It's a very exciting day in the NBR newsroom with lots of preparations underway to bring you Susie Gharib's interview with President George W. Bush. The President addressed the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce today, and urged Congress to take up work on a free trade agreement with Columbia as soon as lawmakers return from their Easter recess. After that speech, the President sat down with Susie at the White House. Their conversation covered a variety of topics including international trade, the dollar, the U.S. economy and soaring oil prices.

In other news...

Oil prices continue their march higher toward $110 a barrel on weakness in the U.S. dollar. The move higher came despite an unexpectedly large build in crude and gasoline inventories last week. If trading stays at current levels, it would be oil's 6th straight session of new highs. The man who cleaned up Wall Street is out of a job. Eliot Spitzer resigned his post as New York Governor today, after being caught in a prostitution scandal. Humana has cut its current quarter earnings estimates by almost half, it's stock plunged on the news.