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welcome to the closing bell, i'm simon hobbs at the new york stock exchange. >> simon, good see you, hi, everybody, i'm maria bartiromo a mark that's is flat here that is a victory really isn't it, simon? we had the lows hit earlier today in the morning and financials under pressure and computer stocks among the laggards. >> come back in a straight line, now down about 15 points on the dow. not bad. >> volume still under pressure, talking about very low numbers day in and day out, you have got to take a look at oil, not a big movement in oil today, $106 barrel oil. i wonder what your...

survivors from the rubble after yesterday's powerful 7.2 earthquake. the death toll is 239, expected to rise. close to 800 more are hurt and dozens of buildings were flattened in the eastern part of the country. people still trapped in those buildings, highways have caved in as well. there have been 100 aftershocks since that initial earthquake. one was a 6.0. signs of hope ringing out on the a vigil for a missing baby lisa irwin. >> ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >> dozens of people attended the service in kansas city in front of the home where the 11-month-old vanished. ...

Them as a private business. ooh. that's a problem. nobody is biting yet. warren meyer of the recreation resource manager is with us now. okay. warren, what is the catch here? >> hey, glenn. good to be here. >> glenn: good to have you. what is the catch? >> personally, i'm passionate about it and i don't think there is one. there is a lot of things that state fear and i don't know what is going on in arizona because we're early in the process. in other states, they are folks that are philosophical to opposed and capitalism and folks that it's new and risky and fear the loss of control. >> glenn...

Forest. you're not going to commercialize it. >> we can't. my bread is buttered with people who want to come out and see nature. >> glenn: all right. so you're not going out to the cactuses and chopping them down and making hey, this is like abe ra a hamlin con' hamlin -- abraham lincoln's log cabin but it's out of cacti, right? >> we can't build a building or change things without permission of the state. i wouldn't anyway. people come to see the cactus, not a goofy tourist attraction. >> glenn: warren, thank you for your time and thank you for being on the show. i have to tell you, america. ...

>> glenn: okay. here is your choice if you are living in the state of arizona. park, that is opening and functioning. or no park, a park that's closed. seems pretty easy to choose if you like parks. warren meyer is hoping to privatize some of arizona state parks because they're closing them down because they can't afford to keep them open anymore. what happens to the condition of a park if it is closed down? i mean, is it like a neighborhood you close down a neighborhood and everything will go into disrepair? >> it's awful, glenn. i had to take care of a couple of parks that have been closed f...