i'm joined by suzanne pratt. wall street saw its first rally this month, suzanne, after six straight losing sessions. >> suzanne: tom, stocks moved higher at the open and stayed in the plus column all day. the dow rose 75 points, the nasdaq and s&p 500 both added 9.5 points. >> tom: helping the market: word the u.s. trade deficit fell in april to its lowest level of the year. it dropped 6.7% to just over $43.5 billion. exports hit a new high, climbing just over 1% to $175 billion, while imports fell slightly to $219 billion. >> suzanne: despite today's rally on wall street, the past month has not been a good one for u.s. stocks. in fact, the major stock indexes peaked at the end of april. since then, the dow and s&p 500 are down more than 5% while the nasdaq has lost 6.6%. experts point the finger directly at the economy and its softpatch. the drop this month has investors looking for protection and safety from the struggling economy. let's first assume the economy will be in "slow mo" for the next several months

i'm suzanne pratt. good night everyone. you too, tom. >> tom: goodnight suzanne. i'm tom hudson. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> more information about investing is available in "nightly business report's" video "how wall street works". to order this dvd, call 1-800- play-pbs or visit online at shoppbs.org. >> be more. pbs. d andy mcconnell: so are you saying that this vase actually belonged to field marshal montgomery? his parents-- his father was a minister in moville and they lived in the house. and the vase was in the house when my son-in-law's father bought it. so your son-in-law's father buys the house and this is part of the contents of the house. yes, that's part of the contents. it sat at the top of the stairs-- at the top of a spiral staircase in a hallway on a table. was it a grand house, would you describ

>> hi, suzanne. on july 24th same-sex marriage will be legal in new york. as it is in five other states. it was a bipartisan effort, yes, four republican new york state lawmakers voted yes to same-sex marriage. gay advocates are celebrating and already handing out their road map to other states working on same-sex marriage legislation. new york's governor andrew cuomo. >> i believe new york has sent a message to this nation, loud and clear, it is time for marriage equality all across this country. >> maybe. nationally even some staunch republicans -- actually, maybe nationally even some staunch conservatives are on board like dick cheney who has a gay daughter. >> i think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. >> cheney did add it's up to each state to decide. other conservatives are on board like john mccain's wife cindy, george w. bush's daughter barbara. advocates say it's a sign young republicans are much more supportive. still plenty people opposed to same-sex marriag

suzanne?nbelievable, dan. the last hour i had a chance to speak with alameda's intern fire chief and we pressed him on this point. this is how he explained it. >> the policy that was put into place is changed, and there won't be any question about that in the future. under the same circumstances, again, though, with a crime scene, with an individual who could be unstable and potentially dangerous, we would have to take that into consideration before we attempted a rescue, as a firefight firefighter, isn't that part of the job? it's dangerous. we might meet up with somebody who's dangerous but we take the chance anyway because we committed ourselves to saving lives? >> absolutely. i know, suzanne, those firefighters on the beach yesterday, they were incredibly frustrated by this whole situation, because i know them. they wanted to get in, take action. they want to do their jobs and they feel like they're handcuffed. so -- it's really an untenable situation for our people. >> if this was your fa

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think about it this way, suzanne.nd that black box in the bottom of the ocean floor. yet we can pull it up, open up that sealed container and get all of that data out. the electronics these days are absolutely just fascinating and you're not going to get away with it. it's on your computer, they're going to find it. >> we'll get to those details about the computer and what was found at another time. but thank you so much, holly. really appreciate it. fascinating case. >>> our sister network hln is your destination for complete coverage of the casey anthony trial. watch special coverage of the trial throughout the day on hln. >>> republicans are lining up for the chance to take on president obama in the 2012 election. but the president's biggest challenger may be -- the economy. that story up ahead. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] and just like that, it's here. a new chance for all of us: people, companies, communities to face the challenges yesterday left behind and the ones tomorrow will bring. prudential. bring your challeng

