and 5:00 eastern for the latest buzz. >>> we begin with a fox news alert on yesterday's cold blooded assassination. a strike at american valus and our nation. the brazen ambush of two new york city police officers executed as they protected the public. officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu were shot in broad daylight as they shot in their patrol car in brooklyn. the controversy over what caused the execution. they're growing. this is "america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. >> suspected gang member from baltimore and brinsley ran away after that brazen

we would never put our faces on the cover because they said they couldn't sell it in middle america sopositioning these kids are getting today. so it seems like the singers just got pushed away. it all became rap and they're just not developing as singers singers ♪ >> today, you don't know what's live. you can go to the shows and don't know if they're singing live anymore there's so much stuff going on. back then the groups were incredible and the music was incredible. i get a lot of requests for the 70s stuff. can't do it all for the show. i have to pick and choose. >> and i also pay tribute to george. he produced every one of my hits on the artist. he meant so much to me that i pay tribute to him in my show and i will every show from here on. >> it's time to party. here we go. ♪ >> up next this husband and wife team brings it's the end of the year... time to reflect on your accomplishments. at chevrolet, we've had quite a few. in fact this year, we won more awards than any other car company. and it's not too late to reward yourself... at the chevy year end event, hurry it all ends ja

savor who represents average middle america that is losing money because for the past three years asen, if you are holding money in a bank you are losing money. that is the overwhelming majority of americans. wall street love these zero rates, mean street hates command for good reason. stuart: lending club starting trading on the new york stock exchange. jo lin kent is there with a special guest. stock is up 51%. >> it is refuge move.

without a strong middle class, america's economy will falter. middle class is under pressure. tune in tomorrow for a special one-hour show, 7:00 pm eastern, here is a quick taste. concludes. >> i'm a mission that i have to keep this business going. >> i panicked. >> the issues we face. fighting to survive. >> she is like my role model in perseverance. >> real life solutions you can't afford to miss. >> we're making it the best that we can. >> tuesday 7:00 eastern on al jazeera america. >> that is our show for today. i'm ali velshi. thank you for joining us. ♪ >> tomorrow, the landmark series concludes. >> i'm on a mission that i have to keep this business going. >> an intimate look at middle class families. >> i panicked because, how we gonna pay that? >> the issues we face. >> there's no way to pay for it. >> fighting to survive. >> she's like my role model... as in perseverance. >> building a better future. >> it's coming together little by little. >> real life solutions you can't afford to miss. >> we're making it the best that we can. >> "ame

. >> reporter: government is pushing home ownership again claiming it is the best way for middle america to build wealth. but it is really? >> it would be perhaps smarter if wealth accumulation is your goal, to rent and put money in the stock market, which has historically shown much higher returns than the housing market. >> reporter: going back to 1987, when the s&p stock price was invented, it's a long shot. long-term they yield owners more not only through appreciation but through dividends. home prices do rise over the long-term. but you have to pay into a home in the form of property taxes, insurance, maintenance, improvements, you do have to pay capital gains on stocks, but it comes out to much less. on the other hand, home ownership produces social yields. >> the point is that home ownership is also a state of mind, it tends to produce people who are good citizens, who are involved in the community. they know the name of the mayor. >> reporter: shiller actually charted this back to the turn of the 20th century. it does hold up for over 100 year, but on the other hand, you could a

middle america still squeeze and hurting. "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ stuart: check the price of oil. sixty-seven, almost $68 a barrel. it had a huge drop in the past few weeks. we are going to start with russia. it has dropped in to recession. it's currently has flat out crash. ralph peters is here. it is good to see russia and putin in trouble. we are a financial program. could he do it? >> yes, he probably will be more aggressive. the budget gets tighter at home. he may play that. stuart, it is the putin is facing a night mare constellation of problems. he has huge dilatory buildout. we have made wild promises. russia is facing, as you know, the banks and corporations, they are facing financing and refinancing crises. putin is going to be up against the wall unless the oil price shoots back up. if the oil price does not shoot back up, putin may start shooting. stuart: i am looking for positives. let me move on to iran. i say they will never, ever give up on the pursuit of a nuclear weapon. i do not make it make

