the u.s. deploying missile defense systems to the area as defense secretary chuck hagel admits the rogue nation presents, quote, a real and clear danger to america. we ll have the very latest and the fallout to your investments. in the meantime, reaction to all this and more from former treasury secretary, paul o neil, will be joining us, exclusively. you do not want to miss his unique insight into all of these events, coming up a little bit later here on the closing bell. looking forward to see him. let s check where we stand right now as we approach this final stretch. off of the lows, still in double digit decline. down about two-thirds of 1%. pulling back from that record high reached yesterday, on the dow and the s&p. technology, one of the leadership groups on the downside, 3223, last trade there. and the s&p 500 sits at 1526 with a decline of 14 points or so. one key sector that s been leading the rally this year so far, the transportation sector. that gave the