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wait. >> bullets kept flying as our team sped away. >> okay. we're leaving this area. there's gunfire all around us and we believe that gadhafi forces are doing a round about movements so we are rushing out of this area. >> this reminds us just how dangerous and desperate the life has become for the libyan people. we're going to talk to ben live from libya later. india police say it is going to take more to pinpoint who is behind the triple bomb blast in mumbai. it killed 18 people. no intelligence is pointing to anything imminent. for now the minister says anything hostile to indi...

With who you actually talk to. and we heard from the fed chair today. right? >> that's right. you know, i'll tell you what this means. what it shows you is conflicting information, suzanne, about what's happening in the job market. it shows you that it's very hard to get a grasp on where things stand. i can tell you that the unemployment jobless claims, first time jobless claims fell to a three-year low. but the fed chief, he's been asked about the economy. he's been asked about jobs creation and budget cuts, in particular, if republicans get their way and cut the budget by some $60 billion, w...

Hathaway's warren buffett saying in his left to investors that he is "itchy to make more big acquisitions." as if on cue, deals broke out all over. ventas which owns senior housing skmunts buying nationwide health for $5.8 billion. health care reit is buying genesis health care for $2.4 billion. >> last night blackstone group announced buying 588 u.s. shopping mall assets from australia's central properties for $9.4 billion. elsewhere, the u.s. has approved the first deepwater drilling perity in in the gulf of mexico -- permit in the gulf of mexico since last year's massive oil spill. today ...

Magnetic plasma. scientists say the blast was directed away from earth and is not expected to affect our satellites or electronic systems. and now here's a look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,130 after adding 61 on friday. the s&p 500 rose 13 and the nasdaq was up 43. taking a look at overseas trading, tokyo, the nikkei gained 97 points. hong kong, the hang seng surged 325. stocks were back up friday giving investors hopes that the backward slide is over. there is one major wild card, oil. it continued to drop as it did at the end of last week. overnight inat...

That is one issue. manufacturing activity also decreased. also a big piece of this number was the trade-in balance. basically we are importing more than we are exporting right now. fed chairman ben bernanke telling us today look, this is an aberration of the number things will get better next time. the next quarter we will get a final read on div nd. for the second quarter, shep on september 30th. we would like to see it get a little bit better but right now analysts don't expect to happen. >> shepard: at one point stockies down this morning but then a surge on speech by ben bernanke. closing ...