it's insulting to most of us who live in middle america, who think that these elitists think that they'reter than we are and they're going to give us stuff and it's going to be good fours and take it or else they'll give us a penalty or a tax as justice roberts calls it. >> former hhs secretary sebelius made a statement something to the effect that obama care one of its big problems was just simply the name of it. that has a bad connotation. it's a branding issue. >> yeah. but i think the president is sort of a brand. but he's a bad brand. but it's his baby. he came up with this concept. i think what hurt obama care is not the name. when the tide really shifted there were a lot of people had misgivings. but when people found out they couldn't keep their doctor. when you tell americans they can no longer choose their doctor, that they have lost their freedom of choice, americans, we kind of want to decide what we want. we want it when we go to the grocery store, to the doctor. we want to be able to pick. that's sort of a fundamental american thing about our system. i think when we found ou

charles: a lot of people on both sides of the aisle particularly in middle america would agree.eciate it. you know the ferrari from miami vice? one of those iconic cars. there it is. it is up for auction on ebay but not cheap. we will tell you how much is going for. might set you back, back after the break. dad,thank you mom for said this oftprotecting my future.you. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. charles: breaking news. sony is giving us permission to allow screening on christmas day of the movie "the interview." that iconic ferrari is for sale on ebay. >> $1.75 million. are you kidding me? don johnson, miami vice. they made cars cool. the director said it would not look good at night during filming so they made it white. cheryl: it has all the documentation for the show. only 16,000 miles on the odometer. i hear it

but surprising as supposed recovery has not hit middle america. interest rates have to go up at some point. the economy is addicted to them. debt ceiling fight in march. where will that go with emboldened conference. adam: i tell you where it will go? jack we have the debt ceiling problem in march. oil will go up eventually in price. could it happen before march? >> oil could go back up. i don't think it will go anywhere near where its with. this many looking fed rate hike will be less of a exciting event than investors think. adam: could be a minimal hike even if they do it? >> the fed will be very careful with dollar this strong and overseas markets this week. don't want to break anything. that is the key. don't break anything. adam: the market already priced it in. simon, talk about something everyone can relate to. the price of housing is accelerating at slower pace. still going up. >> still going up. adam: but we're lowering standards which we'll lend to people. >> what could possibly go wrong. never been done wrong. that just seems silly. on

> real life solutions you can't afford to miss. >> we're making it the best that we can. >> "america's middlelass - rebuilding the dream". >> tuesday. >> 7:00 eastern. >> only on al jazeera america. >> the university of michigan athletic department has confirmed it's contracted with the largest executive search firm to help bring in a new football coach. michigan has more wins than any college team in america. and a few weeks ago the university of michigan fired its coach. and they'll pay the head hunting branch up to $340,000. but that's pocket change compared to what the university may ultimately pay for the coach itself. the highest paid coach is nick saban with a base salary of $6,950,203 a year. mark dantonio paid $5 million. michigan's former coach brady hoke received a base salary of 2,800,000 a year. they said they're willing to make their next head coach the highest-paid coach in america. is the investment really weather can? we turn to john bacon who wrote" fourth and long." and we're both graduates from the university of michigan. john, $10 million. $10million from the university o

without a strong middle class, america's economy will falter. ddle class is under pressure. tune in tomorrow for a special one-hour show, 7:00 pm eastern, here is a quick taste. >> thursday the landmark series concludes. >> i'm a mission that i have to keep this business going. >> i panicked. >> the issues we face. fighting to survive. >> she is like my role model in perseverance. >> real life solutions you can't afford to miss. >> we're making it the best that we can. >> tuesday 7:00 eastern on al jazeera america. >> that is our show for today. i'm ali velshi. thank you for joining us. ♪ >>> hi, everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. australia on engineer. the hostage stan off. the flag. the fear. >>> drug fix, american's veterans overdosing on painkillers. >>> cosby controversy. his wife break s her silence, and the comedian breaks out. >>> and a species on the brink of extinction. ♪

