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In spain and elsewhere in europe. cnbc's bertha coombs joins us live now. as i mentioned, everyone is talking about going into the weekend, what would happen in greece, and the way that the world really wanted it but now the bouncing ball of stress and worry has gone to spain and italy. >> yeah. for investors a lot of it is very much what have you done for me lately. certainly the markets relieved that greece's pro bailout new democracy party came out on top in the election there. the leftist party had vowed to undo the austerity measures that had been demanded by the european commission, euro...

That could be a boon for america. >> if the price goes up? >> and we're exporting natural gas. >> why would you export natural gas and import dirty oil from opec? i don't like that. you're sitting here with -- that is exactly what we're confronted with right now. we're frantically going to get our cheap natural gas out of here. it's cleaner by 30% than oil. and we're going to keep bringing the oil in. i saw the other day where the president said he's solved the mideast problem, we're importing less oil from the mideast than we have in the past. true. when he came into office, 42% of our import...

hifaith isn't really christian. >> same sex marriage and civil rights. they release an open letter asking them to stand behind president obama's decision on gay marriage. >> no-fly list. a group of americans including vets said they were banned from flying for no reason at all. now they're suing. hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. you're in the cnn newsroom. thank you for joining us. let's get you caught up right now. mitt romney made a personal appeal today to conservative evangelicals. romney addressed graduates at jerry falwelfalwell's universit addressing common grounds on service, ...

Economic tensions and woes. hundreds of demonstrators protesting his return to power arrested. here we go again. mortgage giant freddie mac wants another $19 million from you, yes, you the taxpayer. that's in addition to the $146 million already got last year. you may remember taxpayers have spent roughly $170 billion to rescue freddie mac and fannie mae. the costliest bailout of the 2008 financial crisis. steve? >> if i do win a second term as president, let me just say something to all the -- let me just say something to all of my conspiracy oriented friends on the right who think i'm planni...

Getting better. >> reporter: so if retail sales are sluggish if not spending, does that mean the jobs picture is getting bleaker? we'll get an answer with april unemployment figures, important because the president has had a string of several good months. ed, thanks. >> stocks were down today, dow lost 62. s&p 500 dropped 11. nasdaq was off 36 points. >> mortgage giant freddie mac is asking for $19 million in additional federal aid after posting a first quarter loss. it's the smallest the company has ever made. taxpayers have spent $170 billion bailing out government controlled freddie mac a...