seen in our o history. the end of the year in december, a 680 point drop, and what happened to jobs? we went from 7.6% unemployment in january of 2009, go five months later in may of that year, we re at 9.4%. these numbers will tell you an awful lot about where we have been and, quite possibly, where we are headed. alisyn: now we wait. the markets are set to open in just under 30 minutes, and after the roller coaster ride we saw yesterday, it will be very interesting to see what happens when the bell rings. we have the best team in the business covering this. we ll hear from neil cavuto, charlie gasparino and gerri willis throughout our show to help us understand this. bill: and all of this a very unhappy birthday president for president obama. how did the white house react to what happened yesterday? here s the press secretary, jay carney, well before the 500-point close when the dow was at this point when the question was asked, the dow was down