frank murtha, thank you so much.et site.com. >> and before we go, as we focus on that big tempting round number, here's another look at the dow as it inches closer to 20,000. the blue chip index added 114 points today to 19,911. 911. hmmm. nasdaq, there's the nasdaq. it was up 51 points. the s&p 500 up 14 and three quarters to finish at 22.71. >> we'll be their lifeline, regardless of what happens. >> give us a call. >> all right. that will do it for "nightly business report" for tonight. i'm sue herera. thanks so much for joining us. >> and i'm tyler mathisen, thanks from me, as well. have a great evening, everybody and we will see you back here tomorrow. >>> "nightly business report" has been funded in part by hss. >>> our value principles are patient first, and we want to deliver the highest quality care. >> the goal of creating and sustaining value is all about putting the patient at the center of the equation. >> the purpose of this organization is to help people get back to what they need and love to do. ♪ -"ja

jack murtha is dead and i am no longer in office. [laughter] sec.y: we are well-qualified to tell them how they should have done it. i mean, there is no question that there has been deadlock and plenty of blame to go around. i prefer to say, we have a fresh shark and we have a new -- a fresh start we have a new president and a unified congress. ultimately, obviously, the democrats can, they can filibuster and create problems and we need to find ways to work together going forward. i think personally, what you need upfront is strong presidential leadership, and working with the congress to get them on board and i think many of them are already there. we need this as a number one priority. the u.s. military capability, national security policy, and our role in the world, we need to have agreement on the input for the resources to make it a reality and all the other debates, they are interesting but irrelevant until we solve the problem. sec. panetta: the new president will run into what all new presidents run into, smack into the wall of checks and ba