this morning. we ll do more on that on the daily rundown as the campaign heats up. italy s market preview next. the budget battle lines. some experts are questioning whether the president s $3 trillion in savings are real. we ll talk to the budget director himself, critiques nex. which countries flags are first and last respectively in the display of u.n. member states flags along first avenue in new york city. tweet me the answer @chuck todd and @dailyrundown. we ll be right back.
districts where democrats are beginning to show signs of wear and tear. all right. nathan, david, you guys will be up late watching that one. maybe not too late, who knows. although new york s polls close really late. thank you both. it looks like we could be in for another wild ride on wall street today after overseas markets dropped sharply on new worry that say greece will default. more broken record when it comes to greece. we ll get a market preview next. plus the president s pitch for his jobs bill. first today s trivia question. what code words did 19th century senators use when ordering pages to bring alcohol? tweet me @chuck todd and at dailyrundown. the answer coming up on the daily rundown.
wow. with zegerid otc, you get 24-hour relief. so, this is goodbye heartburn ? gone. finito. zegerid otc. two ingredients. .one mission. heartburn solved. hurricane irene could not stop the stock market today. we re moments away from the opening bell. it s time for a market preview. it s opening up, why? it looks good. we re going to open up over 100 points higher on the dow. in part because irene wasn t as bad as people were expecting. we also got some personal income and spending numbers earlier today. both of those were slightly above expectations. and so people are feeling a little bit better. and of course the exchanges are open for business and most of the big banks and most of the folks down in wall street are working. that s the good news. the big number to pay attention to, though, is not today, it s later this week.
and these reporters who have been inside have missed the story. the battle has taken place around them, but they ve not been able to get out and see anything. and earlier today as some other journalists tried to approach that hotel, they, themselves, came under fire. so, it is a very fluid situation. the journalists are inside. they can t leave. they re not necessarily being mistreated as far as we can tell. plus, they are being held against their will by government loyalists in a city that has fallen, so it is still a very, very fluid and i think dangerous situation. richard, thank you. terrific reporting, as always. by hook or by crook, richard engel brings us the latest from tripoli, thank you. it s just a few minutes until the opening bell rings on wall street as investors hope to build on yesterday s gains and so we turn to cnbc s michelle caruso-cabrera for a market preview. a good day yesterday, some people joked because of washington clearing out because of the earthquake,
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