nicole: there was a lot of shock here. right in the morning we heard about the fact that he was stepping down and quickly to follow was the chief operating officer. we learned that he was clashing with the board on many things such as strategy, performance, the morgen stanley unit was big in that and other things as well. right now you see citigroup has been all over the place. it has been higher by three quarters of 1% after being down at a level of 35.55. people digesting what we have been seeing from citigroup. as far as the major markets, dow jones up triple digits. just went through the dow 30 and some of the names that hit 52 week highs. i have five names for you. johnson and johnson, traveler about walmart, merck and pfizer. they have hit 52 week highs. we continue to follow the nasdaq. it is tacking onto yesterdays gains. you can see all three of the major averages. another factor that we will continue to follow is gold. it is up eight dollars today. dagen: thank you.
that may come up tonight. and a shocker, the top two at a huge american bank suddenly out. varney & company is about to begin. follow the wings. i ve got a shock of the day for you. vikram pandit is unexpectedly stepping down as citigroup ceo. he was just on an earnings call late yesterday with no hint of this at all. and pandit led the bank through the financial crisis and even testified on capitol hill and look at citi shares in pre-market right now. they are going to be down and by the way, the number two man, chief operating officer stepped down and we re following the story and the stock throughout the program. to the big story, more than a month after the attack in libya killed the ambassador and three others, the administration is struggling to deal with the fallout and subjects say hillary clinton is taking responsibility for not providing more security there as reportedly had been requested. i m responsible for the state department for the more than 60,000 peo
a businessman murdered in china. we ll take you inside that murder mystery grabbing headlines around the globe. first as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today s eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. l.a. times releasing new pictures showing soldiers posing with remains of suicide bombers. the pentagon braces for new outrage in afghanistan. statements from leon panetta that an investigation that could lead to disciplinary measures is under way. charlie, this election is going to be a referendum on the president s economic policy. the gop lines up behind mitt romney. the president doesn t understand what is unique and exceptional about america. as a new cbs news poll shows a dead heat for november. it might be more since mitt hides some points in the cayman islands. the secret service says the agents brought as many as 21 prostitutes back to their hotel. agents and military people went to a brothel. the president simply as he says wants it
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