Martha teichner looks into it. uptempo music reporter snacks is one pampered pig. Is she just a little spoiled . I have no say in these things. A little bit, yes, but he says that, but then for christmas he bought a leopard print robe with a magenta boa and a big rhinestone s. Reporter and another human sized one with a big d on it. So they match. Reporter tim taylor and dana boyle, snacks pet parents thats what they call pet owners these days dont care if people think theyre nuts. I generally fall asleep on the couch with her and sleep there all night. So, when we went furniture shopping the last time, we literally said, we need something deep enough because i need to be able to spoon with my pig at night. Reporter tim and dana often welcome squirrel girl into their new jersey home, as well. Come on reporter shes not exactly a pet, but close. Nearly 85 million American Homes are home to pets as well as people. Three out of four dog and cat owners consider their pets members of the fam
Weaker byh pound is 9 10 of 1 . Picture withig tina fordham, avonhurst partner and head of Global Political strategies. She joins us from london. States we are 57 days away from the election and still no stimulus insight, even though the senate is back. It does not look like the president and democrats are ao any page that would be considered similao similar. Where do we go from here . Tina i think another round of stimulus should be a foregone conclusion. This haggling we are seeing, Congress Just back from recess, is what you would expect to see. Each side wants to see they are driving a hard bargain. Look at the language used by the two different sides. Republicans say the president wants nothing more then to write checks for american families. Democrats say the stimulus is not just skinny, it is emaciated. But we are going to get there because we have to. Ands a political imperative not just an election year, but with an election coming days nobody wants to pull the plug. Vonnie it
Why your next conversation may drive you i say you over the edge. Lauren. Lauren uh oh. Ashley it is monday, july 29th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Oh, oh, oh, oh, listen to the music. Owsnow owesno. Oh, oh, oh, le music. Oh, oh, oh, listen to the music all the time. Lauren ashley is singing to the dooby brothers. Welcome to fbn a. M. Im lauren simonetti. Ashley thank you for calling it singing. Good morning, im as ashley webster. Lauren its very much wait in see ahead of the july jobs report, the fed rate decision. The dow jones completely unchanged in the premarket. S p and nasdaq are coming off record closes, off fractionally. Ashley the yield on the 10 year treasury, its been where it has been for a while, 2. 06 , down 7 basis points. Lauren tensions in iran continue. The price of oil moving nine cents to the upside, 56. 29 a barrel. Ashley protests in hong kong are going on and theyre sending the hang seng down, down another 1 . Lots of red on the asian markets today. Lauren are w
You as well. It is friday, july 12th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Hands on your waist and go. Get up, get up. Hands on your waist and go. Get up, get up. Lauren welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning to you. Happy friday. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning, everybody. Im cheryl casone. Lauren lets take a look at how your money is moving. U. S. Futures moving to the upside. The dow record close yesterday, above 27,000 for the first time. Futures gaining 86. S p up 7, nasdaq up 22. Cheryl optimism on wall street has been showing up in rising bond yields and right now as you can see the 10 year is actually down. They were at 2. 12 . So a little bit of caution today with the 10 year. Lauren a storm in the gulf of mexico boosting the price of oil, 60. 68 a barrel, thats a gain of almost 50cents. Cheryl we just learned chinas june trade surplus with the u. S. Rose to 29. 92 l billion dollars, that could add another layer of tension in the ongoing talks. Asian markets across the board were i
Sirens on this i island. And why that wasnt activated, because it clearly would have given people more time to escape the flames and get out of town. And, of course, the number of fatalities would probably not be the number that it currently is. Another big challenge here, mike, is housing. Why . Theres not much of it. Its expensive to rent or own. And unlike, say, the mainland there are not any towns that can simply absorb 4,500 people right now that need shelter. Lahaina was really small, nice historical place, and its gone. All the kind of, like, precious memories of my kids and kind of generational stuff. Reporter so eva adams, she lost her home. It was in this new 89unit, Affordable Housing complex that is now, of course, as you see, just ashes. There are about 2,700 buildings here that were destroyed in lahaina, 86 of those were homes. And the community of lahaina is a very working class, a lot of Native Hawaiians who serve the resorts, and right now those people who are now home