let me start with you, mary alice. >> one, of course we listened to the first panel.think the american dream is dead. of course it's not. it is inside their hearts. they need to discover it. in a lot of ways it is their opportunity to step forward and create new jobs and find new ways to earn a living. like you, we all started at menial jobs. they will have to as well. they have to fight to create their future. >> do you think -- is it the land of opportunity for them that it was for us or have we put more obstacles in their path with things like $17 trillion debt? >> yes. we have added this debt down the line. they have to pay for it. we haven't started to talk about inflation. the government is printing money every day. the debt is getting higher and higher. they don't have a chance to make enough money to support the debt that our generation is incurring on them. >> i was asking how though th seems like the first time in u.s. history that the system has been turned on its head. we want to make sure they have a better life but now it seems like, well, we'll run up t

alice sis christoforous is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, alexis. >> good morning, anne-marie. there are indications that the federal reserve may be closer to scaling back its economic stimulus program. minutes of the fed's meeting last month were released yesterday and members agreed they would like to start reducing their bond purchases in the coming months if the job market improves. the bond purchases are intended to keep long-term borrowing rates low, but the fed still intends to keep short-term rates low. the fed's stimulus program had been a key driver of this year's stock market surge and after the fed minutes were released stocks fell. the dow jones industrial average ended the day 66 points lower. the nasdaq composite lost 10. slow manufacturing growth in china sent asian markets lower. hong kong's hang seng lost half a percent and norfolk owe's nikkei bucked the trend jumping 2%. >>> two trade groups representing u.s. and europe. back in april the collapse of a factory complex killed workers and a factory fire killed over 100 workers. it supplies such retailers, the