central intelligence agency director leon panetta as his nominee to succeed robert gates as defense secretary. general david petraeus will be nominated to take over as cia director. he'll be succeeded by lieutenant general john allen as head of the u.s.-led international military force in afghanistan. stocks rallied after the federal reserve's first ever press conference today. the dow, the s&p 500, and the nasdaq closed at multiyear highs. fed chairman ben bernanke said the central bank will keep interest rates low and end its $600 billion bond-buying program in june. and we saw congresswoman gabrielle giffords in public for the first time since she was shot in january today, boarding a nasa jet in houston. you can just barely see her there, making her way carefully up the steps. she landed in florida, where she will watch friday's space shuttle launch, commanded by her husband, mark kelly. anderson? >> wow.