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>> i'm here. i'm with you. and you are the hardest working man in showbiz and in politics, i have to tell you. >> that always is reserved for lester holt. >> you're right, him too. there's a few of you up there. let me tell you about the markets right now. we are looking to open flat. you might take that as a victory lap already this morning. because if you look at the first week of january, the markets hended higher, we saw the dow up and the s&p up. this is the january effect. the first week of january is how the first month goes, and that is how the year goes. we're already dodging some bul...

Stand on the president's american jobs act which is scheduled for a vote tomorrow and will republicans find the middle ground that they seek? the occupy wall street movement enters its fourth week. is it right for republicans to call these protesters mobs when they supported those tea party demonstrators. all of that and more ahead in the next half hour. >> thomas, thank you. take a look at what's going on on wall street and we're getting commentary from europe for the reason why we're doing so well, angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy say a response to the debt crisis will be finalized in a m...

An unusual closing bell at the new york stock exchange. but look at that. up 186 points. >> what were they shaking? >> those little things you turn around and whistle. >> cow bells. they always have a lot of cow bells on the florida's stock exchange. >> there it is again. the dow up, nasdaq up, s&p up. we had a rough week when the s&p downgraded or said they might downgrade u.s. debt. the market sold off on that. it seems to all be back. >> that's good news, certainly. meantime, this is probably not such good news if you like your privacy. iphone tracking your every move. apple's iphone and ip...

Over here on this edge and dropping fire suppressant to slow this fire down. we've seen flames shooting out of this tree line. some 80 to 100 feet high. so it is quite ferocious and one firefighter said it's probably 3,000 degrees in there right now. >> that is mighty hot. ed, thank you so much from texas. finally, with reporter roulette, one day after the markets plunged a. grim outlook on the nation's debt situation. let's take a look at the numbers. at least we're seeing the big board. the dow finished up 65 points, nasdaq up as well. s&p up as well. let's go to felicia taylor. we know so...

Goo g-20. there's no grown-up in the world. dow 12,388. nasdaq up 2,826. and the s&p up. you've got the fed chairman, the fed secretary testifying, data on inflation today. so a lot of things out there. just like nouriel rue beanie said, yes, stocks can go higher but there are risks in the economy. >> and when do we usually -- well, nobody likes to give a number. we heard someone, i think, a few years ago, talking about $5 a gallon gasoline. >> there are people, the president of shell, who says if we keep going on the path, you're going to see $4, $5 a gallon gas. right now, we have kind of we...