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With north korea, and perhaps most importantly this week, cyber security. let's get right to our own correspondent, kristen welker who's with us in california. kristen, we'll get to this evening's meeting in second, but first, let me get the president's comments earlier on the nsa gathering information. the president answered only a couple of questions about the program, but it was quite a thorough answer. yesterday it was phones. today it's the internet. should we be expecting further information about similar programs in the days ahead, kristen? >> reporter: well, i think that's certainly po...

Best day in a decade. the nasdaq today closed above the 3,000 mark for the first time in nearly 12 years. last time we saw this, bill clinton was in the white house. the dow also closed at a four year high of 218 today alone. and well above the 13,000 milestone it hit last month. then there is the s&p, up 25 points today. tech companies helped the nasdaq surge. apple stock way up on strong presales of that new ipad. along with rumors that an iphone 5 may be on the way. add to that some good news from the federal reserve. today it confirmed it will keep current low interest rates into the year ...

I'm not worried about them. i'm worried about people who are not wealthy who want to get up, make something of themselves, rise, succeed, create businesses, go to work, and have a life that they want. >> did he say he's not worried about the wealthy? oh, yes, he is. that's all he does is protect the wealthy. ryan's theory isn't based in reality. it's a fact. president obama's economic policies have led this country to 19 straight months of private sector job growth. here's another fact. president obama's economic policies have led america to nine straight quarters of gdp growth. and it is a fa...

Growth. and it is a fact the stock market was under 8,000 points on president bush's last day in office. and it's a fact the stock market closed over 12,200 points today. if you're in the market, you've got to feel good about that. even you righties. the only reason these numbers are not higher is because paul ryan and the republicans have done everything to kill the economy and sink the president's re-election effort. it's not radical for democrats to think president obama should quit trying to work with these folks and go into the campaign mode. republicans don't care about governing and are...

Work. we should be focused not on worrying about wealthy people. i'm not worried about them. i'm worried about people who are not wealthy who want to get up, make something of themselves, rise, succeed, create businesses, go to work, and have a life that they want. >> did he say he's not worried about the wealthy? oh, yes, he is. that's all he does is protect the wealthy. ryan's theory isn't based in reality. it's a fact. president obama's economic policies have led this country to 19 straight months of private sector job growth. here's another fact. president obama's economic policies have le...