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outfront tonight, whoa, whoa, whoa. it really was one of those days. the markets soared, the dow up 339 points. nasdaq and s&p up more than 3%. and there were two big reasons why. one, america defied skeptics with american consumers spending money. the u.s. economy grew 2.5% in the third quarter. twice as fast as the prior quarter. look at it compared to earlier this year. now, 2.5% isn't great overall, but it is a lot better than a lot of doomsayers expected. the other big news was europe. they made a deal to bail out greece. that deal also, not that great. but after 14 summits, any...

"outfront" tonight, whoa, whoa, whoa. the markets soared, the dow up 339 points. nasdaq and s&p up more than 3%. and there were two big reasons why. one, america defied skeptics with american consumers spending money. the u.s. economy grew 2.5% in the third quarter. twice as fast as the prior quarter. look at it compared to earlier this year. 2.5% isn't great overall. but it is a lot better than a lot of doomsayers expected. the other big news was europe. they made a deal to bail out greece. that deal also, not that great. but after 14 summits, any deal was enough to juice the market...

how about you? >> oh, i'm a bears fan. >> she's a chicago boy. i'll give you the highlights. >> there you go. >> okay, drew. >> thanks a lot. drew griffin here in studio 7 for suzanne malveaux, who's over in afghanistan. let's get you up to speed. new numbers out today provide more evidence of a very weak job market. the number of americans filing first-time claims rose. it was up to 414,000 last week. why is that important? economists say the number needs to fall below 400,000 to reduce the unemployment rate, which is stuck at 9.1%. president obama lays out his jobs plan tonight. ou...

And greater in certain parts of this nation. it's in many urban areas. some suburban and rural areas. so i think the bigger the headache the bigger the pill. by that i mean, where the problem is greatest, there need to be the greatest focus on remedies. i think today is an important step. so we embrace and applaud the focus on jobs. but we want people to understand that in black communities, latino communities and urban communities, that rate is very high and we've got to focus on it like a laser. >> in fact, one of the points that we really want to make is among young people, 16 to 19, look a...

Home and are getting an earful, not just on health care but jobs and the economy and the health care xoernt component is an imp one and businesses are saying, there is a massive change down the road, four are five years and could be difficult for businesses to plan for, these town halls have had negativity, particularly, about health care and it is worth looking at the polls now. president obama, and democrats on health care, are facing a simple reality. about 40.7%, in the latest real clear politics average, of polls, are in favor of the health care bill, that is now a law. and, still, 50% ar...