i m bret baier in washington. the big story here today a huge market reaction to a plan to help global banks. tonight on special report we ll analyze the reason behind the biggest day for the dow jones/industrials average in two yaf years. also bring up critics concerns about the fed move. dow finished ahead 490 points. the biggest since march. s&p 500 up 52. nasdaq fbied up 105. president obama was in pennsylvania today pushing his plan to make millionaires pay for a payroll tax cut exley tension and expansion. herman cain is on the campaign trail two days after allegation he had a long-term sexual affair with a georgia woman. we hear what he says about reassessing the campaign. we tell you about today s reaction to yesterday s violence in tehran against the british embassy. the grapevine, presidential
calm before the storm. in los angeles, anita vogel, fox news. bret: stocks were up today. the dow gained 161. the s&p 500 added nearly 17. the nasdaq fbied 19 ahead. oil finished 19 ahead. oil prices shot up past the $100 mark again today as the continuing situation in japan developed. as you look live at united nations. outside the security council room. just voted to approve the resolution. we ll talk about that with the panel. the vote was 10-4. five abstentions. can they get it up fast enough, the no-fly zone in libya to make a difference? be back after this.
supplies in spite of a disaster in japan is just the calm before the storm. in los angeles, anita vogel, fox news. bret: stocks were up today. the dow gained 161. the s&p 500 added nearly 17. the nasdaq fbied 19 ahead. oil finished 19 ahead. oil prices shot up past the $100 mark again today as the continuing situation in japan developed. as you look live at united nations. outside the security council room. just voted to approve the resolution. we ll talk about that with the panel. the vote was 10-4. five abstentions. can they get it up fast enough, the no-fly zone in libya to make a difference? be back after this. [ fingers snapping ] [ woman announcing ] every subaru is responsibly built in a zero landfill plant.
we have crushing unemployment unbearable for fellow americans. still analysts expect the president and his aides to remind voters frequentenly we got bin laden on his watch. just as he spotlights troop withdrawals from iraq and afghanistan. this gives him cover on two fronts. it helps him on foreign policy and national security and makes it harder for republicans to attack him. makes it harder for republicans to say he s indecisive. the problem is the issue for the country is economy and jobs. rothlisberg says the real plus for president is lack of credible republican candidate. he said none of the field so far can beat mr. obama. as he sees it, the president would have to lose his re-election bid on his own. november 2012 is a long way away. bret bret: it is. wendell goler live on the north lawn. stocks were up. dow gained 46. s&p 500 added 6. nasdaq fbied nasdaq finished up 16.