reaching out to them in big way. you keep negotiations open. i remind you, when you combine, secretary blinken said this. combine europe and usgdp. talk an banking industry and president putin. well over 50%. a lot of power here. sanctions. big news yesterday, some russian banks were pulled from the s.w.i.f.t. system. why not pull all of the russian banks from the s.w.i.f.t. system? well, again, we want to do this in concert with other countries, and that means in concert with germany. one of the key countries to give their consent here. because otherwise it s going to be meaningless. if we don t have countries involved like great britain. a lot of transactions occur. this s.w.i.f.t. system is a gold standard, very important what happens here. switch gears now and come back home. there is a, the president made a
claus rally could push the dow to 18,000. mandy, 18,000 huh? yep, looks like it s going to hit it today. we got the usgdp you re referring to. a bustling 5% annual rate in the third quarter. and up from previousliest mated 3.9%. people are saying business is growing. hopefully hiring as well. any way you look at it. a rate hike will be on the cards as opposeded to 2016. but it s a psychological level. it actually officially starts tomorrow, even though we throw it around a lot and could give it more steam. and if the dow closes above 18,000 today. it would have taken the index really about six months, or not even to reach that mark since
the banks that were too big to fail are bigger than ever and still making multimillion dollar bets. i m wore blitzer, you re in the situation room of . the latest skirmishes are being fought on college campuses with both president obama and mitt romney but neither candidate is saying much not saying much at all about same-sex marriage. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is joining us from new york so. jessica, what exactly did the president say when he addressed the graduates today? reporter: the president had a real message of empowerment and a little bit of politics. from president obama a message to female graduates that equality can be theirs. it is simple math, today women are not just half this country, it s half its workforce. reporter: if they work for it. don t just get involved, fight for your seat at the table. better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table. reporter: wonder if this is part of the campaign s apile to women voter