i'm maria bartiromo. the dow falls nearly 1,000 points during the day, its biggest intraday drop ever. but some of those trades won't count. why riots on the streets of greece led to the tumble and what could happen next. >>> some good news. the economy continues to add jobs. now at its best pace in four years. what does it moon for the economic recovery? we'll talk to labor secretary hilda solis. >>> wall street pays off. he tells us what he's cracking down on. my had conversation with ken feinberg. >>> "wall street journal report" begins right now. >>> this is what's making news as we head into a new week on wall street. it looks like the jobs market may final i hely be picking up steam. the government released the unloimt report for the month of april and it was encouraging. employers added 290,000 jobs last month wk the fast eggs growth in jobs in four years. the unemployment rate rose to 9d.9%. that was because more people entered the labor market and were looking for a job. >>> a wild and volatile w

i'm maria bartiromo at the big board. here's what we're following at the close today.nd it was a tough day for those along to market. a huge sell-off on wall street. investors taking money off of the table on new worries that the greek bailout will not prevent debt problems from spreading throughout europe. the dow, the nasdaq, the s&p 500 -- all touching their lowest levels in about a month. the weakness is certainly also touching commodities and certain currencies, the euro sharply lower. we have a big toll on oil as well. oil prices down about 4% today. we're just now moments away from news corp's third quarter earnings release, we'll have those numbers and instant analysis once the numbers hits the wire. take a look at how we finished the day on wall street. the market ended off on the worst level of the the session but still down 2%. 225 points lower at 10927. nasdaq, ouch, 3% lower, 75 points down at 2424. and the s&p 500 down 28, at 11 sech 3. volatility rose and so did volume. get to our man on the floor, our bob pisani on the nyse. bob. >> quite an exciting da

i'm maria bartiromo. today reporting from las vegas. the market hits correction territory down 10% from recent highs. it's scary out there. what should investors do now? >>> taking a gamble on vegas. i'll talk to the mayor of sin city about gaming, real estate and what makes this 24-hour neon city tick. >>> former baseball great reggie jackson's new pitch. he and bobby valentine. "the wall street journal" report begins right now. >>> here's a look what's making news as we head into a new week on wall street. the markets ran smack into a correction this week tumbling about 10% from their recent highs in april. the major indices falling sharply on concerns about europe's debt crisis and the fears that that contagion is spreading to the united states. the dow jones industrial average falling nearly 400 points on thursday alone, its largest percentage drop since march of 2009. volatility skyrocketed as the market fell. earnings news meanwhile as companies beat analysts' expectations last quarter including retail he recalls home depot and wa

. >> maria bartiromo talks about her book and the great financial meltdown. the washington trade hosted the hour long event. >> well, welcome to the board of trade. thank you for joining us. congratulations on the new book. we're thrilled to get you early in the process. i know the road show begins. thanks for spending time with us. you're probably more familiar with the business of greater washington lately than you'd like to be. because we live in interesting times, that's for sure. how has the book tour been going? i want to talk a lot more about what's in it. you covered the keys to success. give us an idea of what you were thinking when you decided to spend the time putting the book together. >> it's been well. it's been a busy couple of weeks since the book was launched. i wrote the book because in 2008 when we were all watching people lose their jobs and the recession really at its peek and the financial system under severe pressure with iconic firms failing like lehman brothers and bear stearns, i started to focus on the people that were coming out of

welcome to "closing bell," i'm maria bartiromo here at the new york stock exchange. the stocks were stumbling out of the gates with concerns of the renewed debt increase in greece. market losses are starting to accelerate in the last hour, but we are now off of the worst levels of the afternoon. looking at where we are, 10,853, and energy stocks are on the downside with the decline of the dow, and nasdaq also under selling pressure today. take a look at the nasdaq composite chart is similar intraday, and also bouncing off of the lows, but still down 23 points, about 1% at 2,400. s&p 500 down about 9 points, and 0.75%. let's talk about the closing bell exchange here, and talk about what is behind the moves and what they resooing. my co-host scott wapner, and bob pisani, and rick santelli, and joining us from head quarter is cnbc contributor ron insana. thank you, everybody. thanks for joining me on the call. the markets are better shape than yesterday, but the sent lt -- sentiment is turning. what are you hearing, bob pisani? >> well,t

i'm maria bartiromo here at the new york stock exchange. we have a sizable sell-off going on wall street today as we approach the close, we're here in the lows. new worries that greece's debt problems will in fact spread to other european countries. it's all putting a lot of pressure on the euro, and oil, sending stocks spiraling lower today. of course, the bp story continues as well. the dow and the nasdaq seeing their biggest declines today since early february. take a look at where we stand with the dow jones industrial average down near the lows of the afternoon in the triple digits with decline of 2.wo 5%. 10900. down across the board. biggest decline since february 4. onto the nasdaq, we are seeing heavy selling there as well, and it is across the board, not just in stock, but commodities also seeing a sizable sell-off today. materials and industrials, really the worst-performing large cap s&p 500 groups. nasdaq down 81 points. back below 2500 at 2417 with the decline on the session 3.33%. as you can see right out of the gate this mor