>> reporter: tough talk, suzanne.ad e was the campaign manager, ran ronald reagan's re-election campaign. most recently the guy ran mike huckabee's election campaign four years ago. remember, huckabee won iowa. a big success story. i spoke to rollins about the comments he made on politico and others on a radio show where he was equally tough at sarah palin. he said this is not part of a strategy. rollins has been hired. if bachmann jumps in to announce candidacy he'll steer the campaign. it's nots part of the strategy and told me specifically i don't think palin will run. if she does, we'll deal with it. there is a trend in the media to link them, meaning both women. in the long run we want palin and her people as our allies. that's what he told me this morning. >> no accident they're going after palin here. they're going after some of the same voters, however. the tea party folks. what does he think he's going to be able to accomplish there? seems like palin has really got that wrapped up. >> reporter: you're exactly

>>> and i kept asking everybody, where is suzanne? where is suzanne? i see her sock and her shoe. where is suzanne? >> tragedy at a nursing home. a car barrels through the building. >>> combing through the burned out shell of an amtrak train headed for the bay area looking for clues. what is being said about the truck driver who slammed into the train. >>> and the pink triangle unveiled for the annual pride festivities in san francisco. why organizers say it is important to display it every year. >>> good evening. i'm juliette goodrich. ann notarangelo is off tonight. shock and disbelief. as a car slams into a nursing home where patients had gathered for activities. one person is dead. six others injured. and it happened just before 10:00 this morning at the amber wood gardens home, on peterson avenue in san jose. anne makovec on the deadly crash that stunned the neighborhood. >> reporter: on a quiet morning at amber wood garden nursing home, no one could have seen this coming. >> my god, you know. you're sitting there having an activity and here comes a car. >> reporter: a 90-yea

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suzanne? >> is it possible for those who -- the farm laborers already working, can they work overtime to make up the difference here? >> you know, we talked with the georgia growers association. they say not really. you think about it. this is back-breaking work out there. most of these laborers are already working long hours, long ten-hour days. it's hard to work more and come in the next day and do it all over again. as you mentioned, georgia governor wants to fill the void with criminals who are on probation. georgia growers association is open to that but they say they just need to have some kind of skill or be willing to learn and willing to work hard. suzanne? >> thank you. obviously the law hasn't gone into effect yet but is impacting the community. >> scaring them off. >> thank you, have a great weekend. >>> atfs under fire, thousands of american-made guns are smuggled into mexico as u.s. agents stand by. find out why doing nothing to stop it was in fact part of the job. >>> second cho

thanks. >>> live from studio 7 i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed for wednesday, june 22nd. president obama addressing the nation tonight from the white house laying out his plan to begin drawing down u.s. troops from afghanistan. now, a number of sources tell cnn that the president will announce 10,000 troops will come home by the end of this year. another 20,000 would leave by the end of 2012 leaving 70,000 american forces in afghanistan as 2013 begins. >>> a pilot dodges disaster. a jumbo jet speeding for takeoff had to come to a screeching halt when an egypt aircraft turned onto the runway. at takeoff speeds the pilot would have just had seconds to react. >>> american 158 heavy. >> cancel takeoff plans. >> cancel takeoff plans. >> l>> all traffic is stopped right now. >>> in orlando prosecutors in casey anthony's murder trial reveal another odd twist. they're investigating whether anthony crossed paths with another inmate who lost a child. that inmate's story, eerily similar to the ones defense attorneys are selling a

suzanne. >> live from studio 7 i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to spead tuesday, june 7th. >> reporters will scout through thousands of pages of sarah palin's e-mails, it's from her term as alaska governor. from 2006 to december 2008 when she was chosen as republican vice presidential candidate. palin said she's not worried about what is in the e-mails but does think they're going to be taken out of context. >> a lot of those e-mails were not meant for public consumption, they are between staff members, probably between family members. i'm sure people will capitalize on this opportunity to go through 25,000 e-mails and take things out of context. they never truly know what the context of each of the e-mails was. >> newt gingrich is looking for a new campaign staff. the gop presidential candidate pledges to make a fresh start after much of its staff jumped ship. at least seven senior staff members rescinded over disagreements about the campaign. gingrich recently took two weeks off for a planned vacation, with his wife. jury del

