trevor, have you eaten today? you sound a little grumpy. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. >>> james franco a local, well-known hometown kid doing big things many levels. a palo alto native turning to crowd sourcing looking to raise the $500,000 he needs to make a trio of films based on short stories he wrote about growing up in palo alto. franco hired directors for the three films. also good news, this is very, very cool, any of the money raised from the films, it will all be donated to a charity helping children with serious medical conditions. franco posting the project also on on indy go go. as part of the morning, he has raised more than $44,000. >> good for him. we'll continue to follow that. scott mcgrew says investors likely sit on their hands waiting on the fed. >> the federal open markets completes a two-day meeting then we'll hear from ben bernanke 11:30. the fed isn't expected to make major or minor moves. what we're looking for a hint that the fed will ease up on its easy money policies, quantitative easing. now, triple digit moves routine on the dow these days. six stra