romney. paul is standing by. i m wolf blitzer. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com as controversy swirls around him, republican front-runner, herman cain, went behind closed doors with republican lawmakers on capitol hill. just a brief respite from the storm that has blown over previously undisclosed sexual allegations. earlier today, cain suggested some sort of conspiracy is at work, but he insisted he will prevail. there are factions trying to destroy me personally as well as this campaign. but there is a force greater, there s a force at work here that is much greater than those that would try to destroy me and destroy this campaign. and this journey to the white house. and that force is called the voice of the people. cain may face a new round of controversy. one of his accusers apparently wants to go public. brian todd has been investigating this part of the story. what are you learning? wolf, the wheels have been
in the form of aig s biggest asset sale since being rescued by the government. the company agreed to sell its asian life insurance business to britain s prudential for $35.5 billion. overseas markets getting a lift today in hopes of a resolution of the surrounding greek debt crisis. the latest there, greece s prime minister expected to announce new measures to alleviate the nation s debt problems this wednesday. we will wait for that interview and hear from prime minister p pap papandreou. industrial names and oil stocks and technology names leading the way higher. s&p 500 picked up 11 points, better than 1% and the nasdaq composite also higher by better than 1%, 1.5% higher actually up 35 points on nasdaq. we get all of the action now, scott wapner with the eye on the floor of the nyse today. let s stay on that theme of the s&p 500. in fact, if we can throw up a chart, i really want to hit this because 1115 was a number that traders have been talking about today. as a ke