there is an increase in the margin requirement to be posted for those trading italian bonds. as a result of that, we've seen the yields on the italian debt, on the ten-year go through 7%, the market doesn't like it at all. equities as a result, have gone down very sharply. i'm just showing you the u.s. board here. let me back up. i want to show you how we're doing on this european session, because we are very weak. and that probably translates into a relatively weak start for the u.s. session. unless something changes in the news flow here. willie? >> geoff, thanks so much and berlusconi saying will not seek re-election even after he steps aside. geoff, thanks very much. iranian president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, responding to the report that his country now has the technology to produce a nuclear weapon, ahmadinejad says the findings with based on quote invalid claims by the u.s. he said iran will report, a senior u.s. official