> real life solutions you can't afford to miss. >> we're making it the best that we can. >> "america's middle class - rebuilding the dream". >> tuesday. >> 7:00 eastern. >> only on al jazeera america. ♪ suwell, a feeling is not a fact. our country is almost unique in people believing that global warming is not a human cause. >> robert kennedy, jr., a lifelong advocate of the environmental movement thanks in part to memories of his dad prior to his father's assassination in 1968. >> my father considered this part of our heritage and our purple mountains' majesty. kennedy says those who sponsor climate lies should be

you go out to middle america, people drive a lot. they're more middle class and working class. this is a big tax cut. melissa: i think business get a big cut. they're enjoying it but not necessarily passing it along. look at airlines for example. >> that is whole other thing. melissa: they don't pass it along. when you see decrease in transportation costs, talking to folks from the trucking industry later, even though it is good for them i'm not sure they necessarily pass it on. >> god got to be good for the markets. >> more flexibility, going out to dinner, doing something fun, go to restaurant. melissa: let's talk politics. jeb bush hasn't said whether or not he will run for president. actions speak loud irthan words. he is releasing 250,000 emails from his time in florida and writing an e-book. he explained why in a interview over the weekend. >> despite what is current case in this current environment in washington you can do big things if you set the stage in the campaign and move forward. one of the things i will do as i go through the process is release all my emails and

it is a shattering indictment of that moral condition sometimes known as middle america and its rising flood tides of human conformity. >> i view war -- this need to have firm rules and guidelines for any family or society of when things are so you know when things are ok. and then david, the vet, comes in shattering all of that. it throws everybody back on himself to a kind of self-examination and then how far he wants to take leads to something that could be what he called it. i do not quite look at it like that myself. that does not mean it's not true but i think it's a larger issue than just trying to stay sane. you expect certain things to be in certain places. you just expect the people coming toward you, you will gently part for each other. you do -- mainly, they do. otherwise he would not get anywhere. >> now they are all looking down at something so they don't see you. richard, welcome back to the table. >> thank you, thank you. i happened to see on tv yesterday a clip from "ozzie and harriet," and i was struck by the fact that nobody can do that anymore. there was a naivete,

middle class families. the issues that we face fighting to survive. >> she's like my role model. >> building a better future. real life solutions you can't afford to miss. >> we're making it the best that we can. >> america's middle class, rebuilding the dream. tuesday seven eastern, only on al jazeera america. >> and that is our show for today. i'm david shuster. on behalf of everybody here at real money, including our families and extended families, thanks for joining us and have a great weekend. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. oil rices tumble, what it means for the economy and your money . budgets battle if congress. what's been done to prevent a government shutdown. crisis in the air. a computer glitch creates chaos in britain. new protests expected, latest reaction to police shootings of african americans. firearms and fine art, guns in a museum with a message

america act. in fact, here's the thing. we say we're fighting for middleca, but if you're in charge eight years and you allow powerful special interest to prevent you from ever getting a final vote on your agenda, are you really fighting for middle class america? i think that's what we saw on election day. >> so you're going to be in the moo i norty for a month. are you going to be able to enjoy stop things with 41 votes? >> i'm going to keep advocating reform in the senate. i talked to my caucus this week. we have to take away the filibuster and a motion proceed to the bill. >> motion to proceed. just rule it out. >> motion to proceed, that's just simply a debate on whether to debate a bill and it can go on for a week. >> should never happen. >> never happen. and conference committees. i came to the senate in 2009 and there were no conference committees. i said what's going on with the conference committees? well, we don't even try anymore because there's three motions that can all be filibustered. i'm like you're kidding sne do ordinary americans look an

