should marijuana be legalized? if you say yes, join in. 585 585-3 881. if you say no, 585-388 zero. if you are undecided, 202-585-388 two. the piece here, with the dateline line in kiev, points out abandoned by his guards, reviled across the capital, determined to reacquire his shredded political authority. this morning the wall street journal reports that the whereabouts of the president were unknown at this time. russia will in the meantime hold off on any further loans to aid the ukraine in what they are calling for sweeping change in the former republic of the soviet union. later in this program we will focus on a new study on north korea and just how bad the situation is there. we want to focus this morning on a front-page story from the washington post. marijuana s moment. as the nation s governors meet to legalize marijuana, the push to legalize marijuana has flourished and floundered over five decades, but a shifting sentiment appears to be bringing it to
150 points to the downside, now 156, may be a little below or above that. now, lauren said 170 was the down mark. i missed that, but may be reaching that as we head down into the end of the closing settling. s&p is off by slightly less percentage-wise than the dow jones. nasdaq off less than that, and the russell 2,000 less than that. it is not a good day. you can t put lipstick on this pig. look closer at the energy sector. it was the worse performer with energy stocks ending lower for the sixth straight session. the move lower comes despite a rise in more than 2% on crude oil this week. david? david: as was just said, it s not all red. there is some green on this markets, and it s focusing on retailers. barnes & noble, macy s, zales. people buying diamond rings and bracelets. oh, i wouldn t know, david. i m not a realist, apparently. david: only one woman on my diamond list, but go ahead. a look overseas at japan, last trading day of the year, shares closing, get this
all time. mitch albom will be our guest to talk about the 25th anniversary of his book. tuesdays with morrie. but first, here s a look at some stories from the publishing world. us book sales ended this summer, down 5% compared to last year. that s according to the publishing news site publishing perspectives. but those numbers look much better when evaluated against pre-pandemic book sales. compare to august of 2019. this year, sales were up 14%. so what is driving book sales today? well, according to npd bookscan. romance books are the leading growth category. nearly 19 million units. so far sold this year. bookscan traced the growth in romance sales to the viral phenomenon of book talk in which users of the social media site tick tock promote their favorite books. quote, it s clear that book talk is contributing to the most romance gains and helping to create a new romance fan base among young readers. that s according to bookscan. and in other book news, the seattle times
talk about the 25th anniversary of his book. tuesdays with morrie. but first, here s a look at some stories from the publishing world. us book sales ended this summer, down 5% compared to last year. that s according to the publishing news site publishing perspectives. but those numbers look much better when evaluated against pre-pandemic book sales. compare to august of 2019. this year, sales were up 14%. so what is driving book sales today? well, according to npd bookscan. romance books are the leading growth category. nearly 19 million units. so far sold this year. bookscan traced the growth in romance sales to the viral phenomenon of book talk in which users of the social media site tick tock promote their favorite books. quote, it s clear that book talk is contributing to the most romance gains and helping to create a new romance fan base among young readers. that s according to bookscan. and in other book news, the seattle times recently took a look at how this year s re
talk about the 25th anniversary of his book. tuesdays with morrie. but first, here s a look at some stories from the publishing world. us book sales ended this summer, down 5% compared to last year. that s according to the publishing news site publishing perspectives. but those numbers look much better when evaluated against pre-pandemic book sales. compare to august of 2019. this year, sales were up 14%. so what is driving book sales today? well, according to npd bookscan. romance books are the leading growth category. nearly 19 million units. so far sold this year. bookscan traced the growth in romance sales to the viral phenomenon of book talk in which users of the social media site tick tock promote their favorite books. quote, it s clear that book talk is contributing to the most romance gains and helping to create a new romance fan base among young readers. that s according to bookscan. and in other book news, the seattle times recently took a look at how this year s re