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Tumble across the world markets on wednesday. ongoing volatility saw u.s. crude oil fall 6%. brent oil which is based out of the uk was down by nearly 5%. while gold lost only 1%, the big loser was not for the first time in recent days, silver. the metal fell nearly 8% to $35 an ounce. remember, it wasn't that long ago where it fell sharply from about $50 right back to $35 or so. let's see how each of these commodities is faring this day, starting with oil, nymex crude is trading up slightly, still below the $100 a barrel mark, 98.54, up a third percent. brent crude is up, nearly 0.5%. gold ha...

$108 a barrel mark earlier today. the highest in 2 1/2 years. gasoline prices average 3.66 a gallon. do you want some fries with that and a job? mcdonald's announced it's holding a supersized hiring fair april 19th to fill option nationwide. that comes three to four new hires per restaurant. let's take a look at the numbers from wall street a little over. the dow up a bit 18.54. the s&p and nasdaq in positive territory as well. tributes are planned across the country today to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the death of martin luther king, jr.. in 1968 the civil rights leader was shot st...

>> japan's debt was running 200% of gdp. it had been recently downgraded by moody's and s&p. >> several japanese auto plants shut down indefinitely but they see little impact here, even more the american plant that gets 20% of the component from japan and most are areas untouched by the earthquake or tsunami. japan has been the second largest lender to the u.s. now it will be spending more money at home and presumably lending less. so credit markets could tighten and the u.s. may face higher interest rates on the insatiable appetite for borrowed money. bret? >> bret: jim, thank you. oil droppe...

>> japan's debt was running 200% of gdp. it haden indefinitely but they see little impact here, even more the american plant that gets 20% of the component from japan and most are areas untouched by the earthquake or tsunami. japan has been the second largest lender to the u.s. now it will be spending more money at home and presumably lending less. so credit markets could tighten and the u.s. may face higher interest rates on the insatiable appetite for borrowed money. bret? >> bret: jim, thank you. oil dropped below the $100 a barrel mark. april fell $4. $97.18. gasoline was unchanged overnig...

Pawlen pawlenty, seeing mike huck key a -- huckabee and mitt romney. >> a low boil. from wall street to main street, it has to be skyrocketing cost of oil and gas. the price at the pump stands at an average $3.51 a gallon this morning. that is a 34 cent spike and it has two weeks at that rate. gas would hit $5 a gallon before memorial day. cnbc's courtney reagan joins us now. courtney, what are the oil markets doing this morning. >> so far we are trading higher. looks like we're above $106 a barrel for crude. near that $107 a barrel mark which is causing worry when we look at the equity mark...