Markets drop as gas prices, mortgage rates rise

Markets are on a four week losing streak and getting very close to a correction, which would be a ten percent drop from recent highs. The war with Iran is driving oil and gas prices up – the economic turmoil also sending mortgage rates, which had been declining recently, higher. NBC News’ Christine Romans reports.

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