nasdaq lower, eight points there. there is a silver lining, though. the s&p 500 has now doubled in value since bottoming out in march of 2009. now i would be remiss if we can go to the opening bell shot and give hickory a shotout. the westminster top dog rang the opening bell today after a nice steak dinner last night and photo op on the empire state building. we didn t get the shot up! ah! i m sorry about that. reporter: we will try to bring him back. see how the stake dinner at sardy went and how he is holding up. alison, thanks. bahrain, the numbers are changing. the basic facts are the same. during the middle of the night, government forces converged on sleeping demonstrators and just let loose. at least three people are dead. possibly hundreds more are injured. yet, another regime faces growing outrage. the new york times columnist