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Hillary clinton coming out with the leaders of the palestinian authority and of the israelis going to be talking here shortly. we will take that live when it does happen. meanwhile, let's turn to wall street. the opening bell about to sound. alison kosic keeping an eye there and on job number. >> today's start expected to pale in comparison to yesterday's rocket ride to the top. upbeat manufacturing numbers helped the dow rally more than 250 points on wednesday. investors seem to feel a bit better about the global recovery. hopefully some of that sentiment can carry over to today. so far we ha...

And another reason why a chevy's a chevy. another look at the stories making headlines. federal agents visiting the iowa farms in the middle of that egg recall, "wall street journal" now reporting the fda, which has been investigating, now criminal division is getting involved. so far the egg farms are cooping. also, the signs we got just short ago, encouraging economic news. 472,000 first-time jobless claims last week. sounds like a lot. but that's at least less than it was the week before. this is the second straight week now that the number has fallen. also, dutch authorities are saying n...

Latest weather updates and what you can expect from earl in your home town, check out foxnews.com, hurricane earl link, it's on the home page. jenna: jon, we're always going from rough news on the weather to maybe some more news about the economy, so there's a little truth and irony in that. this week we are looking at jobless claims yet again, the amount of americans filing for unemployment and the number fell last week, the number, though, still high and we have the jobs report tomorrow. the fox bit network has more on this. talk us through this week's numbers and talk about the jobs report....

Unemployment benefits. that number fell slightly down 6,000 from the previous week. this is a weekly number. to about 472,000. some economists say that suggests that the pace of layoffs may have eased be ate -- a bit, but keep in mind overall it's usually under 400,000, so that number's still of concern, and the white house takes note of it. other numbers out today, productivity which is the amount of output per hour of work fell in the second quarter, that's april to june, fell 1.8%. that's the largest amount in nearly four years. and labor costs rose 1.1%, that's the biggest rise in labor co...

First time to get jobless benefits. but not as bad as the week before, when it was 472,000, not as bad as people thought it would be this week. s that an improvement. also looking at other things, in europe, banks will be undergoing stress tests, a a lot of talk about how strong and viable and vibrant will those banks be. and there's been a lot of speculation about it. but the euro is a little stronger. and so that's helping people have some confidence about putting, putting their money in some other riskier assets like the stock market. and we're building on yesterday's gains. building on yes...