. >> you're watching "first business", with tom hudson and beejal patel. >> i'm glad you tuned in, thanks for coming along with us on this ride. beejal off on this day, the day the u.s. stock markets begin their day at the highest prices in better than a year. we haven't seen the s&p 500 this high since right around the collapse of lehman brothers one year ago. the latest consumer inflation data on tap on wednesday, also to look forward to, key senate democrats expected to release the latest version of health insurance reform. paul eggers is along with us and this latest version likely to leave out the public option, trying to keep a cap on prices. >> that is right. though the downturn has had some exists worry about the negative consequences of falling prices and inflation, families and employers are likely focused on the rising cost of health insurance premiums. according to a new survey of employers by the kaiser family foundation, the cost rose 5% to nearly $13,500 in 2009. this at a time when overall prices fell roughly 1% due to the recession. >> i spend about $250 a month on health

. >> you're watching "first business" with tom hudson and beejal patel. >> two keys to any kind of emerging stack for the u.s. and global economy squarely in focus this week with the u.s. housing market on tuesday and the job's market on friday. tuesday is going to have the s&p case chiller home price index looking at month-over-month stability, maybe finally in home prices. >> tom, also on tuesday, the fdic, as we mentioned is meeting to figure out how to replenish the insurance reserve fund, especially at a time when close to 100 banks have already failed in 2009 and experts are predicting hundreds more could likely fail in the coming years, especially with that big wild card, commercial real estate. we don't know how bad that could get in the coming year than is going to be pretty critical for these struggling banks. >> we will talk more about the fdic and decisions ahead in the coming weeks. and it is not too early to think about third quarter earnings season, trepidation in the market because of concerns about profits. >> this week, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke heads to capito

tom ridge first secretary of homeland security discusses how he got the job and the politics involved in the creation and daily operationof homeland security. the hudson uon society of new york post's this event. it is about 40 minutes. >> following the tragic events of september 11, 2001, tom ridge became the first secretary of the u.s. department of homeland security. the eation in the country's 15th cabinet department marked the rgest reorganization of the gun man sin the truman administration, another call to service for the former soldier, congressman and governor of pennsylvania. before the events of september 11, tom ridge was twice elected governor of pennsylvania. served as the state's 43rd governor from 1995 t 2001. governor ridge was raised in veterans public housing and erie pennsylvania. he earned a scholarship to harvard and graduated with honors in967. he was one of the first vietnam combat veterans elected to the u.s. house of representatives and was overwhelmingly reelected by pennsylvania voters five times. these and gentlemen please join me and warmly welcoming governor tom ridge. pplause] >> so governor ridge, your book has ten the