on aljazeera america. >> america's middle class, rebuilding the dream. latest in our year long series. we check back in with the sabinos, struggling paycheck to paycheck, as always the holidays present another financial challenge. however, they find out cutting up their credit cards, help them keep their spending under control. >> the holidays are supposed to be a peaceful time. i like to be organized, even though we may be financially stressed, i look for the sales. i used to use charge cards. we both did and this was years ago. seven years ago. one day, so we were sitting down, he took my pocketbook he said give me your charge cards, he got his. and he choched everythin choppe. >> we were never credit cardaholics, or junky addicts or anything like that. we had some debt. i negotiated with a lot of the creditors. if we owed $7,000, i tried to get it down to $4500 or whatever. if your credit got hit, who cares? now you don't have any more debt. >> that christmas season, i was in a state of shock. i did it. i got every present for everyone. everything was

either going to be someone on the lef or someone on the right who taps into that discontent in middle americaong the working class. and i hope it's someone who comes at it from more of a traditional conservative perspective because i actually think that works and it's very renewing and positive. it's not negative or, you know, intolerant. >> have a good time. we appreciate. "the factor" tip of the day, an o'reilly factor special you may want to see. the tip moments away. amamamamam, and i quit smoking with chantix. i had tried to do it in the past. i hadn't been successful. quitting smoking this time was different because i got a prescription for chantix. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. the fact that it reduced the urge to smoke helped me get that confidence that i could do it. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. some people had seizures while taking chantix. if you notice any of these, stop chantix and call your doct

it's a church-going, middle- america kind of town where he was taught to be independent and not waste> coburn: i got three stalls out there for horses and it's got a big hay loft in it. >> stahl: he and his wife carolyn, a former miss oklahoma, raised their three daughters here, one a nationally known opera singer. >> carolyn coburn: we've known each other since the first grade. by third grade, i was on his list of girlfriends. >> stahl: how many did he have? >> carolyn coburn: three! i was the last. >> coburn: she's telling the story. >> carolyn coburn: i remember the list-- dun, sara, ditten. >> stahl: the biggest influence on tom coburn's life was his father. after graduating college, he went to work for his dad in the family optical business. you told me in washington that your father was an alcoholic. >> coburn: uh-huh. >> stahl: now, that can't be easy when you say that you had a happy childhood. >> coburn: well, it doesn't take away from the great things that my dad did. >> stahl: did it change you... did it... is it kind of a key to you? >> coburn: mmm, i don't know. >> stahl:

in the "new york times" in 1972 it is a shattering indictment of that moral condition known as middle america its rising flood tides of human conformity. >> well, i mean, i'm sure that -- i wouldn't say that's exactly true. i guess in a way. i view it more as the need to have these firm rules and guidelines for any family or society of when things are so you know when things are ok and then david comes in or the vet comes in and he is shattering all of that so that it throws everybody back on them selves and into kind of a self examination and then how far he wants to take them leads to something that could be called what card called it but i don't look at it that way myself. doesn't mean it's not true but that's not how i view it exactly. there's a larger issue of just trying to stay sane and you expect certain things to be in certain places and when you walk down the streets of new york you just expect that the people coming towards you, you will gently part for each other. but you do. mainly they do. and you do. otherwise you wouldn't get anywhere. >> rose: well that's true. but if they're

david: rich, you straddle the hump between the middle america north dakota where you're from and siliconlley where you live now. hasn't the fracking industry come so nar finding cheaper ways to drill? >> it really has, it's been the upside surprise in the economy over the last 20 years. and nobody in silicon valley, which is fixated with green technology and tesla automobiles and nobody in washington, d.c. saw it coming. david: yeah, that's right. it was a wonderful surprise. thank you, gang. tell us what you think. could the negative impact of low oil on the energy sector outweigh the positives. send a message on facebook or tweet us at fbatb. >>> sony may be on track following the release of "the interview" in 300 theaters. but have we learned anything from that attack? or remind us how defenseless we are when it comes to the hack attacks from overseas? >>> the classic arcade game of pin ball making a big comeback. there were over 1600 competitions played worldwide. did you know that? what is behind the comeback? we'll tell you. ♪ (holiday music is playing) hey! i guess we're going to

