the arena and radio city music hall. very big complex, of course. the cable company announcing a 10% drop in earnings to 29 cents a share. revenues up, though, 10%. look at how the stock is trading. investors like that news, with revenues being up $1.57, a gain of better than 8% at 20 bucks and 50 cents a share right now. last trade. >> thanks so much, trish. >>> the obama administration is pressing banks to pick up the pace of loan modifications for troubled homeowners. so far, only about 200,000 mortgages have been modified. the administration says that ultimately, it would like to see as many as 4 million loans modified. meanwhile, some say we have hit a bottom in the housing market anyway. so when our call of the wild, we asked, do we even need this program? >> let's bring in sherry oel i have son, author of closing nation, and senior economics reporter, and, of course, our very own, very knowledgeable diana olick. thanks to all of you for joining us. steve, let me let you take first crack at this. what do you think? do we need this program anym