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the market plunged today to its lowest level since january. the reason, in part, a continuing fear about greece. so tonight the big question is will the late-breaking news from facebook be enough to turn the mood of america? facebook will begin trading for the first time ever tomorrow morning. so it priced tonight at $38 for a single share. when you add it all together, it is the biggest ipo in american history. the facebook obsession in this country reminding us of the 1983 classic mo...

facebook at $100 billion. the most valuable company ever at the time of its initial public offering. and more valuable than citi or mcdonalds. millions hoping it will help them boost their bottom lines this morning. dan simon is live at the facebook mothership in menlo park, california, where workers are marking the occasion by working all night long. seriously, dan, whats up with that? >> its 2:00 in the morning here and were wide awake. theyre having a hack a thon, an opportunity for...

plus the queen of soul aretha franklin pays her own tribute. also the political ad thats so dirty. they pulled the plug and mitt romney said this. >> i repudiate that effort. i think its the wrong course for a pac or a campaign. >> why obama versus romney is bound to get ugly. also the man who says its an evil genius campaign. and only in america. saying good-bye to donna summer. this is "piers morgan tonight." we start with breaking news in the trayvon martin case. evidence dire...

Clinton doctrine in his large drawer of discarded ideas along with transparency and bipartisanship. [ applause ] >> its enough to make you wonder if maybe it was a personal beef with the clintons but probably that -- it runs much deeper than that. >> you know, who writes this? hes reading off a teleprompter, howard, and hes reading crap. heres a guy who said this president of the united states boldly came out for health care reform in the face of the worst economic danger in the great depression...

United, and courage and common cause, the white house will belong to us. not-- not-- this state will remain red. >> clayton: the of courses. supreme court-- we dont know which way theyll rule on portions of the immigration law. >> dave: as a side note, ron paul supporters were vocal saying its not a done deal. we still have areas of the convention so we havent heard the name ron paul in a while, but its supporters, vocal and passionate. >> vocal is a nice understatement. >> its an understatement...

good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, warning signs ignored. the fallout swept around the world today from americas biggest banks, multibillion dollar loss on risky trades. in washington, senator carl levin held a conference call with reporters about jpmorgans shocking trading losses which 0 could be up to $3 billion and the credit rating agency fitch slapped jp morgue win a drowngrade citing reputational risk. stocks plunged taking other banks down. the boss, am...

into a christian perspective. here he is. >> the thing, you know, at root that we think about is not only christ sacrificing himself on our behalf but it is also the golden rule, you know, treat others the way you want to be treated. >> the golden rule, we all learned it, right, treat others the way you want to be treated. youre a christian man. does that resonate with you, what he said? >> if the golden rule increase ignites with me but not to contradict other things jesus said and he...

>> i was a bit overcome. i dont even know how to explain it. how to caps liez your childhood, you know, in one room. i was a little overwhelmed. . >> another supporter of same sex marriage. joe biden was asked his stance on sunday. and boy did it set off a wave of comments on facebook and twitter. >> men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men marrying women, all entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights and civil liberties. >> this morning, arnie duncan w...

Value the company at as much as $96 billion by far a record for an internet ipo. and get ready for a show in the skies come saturday night. thats when the full moon will be closer to earth than anytime in the past year. astronomers call it a supermoon. they say the moon will be 30% brighter and as much as 14% bigger than other full moons with no harmful effects, of course. all right. an overnight hit thats an understatement for disney and marvel studios, "the avengers" was rolled out to wild...

When you look at the official transcript from this, we posted a link to it on our blog tonight. when you go through the transcript of this event, when you get to the part where the guy throws the shoe. its described as audience interruption. understatement much. when president bush was in baghdad was to sign the agreement which committed the united states to end our war in iraq. it was an agreement that president obama then followed through on. the last u.s. troops left iraq in december. today, ...