nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> conference report is agreed to. >> reporter: it was 60-39. financial reform passed the senate on a mostly party line vote. democrats broke a republican filibuster. >> and thank you. thank you, american people. finally! >> reporter: president obama hopes voters applaud. >> in short, wall street reform will bring greater security to folks on main street. >> reporter: to protect consumers, the so-called finreg bill sets up two new agencies and tougher rules, to regulate banking and crack down on risky investing after wall street's near meltdown of 2007. >> to fix this system so this does not happen again. >> reporter: republicans were passionately opposed. >> this is precisely the kind of thing americans are tired of, a government simply out of control. >> reporter: democrats say their finreg bill blocks the way back to the scary days of '07. i'm nbc's steve handelsman, capitol hill. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in new york, newly released video shows a routine traffic stop can turn deadly.

as steve handelsman remains, an anti-war online group attacking u.s. policy is the culprit. >> reporter: made public were classified intelligence and action reports. filed by u.s. forces in afghanistan from '04 to '09. troops worried about local support, worried about civilian deaths. 90,000 reports like these four released online by wikileaks.org. >> it's war. it's one damn thing after another. >> reporter: the founder, julian assange said u.s. involvement is illegal. the leaks detail how pakistani intelligence allegedly helped the taliban and how the anti-american jihad was allegedly still being advised recently by former isi commander general gould. u.s. forces doubting they can win. separately, a claim that a nato rocket killed 52 civilians. all threatening support for president obama's plan to escalate the wa ar. >> there's minimal support from the american people for a long campaign. >> all of that information out in a public way has the potential to do harm. >> reporter: secrecy, tough to protect in modern warfare. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news