important work is shapping, new tools are being provided to do that work. an opportunity to sit on our side of the table, which many people, clearly all of you, want the opportunity to serve the public, and so do lots of people in the securities industry, and we've been able to really tap into that and bring in amazing talent to supplement our great career civil servants. >> let me just ask you one more question, too, at this point. top elaborate a little bit more on the whole issue of your i.t., the growth, and the last three years there's been a very serious improvement in the i tm infrastructure and signs that show that's getting much better. where would you want it to be, say, in two or three years from now, in terms of the i.t. infrastructure? >> we have, our chief technology officers here today, tom bair's done an extraordinary job in a relatively short period of time really improving the sec's governance over i.t. so we are thoughtful and careful and prioritize how we are going to spend our money and also bringing great depth of knowledge about techn

sue shap cott, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> jobs are up but the market is down. some sense of it on viewpoint. polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space. which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd and you still need to retire. td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll even throw in up to $600 when you open a new account or roll over an old 401(k). so who's in control now, mayans? ♪ >> in today's economic update, the market swoons down 124 points. the biggest drop in months spain teeters on the edge as fears re-emerged that europe's debt crisis could spike again. here in the u.s. car sales jump with g.m. and chrysler reporting double-digit gains. and early numbers suggest another month of 200,000 jobs created. what does it all mean? is it good, bad, or somewhere in between? here is dan gross from yahoo. >> your articles are fresh and under what is going on here. why the down turn in the market at the very moment when jobs in

. >> and also weighing on sentiment, hollande beats sarkozy in the first round of the president shapction. >> and flash pme reading eases fears of a hard hand, but reinforces the case for further stimulus. if you're just joining us, we'll take a look at the u.s. futures. seeing some of the pressure in the international markets trickle into the u.s. here. if the markets were to open now, the dow would be lower by 106, the nasdaq by 22 and the s&p 500 lower by 13. this of course after a see saw week last week. >> european stocks are lower here. given up last week's gains. cac 40 down nearly 2%. ftse down 1.3%. and ibex down over 3% again morning. pretty much down to the weak pmis that we've had out of the eurozone. 47.4. looking for something around 49.3. core economies weaker than expected. >> meantime over in china, preliminary flash pmi recovered slightly in april from march's reading, but this is now the sixth consecutive month that the index has read below 50 marking contraction airer to. tracey chang has more of the details. >> good morning. that's right. we saw a slower pace of

patrick shaps day. >> the notion that food gets better when you color the green i've never understoodn green is my strategy. martha: i said don't you want the green bagel on st. patrick's day? not so much, mom i think i'll go with the sesame. bill: san antonio shaun ogreepn was a great man. jenna: i have no way to follow-up on that. very tphaupbee guys. the deadline is looming and we are waiting big news from the justice department, big news in three little pages. the federal judge wants to know in writing if the justice department believes the supreme court has the right to overturn a law. this all ties back to the debate over the healthcare law. we'll be all over it with that breaking news as it comes. there is a brand-new sleeping pill, it's in your drugstores today for the very first time, also out a new study on autism that may have uncovered a genetic clue to the disorder. experts will weigh in on both of those stories, maybe the green bagels as well, bill, you never who what will come up. bill: i think he's right, with or without the green it tastes the same, all thought it loo

the plu shap fed official suggested that policymakers still have a variety of options for to engage in further asset purchases. >> i remain prepared to adjust my policy views in response to incoming information. in particular further easing actions could be warranted if the recovery proceeds at a slower than expected pace while a significant acceleration in the pace of recovery could call for an earlier beginning to the process of policy firming than the fmoc currently anticipates. >> okay. wrap it up. >> it's a busy week for fed speak. later today, we'll hear from president dudley and philly president plosser. plus fed governor sarah bloom raskin and, yes, the question has to be how do you ease from zero. >> they're loaded with arrows. they're flush. here's the journal piece. i see no need for more accommodation. dennis lockhart, way too early to conclude the economy is sputtering. >> yellen is the one supposedly -- >> i'm not jelling with yelling. >> she's the vice chair. >> i don't care. and richard pisher, ifish, i'm to hear there are concerns about cost push pressures. we don't kn