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Shares of insurance giant a.zig today. the company nearly collapsed in 2008 after making risky financial bet. the treasury and the federal reserve came to the rescue, taking it over and backing it with $182 billion. avenue self-ing off the last shares treasury reported $5 billion profit on the bail-out. the federal reserve made $17.7 billion. but the fed won't be parking its cash. it's holding a two-day policy meeting and it is expected to announce tomorrow it will continue to keep interest rates low. but it wants to get them especially lower. for mortgages, car loan and business loan. it is e...

Time for business before the bell with brian shactman. >> beautiful out there today. >> what is the word on wall street? what are we looking? >> things are looking pretty good. futures are up about 50. two-day fed meeting starts today. funny with the fiscal cliff, no one is talking about it. expecting $55 million more in quantitative easing to be announced and also fiscal cliff, i would say, just with a little bit of positive vibe. i don't want to get into too much because i think everyone is tired of discourse at this point and little bit of optimism maybe on wall street and i also want to po...

And he won an election. i don't see it that way. he wants to get what he wants to get. the republicans have men of negotiating strength. maybe they even have the upper hand. i've been hearing everyone says the president has the upper hand. i think maybe the republicans in a certain way do because they have the debt ceiling coming up. they should use that and they should use it very strongly. >> steve: i'm sure there is going to be some wheeling and dealing. >> but i'd use it now and get this thing done. not just we'll delay for another month two months. i'd get it done. use it now. use all you...

>> time for your news by the numbers on this monday morning. first, 2,000. that's about how many dead people are still receiving food stamps in new york and massachusetts. 2,000. a report by the usda, the department of agriculture, uncovered the massive errors. and next 88. that's the percentage of they say vets are concerned for the war. and $182 billion. that's how much tax pays are she would out to save aig. now the ceo of aig said the company wants a pat on the back. he say the feds failed to say thanks after his company repaid the largest government bailout in history. by the way, buddy, ...

With as much as $182 billion in aid. "the washington post" with about two weeks left before todd akin can no longer have himself removed from missouri ballots. the race for mccaskill's seat has turned into a waiting game. akin has faced constant calls to bow out of the race after his comments about legitimate rape. but so far has been defiant about continuing his bid. >> mark halperin, what's the latest? >> what's interesting is mccaskill has not gone on the air with negative ads highlighting akin's controversial comments for a reason. she wants to wait till the deadline passes. what republi...