more on that one and all the latest breaking headlines coming into the cnbc newsroom. ckie. >> good evening to you, larry. for the first time since the disastrous ipo, mark zuckerberg took questions and popped the stocks. he says he's optimistic about mobile. and ceo benmoshe said they may be in a position to give a dividend by 2013. the government is now down to a 15.9% stake. >>> in prison, whistle-blower, bradley berken feld will be a rich ex-con soon. he was awarded $104 million by the irs for providing insider information of ubs's insider promotion for u.s. taxpayers, the largest irs award ever but he will have to pay taxes on it. >> i hope they're lower tax rates at some point. thank you. cnbc's jackie deangelis. >>> coming up, bob woodward's new blockbuster bombshell, president obama is to blame for last summer's failed debt deal. how and why? all coming up next. >>> welcome back to "the kudlow report." the explosive book hitting bookshelves today, bob woodward's "the price of politics" all suggests president obama is to blame for last year's failed debt negotiat

jackie deangelis has more on that and the latest headlines coming into the cnbc newsroom. evening. >> good evening to you. texans who live in the austin area will be able to pay to drive 85 miles an hour on a 41-mile stretch of road beginning in november. texas has a contract with a spanish toll road operating company that called for paying more for higher speeds. so the state gets an extra hundred million because out set the limit at 85. just to make that stretch more attractive to drivers the state lowered the speed limit on a parallel stretch of highway from 65 to 55. some peel familiar with texas driving practices may argue a lot of texans drive 85 normally. it's a big state. so will they pay for what many do anyway? we'll see. two weeks after lance armstrong gave up his right to fight doping charges the head of the world cycling federation told the ap he's considering an amnesty program for cyclists in a move to clean up cycling. the question is if cyclists would fess up. finally tonight a scary version of oreos for halloween. candy corn oreo. most of the moorm is try

now, for the other headlines coming into the cnbc newsroom, let's go straight there and to cnbc's ownackie deangelis, good evening. >> good evening. we start off with more layoffs at two tech giants. hewlett-packard announcing an additional 2,000 job cuts. as ceo meg whitman puts her structure into effect. look for 11,500 for this year. and kodak will eliminate 1,000 jobs as it looks to bankruptcy next year and didn't say where they will be made. >>> in the arctic ocean, shell oil began drilling monday. sea ice is drifting towards the site and shell is moving the drill as a safety precaution. bp is reducing its presence in mexico selling assets for $5 billion part of which to pay for the cleanup costs from the explosion and spill two years ago and will still have some left after the sale. >>> the democratic ticket found itself crossing into the reality tv zone or maybe a road trip. here's the president getting a full off the ground buddy hug from scott vanduzer from big apple pizza in fort pierce, florida and now says that stunt cost him patrons from both parties and vice president bi

we have more on that and all the latest breaking headlines coming into the cnbc newsroom. >> americanitizens in lebanon and other countries are warned to stay away from protests and demonstrations today. elsewhere in the arab world, embassy in cairo was opened to americans but in khartoum the embassy was closed and family members were complying with an earlier odd to leave. the embassy in tunisia was closed but the state department described the situation there as calm. chicago kids will be out of class on tuesday despite the school system's attempt to get a restraining order putting teachers back in the classroom. the judge assigned to the case won't hold a hearing until wednesday, the eighth no school day in chicago. throughout lower manhattan demonstrators marched on the one year anniversary of the occupy movement. there have been more than 100 roasts from sit ins in bank lobbies and the like but generally a peaceful day, larry. >> thank you very much. coming up next the 50 day countdown to the election. political pundits pummelling camp romney with talk of chaos, in fighting, scat

the mf global mess. cnbc's kayla joins us with more on that. the latest breaking headlines coming into the newsroom.ing. >> good evening. it's a rare break for the banks but they are getting a break from the cftc on swaps rules. dow jones reports they will postpone required compliance with the new rules until the end of the year. one more indication of the lengthy sausage making as regulators implement dodd frank. a key development in a battle between two trustees overseeing the mf global estate. one seeking to sue to recover funds. the other pushing for global settlement. a judge ruled in favor of the former. the trusteee saying the decision helps jump start the prosecution. finally a new washington post hugh foundation poll asked one-word reactions to the democratic ticket. for the president good was at the top. it went downhill from trying to failed to incompetent, socialist and loser among others. vice president biden started off good but idiot came in second. both men had other positives. the loser and idiot ones will get the headlines. perhaps barack obama can redeem himself tomorrow. ouch. >>