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the dow finished up thursday, 340 points. this could be the best october in a quarter century. the economy is growing. the gross national product for the third quarter was nearly double the figure from april to june and that's thanks to consumer spending and more business investment. alison kosik will join us in about half an hour for the opening bell, but right now let's talk to global editor at large with reuters. good morning. so, what a difference a day makes. the dow futures are already down this morning and we've learned that whirlpool is cutting 5,000 jobs in north america and...

outfront tonight, whoa, whoa, whoa. it really was one of those days. the markets soared, the dow up 339 points. nasdaq and s&p up more than 3%. and there were two big reasons why. one, america defied skeptics with american consumers spending money. the u.s. economy grew 2.5% in the third quarter. twice as fast as the prior quarter. look at it compared to earlier this year. now, 2.5% isn't great overall, but it is a lot better than a lot of doomsayers expected. the other big news was europe. they made a deal to bail out greece. that deal also, not that great. but after 14 summits, any...

happy, happy, happy friday! my favorite day. >> i know. >> besides saturday and sunday. it's october 28th. welcome to "american morning." christine has the morning off. >> that game you know, i was so sad, because the yankees were out so early, but, boy, these guy, the rangers and cardinals have really kept this going. good. good baseball. up first, bernie madoff victims are saying don't buy this scam. saying they're having trouble finding sympathy after madoff's wife -- madoff said he's happier in prison and his wife told "60 minutes" the couple tried to kill themselves. the story...

u.s. oil companies, are raking in near record profits, so why are they still getting huge taxpayer subsidies? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." he skipped the last presidential debate and sidelined himself in iowa saying he wants to focus on the first of the nation's primary state. jon huntsman is betting almost everything on new hampshire, but is trail ng the state while romney is enjoying a substantial lead and now, huntsman is joining some of romney's sharpest critics in questioning romney's conservative credentials. jon huntsman is joining us now from salt lake ...

>> see. i'm waiting for herman to blow o smoke. >> that is the most bad you kno what commercial i've ever seenl in my life. i loved it. >> maybe they're going for the tobacco vote. >> what mark block said was they go out to these veterans bars to sort of shake hands and greetno, people. guys are smoking there. t they're relating to people. >> but nobody smokes any more. >> come on.ye 12-year-olds smoke? you don't go ow to the clubs and bars, you don't know what happens. >> that's where the herman cain support is, in the clubs and thi bars. when i saw this, i c thought ths guy was convicted of ...