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77.5. this is what economists had expected, not to be so high, but they had expected it to go back up. the big concern, let's talk about oil and oil prices. here we are in february talking about this. normally, we would be doing a segment like this probably prior to summer season. >> exactly, in may. >> yeah. and here we have the price of oil passing $100 a barrel last week in the u.s. national average gas price now $3.35 a gallon. but as we focus a lot on libya and what's going on in the middle east and the unrest, can it all be attributed to that? >> not necessarily. i mean, yes, there is a ...

But it's still well below a reading indicating a stable economy. stocks plunged today. the dow lost 178.5. the s&p 500 gave back 27.5. the nasdaq dropped 77.5. most of the democratic members of the indiana general assembly left their desks today in protest of right to work legislation in that state. correspondent steve brown is live in indianapolis to tell us what happened. good evening, steve. >> hey, bret. the indiana house democrats are believed to have fled the state are either reportedly in illinois or kentucky. they are also believed to be a number of house dems also still in the hoosier...

But it's still well below a reading indicating a stable economy. stocks plunged today. the dow lost 178.5. the s&p 500 gave back 27.5. the nasdaq dropped 77.5. most of the democratic members of the indiana general assembly left their desks today in protest of right to work legislation in that state. correspondent steve brown is live in indianapolis to tell us what happened. good evening, steve. >> hey, bret. the indiana house democrats are believed to have fled the state are either reportedly in illinois or kentucky. they are also believed to be a number of house dems also still in the hoosier...

Think you'd have been critical of that, too. >> neil: no, actually, that to me is arrogant. we disagree on that. >> that is the first time we have disagreed on anything. >> neil: it is. when a congressman brings with him 2400 bill to make a point and then to mock it as if it's a prop. it's not, it's if bill. and play games with, that you know, there is a double standard on the games. more to the point, senator coburn and others made points. key reactions -- i guess we'll have that, right? take a peek. look at this. good stuff. >> at least 15% of government run healthcare is fraud. when you loo...