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It's all been awesome and what supercharged these rallies is the money pouring into stocks. morning star estimates 172 billion with a b has cascaded into stock funds for the first ten months of the year. the most since 2000. where do we go from here? i can't tell you that. i can tell you for sure where we have been and it's been amazing. a week to go until black friday. a warning that black friday for too many people is red friday. charging for gifts for themselves and others but they are not able to pay it off by january. how much are we charging? during november and december of last year, ...

Chevy impala -- >> how are you doing? >> gm ceo fritz henderson says this is the end of the old gm and a new one will rise from the ashes of bankruptcy. >> we know we need to prove ourselves and to do it every day and we will. and we will do it right and we will do it once. >> bankruptcy will allow gm to wipe out $172 billion in debt, more than double it's a sets s $82 billion it will close -- closing 11 plants, eye delling three hours. >> more plants will close, nor jobs lost, more dealerships will shut their doors and so will parts suppliers. >> funding gm's bankruptcy will cost uncle sam $3...

>> those are tough words! >> you know the old bob novak, he used to say that republicans were put on earth to cut taxes. and if they don't, they have no purpose. >> no purpose, yeah. >> that was bob novak. you know, all of a sudden we're faced with a set of circumstances where we're talking about cutting taxes on spending, and now we've got stuff on the table to react to, and conservatives don't feel comfortable with what's on the table. >> so what is it that conservatives would like to have happen? in other words, compromise. you need compromise to get a deal done, but you're sort of saying d...

The s&p gained 13 points. the nasdaq nudged up 34. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei climbed 160 points while in hong kong, the hang seng was up 185. this morning, greece's ongoing debt drama took a dramatic turn away from a disastrous default. after convincing enough investors to take a loss on government bonds, greece has insured it will receive its $172 billion european bailout. greece needed 90% participation in the critical bond swap and as of this morning, it had secured upwards of 85%. athens says legislative maneuvering will push total participation...

inside the cnn grill at south by southwest. the grill opens officially today this morning. one thing i noticed on the menu which includes all kinds of things, there are no prices. that's because we got -- usually that means i cannot afford to eat here. but that is what's happened here is we have taken over a restaurantnd put the cnn grill and invited people here as we celebrate south by southwest which is a big music and film festival. douglas brinkley, we've known each other now through a lot of presidential races. >> a long time. >> no, i don't tell anybody how long we've known eac...