with this idea later in the hour. that is all coming up on markets now. dagen: doggie vacation. they just raised about 15 million in additional financing. that is a big chunk of change. connell: is that better business than buying stock in an athlete? dagen: guess, probably. nicole is the new york stock exchange with the very latest. nicole: good morning. we are seeing the markets without the aeros. less than 200 points away from the all time highs that we have been seeing. yesterday we stopped the winning streak. it was our first down day in six. look at that, we are back in the green again. we do have retailers and drugs looking good today. we got good economic news from china. we continue to get earnings. we are watching forward closely. they talked about global growth going forward. ford is up 1.4%. doing well with the ford focus. back to you. dagen: thank you, nicole. connell: the big story in d.c. today involves these contractors. they are facing some tough questions