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Wedding crasher? first, what should be on your radar before the bell on wall street. lets get to christina alessi with more "before the bell." >> hi, ana. investors will look to end june with gains after some rocky trading sessions this week. the market is still up for the month so far, but gains for the year are even more impressive and the dow is up 8.5% and the s&p up 9% and the nasdaq is the big winner with a 16% gain, but a long list of economic reports due this week might actually slow the...

Most income inequality in the country. the bottom fifth of connecticut households saw their income decrease by over 4,000 between 1989 and 2006. that is even before the recession hit. the law is expected to raise pay for over 200,000 workers in the state, or about 15% of the work force. after the break, from a living wage to a champion of workers rights, alex speaks with rosario dawson and america ferrera, stars of the new film honoring the life and work of cesar chavez. next. but first, hampton...

As an oppressive government. hello, witness. at the end of the day we have to give some people some space here, trust their judgment. if they got the trip approved, i think thats all that matters and we need to move right along to real issues. >> as ever, angela rye speaks truth. so does jonathan capehart. thank you, both. next, did some on wall street try to profit off the newtown tragedy? stay with us. but first, john fortt has the cnbc market wrap. good afternoon, john. >> the stocks stag...

Fiscal cliff worries put a damper on todays triple digit rally but the dow ends with a 78 point gain, the s&p up 9, the nasdaq adds 35 points. aig shares jumped nearly 6%. the treasury department says it has sold all its remaining shares netting a $22.7 billion profit for taxpayers. and on the economic front, the trade deficit widened in october as exports posted their biggest decline in nearly four years. thats it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." ♪ welcome b...

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Bottom line is that if there is any disruption to the supply of oil from the worlds biggest oil supplier, shep, its going to hit every one of us in the wallet. >> shepard: jonathan hunt. thanks very much. despite all unrest wall street ended the day on upnote. third largest importer. and the prospect of lowered demand because of the devastation pushed prices down today. oil fell more than a dollar. it dipped more than 100. dow gained 60 close back over 12,000. nazareth damascus up 15, s&p up 9. ...

>> shepard: all right. well, thats good news. gerri willis from the biz. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> shepard: we learned fewer people filed for jobless benefits last week. the number of newly unemployed americans filing for first time for claims benefits dropped by 6,000. thats according to the u.s. labor department, which reports the total number of americans getting jobless benefits also fell. on "the today show," the treasury secretary tim geithner said that the obama administration remains...

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