and before he voted against equal pay for women. so no matter what mcdonnell claims, all signs say he s not from around here.anymore. couric: tonight, dow r dow 10 the blue chip index hits that milestone for the first time a year as investors give the economic recovery a vote of confidence. i m katie couric. also tonight, the distance between wall street and main street has never been greater. while financial firms are handing out record compensation, many americans are getting laid off or taking pay cuts just to keep their jobs. the women of afghanistan. how life has changed since the u.s. ousted the taliban and how it hasn ted. and the american spirit. she was brave enough to reveal a very personal story and there s no telling how many lives she has saved because of it. thank you very much. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with katie couric. couric: and good evening, everyone. for if second time a year, the dow jones industrial average broke
though we do have a long way to go, even pes misses must feeling pretty good today. reporter: katie, this is one of the market s all-time greatest rallies. you have to go back to the 1930s to see another bull run like this. the historic rebound that brought the market back to dow 10,000 had led by the once-battered bank stocks. bank of america is up almost 400% since march. citigroup up 375%. and american express up 230%. it s got to be nice to be back in this kind of territory. it is. it s been a long time between drinks, though. reporter: when the dow first broke 10,000 back in march of 1999, veteran trader art cashin broke out his rally cap. and what you have in your hand was the original one that i was wearing ten years ago. reporter: new caps were printed for today. looks different, though, doesn t it? it sure does, sure does. the downside of it is it reminds people that for ten years we ve basically gone nowhere. reporter: a decade ago, near the peak of