from soldiers. yet to be charged, family members are hopeful she will be freed soon. to business where wall street is looking to rally after a rare down day. all three indices fell yesterday. the dow tumbled more than 100 points, it was the worst one-day loss in nearly a month. let s check in with jeff cuttimore in london. if the u.s. economy does better it s bad for the markets because the federal reserve might pull back. it s strange what could be good for our economy might be bad for stokes. absolutely. we had a fed voting member talking about maybe, possibly, we re kind of open to the idea of starting some tapering here, which means reigning back this $85 billions that the fed drops every month on bond purchases. that has the market nervous. if that process begins, what happens next to equities? do they go up or down on the
you could about the sequester. you can t sit back and say the president s proosal from two years ago we wash our hands of it and let your national defenses be gutted. chris: liz, it is interesting. with the fiscal cliff at the start of the year the president had all of the leverage because if congress did nothing everybody got a tax increase the rich as well as the middle class. do republicans have the leverage now you because if they he donning if congress does nothing than the $85 billions in automatic spending cuts kick in? that is what they are saying. i m not entirely sure that that is true in the sense that i think that republicans still risk being blamed more if it goes through and things go badly if the economy takes a big hit because of it. based on all of the polling and the way this argument has been shaped and frankly because they are just at such a disadvantage with messaging. obama has been out there really driving this argument. i think the republican party would pro
you could about the sequester. you can t sit back and say the president s proosal from two years ago we wash our hands of it and let your national defenses be gutted. chris: liz, it is interesting. with the fiscal cliff at the start of the year the president had all of the leverage because if congress did nothing everybody got a tax increase the rich as well as the middle class. do republicans have the leverage now you because if they he donning if congress does nothing than the $85 billions in automatic spending cuts kick in? that is what they are saying. i m not entirely sure that that is true in the sense that i think that republicans still risk being blamed more if it goes through and things go badly if the economy takes a big hit because of it. based on all of the polling and the way this argument has been shaped and frankly because they are just at such a disadvantage with messaging. obama has been out there really driving this argument. i think the republican party would pro
you could about the sequester. you can t sit back and say the president s proosal from two years ago we wash our hands of it and let your national defenses be gutted. chris: liz, it is interesting. with the fiscal cliff at the start of the year the president had all of the leverage because if congress did nothing everybody got a tax increase the rich as well as the middle class. do republicans have the leverage now you because if they he donning if congress does nothing than the $85 billions in automatic spending cuts kick in? that is what they are saying. i m not entirely sure that that is true in the sense that i think that republicans still risk being blamed more if it goes through and things go badly if the economy takes a big hit because of it. based on all of the polling and the way this argument has been shaped and frankly because they are just at such a disadvantage with messaging. obama has been out there really driving this argument. i think the republican party would pro