coming up tomorrow on the next red eye gavin mcguinness and tom coder. one of my first jobs was delivering singing telegrams with a bouquet of balloons. after having the screen door slammed in your face after swinging you are my sunshine to a certain tattooless gentleman which is to say i handled a lot of helium in my day i never attempted anything like this. last weekend a canadian businessman was arrested after parachuting from a lawn chair outfitted with a hundred helium filled balloons. dan who pulled the stunt to promote his cleaning company said he got so high he looked down on a 747. the 26-year-old planned to land in a park, but the strong winds pushed him off course so he jumped. he has been charged with mischief and causing danger to life. an official said that chair has to come down and there is a possibility it could land on
we ll bring you all the highlights. good morning to you. happitry, it s october 28th. this is your a.m. wake-up call. i m carol costello in new york. you re waking up to some of the best news in recent memory. gdp up 2.5%, nearly double the rate of last quarter. we have gains on thursday, up 340 points. the dow is heading for its best month in 24 years. the broader s&p, october could close as the best month since 1974. cnn s erin burnett asked pete kenny for his take. are you optimistic. i am. the drivers that we ve been getting are positive, surprisingly positive given weakness in some of the sectors of the economy but also the eu, toe as you had mention there s a lot of work to be done, it still takes a lost risk off the table, particularly for the financials. on a day like today, you ve seen tremendous leadership by the financials, that s a good indicator that there s room left on this move up. right now european markets are all looking up. the ftse, the dax, all w