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Testimony graphically as well. what to watch for tonight? i think santorum, if he loses wisconsin, will still pick up potentially three, maybe four congressional district delegates, that still wouldnt be a lot tonight, expect a near clean sweep in maryland for romney, maybe one congressional district santorum can carry there as you know, santorum is not even on the ballot. now i got my market run down, becky quick is here. markets have already opened. what you got for me? >> they have opened. ri...

Quinnipac poll, bill nelson and connie mack, 44 to 36%. look at this gender gap. he leads mack by 4 point. its an eight-point shift in the incumbents favor. now, nelson is still under 50. i still believe its going to hinge on the presidential itself but its another point, this gender gap issue showing up at presidential polls and it hurt the republican brand. any way, were just about a minute away from the opening bell. becky quick is here. i saw the joble claims numbers and it feels like one of...

Around that kind of news? >> its devastating to hear. it hurts. it hurts my heart. just very, very saddened. >> that was nbcs matt lauer with kari bales. get more of it at todayshow.com. time for the market rundown. becky quick is there. >> good morning. the talk on wall street today has been a speech from chairman ben bernanke of the federal reserve that he gave just about an hour ago. he was speaking to the national association of business economists and he made comments on the job market. w...

Nominee to lead the world bank. mr. kim is a prominent figure in the global health world. officials believe his experience will counter critics who say there is too much control over the world bank presidency, into the guarantee who nominates for the u.s. bank is going to be that person but history suggests that will be the case. we are just minutes away from the opening bell. time for the market run down. look who is back. my friend, becky quick. what you got for me today, friday? oil coming ...

More housing numbers at 10 a.m. eastern, the new home sales that are coming. by the way, while talking about house, i want to mention this story thats out today about bank of america and a new plan it has. we have heard about people who are facing foreclosure. bank of america is trying a very small test case where they are going to be forgiving people what they owe on their houses and allowing them to stay in the house if they rent the house back from the bank. now, they will be guaranteed that ...

Unconstitutional to live outside a state and serve that state as a u.s. senator. apples ipod 3 hit stores today and analysts predict theyll sell more than a million in the first day. cnbcs becky quick is here. she does not yet have her ipad 3. dont call it ipad 3. >> just ipad. >> 2 1/2 kind of like the naked gun 3 or something? >> whatever we want to call this thing i dont have one. >> more importantly its quadruple witching friday. whatever that means. >> this is your favorite. youve been wait...

Theyre in the business of making money. the details might be unpleasant to a lot of people, but it shouldnt come as news to people that theres greed on wall street. >> greed is growth if everybody is winning, thats one thing, becky. >> sure. >> what this felt like was, you know, all right. lets take this. so you had the fed who kept interest rates artificially low because they didnt want a recession to happen. people borrowed money, theres so much loan out there, and all of a sudden goldman took...

The delicious, satisfying taste of gourmet gravy every day. fancy feast. the best ingredient is love. anger and frustration over wall street and the government bailout of wall street sparked two mini revolutions in the last few years. in this week, more fuel on the fire when departing goldman sachs executive greg smith wrote a "new york times" op-ed saying, "it makes me ill how callously people talk about ripping their clients off." reaction to the op-ed continue today landing on the front pag...

Minor injuries. dprason was on his way to a fund-raiser when the accident occurred. the opening bell rings on wall street in six seconds. becky quick, what do you want to hear from the fed? >> reporter: you know, it is just shaking that opening bell right now. it looks like well ep up about 50 points. id like to hear what they think about the economy and these numbers coming in. you know if youve been watching the fed closely they have told us they are not planning on raising interest rates un...

>> qe3. >> nerdy-nerdy, right? >> it is. but it gives something for ron paul to talk about. of he has been sort of forgot n forgotten. becky, thank you. the deep dive into the voter confidence index. it starts in 30 seconds. in todays deep dive, were looking at the voter confidence index. its a proprietary msnbc.com that weve come to rely on quite a bit at the nbc news political unit. what is the vci? a way to measure the level of