i think people should stay tuned and look at the budget in a few weeks. >> melody barnes, thank you for your time. >> thank you so much. >> susie: a different view of social security. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty offered a solution to keeping the program solvent. speaking today in new hampshire, the republican presidential contender, said one way to do it is by limiting social security payments to wealthier americans. pawlenty says his plan is not ideal, but it's reasonable, and could help deal with the nation's mounting national debt. small movement with the major indices, but it really masked what was going on today in the markets. so let's get you updated in tonight's "market focus." the trading day ended mixed but only thanks to a last-hour rally. here's today's trade of the dow jones industrial average. just before 3>00 pm eastern, the index hit its low for the day, before shooting up in the last hour. a big contributor to the last hour rally was ibm. shares ended up just over 1%. volume doubled and tonight's close is an all-time high. telecom stocks led the market, helpe