as you can see, suzanne, half the plate is fruits and vegetables.pretty simple, right? obvious, i should say. it has taken activists years to get the usda to say make half your food fruits and vegetables e people have accuseded them of cow towing to meat and dairy lobbyists. >> will this encourage americans to eat better? >> americans don't eat well at all. the rates of obesity are sky high. people will say it's not enough. we need to make good food more affordable. we need to make people more aware. we need to convince people this is something they need to do. no, the icon won't be enough. >> elizabeth, thanks very much. appreciate this. this is obviously something the first lady will be pushing and hopes it will change the behavior of many americans in tackling obesity as well. >> that's right. >>> here are today's choices for choose the news. first moammar gadhafi's soldiers may have left, but their tools of destruction remain. now children are playing on some of the very tanks that left them screaming in fear and unable to leave their homes. >>>

suzanne. >> budget issues common.we might see this in other states as well. >> if you remember, the federal government was in danger of shuts down in april. as far as state governments go, shutdowns aren't that common. >> for minnesota it's happened only once in the state's vis history. what happened, states pass a short-term fission that gives lawmakers extra time to discuss the budget. >> that happened in april. minnesota's deadline is coming up. what they need to do is close a 3.6 billion dollar budget hole. not sure if they're able to do it. the clock is ticking, hopefully they will. u zahn. >> thank you very much. i want to go to president obama. he's making brief remarks, let's listen in. >> although my hair is a little grayer, and during my first visit, i am glad to be able to keep that promise of the people in puerto rico. >> but this is only one part of my commitment to families here, on the island. because when i ran for president, i promised to include puerto rico, not just on my itinerary, but also in my v

turn it over to suzanne malveaux. >>> live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed. pakistan arrested inform ands who helped in the killing of islam pin. those arrested watched bin laden's compound. we'll bring you a live report from pakistan in just ten minneapolis. >>> tens of thousands of protesters surround the capital in greece and police let the tear gas canisters fly. the rage in the streets has been fueled by a government plan to cut spending and get the country's massive budget deficit under control. >>> this protest video was posted online by an activist. syrian aus launch aid bloody crack down on protesters that forced thousands to flee for their lives. >> we're just right now on the very edge of this makeshift camp. you can see the crew tents that people have strung up. for shelters, just starting to rain. just a plastic tarp. >> cramped together, six family, their feet caked in mud. mothers trying to provide their children what comfort they can. >> the prosecution rested its case today in the murder trial of casey anthony.

suzanne malveaux takes it from here. >>> live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed for thursday, june 30th. >>> casey anthony's defense team could wrap up today, potentially putting this explosive case in the jury's hands this weekend or early next week. now, the young florida woman is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee. today a woman, the defense claims carried on an affair with casey anthony's father testified. george anthony has repeated by denied the woman was his mistress. >> i didn't think that he could raise somebody that was capable of harming her child, and that's when he said it was an accident that snowballed out of control. >>> security scare for french president nicolas sarkozy. in a flash, a man grabs sarkozy, almost yanks him to the ground. it happened while sarkozy was shaking hands in southern france today. guards quickly tackled that man. >>> the united states honors robert m. gates for his extraordinary leadership and for a lifetime of service and devotion to our nation. >> this ask a big surprise for d

i'm suzanne malvo. up to speed.idate john edwards is due in federal court in two and a half hours. a grand jury indicted edwards on six criminal counts. prosecutors contend edwards used campaign donations to cover up an affair and pay his mistress. edwards' attorney says the money was not a campaign donation but a gift from two edwards' supporters. edwards will plead not guilty today because he says he did not break the law and plans to mount a vigorous defense. >>> tribal fighters slam the presidential compound in yemen with rocket propelled gre raid ins. a source tells cnn that president ali abdullah saleh has a slight head injury. but is going to address his country soon. what began as a protest against the government last february appears to be turning into a civil war. there is heavy fighting on the streets of two major cities, sa na and taiz. tribesmen have descended on taiz to protect anti-government protesters from security forces. tribes men turned on yemeni troops in late may when president saleh backed ou

