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Is getting smaller and telling us this is a wider slow down that everyone is talk about. and some relating that to the stock market saying this is what we are seeing in the stock market. and it really depends who you talk to. others are saying there is a disconnect between the two. you can't demand on what you see as a reflection of the wider economy slowdown. everyone knows it is happening but what the numbers show us is that it is there and where it is happening in particular. i do want to mention these numbers, then. so the pmi on manufacturing, the purchasing managers index in manufacturin...

Republicans, 36% president obama, and 13% both sides. the republicans may have given the democrats their only window of hope to take back congress. democrats hold a three point average. meaning three percent more say they'll vote for a democrat next time. but with the shutdown imminent right now, democrats are quietly hoping they can leverage anger at the republicans next november. joining me right now are joy reid and a.b. stoddard. joy, it's interesting. i was looking at some math we got from charles cook, the election expert. for democrats to win the house next time, they not only have to b...

We'll be watching later tonight. certainly there will be headlines. thank you, bill o'reilly with us. martha: once a rare solution for cash-strapped businesses, critics are warning about this. jonathan serrie is doing this for us live. >> reporter: good morning, martha. consider this. 53.4% of all new jobs created in november president bush x firm by firms with less than 50 employees, that according to studies by edp and economic advisers. they are having a tough time getting traditional bank loans and during tough times entrepreneurs get entrepreneur al. small business owners are getting mone...

For the euro and 1.6062 for the yen. well, nina, that wasn't enough to weaken it but stock markets in asia finished high today. china's purchasing manager index rose to 53.4% in the month of march, up to 53.2% in january showing growth. meanwhile in hong kong the hang seng ended the day in positive territory by more than 1%. with oil prices remaining around 2.5-year highs energy stocks were amonging the winners. elsewhere uncertainty in japan continues to weigh on the nikkei which lost ground today by about half a percent and australia's

Commissioner. microsoft is accusing the search engine of abusing its dominant position on the continent. it claims google prevents other engines. the eu says google will have a chance to defend itself. it seens we receive cyber wars here in europe shaping up. >> they're carrying over from the wars we're seeing here in asia. but shifting if focus now to china, nina, many manufacturers had a relatively good month in march. that was the first time in four months that chinese manufacturing activity has grown. official figures released on friday shows china's pmi for march rose to 53.4%. that's jus...