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Of the party. >> reporter: crist is about to announce that he is running as independent. he acknowledges its not easy. this is a state where democrats are largest party of 44% of registered voters. republicans have 36%. he jumped in the smallest pool, independents make up only 20. in his remarks today he said as soon as the speech is over he will go forth without support of any political party. thats why he needs folks like this. >> bret: carl cameron live in st. petersburg. thanks. number of am...

Im julia boorstin with your cnbc market wrap. a triple-digit rally for the dow as fears ease about a european debt crisis. the dow jones industrial averages soaring 122 points, the s&p 500 adding 15 points. and the nasdaq surging a little bit more than 40 points. expectations that the eu and imf will wrap up bailout negotiations this weekend, taking the edge off fears that europes debt crisis, greeces debt crisis could spread through europe. meanwhile, jobless claims falling by 11,000 last wee...

>> that is a huge area of white and red. we know from the national weather service well hear the size of the twisters, because it takes them a few days to figure out how big they were. >> i did see a few reports, winds were from 122 to 130, which would make it close to an ef-4. it will be very powerful once they figure it out. i think it will be higher. >> thank you. >> gregg: its calm outside the arizona state house right now. that was not the case yesterday, if you recall. look at that. hundre...

The dow down by 122 points. s&p 500 off by 19 points. the nasdaq down by over 36 points. housing construction up better than expected in march rising to its highest level in 16 months. mainly due to multifamily homes. housing starts rose 1.6% last month while building permits 7.5%. americans are spending less on home entertainment products pap bright spot. consumer spending including dvd its dropped 8% in the first quarter, hour blue rey disc sales up by 74% in the same quarter. thats it from cn...

I mean, americans dont want to pay for my health care or your health care, brian. they want to pay for their families or their children. >> are you concerned some of your young friends will lose the incentive to go out and get that job with benefits, theyll stay at the deli making ham and swiss because they get their parents insurance? >> no. i dont have that concern at all. i think most young americans are eager to get to work. are eager to use the educations that theyve been awarded, that they...

Of $9.8 trillion in the next decade. $1.2 trillion more than the white house forecast. wall street had a positive reaction to jobs numbers today. dow gained 122. the s&p 500 was up 15 3/4. and nasdaq finished ahead 34. law enforcement officials believe the man who opened fire on two pentagon police officers thursday night had a growing distrust of the federal government. 36-year-old john patrick badell of hollister, california, wounded the officers before being killed by their return fire. no mo...

Tuition, cuts in student services, crowded classes and reductions in funding for higher education. this is georgia, where the states university system plans a 35% tuition hike and a possible $1,000 student fee. in colorado, lawmakers are looking at cutting $1.3 billion from the budget and higher education appears to be a key target. the movement to stop education cuts and tuition hikes came out of california. fees at californias community colleges are up 30% this year, and $1 billion plus is bei...

That correctly. whats the latest that you are hearing? >> yes, i have been in contact with santiago from the very beginning. and when i knew about this tragedy, i have contacted them about a half hour ago. i can tell you that, well, the tragedy is enormous. this earthquake is one of the most important. all over the world history, 8.8 is enormous in capacity of destroying everywhere. right now we have 122 casualties. this is the official figure. it probably is going to increase

Buildings. thats whats going on. these are the images from chile that really paint the story and tell you of the devastation and the sense of urgency the people have there. now, rick and fredericka, let me tell you, the official death toll is 122. but let me caution you, thats officially from the government. and as we know in this kind of situation, that kind of number, unfortunately, always seems to go up. >> yeah, let me just put a caveat on that because this gives us a better understanding. w...

Aciphex! time for a tune-up? come to meineke now for maintenance tune-ups... starting at $39.95. at meineke, youre always the driver. if you are just waking up with us, lets get you caught up on whats going on. an 8.8 magnitude quake struck chile early this morning. 122 fatalities at this point, but of course in these type of situations that number is fluid and likely to rise. first responders are on the scene, but you see some of the damage there. it is dramatic and very