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Activity as well. we did see stocks fall despite positive data showing more momentum in the u.s. economy from climbing new home sales to rising inflation and manufacturing. and it's those stronger data points that could wind up catching investors' attention as to when the fed may go ahead and raise rates. >> that housing number for number -- that housing number was amazing yesterday. watch out for housing this spring. >> and we have seen housing lose momentum so this is a hopeful sign. >> tell me about this alarming report about female business leaders. there's not a big pipeline and there's n...

Right? >> sure. absolutely. >> and don't we want businesses to make business sense? >> indeed we do. okay. but think about it, eric. a lot of the temporary work has come as a direct result of trying to get the hours down to take care of the obamacare mandates, and here's the point. think about it. we do want the economy to recover. we do want these businesses to do well. so, let's look at it this way. you take a temporary worker who stays working two or three jobs and he tries to get a mortgage to buy a house. bank going to make him the mortgage? no. a guy wants to buy a car, going to look at ...

Statement, her first since admitting in an affidavit in a deposition that she used racial slurs and this comes after she canceled an exclusive interview on the "today" show this morning. first, we're following breaking news. wall street reacting for a third day after news the fed may soon scale back stimulus programs. here's a look at how the dow is shaping up right now. it is down, as you see there. just 11 points. we were around 260 around this time yesterday. this all follows the dow's biggest drop of the year. kayla, we're down 12 points right now. nothing like we saw yesterday. neverthe...

new developments overnight in the case involving secretary of commerce john bryson. and his two car crashes. he went back to work yesterday but not today. find out why, coming up in this hour of cnn. welcome to "early start," i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm ashleigh banfield. we're bringing you the news from "a" to "z." it is 5:00 on the dot in the east. let's start with this, shall we? victim number one ready to take the stand today in jerry sandusky child abuse sex trial. today's witness was just 11 or 12 years old when he first met the penn state assistant football coach. it was his ...

Means our credit is riskier just as if your credit rating fell 100 points, say, you would be viewed as a riskier borrower with. the big difference you don't have a money printing machine like the fed does and you can't buy your own debt like the fed has shown it will do. a downgrade if the supercommittee is less than super, probably what will happen, if his tore arery is any guide, the markets are expecting it and the fed may stand at the ready to help the economy from falling more and interest rates from jumping. back to you, shannon. >> shannon: thank you very much and happy thanksgiving to ...