time for the first your money segment of this thursday morning. >> that's why jessica doyle is here. how did the markets do yesterday. >> not a great day. today is a new day. the wonderment of possibility. anything can happen. may off to a rough start for wall street. the dow snapping a four-day winning streak after concluding hits policy meeting. the federal reserve said it would keep interest rates low but it may increase or decrease its stimulus plan depending on the economy's performance. wall street not a big fan of that position. the dow starts today at 14,700 after tumbling 138 points. nasdaq was off by almost 30 and the s&p 500 was down by almost 15 points. >>> in the meantime, the facebook is reporting better than expected quarterly profits and sales. this came after the bell. mobile ads now account for 30% of facebook's total advertising revenue. jcpenney is making a public apology to customers about a marketing mess. the struggling department store chain posted a video on its youtube and its facebook pages telling customers it's learned from its mistakes and it's ready to

i'm jessica doyle, wusa9. >>> i'd like to team you how you can spend -- tell you how you can spend memorial day because one mother has inspired hundreds of people to walk or run in order to save lives. i'd like you to meet cindy glass, the founder of jeremy's run. it's going to be memorial day which is may 27. it's in honor and it's a tribute to her son who had an unfortunate death. he died from an overdose of drugs. >> right. >> and you're having this run. this is the fifth year you've done this. >> yes. >> in honor of others who have had similar deaths. >> in memory of jeremy and in honor of others who have also died and also to honor the recovery of people who have been successful. they're able to be in recovery from drugs. >> let's talk a little bit about jeremy. he was 20 years old when he died. what was he like? >> he was an amazing guy. he was 20 years old. he was in college and he had had relapse from drugs. and so we were getting ready to send him away again and that night he died in his bedroom, the night before. but he had played football. he had a lot of friends. he had tons of

. >> reporter: let's talk numbers with the lovely jessica doyle i don't good morning, we have earnings season kind of slowing down. we are going to have to see if momentum will continue with wall street setting some records. we start today after the dow made record close 21 for theier. the dow stands this morning at 15354. look at the new market boards. the s & p 500. do you like them? i think they are very clear. up 17 points and nasdaq up by 33 90s. >>> new you have probably already felt this if you have fueled up the car lately. gas prices up 11 cents for regular for the past two weeks. the price of regular right now is $3.66 a gallon across the country. >>> ahead of the superman movie opening, they go for about $10. i like the vintage ones. >> we cover socks oh cationly around here. >> rg iii socks. >> reporter: a mega merger is buzzing on the internet. >>> search teams spent the night in some of the areas that were hit by tornadoes. >>> and this morning is the first of what could be weeks of tough commute into new york city thanks to a friday night crash in the connecticut suburbs

. >> take it away, jessica doyle. >> all companies that work in the technology space are trying to figure out the power of this baby right here, the sportphone. forget about the computer. the future is all about the cell phone that we carry around with us. some companies are starting to figure things out. think about facebook. this time last year just before the company's ipo, it didn't have a single app that would show up on the facebook app on your cell phone. a lot can change in a year. after the bell facebook reported better than expected earnings. revenue jumped 38% hitting $1.5 billion in the quarter and mobile ad sales accounted for 30% of that. >>> it's still tough to sell green cars. electric car maker -- [indiscernible] sold just 100 cars. it says it plans to quit the auto business all together. >>> if you watch movies on netflix, the stain individual -- the instant video streaming service, you may be among those who say it's tough to watch a good movie and the number of coises just dropped -- choices just dropped. about 2,000 movies were pulled from the catalogue. licensing for

. >> let's talk to the lovely jessica doyle. what are you starting with? >> we're talking about the markets and hoping for a much quieter day today than a better day than we saw yesterday. yesterday we saw wall street up in the morning. we're hearing congressional testimony by fed chief ben bernanke that the central bank probably won't slow its bond buying stimulus program any time soon. that's good news but then in the afternoon, stocks tanked on minutes from a fed meeting suggesting the stimulus could be scaled back as early as next month if the economy picks up. what's going on? so here's where we start from today. the dow stands at 15,307 after dropping 80 points. the s&p 500 was down by almost 14 points. and the nasdaq was off by almost 39 points. >>> electric car company tesla says it has paid back a $465 million loan it received from the department of energy. and the payoff comes about nine years earlier than it had to. strong first quarter profits and a near perfect rating from consumer reports for its model s van sent the stocks soaring recently.

. >> jessica doyle is here. some federal workers are losing money today. >> that's right n. is a day when 115,000 federal workers have the day off, maybe a day off that they don't want. that's because today is an unpaid day, thanks to sequestration. the employees are taking furlough days due to the spending cuts that kicked in march 1. the i.r.s., department of housing and urban development, epa and white house budget office will all be closed today. this is the first agency shutdown since 1996, when the entire federal government closed down for several weeks over congressional budget cuts. >>> the house has approved a student loan measure which has been the subject of a fight on capitol hill. this republican proposal would link student loan rates to the financial market. the measure would avoid a rate increase on new subsidized stafford loans. millions of college students will see their federal loan rates double this year unless congress acts to stop it by july 1. but the bill is expected to see a tough fight in the senate and it faces a veto threat from the white house. >>

. >> what do we start with, jessica doyle? >> a big act to follow. we're talking about the month of april as we start the month of may today. wall street had a great april. stocks enjoying their best winning streak since the bull market began in march 2009. the dow scored its fifth straight monthly gain. the s&p 500 closed at a record high yet again and the nasdaq finished at its highest level in more than 12 years. happy to check the numbers for you this morning. the dow and nasdaq both rows about 21 -- rose about 21 points yesterday. investors cannot make any big -- did not make any big news ahead of term reserve's announcement today. $6 million is what marissa mayer made. they will make at least $7 million according to her compensation package. nine months after having her own baby, this controversial c.e.o. is extending yahoo's parental leave policy. moms and dads will get eight weeks of paid leave and mothers can take an additional eight weeks. they'll also get $500 to boy things for the baby -- to buy things for the baby. 41% of college grads a

. >> jessica doyle is here. jobs, jobs, and more jobs. >> wall street will be watching several factors including the unemployment numbers that came out later this morning. stocks fell yesterday on signs the economy is losing some steam and tomorrow could be dominated by that big jobs report due out for april. investors will also likely react to earnings like those that came from facebook after the bell. the dow starts today at 14,700 after tumbling 138 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq off by 29. s&p 500 was down by 14. this time last year, just before facebook's ipo, the company didn't have a single ad on its mobile applications that you use on your cell phones. a lot can change in a year. facebook reported after the bell that mobile ad sales accounted for 30% of all of its total ad revenue. revenue jumped 38% hitting $1.5 billion in the quarter. shares basically flat in after hours trading n. is a big blow to the blackberry in washington. "the wall street journal" reports that samsung and apple will soon be