at the end of it, the author, suzanne fisher staples, who has her books censored like judy's all the time, i e-mailed her to tell her that it was back in the curriculum. and she wrote me this wonderful e-mail in which she was--she said, "i'm weeping into my computer, because this is the first time "i have ever had any of my books reinstated in a curriculum after being censored." i have a question for you. i can understand that you went to-- you went to battle because of one line that offended one person. but there's also-- there's also been criticism of the book from the islamic community-- mm-hmm, yes. i addressed that too, actually. as being a stereotype. if that had been the criticism, would you have fought with less vigor? no, because i think i could have answered that. i think that what happens when we-- there's a bunch of things that happen when a book gets challenged that way. i actually--what i would do and what i have done, actually, in the course and process of this thing that i did with the schools was, i talked to suzanne fisher staples about that criticism and to see wha

where is suzanne? i see her sock and her shoe, where is suzanne? >> reporter: she was at the hospital, her wheelchair demolished. >> i kine of feel bad because i feel like if i had been here at 9:30, you know, i would have taken her out of there. >> reporter: the families of those that are left are worried, too. >> he is just shocked. he is in shock. big time shock. i don't know what to do to get him out of here. >> eric chin was the therapist in the room when it happened. >> sorry, like for the families, for the person who did it, and for everybody who kind of is affected, i'm sorry that it happened and there is no way anybody can really control something like this. >> the maintenance staff here expects to have this room fixed and everything back to normal by tuesday. in san jose, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> new information tonight on that deadly collision between a truck and an amtrak train that killed five people. the california zephyr was heading from chicago to emeryville. the truck slammed into it in a nevada desert near love lock about 70 miles

suzanne? >> all right, dan, thank you.aving everything behind in the path of a massive wildfire with zero containment. even the thrill seekers are now running. >>> time for the help desk, where we get answers to your financial questions. joining me this hour, a personal finance author, and doug flynn a certified financial planner and founder of flynn zeto. first question, guys from randy in cameron park, california. randy asks, our house is about 41% under water, and we will struggle to pay the $2,800 a month mortgage when i retire in nine years. what are the down sides of walking away now? monesha? >> there are a lot of down sides, first the whole moral issue and how you're going to feel about doing that. another one is just the impact that it's going to have on your credit score if you ever are needing to borrow money and going forward. and i noticed randy said he's planning on retiring in nine years. and i'm wondering, why -- think about retiring if you have still got this situation. what i would rather him do is talk t

suzanne? guys are looking good. we're anticipating a great debate. >> cnn will host the debate tonight all starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, only on cnn. >>> reporters hoping to find a bombshell in the thousands of pages of e-mails, they did not. it showed palin involved in the routine work the governing. it provides glimpses of her occasionally butting heads with politicians, one shows her pushing exxon to pay for damages for the oil spill. the treasurer issued a statement, saying the thousands upon thousands of e-mail show a very engaged governor being the ceo of her state. >>> photos of a member of congress that's actually going to make you smile. representative gabby giffords looking healthy and happy. our dr. sanjay gupta examines the post-surgery photos. yet an instant classic." with sports car styling and power, plus the refinement and space of a luxury sedan, the jaguar xf is a timeless blend of performance and craftsmanship. see how jaguar outperforms the competition at jaguarperforms.co

cnn politics.com. >>> i'm suzanne malveaux.u up to speed. >> this is the hour when we choose our future. i'm jon huntsman. i'm running for president of the united states. >> one more elbows his way into the republican rumble for the 2012 presidential nomination. former utah governor jon huntsman, a motorcycle riding mormon with seven children who speaks fluent mandarin announced his presidential campaign today. huntsman has served both republican and democratic presidents. until january, he was president obama's ambassador to china. huntsman's entry means there are now nine official republican presidential candidates. you can see them here. they are from congresswoman michele bachmann to rick santorum. >>> president obama is outlining his plan to begin withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan. that is going to happen tomorrow night. an administration officials says the president will announce that all 30,000 surge troops he sent to afghanistan last year will come home by the end of 2012. already the administration is worried th

