the nasdaq gave back 50 3/4. fox news has learned that earlier in week president obama interviewed judge merrick garland of the federal appeals court in washington for the upcoming vacancy on the supre court. garland is a former federal prosecutor who oversaw the cases against the unibomber and the oklahoma city bomber. in america s news headquarters tonight, billionaire real estate developer jeff green is going to enter the race and challenge meek for the nomination. green says he will spend whatever it takes from his personal fortune on the race. green ran for congress once before, unsuccessfully as a republican. from california. the judge in the corruption trial for former illinois governor rod blagojevich denied a defense request to subpoena testimony of president obama. defense lawyers say the president has defense
it does just the opposite. reporter: republicans braced for two weeks of amendment and debate on the bill with the first vote set to cur tuesday and the most divisive among this tough ones likely to be the consumer protection agency dodd passionately defended. this would give this particular organization a large and very expansive role in the lives of americans that i think will increase the cost of capital, i think it will create a lot of bureaucracy across our country. and so, no, i think this is very problematic and the issue we need to deal with most. in addition to amendments both parties have begun circulating pdfs of the invitation to each other s most recent fundraisers; particularly, those hosted by rich manhattanites with ties to wall street. it is, bret, going to be a rough one. bret: thank you, james. as he mentioned the dow was down today, losing 158 3/4. the s&p 500 dropped 20 and change. the nasdaq gave back 50 3/4.
relatively modest homes require jumbo loans which are even harder to get. making a housing rebound a distant prospect. in los angeles, anita vogel, fox news. bret: stock were down today. dow lost 50 3/4. the s&p dropped under 4. the nasdaq gave back 12 3/4. a top toyota executive says u.s. sales have surged 40% this month. thanks to heavy discounts in the wake of massive recalls. toyota has been offering 0% financing, low priced leasing, and free maintenance. the auto maker has recalled 8 million vehicles because of acceleration and breaking problems. well, he spent 30 years serving his country. now there are questions about whether a state department employee was serving comone else, too serving someone else, too. new york responds to the russian subway bombings.
high prices mean even relatively modest homes require jumbo loans which are even harder to get. making a housing rebound a distant prospect. in los angeles, anita vogel, fox news. bret: stock were down today. dow lost 50 3/4. the s&p dropped under 4. the nasdaq gave back 12 3/4. a top toyota executive says u.s. sales have surged 40% this month. thanks to heavy discounts in the wake of massive recalls. toyota has been offering 0% financing, low priced leasing, and free maintenance. the auto maker has recalled 8 million vehicles because of acceleration and breaking problems. well, he spent 30 years serving his country. now there are questions about whether a state department employee was serving comone else, too serving someone else, too. new york responds to the russian subway bombings.