. >>> i'm going to check with chuck bell about the forecast and just when he thinks we might see another band of rain coming our way. chuck? >> good morning, barbara. we have a little bit of sunshine breaking through the clouds at this point in time. sunshine right outside the windows here at the friendly peacock into northwest washington. temperatures in the mid-70s. up to the north and west, clouds have been thicker. have more light rain. mar continuesburg, west virginia, 66 degrees currently. light rain is in frederick county, maryland. the showers are going northeast bound. so over to westminster and carol county, maryland. rainfall amounts, less than a tenth of an inch of rain. so mostly cloudy. light rain is all you have to worry about for today. a touch of humidity left today. that leaves us tomorrow, a little better weather coming your way for friday. the weekend still looks awfully chilly around here. cloudy skies and temperatures stuck in the 50s. both saturday and sunday. >>> some growers around are hoping that you will call for sunshine, a lot of it soon. >> i'll show you the

bell, singing from those gathered. at today's commemoration with the former head of the nyse. chuck schumer and hillary clinton, new york senators at the time, the former governor and former mayor rudy giuliani all rang the bell on september 17th, 2001, the day the exchange reopened. many felt a mix of emotions. >> the worst memory-- memory i have of that day is watch a man throw himself out 16901s, 102nd floor, it stays with me always. i will never get over it. >> you have that horrible memory, and the horrible memory of the loss. but then you also have the inspiring memory of the thousands and thousands of new yorkers who rushed to the site. >> reporter: in the financial world much has changed since 9/11. america's unemployment rate now is double what it was back then. and the nation has endured two recessions. but one thing hasn't changed much at all, stock prices. since september 10th, 2001, the dow has risen just 14%. that means an average gain of less than 2% a year. but today many weren't thinking about profits. they were thinking about losses. on 9/11 floor broker kenney pul

at age 29 he was named bell and howell president and chief executive officer, the youngest person to head a major american corporation up to that time. in 14 years under chuck percy's leadership, bell and howell extended its reach in the consumer electronics market. its number of employees increased 12 fold and its annual sales climbed from $13 million to $160 million. in 1964 chuck percy was a delegate to the republican of national convention, the same year he ran unsuccessfully for governor for illinois. two years later chuck percy challenged that former university of chicago professor, paul douglas for his seat in the united states senate. i knew all about that campaign. it was my first. i was a college student and an intern to senator douglas and wefpbt back to work on his -- went back to work on his campaign in illinois when chuck percy challenged him. in the final weeks of that campaign i was with senator douglas in my hometown of east st. louis, illinois. he was staying at the holiday inn and he received word early in the morning that chuck percy's daughter valley had been murdered in their home. senator douglas, i remember this to this day, saw a ch

at age 29 he was named bell and howell president and chief executive officer, the youngest person to head a major american corporation up to that time. in 14 years under chuck percy's leadership, bell and howell extended its reach in the consumer electronics market. its number of employees increased 12 fold and its annual sales climbed from $13 million to $160 million. in 1964 chuck percy was a delegate to the republican of national convention, the same year he ran unsuccessfully for governor for illinois. two years later chuck percy challenged that former university of chicago professor, paul douglas for his seat in the united states senate. i knew all about that campaign. it was my first. i was a college student and an intern to senator douglas and wefpbt back to work on his -- went back to work on his campaign in illinois when chuck percy challenged him. in the final weeks of that campaign i was with senator douglas in my hometown of east st. louis, illinois. he was staying at the holiday inn and he received word early in the morning that chuck percy's daughter valley had been murdered in their home. senator douglas, i remember this to this day, saw a ch

bell. it's thursday, september 8, 2011. i'm chuck todd. this is a special edition of the "the daily rundown" coming to you from burbank, california. we've broken down all the sets at the reagan library. let's get to my first reading of the morning. who would have bet six months ago that the single most contentious issue that could decide the nomination would be the future of social security? the battle lines have been drawn with nancy reagan looking on. rick perry and mitt romney tossed aside the former president's 11th commandment and made it clear they're willing to fight. the scrappy exchanges started around minute five and it was on jobs. >> we created more jobs in the last three months in texas than he created in four years in massachusetts. >> texas has zero income tax. texas has a right to work state, a republican legislature, a republican supreme court. governor perry doesn't believe he created that. >> michael dukakis created jobs three times faster than you did, mitt. >> as a matter of fact, george bush and his predecessor create

chuck, actually, futures have turned around and we're higher going into the opening bell.ad rule enwitching really is, it's a day when contracts for stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures all expire. so that's how you get the four of the quadruple. and typically does add a level of volatility to the market as the uncertainty surrounding economic conditions as it continues to whoever, could make for some unpredictable stock movement. but again, it might not either. it's really just the expiration of certain kinds of securities that all happen on one day. but we can't ignore what's happening in europe. and the market certainly isn't going to either. in order to avoid really a true greek tragedy, a bankruptcy declaration, greece is waiting for the next $8 billion euro installment of a bailout package, but officials from the eurozone and international monetary fund are delaying their review of greece's finances until next month. they're gathering information to determine if greece has held up its end of the deal to take measures to cu

