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could make or break the debt crisis and i know youre saying ive heard this before. but here is the deal today. lawmakers are not mincing words. less than five days to raise the debt ceiling or risk defaulting on government bills. today the house is due to vote on speaker john boehners plan. as his own party holds the majority of votes he is really getting frustrated with the divisions that threaten its passage. in a closed door meeting, boehner actually told the feuding republicans, qu...

Worked around the clock to get back to business. the new york stock exchange never opened for trading on tuesday, september 11th and did not reopen until the following monday, september 17th. the longest time trading has been suspended since world war i. >> good morning and welcome back to the greatest market on the face of the earth. >> reporter: that monday marked one of the most emotional dares for the stock exchange in history. >> today america goes back to business and we do it as a signal ...

A couple possible republican presidential candidates. in new jersey, voters are split on chris christie. his apooufl and disapproval is almost equal, 47-46. thats an 11 point drop in two months. also a majority of voters say they would stick with president obama if christie got in the race. sarah palin, her disapproval numbers have soared to 61%. 6 in 10 have an unfavorable opinion of the former governor. only 36% like her. well be right back. [ male announcer ] is zero worth nothing? ♪ imagin...

Historical lows. >> those of us who consider ourselves tea partiers -- are there any tea partiers here today? i knew i liked you. for those of us who are tea partiers, we believe we are tax enough already. we are taxed enough already. youre exactly right. dont stop saying it. >> todays tax deadline is being eclipsed by a much more serious economic story. today for the first time in history the s&p downgraded the u.s. debt outlook. its confidence that the united states will be able to make good o...

What does it mean in reality? does anything change? its just a forecast, right? >> its a forecast, but it injects uncertainty into the marketplace. what if we actually did see a downgrade on u.s. debt. that raises interest rates, makes it difficult for the economy to recover. it would hit the stock market as you saw it happen today. we had a 240 point drop. its the idea that the economic recovery isnt in place as it should be. and nor are the players in washington allowing it to happen. you cant...

Now your money. fridays earthquake and tsunami is sending shockwaves through the financial market. the nikkei plunged 6% today, so put this in perspective for us. how significant of a drop is that? >> okay, if you want a comparison, randy, if we saw a 6% drop on the dow drills, that would actual a 750 point drop. thats a big deal. japan hasnt seen a drop like it saw on the nikkei overnight since december of 2008 and that was at the peak of the global crisis. this is all happening because theres ...

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Between a man and a woman. what this means for the fight over gay marriage yet to be determined. jenna: quick look at the markets today. after certainly a rough day yesterday. the dow is trading down around almost 90 points today. yesterday it had its biggest point drop in three months. were watching this specifically because of whats happening in the middle east and what that might mean for oil prices for all of us. oil futures closed at a 2.5 year high yesterday and today it is nearing $100 a ...

The election were so excited. heres a guy who is going to change everything. and he gets to town and nothing has really changed except we spent a lot of money on the stimulus and the unemployment number is very, very high and people are very disappointed that that guy isnt cutting it. >> well, you know, he thinks its a substantive problem. if he had his, you know, druthers on the policy side, he would do more stimulus spending. thats what he believes, you know. to confront a 9.5% unemployment bu...

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