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>> this sounds so similar to what we've heard over the years. i need more money. i need to be bigger faster grander and i need a bigger bureaucracy and i need to hire more people and on and on and on. i think what you need personally is competition. >> reporter: gibson's job is temporary. the senate veteran affairs committee will hold a meeting on president obama's nominee next tuesday. another record close for the dow today. industrial average gained 77.5. s&p 500 was up eight. the nasdaq finished ahead ten. up next, protecting the constitution or playing politics? the effort to sue preside...

Consumer index came out just this morning. according to thomson reuters and university of michigan, consumer sentiment in october thus far fell to a nine-month low to 75.2. that is down from september's 77.5. this october number, it missed expectations but this number is particularly illuminating because it gives us a good sense how people feel about the economy and personal finance and spending. the numbers show a somewhat moderate reaction to the government shutdown and the debt ceiling battle. during the last debt ceiling showdown in summer of 2011, consumer sentiment tumbled eight points, ...

About a minute ago, i thought of the movie "crimson tide." when denzel washington and jeanne hackman were on a united states submarine and denzel washington said," god help us if it we're wrong". he said, actually, "god help us all if we're wrong." i kind of feel that way right now. if these people were to ever get power, god help us all. stick around. "rapid response panel" is next. i'm kayla tausche with your cnbc market wrap. the dow falling 70 points, the s&p dropping 6 and the nasdaq losing 5. consumer sentiment fell to 77.5, that's the lowest reading in five months, thanks to higher in...

Definitely closing the gap with the president. in april if you look at team oek obama, outside super pacs, obama had 144 million cash on hand, romg had 77.5. that's a 2-1 spending and that's 2-1 advantage although the fund-raising numbers from april are much, much closer, basically neck and neck. >> right. we're seeing played out in real time results of the roberts court activist intervention to change the marketplace for campaign finance and to allow the wealthy to give as much they want in an unlimited way. we looked at top 16 don't to romney's super pac, you see they're all very old guys, i...

And unrest in the middle east, any wonder consumer confidence is on a dive? consumer confidence, tumbled this month to 67.5 percent, the lowest since november of 2009, and, after reaching a three year high of 77.5, in february. and, yet, while americans appear to be gloomy about the future, don't feel so bad about the present, apparently and here to explain all of this is brenda buttner, senior business correspondent for the fox news channel and anchor of bulls and bears on the news channel. what do you make of this? we have another statistic that talks about spending, right now. and when it c...