dignitaries ranged opening bell, including former mayor hrudey giuliani, hillary clinton and chuck schumeranwhile, the markets tanked today. the dow jones closed down 2.5%. bill richardson yshows he won't leave cuba. he says the cuban government has turned down his request to visit gross in the hospital. richardson arrived in havana on wednesday to try to negotiate gross' release. cuba says gross was trying to install illegal electronic equipment. airlines have increased their one-way fares as much as $5 for walk-up purchase. time will tell if consumers are willing to pay more to fly in this sluggish economy. >> thanks very much. the terror threat in new york and washington, d.c. ten years after the 9/11 attacks. we're going to show you what's being done to try to resolve this. stay with us. this is the kind of truck that has it all. ♪ guess that means you can do it all. it's the chevy season of doing. now combine the all-star edition discount with other offers for a total value of $6,000. or qualified buyers can get 0% apr for 60 months plus $1,000 cash allowance on all silverado models.

chuck schumer describing what he saw on 9/11. he joins me live from washington. thank you for your time. i know among other things you will ring the opening bellth secretary clinton and rudy giuliani in observance of the attacks and here we are ten years later and i have been listening to the family members talk about the loss of life and the loss of love, and what are the feelings here as we approach the anniversary today? >> well, first, your heart goes out to the families who lost loved ones. know a lot of the f and the hole in the heart never heals. it was a mindless act of savagery, and you never get over that. second as a new yorker, i'm proud of my city. the resilience that new york showed right after 9/11 happened, they were writing new york off, and big cities that would be targets and people would not want to live there in areas that might be targets and downtown would become a ghost town and that is all down spak, but there is a third thought here, and that is that the politics has so deteriorated in the last ten years that you wonder if god forbid another attack occurred would we have the same unity and the resolve and the focus lo

moments away from the opening bell on wall street and let's check in with courtney regan for the market rundown. this feels like it's going to be ugly. >> reporter: i think it is, chuckthink i accidentally wore the right color because i think we'll see more red arrows on wall street, just continuing that downdraft that we saw on friday when the dow tumbled 303 points. we're below that 11,000 mark to open. we'll more than likely open down around 150 points or so in the next couple of minutes because we had these worries about europe's spreading debt crisis that still is at the forefront of all investors' minds. reports say that germany is now prepping plans to shield its banks from the impact of greece defaulting on its debt. a greek finance minister over the weekend said the country has cash to operate until next month but then that could be it. so on sunday the greek government announced a new property tax to try to please euro zone policy makers who threatened to withhold the payment that they desperately need. greece plans to collect the tax through electricity bills to make sure citizens pay it quickly. they already also the ppc utility company as a vehicle to co

, chuck schumer, still a senator from new york and dick grasso to the left of the screen was, as i said, a strong leader at the new york stock exchange during those very, very difficult days. >> [bell last night from the president is that it will not add a penny to our country's decifit which is $14.6 trillion at the moment and here is a look at the number this, is the big number, $447 billion for the america's jobs plan. republican leaders say it will not be that easy. here's house majority leader eric kantor on this. >> i don't think it should be an all or nothing proposal here. that's the one thing i think has not sat well with a lot of my colleagues, because the president continues to say ump teen times, pass the bill. again, that doesn't work in this town or frankly, anywhere, not when you have good people that can disagree, and there are pieces of this proposal that i think we can work on and move quickly, so we can see people get back to work. martha: sore is the president's plan enough for democrats? let's ask new jersey democrat robert andres, on the education committee and work force. good morning to you. obviously, it was a big night for the president, a lot of people fe

bell. >>> the fed unveil as short-term stimulus to boost the economy. speculation they'll revive a program known at "operation twist." it's goal, teep long-term interest rates down to fuel the economy. >>> chucka letter by republicans leaders writing we have serious concerns further intervention by the federal reserve could exacerbate current problems or further harm the u.s. economy. congress has no business telling the fed what to do. >>> raising a red flag. the group in a report released prior to this meeting, "the economy is in a dangerous phase and expects the economy to slow and the u.s. will grow at only 1.5%." the iconic beermaker fosters has agreed to be taken over. weren't of the largest brewing companies in the world and said to have paid $10 billion for fosters. >>> don't forget, for the very latest news about your money, check out the all-new cnnmoney.com. >>> "american morning" will be right back after this quick break. my grocery bill isn't wasteful spending. my heart medication isn't some political game. our retirement isn't a simple budget line item. i worked hard. i paid into my medicare. and i earned my social security. now, instead of cutting waste and loopholes, washingto