still, as suzanne pratt reports, it may be more of a speed bump for the recovery rather than a major pothole. >> reporter: two years after the recession ended, the u.s. economy should be growing at a very healthy clip. instead, new jobs are hard to come by, factory output is slowing and buyers have put on the brakes on car sales. on top of that, consumer confidence is slipping and the stock market is sliding. the big question is whether the economy's so-called soft patch will expand into something more dangerous. economist cary leahey says the risk of an extended slowdown is very high. >> you can't help look at the numbers and see that when energy prices get as high as they are-- with many people encountering $4 a gallon when they go to the pump-- that has traditionally been a flash point for the economy and slower growth ahead, if not a downturn. >> reporter: six months ago, goldman sachs thought the economy was picking up steam. today, the bank's economic team says that was the wrong call. while the firm's chief economist jan hatzius says the u.s. has hit a soft patch, he does not

suzanne pratt, "nightly business report," new york. >> susie: okay, tom, four sessions for the blue chip rallying here at the new york stock exchange. a little more confidence, less fear in the markets especially as you reported on that greek confidence vote. >> tom: absolutely. we've seen confidence creep into this market due in large part because the spring lows have held with the major stock indices. let's roll with tonight's market focus. we saw steady buying interest for stocks all day long as investors seem to get more confident of a rescue for greece. the s&p 500 spent the entire day in the green, hitting its high price of the day about an hour and a half before the closing bell. let's see where we are over the past 90 sessions. the march lows held last week, and the index has been swinging higher. its up more than 2% of the low last wednesday. drugstore giant walgreen turned in earnings two cents per share better than estimates. but it also announced it has been unable so far to renegotiate a deal to be part of the express scripts pharmacy provider network. that hurt shares to th

suzanne pratt takes a look at whether u.s. bank stocks will remain under pressure this year. >> reporter: it isn't easy being a financial stock these days. from big banks to investment banks to regional banks, the sector has gotten mauled this year. since january, financial stocks as measured by this popular index are down about 6%, while the broader market is up slightly. experts say investors are nervous because banks are still in limbo as the dodd-frank banking reform bill gets sorted out. and then there's greece and what debt defaults there could mean for the global banking sector. and if that's not enough, analyst erik oja says there's the u.s. economy and its recent soft patch. >> it's a question of is it a temporary downturn caused by the japanese events, or is it something worse, a housing- related double-dip recession? >> reporter: many of the problems facing financials will not be solved any time soon. but the question now is whether the stocks are cheap enough to consider buying. analysts say that depends on what si

suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: the u.s. economy is in a big funk, and a funky economy can spell trouble for the stock market now and down the road. experts say some areas will suffer more than others. financials is the one sector that most experts agree investors should definitely avoid. market strategist nick colas says that's because financials are facing a host of headwinds. >> not just regulatory, but also the consumer and the housing market. none of those three things work in financials' favor, and at least two of those three things have to be at least neutral or positive for financials to actually work. so, in the current environment it's a pretty tough place to make money. >> reporter: already this year, financial stocks have stunk up a storm, down a hefty 6.8%. sector guru sam stovall agrees investors should underweight the financial sector, but he also says watch out for consumer discretionary stocks such as retail and restaurants. >> i think right now the momentum, the reasons for concern, the eroding fundamentals

