2008. coming up, figures on inflation and consumer sentiment along with the first of earnings from jpmorgan chase and wells fargo. i'm allison kosic in new york. asian investors followed wall street's lead hitting the sell button. things have wrapped up in tokyo, shang he, and sydney. they're in the last day of trading in hong kong. the markets all pull back. tokyo's nixon pull -- nikkei pulling back 2.38% points. >> thanks. here in the u.s., the troubled rollout of the obama administration's health care website may have claimed a political casualty. ical kathleen sebelius is stepping down from her post as health and human services after five years on the job. white house officials insist sebelius made the decision to resign and was not forced out. she was criticized after the website's disastrous launch last year. highway is took responsibility for the -- she's took responsibility for the problems before the congressional hearing in october. >> let me say directly to these