the great thing our folks, we represent middle america, right? our folks rhett getting jobs back. major area where hotel growth has gone in some those communities. we have rising employment. lower energy costs. other things offsetting it. but for our folks they're going back to work and traveling in big numbers. liz: choice hotels is everywhere. >> try to be. liz: 30 countries, 6300 hotels. where are you seeing best strength, everybody says looking at stocks, stay with u.s. names because everywhere else looks awful. >> of what is interesting, u.s. lags rest of the world. may slide into little bit of negative. could be even keel. asia is slowing down. and still slowing down. u.s. really shining market. u.s. had tremendous year this year and tremendous year next year. for the holidays, thanksgiving, christmas, new year's, are bookings are up 13%. some of the strongest numbers we've seen this year. liz: that's great. david: you went through the extraordinary rebranding process. i think of target and other big corporations have done it. you did it very successfully. i suspect because

middle? in america we're used to leading in front flag first and people around us in response. but we've seen intervention sections in libya where we went in militarily but we wanted europeans to handle the conflict. now we're looking to have allies in the middle east primarily to randall around and find a way to handle isil. i think that, you know, it's hard to see whether or not the united states can sustain this approach. but to echo what my colleagues thought, exceptionally the last ten years we called the decade of war the response has been touching a hot plate stove. we've had our finger burned. when the bush administration came in, the fundamental belief was we had the ability to change things reshape things. now you're going to be hard pressed to go in to the pentagon and see military power and economic power to truly translate outcomes in these regions. >> are we still looking for the united states place in the world, one that the country wants to be. >> i think we are but i don't think the two visions we have in front of us right now are the right answer, or one that'

and this is -- this is grand forks, north dakota, middle america. >> i don't want you to fully give thisd in the final moment i have. you all have traced this back to a source, to a person, who agreed to talk to you. >> i will tell you, it's an exclusive interview with the actual drug dealer who put these drugs in a bag, put them in the mail and sent them to north dakota. he is a father of two. >> wow. >> married. his life is completely ruined but he has such remorse for the lives that have been taken because of what he did and before he was sentenced, we got an interview with him that just blew me away, just how open and honest he was about what he thought before, what he thinks now of these synthetic drugs, these poisons. >> i hope he showed remorse. we will tune in to see if he did. drew griffin, thank you for the interview. make sure you tune in tonight, 9:00 eastern for the investigative interview. it's called "deadly high" how synthetic drugs are killing kids. tune in for that. i'm brooke baldwin live here in new york. i'll see you back here tomorrow, actually, i'm up at 10:00 with

> real life solutions you can't afford to miss. >> we're making it the best that we can. >> "america's middlelass - rebuilding the dream". >> tuesday. >> 7:00 eastern. >> only on al jazeera america. ♪ >>> welcome back. we're talking about this idea of the shared economy, probably more aptly called the rented economy where folks make money by renting out their items. people have used their vehicles to sort of become taxicab drivers on the weekends. >> yeah, the average jose can become a micro entrepreneurer. but there is also controversy. check this out. >> i downloaded the uber x app. it allows you to bypass taxis. you just click on the app and a regular dude comes by and picks you up. my uber x driver pulled up within two minutes of my first order. all right. we are in our first uber x car ride here, and we're going to dumont circle. and so you are a printer and on the side -- >> on the side, i drive. most of my customers are young generation, especially from college. it's cheap. you can go anywhere day one, and i have all of your information on the phone. afraid. >> wait, wait. wait. you sa

