the tea party movement and in the republican sort of popular culture move the to be here. and so people seem to be excited about that. we made the drive from waterloo where we spent a couple of days with michele bachmann. of course, she has kicked off her campaign. she's now in new hampshire today but coming back to iowa for a bus tour. and as you referenced, the president will be here as well. he will be talking about jobs at that alcoa plant and of course his competitors, people like mitt romney, already taking shots at that, saying the president will be more about union bosses than workers. so there's a lot going on in iowa. >> the place to be. kelly o'donnell in pella, iowa. thanks very much. quickly, surprisingly good economic news turning things around on wall street this morning? we'll see. cnbc's becky quick joins me. is that true? real good news? >> it is true. believe it or not, i can't tell you how long it's been since we had good economic numbers. this is a big surprise to the markets. you saw a knee jerk reactions,