around the news nation. the washington post reports officials are freeing afghan prisoners in order to stop violence, especially areas without nato security. the only condition is the prisoners must give up violence. the exchange is designed to help end the war through negotiation. american officials describe the program as outside their protocol. u.s. military officials say a soldier who died in afghanistan while skyping with his wife died of a massive heart attack. captain clark collapsed during a live video conversation last month. his family is disputing this saying he was shot. investigators say there is not proof of that. people are watching wall street reaction to those austerity back lashes that are happening throughout europe. as we look at the boards, the dow has been having kind of a mundane monday today as we re seeing a red arrow there. down by a little over seven points. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq are in green. this also after the asian markets took a tumble and all