i m jim cramer. welcome to my world. you need to get into the game. these firms are going to go out of business. and he s nuts. they re nuts. he s nuts. they know nothing! i always like to say there s a bull market somewhere. and i promise mad money you can t afford to miss it. hey, i m cramer. welcome to mad money. welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, not interested in that. trying to make you money. throw in a little entertainment. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. tomorrow s papers, it won t look like much. nine-point gain in the dow, fractional inch up in the s&p, but those papers are lying. they re masking one of the wildest days we ve had in ages around here, one where we saw an intraday 112-point dow swing, bottom to top which leads me to ask you a simple question were you ready for this market s intraday red tag sale? were you ready for a buy one, get one moment coupon cents off at the cash register? today reminds us that when the bull market s
reporter: casey wian, cnn, los angeles. let s take it to the next level. cnn newsroom continues right now with ali velshi! tony, i love it. thank you. i m ali velshi and i ll be with you for the next two hours, today and every weekday. wh break down every important we cover break down every topic that we cover that s important to you, and give you a level of detail that will help you make important decisions about your voting, your spending, your safety, and your security. now, we re going to start with the president s state of the union speech and a trip that he s made to tampa this morning for a town hall meeting. but before we go to the president s announcement and town hall in tampa, let s break down other news of the day for you. the toyota recall goes global. gas pedal issues now affect more than 5 million toyotas in the u.s., europe, and china. the pedal s manufacturer said it s already shipping a new design to toyota factories and it s scrambling to co
welcome back everybody. our guest host today senator judd gregg of new hampshire. you just raised an interesting question with chris dodd. what happens if ben bernanke is not confirmed by the end of january. how does that work? it s a really serious issue because continuity of the fed is absolutely critical to confidence in the markets. the simple fact is that after january 31st if he has not been confirmed he cannot serve as chairman and the vice chairman has to become are you sure? absolutely. does anyone else know this? chris and i know it and i suspect chairman bernanke knows it. well, they ll do it. well, it s going to be difficult because as you know under the senate rules any one senator can hold things up for a long time. jim has some opinions on the chairman. so do a few other folks. bernie sanders has a hold from the other side. there are a number of holds right now on the chairman so it ll be up to the majority leader senator reid to schedule
balanced. well, it s full steam ahead for health care reform, house speaker nancy pelosi pushing for passage of her bill today despite strong opposition. i think we discovered where she got her motivation. this could be the greatest night of our lives, but you re going to let it be the worst. ooh, we re afraid to go, we might get in trouble. well, just kiss my (bleep) from now on! not me! i m not going to take this! wormer, he s a dead man! let s did it! go, go, go, go! did you notice that two democrats that favor health reform just lost elections, did the speaker take a look outside offices to see the support against health care reform. she says we re on the verge of making history. if so, i m charles payne in for neil cavuto. reaction from dagen mcdowell and matt s book, what do you make of this. nancy pelosi saying we have he got to get it done now today. sure, she s trying to push it through before people learn more about the bill and how much it s going to cost o
this is a fox news alert. high drama in the house of representatives today, the question, do democrats have the votes to pass the house version of health care reform? or will the issue of abortion be the major stumbling block? this vote so crucial that as we speak, president obama is on the hill for an extremely rare weekend visitment we have a team of reporters standing by for the very latest on this drama in congress coming up next, a great deal of news occurring on this busy saturday, fox news journalists are on the job and standing by. democrats were up until the wee hours negotiating amendments to an estimated 1 trillion dollar health care overhaul. the president is making his push to democrats today, do they have the votes to push this through? wendell goler is live at the capitol with the latest, hello. reporter: hi, brian, most of that wrangling involved a compromise to get democrats to support the health care reform plan by blocking the use of federal money to us