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In today's three big money headlines, consumer cold, hard to swallow, and pumpkin palooza. joining me "usa today" contributor regina loss. we'll start with the new report on consumer confidence and the impact from the government shutdown. what are you hearing >> optimism is down. there was a big impact. a pretty precipitous decline. the index is down ten points since this summer to a ten-month low. the real question now becomes can that turn around heading into the all-important holiday shopping season. i've got to tell you, if you're a retailer heading into november right now, that negativity...

Percent for washington, d.c. and chicago. lots of travelers looking to escape the cold weather especially ehere in the northeat and head somewhere warm. christmas air fair is up more than 7 percent from last year. that's according to a ticket o processing firm. you will be paying more at mcdonalds. they are rebranding the dollar menu to include $1, $2 and $5 items. it will be to wean them off the cheap eating. this new money ue will roll out next month. it is called dollar menu and more. but really is sounds like a regular menu to me different price points for different items, right? >> exactl...

Over the game that grambling canceled. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." "newsroom" continues right now with brooke baldwin. two days, two math teachers killed. allegedly by students. what these murders say about security in our nation's schools. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. the white house fires a national security staffer for tweets insulting president obama's cabinets and advisers. but he didn't stop there. a family opens a father's casket only to find the wrong body. >> i turned around and just said to mys...

Menu and more. it's ditching what is called the extra value menu, which wasn't as successful. but it's also going to be adding some $2 and $5 options. what this is meant to do is give customers more options at different price levels. wi wendy's did something like this recently, putting meitems on th menu that cost more than the dollar bill. when people see the dollar menu, it's a huge seller for mcdonald's. all these fast food chains competing with each other u and last week mcdonald's announced its first monthly sales drop in almost a decade. if you're looking for the new menu, brooke, which ...

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