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Hey, quick can he check of the markets before trading closes for the day. take a look at that. it was down 2.5% when i took over the show. it's now down 1.89%. take a look at the pattern here. around 2:00 is when it hit bottom. blame canadien katy tur for tha. it is struggling upwards as opposed to downward. it makes me feel better than an hour ago. before we go, today is world autism awareness day as indicated by the pin i'm wearing. the neurodevelopmental disorder affects one in 68 children with boys diagnosed four times more often than girls. hundreds of thousands of landmarks and buildings...

What does it mean bigger picture for the economy? >> i think the big story on the economy of 2015 was these dramatically lower gasoline prices. a little over a year ago we were all paying almost twice what we were paying at the gas pump. in chicago we are paying 1.89 a gallon and fought so long ago it was $4.00 a gallon. i call that a real stimulus to the economy. if you pay less at the gasoline pump you use more of that to go out to a restaurant or more retail shopping for christmas and so on. and this is the big story not only because it is really good for the industry and by the way the rea...

That. >> largely that's because all these players in the oil market around the world don't want to give up their slice. >> they don't want to cut production, but at this point, honestly, we're awash in oil so it is now a choice. if you look at how this is affecting consumers it's been a boon. looking at prices at the out. , -- pump, most people paying around $2 or even less than that. so we're in the holiday season,ó that could actually translate to more -- >> paid 1.89 in oxford a couple weeks ago. now there's a matter of raising interest rates. has wall street already baked that other -- in...

Kelly paid $1.89 for five plums. about how many plums would she get for $10. >> well that involves a little bit of estimation and multiplication. it's certainly not a high school level. but, you know, pretty standard and straightforward. but it shouldn't be something that you have to answer a question like that to graduate from high school. >> people at home are education experts like you and don't have the models and results to show instinctively say in at-risk communities these kids have had it hard enough, so why not make it a little bit easier to be successful in society by giving them tha...

Oil producers. gas is now at $1.89 in oklahoma. 13 states report gas prices below $2 per gallon. that's less than 60 cents a liter, which is just incredible. the economy is reeling from the energy prices and now appears to be crashing, the russian ruble plunged monday and has now lost nearly 50% against the u.s. dollar this year. russia's central bank hiked a key interest rate. it was huge. from 10.5% to 17%. the central bank has pumped $90 billion to try to stabilize the economy. it could hit 10% by year's end. if oil prices remain near $60 per barrel, russia could be heading towards a very d...