welcome back. time for the newsnation gut check. jon stewart could be back on prime time tv. supporters have started a petition on change.org asking for jon stewart to moderate one of the 2016 presidential debates. the authors of the petition point out that stewart has interviewed more than a dozen heads of state and more than three dozen members of congress and has won peabody awards for coverage of the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. so far, stewart has not exempted on the petition there. more than 150,000 people though including democratic candidate martin o malley have signed on. what is your gut tell you about that one? do you think jon stewart should host a 2016 presidential debate? go to newsnation.msnbc.com to vote on that. now to a ground breaking project coming to a table near you this fall. non-profit group story core is
above the sound of drills as the 70th anniversary approaches. at the cathedral of bayou, it raised money to cast a new bronze bell for the anniversary and for peace. consolation that when veteran france and germany reporter: the priest says they raised so much money that they can afford to cast a second bell. he adds that not all here have completely positive memories of the commemoration. some have not forgotten how destructive it was. in fact, this year, french president hollande has ordered that attention be focused on the civilian losses as well as the military ones. it s estimated that during the normandy campaign alone, 20,000 french civilians lost their lives. in the city where hollande and more than a dozen heads of state and government will meet for lunch this week was 75% destroyed by the fighting. the germans held out in the
proven oil reserves. investors are reacting to the deal. the nasdaq topped 4,000 for the first time in more than 13 years this morning. it s been hovering around that point throughout today s trade. have a look at the dow there. it also is up. now well over 16,000. up nearly 30 points on the day. that follows a trend of other world markets and that will, we ve got to say, that includes the israeli stock exchange. investors in israel like the news. their poltation tatio politi. oil prices are plunging. iran as we mentioned a major oil producer and with sanctions relaxing, more oil could be coming to the global market abbott effect of that is lower prices at the pump. yeah. okay. well, yeah, there s a lot to talk about this story. we ll talk more later. meanwhile, the pope has met with more than a dozen heads of state so far, but he s visited as much more than a social call on his mind. why the pope is meeting with
zuckerberg will become one of the richest men in the world. would you want to leave the results of an election up to a coin toss? doesn t sound like a viable option, does it? turns out it is. we ll take you down to texas. a flick of the wrist will decide an election there. it may look like your grandfather s 1960s rocket but it ain t. an insider look at the next frontier at intergalactic travel. are you ready to friend facebook? in the next hour investors will get their first chance to buy a piece of the social media empire. the most talked about initial public offering in years. alison kosik is at the nasdaq market site where the buzz is building. hi, alison. yes. consider this the super bowl of market events. facebook will open up its shares to the public for the public to buy today. in the next couple of hours. there s been a lot of hype with this. the question is will facebook live up to the hype? i m going to talk about all of this in a bit with you. can t wait
first time. gretchen: it may be because the president is tall. evidently he it doesn t bother him. this has been reported, this kind of deep bowing everywhere. but he continues to brian: he bowed in florida, too? yeah. brian: didn t he bow to the mayor in florida? no, in tampa. gretchen: a couple quick headlines. it s day two of the major nuclear summit set to begin in an hour in washington. this is president obama hailing progress made on the first day. brian: joining us from washington, is wendell goler. ready for day two? well, today, more than three dozen heads of state, government and representatives of nine other nations get down to the business of coming up with specific plans to lock away nuclear material and military installations and civilian power plants and university reactors. so it doesn t fall into the