>> a lot of high tech stuff, suzanne. among other things this lab is home to a particle accelerator, talking about super-computers as well. nuclear material is at the facility. the central structures are well protected. that's what officials are telling us. here's the statement that was front and center on their website this morning. fire crews have contained a spot fire that started in a remote area of the los alamos national laboratory. no other fires are currently burning on lab property. no facilities face immediate threat. all nuclear and hazardous materials are accounted for and protected. be that as it may, just hearing the words los alamos and wildfire in the same sentence, those two terms don't play well together. >> a lot of people kind of worried about that. i'm glad it's not as bad as we think. >> not at this point. >> thanks. >>> checking our stories from around the country. raleigh, north carolina, a bus wreck killed lorenzo charles, a former basketball star who led nc state to a national championship in the

suzanne pratt explains. >> reporter: on wall street, there's always something new to fret about. lately, however, a rather old worry is gaining attention. it's stagflation, and it occurs when the economy experiences stagnant growth-- the "stag"-- and high inflation-- that's the "flation." add in high unemployment and it can be a very nasty economic recipe. economist steve richuitto doesn't see it because he thinks current high oil prices are temporary. >> i'm not really worried about stagflation so much, because the economy's deceleration is going to take some of the inflation pressure that everyone's been worrying about off the table. and, it's not the u.s. slowdown that's important-- it's the global slowdown that's taking place. >> reporter: in the late 1970s, the u.s. was pummeled by stagflation. many americans probably still remember those sluggish, high- priced days. they may also recall the federal reserve had to hike interest rates to 20% to fight inflation, ouch! >> the problem with stagflation is the soft growth environment. if you can't wring inflation out of the system

suzanne pratt, "nightly business report," new york. the dow lost 59 points after falling more than 200 earlier in the session; the s&p 500 and nasdaq actually gained ground. >> tom: here are the stories in tonight's "n.b.r. newswheel." fresh signs of the weak recovery in jobs and housing. first up, jobless claims continued to tick higher, rising by 9,000 last week to 429,000 applications. the weekly average hasn't dipped below the key 400,000 since april. new home sales fell 2.1% in may to an annual pace of 319,000 units. that means we're on pace for fewer sales than 2010, the worst year ever for new home sales. but prices ticked higher for the first time since december-- the median rose to $222,000. with gas prices still running about a buck higher than last summer, the tax man is giving consumers a break. the irs today boosted its standard mileage deduction to 55.5 cents a mile; that's up almost a nickel. still ahead-- too hot not to cool down. we talk about the red-hot chinese economy and its place in global markets. our guest, jing

earlier today, suzanne pratt met with c.e.o. steve sadove and asked him why saks is doing so well. >> our customer is feeling better about themselves, and they're feeling better about the overall condition of the economy. not the overall economy, because you you've got concerns. but there's a bifurcation in the high end customer, and they're feeling better. >> i was going to ask you about the bifurcation. because they're feeling well, and you have the midrange not doing well, and the low end doing so, so, so do you expect that to continue? >> i think the higher end is tied to the stock market. the stock market in the 12 to 12 and a half thousand raishlg, and better than 6500. and our customer looks at their net worth and say i feel not as good as 14,000. but reasonably good about my situation today. they're feeling good about their jobs and the unemployment at the higher end is not very high. and they're saying, i can deal with this and they're buying. >> in the last two weeks, we've seen cybs that the economy has slowed signifi

. >> susie: suzanne pratt takes a look at what's behind the run-up in treasuries and what it means for investors. >> reporter: a funny thing has been happening in the bond market lately. "funny" as in "puzzling," and puzzling because treasury bonds have been rallying when they're supposed to be out of favor. but, there are explanations for investors' change of heart. first, u.s. government debt looks far more appealing, relatively speaking, when other large economies face even bigger headaches. don't forget europe has serious sovereign debt issues, and japan is now in recession thanks to mother nature. bond expert michael pond says secondly, the u.s. economy is downshifting, when it was supposed to be a lot stronger. >> investors have also become more concerned about the growth prospects in the very near-term for the u.s. because q1 was an obvious soft patch. whether we pick up again is yet to be determined. >> reporter: the weaker the u.s. economy, the more likely it is that the federal reserve will hold interest rates near zero. that means treasury yields could fall even further, cre