bret michaels has been through a lot in the past few years, notably suffering from two major medicaleport bret has recovered so well, he was able to go on tour and give back through a new "reader's digest" campaign. >> you look good. >> thank you very much. >> you look strong. >> thank you. >> was it two years ago? >> 2009? >> when i took the hit? yeah. we went down there, and we were playing. we were just getting ready to kick off a tour for the summer out in the arenas. and i took a pretty severe hit to the head. you know, like i said, the show was great. everyone there, nice people. and it just was an unfortunate accident. and yeah. it rung my bell. >> yeah. >> well, we didn't know if you were going to make it with that one. i didn't know about the one this past summer. >> the disco ball? >> what happened with that? >> that one barely missed me, so i was fine. the brain hemorrhage, like i said, everything that happened with the -- they sewed up my heart. and i feel a lot better. i feel great. it's weird because even when all that stuff happened, i never felt healthier. this is goo

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. >> bret: now some fresh picks from the political grapevine. filmmaker michaele would never question patriotism or love for country. the record may not support that. he said, "i would assume that they love this country and i assume that what they are doing is what they believe is best for the country." news busters notes in 2001, moore suggested president george w. bush was guilty of funding mass murder. in 2007, he spoke of his desire for a perp walk for president bush. and vice president dick cheney. saying both were guilty of war crimes and ought to be put on trial. in the wake of last year's earthquake in haiti, moore blame death camp on "republican paradise of no building codes and regulations." illinois republican congressman joe wall serb not letting his philosophical disagreements with president obama from keeping him to get in the holiday spirit. he attended a party for members of congress on monday at the white house after telling the president to "quit lying" on youtube in july. boycotting the job speech this year leaving a writer from the hill to qui

michael moynihan. that does it for me. i'm greg gutfeld. that's all. >> bret: world banks put up a safety net sending wall street on a tear. this is "special report." good evening, i'm bret baier. wall street investors face their own version of black friday today. scrambling to gobble up the stocks and gigantic numbers after a move by the federal reserve to help european banks maintain liquidity in dollars. the dow catapulted to a 490 point gain. the biggest since march of 2009. the s&p 500 was up 52. the nasdaq finished 105 ahead. chief washington correspondent jim angle explains what prompted today's surge. >> bob: the u.s. >> reporter: the u.s. stock market roared. the banks were clinging to their money. >> we're trying to sell goods to europe. they need access to dollars. to pay us. if they can't get access to dollars they can't consummate the transaction, we don't get the expert. >> the fed lowered the price for the other central banks to swap euros for dollars. from over 1% to half a percent. former fed governor said it had to be done. >> with europe, th

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