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And volunteers coming in by the thousands and still, this is a site, a major disaster, and they are estimating between 75 and $100 million here just to clear the debris. that doesn't include the insured losses and does not include what it will cost to rebuild the neighborhood, and this neighborhood is a total loss. everything here will have to be bulldozed and pushed a uf to the size. we are in it for a long haul, and volunteers needed for not just this week, but weeks to come. >> and looking at the pictures, it remains worry, as the ground water is polluted by the chemicals and the runoff and...

We're getting ready to support the recovery. we want to get here fast to make sure the state didn't need more assistance with search and rescue. we brought in generators in case there were a lot of power outages. we have supplies in, staging areas here. we have people hitting the ground. i think what we will find ourselves doing is looking at the temporary housing, how much assistance we will need for that. helping people find a place to live. and beginning the process as people now in the second day will be going and third day starting to think about what is next for their recovery. >> bret: ...

State endorsing a republican plan for a federal spending cap. mark udall says as catastrophic as it would be to fail to raise the debt ceiling, it would be even more irresponsible to not take this opportunity to own up to our unsustainable pending path. treasury secretary geithner says washing the polls off of this is playing with fire. >> the idea that the united states would take the risk, people start to believe we won't pay our bills is a ridiculous proposition. >> sir responsible -- irresponsible, unacceptable risk for us to take. >> reporter: officials here doubt there will be agreement ...

The world foodbank says the prices are as high as they have ever been because the price of fuel is skyrocketing. we haven't talked about diesel fuel, the fuel most trucks use. it's in the marine as well. price fordycele fuel up $1.07. so that's added to the cost of the produce you mentioned earlier. tomatoes up 10%. potatoes up 12%. lettuce 27%. these prices are going higher. the price rise is only going to be 3% to 4%. it doesn't sounds like a lot, about it many a lot when it hits your wallet. this was the group that told us prices were up 10%. the actual prices we are paying in the aisle are...

And here are the closing numbers. we start with the nikkei with the tech sector got a lift there, especially apple suppliers like toshiba and alpida memory. shangry is up more than 0.6%. the aussie dollar reaching an all-time high against the u.s. dollar after march ppi data came in higher than expected. that data was pushed up by higher oil and commodity prices. now, the aussie dollar hit 1.07 u.s. against the aussie dollar. nina? >> it's quite a rebound we've got going on, pauline. over in the united states, stocks surged on wall street as strong technology earnings gave investors a reason t...