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>> bret: a key mortgage interest rate has fallen to its lowest level in five months. freddie mac says the rate on the 30-year fixed home loan stands at 3.97% tonight, a drop from four and eight hundredths last week. the dow up 174, s&p 50018, nasdaq 54. u.s. markets to u.s. politics, saying former president obama is to blame for the party's recent electoral failures. dnc chair keith ellison made the comment yesterday in minnesota. >> barack obama could have been a better party leader, and i think that the fact that he wasn't has put his legacy in jeopardy. we lost a lot of statehouse seats, se...

>> bret: a key mortgage interest rate has fallen to its lowest level in five months. freddie mac says the rate on the 30-year fixed home loan stands at 3.97% tonight, a drop from four and eight hundredths last week. the dow up 174, s&p 50018, nasdaq 54. u.s. markets to u.s. politics, saying former president obama is to blame for the party's recent electoral failures. dnc chair keith ellison made the comment yesterday in minnesota. >> barack obama could have been a better party leader, and i think that the fact that he wasn't has put his legacy in jeopardy. we lost a lot of statehouse seats, se...

Give mow a kiss. maybe you haven't gotten all the needed items. procrastinators rejoice. >> not only do you get the back to school sales, you get labor day sales. >> reporter: being a slacker mom is turning out okay. online, spend $50 at target, coupon code, you get $5 back. on top of the back to sale prices. like this epson printer from $99 to $59. buy one get one 50% off on apparel. ebay has these. marked down $60. need uniforms for school. walmart has polos for $3.97 and jcpenney has a 15% off deal. and for clothes of all sorts, old navy has 40% off online and in store. my super saving tips...

Some spots. partly because of refinery problems. yesterday's pipeline blast in richmond, california. the west coast could see their prices going up as well. fox business network's jeff block is in indiana to tell us more. >> reporter: it's the midwest's largest refinery. when there are problems in refineries like there are at three in the midwest you get price spikes like what is coming from california. take a look at states with the highest gas prices in the nation right now. at least in the lower 48. the worst in the nation is illinois. just over the tbroard where we stand right now. over $4...

Bill: 22 minutes past the hour now. a new survey says gas prices could start climbing again. as for now it continues a three-month decline, 14% from a recent high of $3.97 in april. remember that? ford recalling more than 10,000suv's. the 2013 escape across america all because the carpet padding can cause drivers' feet to hit the side of the brake pedal when switching from the gas. tacs punctured tires of people in the tour de france. they go 45 miles an hour with not faster on that. martha: yes, a serious offense.