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Current rates are 900,000. as long as we're not building enough, lower than 1.5 million, inventories come down. that is what is going to drive the housing market forward over the next three years. >> that was born out by the national association of realtors survey that found the national median price for existing homes stood at just over $180,000 last month. 19% where it was in december of -- 12% above where it was in december 2011. >> dow is up in third consecutive session. gained two. s&p 500 up 6-1/2. nasdaq finished 8-1/2 ahead. trade representative ron kirk says he is stepping down. late ...

The best thing that president obama got done in the last four years. coming in at number three on the list was preventing middle class tax hikes while raising taxes on the highest levels of income. that was the third greatest accomplishment of the president's first term, according to the latest nbc poll. number two, killing bin laden. killing osama bin laden is what president obama himself refers to as the single most important day of his presidency. for americans at large, that was number two. what ranked higher than that? what did americans think was the single best accomplishment of his fir...

Killing osama bin laden is what president obama himself refers to as the single most important day of his presidency. for americans at large, that was number two. what ranked higher than that? what does americans think was the single best accomplishment of his first term, even better than killing bin laden? it was ending the war in iraq. president obama campaigned on ending the war in iraq in 2008. he was against that war right from the very start, and in december 2011, after eight and a half years of war, the president, as he promised, did bring the iraq war to a close. when president obama t...

Certainly, we thought about the fact that if there was a failure here, it would have disastrous consequences for me politically. we knew the examples of the carter presidency and we understood what happened there. but i tell you, the only thing that i was thinking about throughout this entire enterprise was, i really want to get those guys back home safe. >> there were people who had said, let's not do this. let's wait. let's give it a little more time. so he had made a really tough call, and i think so much, so much hinged on that. >> as the world now knows, the mission was a success. >> toni...

A new front has opened in the gun control debate that started in the wake of the sandy hook school shooting. some towns are are struggling over whether they should allow gun shows. in asheville, north carolina, they are trying to ban all gun shows at city-owned sites. elizabeth is live with more on this that. >> good afternoon. you're right. a topic heating up across the nation but we are starting to see local officials taking matters into their own hands as they try to ban all gun shows but trying to do it legally. we are seeing massive turnouts at gun shows like the one behind me. thousands ...