was like oh my god i m in qaddafi s room. another quirk is his large team of personal body guards all of whom are said to be gun toting women. and, shep, those women may be qaddafi s last line of defense if he is, indeed, hold up somewhere in libya. the mad dog who ruled through fear now little more than presumably quite frightened fugitive. shep? shepard: jonathan hunt with the news from overseas. here at home big day on the markets. the stocks rose today on reports showing increase in orders of big ticket goods like cars and planes. all the major indices up about a percentage point. the dow up 140. that s pushing 500 in two days. nasdaq up more than 20. s&p up 15. take a look at this. shares of bank of america surged almost 11% after analysts said the bank s money whoas aren t as bad as some traders had feared at $6.99. oil prices also way up today and
i m tyler mathisen. closing out the dow jones industrial, soaring, s&p up and nasdaq adding a big double three. 33 points. and putting a bow on a quarter mark by a european debt crisis, global supply disruption that arose from the devastating quake in japan. josh today marks the end of qe2. bonds took a beating today as investors moved back into stocks with gusto. yields moving high other than bonds. adding to oh meant um a shockingly strong reading on manufacturing from the chicago fed. shock, in a good way. y cross the pond, a road map
first up, a strange grab for power. watch what happened in france today as president nicolas sarkozy is out there shaking hands in the crowd, working the old rope line. [ speaking in foreign language ] well, the attacker was unarmed, taken into custody. the wild part, sarkozy continued on down the rope line like nothing had happened. talk about cool? next, was john lennon a reagan democrat? the claim made by the beatles personal assistants saying the one-time radical, john basically made it very clear if he were an american he would vote for reigh s because he was really sour on jimmy carter. back in 1980. a lot of people went that way. i voted for carter. hell, i was writing speechs for the day. remember yesterday when obama talked about work ethic, republicans, or lack thereof.
to be tough and he needed to do it. david bonier and david winston, thank you both. thanks. making headlines today, new mexico, a wildfire reached the fringe j s of the los alamos. and the ground floor on fire of the minimum stray. lawmakers are approving an austerity bill and national leaders demanded the debt-ridden country take action before loaning it any more money. on wall street, stocks are rising on hopes the greek debt crisis can be contained. you see the dow is up 86 points at this hour. s&p up and nasdaq as well. and tropical storm arlene strengthening in the gulf of mexico but forecasters say not enough to be a full hurricane by the time it hits mexico tomorrow
ended the fed s $600 billion treasury bond buying program at the end of the month. the program was designed to lower interest rates and boost stock markets, but significantly the fed lowered its forecast for economic growth this year and is also projected the growth rate won t be enough to significantly lower unemployment. we may learn more about the fed s projections when ben bernanke holds his second ever news conference. bernanke started a new era of answering reporters questions after the fed s last policy meeting six weeks ago. checking wall street s reaction to the announcement. the dow is up slightly. the s&p up, and you see the nasdaq ticking up, just over three points right there. we ll be right back. [ doctor ] here s some health information for people over 50.