. >> "america's middle class - rebuilding the dream". >> tuesday. >> 7:00 eastern. >> only on al jazeera america. >> [ no audio ] [ technical difficulties ] seven years ago kevin lunny bought the floundering farm here and turned it into a 1.5 million dollar annual business, but some environmentalists say he has outstayed his welcome and it is time for the farm to stop production. >> but it is fundamentally incompatible with a national park wilderness area to have a commercial, private oyster operation... it just doesn't fit. >> lunny insists he is a responsible steward of the land and exemplifies sustainability. lunny says if the lower court ruling against him stands, the community may gain a quiet estuary, but some of their cultural history will be lost. >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the debate. >> this is a right we should all have... >> it's just the way it is... >> there's something seriously wrong... >> there's been acr

in iowa about a month ago, they asked ordinary republicans who live where i live in middle america. they asked them, and i think it is a great question, because they put it in general terms, and not real start terms. -- stark terms. they said, do you agree more with john mccain and more intervention, or do you agree more with rand paul and less intervention? i think that is a great way to put it. i'm not talking about all or none. i think we do have to intervene with isis. i am not talking all or none but , i do believe less. we have been everywhere all the time and we are about the bankrupt our country. i think there is great nature to what we have been doing, so i want less. mccain wants more. he wants 15 wars more. the thing is, there is a more and a less argument. when you pull that -- poll that in iowa, 41% agreed with me. this is not a small movement, nor is it easy to say that people like myself who believe in less intervention can be characterized as people who don't believe in strong national defense. that is a caricature. and i will have to fight that, but we will see what

the loudest voices are actually coming from middle america. >> on your website, you have this quote fromhaddeus mccotter. >> yes. >> michigan congressman running his fourth term "i really dig se because when going into political battle, best to bring a cupp." >> yes, he's great. i mean, i don't know what that means. >> do you know him? >> i do. i do. >> i thought -- when i read it i wonder what does he mean? is that his cup for money or i don't know. cup for contributions but that's thad. i mean he's so wonderfully kookie. also brilliant. and i think he's a real he's a real beacon for young conservatives. he has a lot of interesting ideas. he's doing things in a different way. i mean he does "red eye," you know, on fox news. he's got a different approach and i think a lot of people are listening to that. >> how much of a following, "the red eye" is rather well how would you describe it. >> it's sartorial. it's it's irreverent. it's irreverent. it's an irreverent right leaning look at the news. so there's humor. it's on late night so there's a little bit more leeway with what they can say

special favors for wall street and for k street and no real special favors for main street or middle class america. >> 57 house democrats voted for the bill fearing they might get a worse deal next year when republicans take control of the senate. >>> two more days left of new jersey's annual black bear hunt and so far wildlife officials say 189 have been killed. most of the bears were in sussex and warren counties in the northern part of the state. the number of bears killed has dropped from 600 in 2010 to 250 last year. you may recall a bear mauled a rutgers university student back in september. >> and still ahead on fox 29 news at 6:00 o'clock -- >> a local family puts up an amazing light display but they say it's not just for show. the reasons behind this extravagant scene. >> peco workers are spreading in serious holiday cheer. how they're helping local families. >> keith. >> dawn, the cowboys haven't lost on the road this year. but how do we show them they're not welcome in our house? we simplify the game plan later in sports. >> after a cold and wintry week we're talking nice changes in the

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many homes in middle america in a rural area, a home may be selling for $60,000.f it is a more distressed local economy, a large factory shuts it done, then you have a situation where home rallies decline. there are no new people coming people there are few looking at the home p therefore, independent of the tax appraised value, the market value would be much lower. , whatsouth dakota, greg is it like in your area? caller: [indiscernible] cannot figure out why. one thing i am trying to figure out is -- trying to follow the money trail here. people will put money in a bank cd and getting 2.5% interest. interest rates on a 30-year mortgage, i think, is like 4%. why would people even want to go this route when they can make 10% to 12% on wall street or even higher rates on foreign markets? you know, because they are tired of the low interest rates for so long and they are not getting any income off of their savings and retirement and stuff. what is enticing the money to come into the mortgages, or is the government heavily involved? just how solvent are fannie and fr