how. how jeb bush s campaign can recover from its rough week, frankly its rough year. but first the cnbc mark wrap. thanks, chuck. stocks had their best month since october 2011. but they ended the day lower. the dow shedding 92. the s&p down 10, the nasdaq sinks 20. all major averages rose more than 8% for the month. falling oil prices took a bite out of profits at exxon mobil, earnings fell 47%. though they did beat estimates. similar story at chevron. but better than expected. the company is cutting up to 7,000 jobs. that s it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. has 26 vitamins and minerals and 9 grams of protein. ensure. take life in. same eyes. same laugh. and since she s had moderate alzheimer s disease, i ve discovered we have the same fighting spirit, too.
former pennsylvania senator rick santorum remained at the bottom of the republican field for much of the odd year and found a way to a stunning victory and became the second to last republican standing in 2012. well, now santorum is hoping that same playbook will give him another shot at the nomination, and will catapult him back into the top tier of the race. joining me now, the former republican senator of pennsylvania and two-time presidential candidate, rick santorum. senator, welcome. good to be with you. i m going to do a flashback for people here, because it s interesting. the october 2011 des moines register poll and the we ll show it here, herman cain on top. mitt romney, ron paul at 12. you were sitting at 5%. fast forward four years later, the current poll has ben carson on top, donald trump in second. you re a little bit lower at 2%. why do you believe history will repeat itself for you in iowa? yeah, i do, because in the end, the folks who end up voting
waned. i think the e-mails that mrs. brooks put forth you had an answer which is that you had a lot of information from a lot of different places. you basically gave a victory lap sort of mission accomplished quote in october 2011. this is very declarative. we set into motion a policy on the right side of history on the right side of our values, on the right side of our strategic interests in the region. it has all of the feel of a victory lap but there was a problem and the problem, madame secretary, was that there were storm clouds gathering. and the storm clouds that were gathering was a deteriorating security situation in benghazi. and you had a lot to lose if
all i know is time. that s all i know. i appreciate everything you re doing. and i know that there s a possibility i might spend the rest of my life in prison. this is the best i ve ever had. i ve never had a second chance, you know? this is it. i m ready. thank you. in october 2011, vazquez s lawyers delivered their brief to manhattan district attorney s office, asking him to reinvestigate the case. we have no reason to believe that the d.a. s going to do anything else, other than conduct an objective, thorough, independent investigation. we continue, as an office in 2010, cyrus vance, jr., the newly elected manhattan d.a. formed a team called the conviction integrity unit. its mission is to investigate claims of wrongful conviction. and while the manhattan d.a. s office declined to discuss details of the case, it was reviewed.
all of a sudden, an ice cream truck comes down the street. next thing you know, bam. gets sidelined by the ice cream truck. the rapper s wrist is broken, but his ego takes the real hit. this ranks pretty high on the scale of dumb stunts. oh [ bleep ]. a mountain biker pays the price for trying to pass the buck. october 2011, a 38-kilometer bike race begins across albert falls game reserve in south africa. six kilometers in, the bikers come to a clearing. lead biker spots an antelope to his right. he says, hey, there s a buck. and then goes back to riding. all of a sudden, the buck is like, oh, are you challenging me? seconds later whoa! holy cow! he just comes out of nowhere and smashes this guy off his bike. it almost looks like the buck grabs the biker, throws him down and it s just this massive crash of body and bike. i would say that s got to