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Through the day and this is a very difficult one to handicap and right now people feeling pretty good ant it. the vote all important. the federal reserve kicks off a two-day meeting today and the press conference to be watched closely for clues about what the feds going to be doing in terms of qe2 and the economy. but todays going to be a close one and watch all day long. >> all right. becky quick. the second ever federal reserve chairman press conference. >> thats right. >> the first one create...

Virginia usually gets the call, or jim webb to come in and just actually have a ceremonial session, so they dont adjourn. that means the president cannot do a recess appointment. republicans have been worried that he might choose elizabeth warren to fill a controversial new position that comes out of the whole banking reform, a consumer financial protection agency. they dont want to see that happen, so they put up this roadblock. democrats said they didnt have any indication that the president w...

Arenas. so theyll spend on the gas money so they can travel, but cutting back on entertainment, shopping will be down about 21%, food and beverage, they say theyll spend about 17% less. and all of that adds up to less money going out to all these other places. i will say that survey was done a couple of weeks ago, and at the time the survey was done, gas prices were 11 to 15 cents higher than they are now. so well see if americans are actually as tight fisted as they claim theyll be. >> theyll p...

Winds up to 135, 140 miles per hour. tractor trailers overturned. some damage and debris piles. some of this was sprayed off what could have been a five-mile path. issues in joplin as the cleanup continued. finally a break from the weather there. the problem is the death toll continues to climb. and that is certainly the saddest news of all as we now certainly focus or refocus on the joplin area. what a weekend it will be. mother nature calming down in terms of tornadoes and severe weather. >> j...

Street will try to right the ship after suffering big losses on monday. becky quick joins us with the latest. >> you know, the markets are incredibly fickle. thats what i can tell you about todays moves versus yesterday. the dow was down 130 points. the news today out of europe doesnt look much better. the greek finance minister is saying it cannot get the next loan from the imf unless the eu funding is secured. right now that is anything but clear. you would think that would mean more bad news ...

Ive never possessed coded -- they were written in a strange little code and it was something the government did when preparing to prosecute him that its basically, he after every one of his bombings, he wrote in his journals and preparing and watching the after effects. it was very clib clinical. >> any way. pete williams, im sure for a lot of people, first learning what happened. its been so long. thank you, sir. the opening bell will ring on wall street in less than 15 minutes and that means...

Between 70 and $80 a barrel. otherwise, you all start talking about alternatives, so the saudis themselves say they dont want to see oil this high and prices are coming down at the pump. >> looking like a pusher to make sure we stay addicted. >> becky, thanks very much. coming up, wait until you see this technology. the next generation in political advertising. the flier of the future. could it revolutionize campaign messaging and it may end up in your mailbox very soon. plus, nato ups the a...

Have an announcement coming up later today. he said he still had friends and family he wanted to call and speak to first about this. he wanted to talk to some of the local press from his home state, but if you read between the lines and kind of leaned into it, this is me guessing, ill admit, but it sounded to me he could be announcing a run. im not sure why he would have to call his friends and family first. >> well see. >> maybe not. im making this up, but this is what he said. he said he will ...

Month. hes getting paid $2 million a year. the company had to file for bankruptcy three times. if youre running as a successful businessman, thats not a great record that you have to point to. >> mike, well never know if hes really a billionaire. remember that was the most interesting thing about that financial disclosure, were we going to see the actual numbers. >> exactly. the "new york times" reporter suggesting hes only worth hundreds of millions of dollars. sued him for defamation. the case...

Refineries are. if it knocks any of the refineries down in louisiana that, could be -- has not been running recently, we have been getting our supplies from the gulf too. those floodwaters really hit hard in loouj abaton rouge. >> i got to let you go for that, becky quick, thanks very much. speaking of those floods, were going to check in right now. anne thompson is nbcs chief environmental affairs correspondent, shes in morgan city, louisiana, and, ann, i dont know if you heard beckys report ab...