sell. you might slow it down but you can t sell it. they were going after the big computer program trades that sell in bulk and mass within seconds. it did the trick this morning in some of the capitols. in france and italy and spain where the program curbs were put into effect on the sell side. those stocks all moved up, the banking stocks all moved up, all the markets moved up. i do think that is a band-aid on what could be a gaping wound there. i don t know how long it lasts. again, let s just look at today and it was received favorably today. jenna: when you were a kid did people talk about being on the brink of the abyss? reporter: i didn t know what abyss meant when i was a kid. i thought it was like a soup. it is, we are still in the soup. that s what we re after again. jenna: we re looking forward to the special. i know you ll be live tomorrow. 10:00am eastern time, on the brink answers from the abyss,
that sounds better than being on the abyss. thank you very much, we ll see you, thanks. jon: he has a couch here, he sleeps here all the time. fireworks in iowa. republican presidential contenders are fighting hard to score points ahead of this weekend s straw poll and they used last night s debate to take aim at barack obama and each other, in particular the two candidates from minnesota. but the eight candidates on stage last night are bracing now nor another gop star to might try to swoop in and steal the spotlight. steve brown live in ames, iowa for us, steve. reporter: yes the two minneapolis st. paul newspapers describe the interactions between the minnesota presidential candidates this way. one described it as duking it out. another described it as long knives out. a verbal fistfight or knife