of the senate in the november midterm elections. all right, global stocks mixed today. european investors waiting on news from the central bank that could rattle markets. inflation in europe has been worryingly low and that could affect the u.s. futures are flat, but all that s tap-dancing around the real story, right? record high for the s&p 500 yesterday. the dow three points from a record high. it could happen today, the way futures are looking. if you get just a little bit of enthusiasm in stocks, you could see record never before has the dow been this high. watch tech stocks today. amazon is out with a new set top box. it costs $99, the same as apple tv. it looks remarkably like its competitor. it does boast a voice recognition feature, so you can talk to your remote and change your channel with your voice. we ll see today whether investors like the product. it gives all new meaning to running the remote control, you know? this is so true. the fights over the remote contro
troops in iraq, tens of thousands of them, will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home. up on the white house website, the headline reads president obama has ended the war in iraq. the white house take on this is simple. president obama promised to end u.s. troop involvement in iraq and today fulfilled that promise. in one sense it s true. here s what he said when he launched his campaign nearly four years ago. america, it is time to start bringing our troops home. it s time, it s time to admit that no amount of american lives can resolve the political disagreement that lies at the heart of someone else s civil war. now here s the president last year. consistent with our agreement with the iraqi government, all u.s. troops will leave by the end of next year. and here s mr. obama today. the last american soldier already cross the border out of iraq with their heads held high, proud of their success and knowing that the american people stand unite
reporter: good morning, the passing of visionary steve jobs rocked the web this week. the founder of apple who revolutionized the way we communicate, listen to music and consume media lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at age 56. people flocked to the web to confirm the news and honor steve jobs. word came a day after yahoo! users hunted down details about the release of the new iphone. they were hoping for iphone 5. alas, they were disappointed by an upgraded version of the iphone 4. tech savvy teens and young men ages 25 to 29 were especially curious. they also searched for the new voice recognition feature. the verdict in the amanda knox trial and news coverage leading up to it riveted internet users this week more so than the casey anthony case. searches for knox were up more than 3,200% in the last seven days. and when her defense team argued she was more like jessica rabbit from who framed roger rabbit than a femme fatale, we saw spike in the
and have a right to kill or capture enemy combatants trumps the fact that one or another of those combatants might have u.s. personhood wrapped around them. reporter: and the former ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee is in too, but she wants the administration to be transparent about its legal justification for killing an american without due process. i believe there is a good case. imminent threat beyond our ability to arrest him, the authorization to use military force against al qaeda. he was explicit with al qaeda. but i think the justice department should release that memo. reporter: in fact, two americans were killed in the u.s. attack. the target, anwar al awlaki, a master recruiter linked to several plots against the u.s., including the ft. hood shootings, and an al qaeda propagandist. something eats that the dick cheney, something president obama said in cairo in divine about the u.s. reaction to the 9/11 attacks. the fear and anger that it