Here are the big stories on the agenda today:

• Glimmers of hope for the economy.  Wall Street seeing a pulse.  It's something you may have noticed in your 410-k's.  the Dow was up 214 points, its highest point of the Obama Administration.  Today, the nation’s 19 biggest banks get results of their stress tests, and we’ll soon find out whether more taxpayer dollars could be headed their way.
• Middle East peace will be the focus at the White House today – when President Obama meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres.  The administration is pressing for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.  Israel is also expected to emphasize the threat from Iran.
• What started out in the tabloids could now play out in court. John Edwards is now denying  wrongdoing, as federal investigators look at the cash his campaign paid to a production company owned by his former mistress.  Elizabeth Edwards taped an interview with Oprah that will air on Thursday.  She's opening up about her husband's affair that he had during her battle with cancer.

Here are the big stories on the agenda today:

A Catholic high school at the center of the H1N1 flu outbreak will reopen today, after a top-to-bottom scrubbing, but how many students will show?  There have been 59 confirmed H1N1 cases and two dozen more suspected at St. Francis Prep in Queens, the biggest outbreak in the country.  There’s also doubt about whether “patient zero,” a five-year-old Mexican boy, is really the source.  There are mixed and powerful opinions about closing the border with Mexico during this outbreak.  We want to hear yours.  Call us at 877-MYAMFIX, or throw your thoughts up on twitter @MYAMFIX.

Breaking this morning… President Obama's tax reform push.  The president is set to roll out a series of tax reform proposals that could change the way this country does business overseas.

The McCanns speak.  In their first interview in the United States, Kate and Gerry McCann, parents of missing child Madeleine McCann join Oprah to discuss the two-year search for their daughter, how their family is coping, and what it has been like to be vilified all over the world.   Madeleine’s disappearance from a family vacation in Portugal on May 3, 2007 has made international headlines.  Now, viewers around the globe will see what Madeleine might look like as a six-year-old, through a remarkable age progression image.

Making the Grand ol’ Party new.  Veteran Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter said Sunday that he hopes his switch to the Democratic Party will serve as a "wake-up call" to an increasingly conservative GOP.  We’ll speak to Congressman Eric Cantor, (R-VA) who started the National Council for a New America to rebuild the Republican image. They had their first meeting on Saturday at a pizza place in Arlington, Virginia. Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush were among the speakers. Did these leaders find the way forward?

With Myspace friends like these… Two employees of Houston’s Restaurant in New Jersey lost their jobs after their employer logged on to an invite-only discussion group on MySpace and read negative comments they made about work. They weren’t at work.  They weren’t using a work computer.  Should the boss butt out?

Here are the big stories on the agenda today:

A source confirming to CNN that Supreme Court Justice David Souter is retiring when the term ends in June.  It will be President Obama’s first appointment to the high court and the first since President Bush appointed Samuel Alito in 2006.  A lot of names are already being floated.  Our resident court expert, Jeffrey Toobin will be here to break down the president’s choices.

Another state, Virginia, now reporting its first confirmed cases of swine flu.  A man and a woman from the central part of the state apparently brought it back from Mexico.  They're recovering at home.  At least 300 schools nationwide are shut down over swine flu concerns.  States are now receiving and stockpiling antiviral drugs from the Strategic National Stockpile.  In Mexico, all 176 pro soccer games will be played this weekend in empty stadiums in an effort to slow the spread of the virus.  52 new cases of the flu have been reported there in just the past 24 hours.

Memo to the president: Saving the homeowner.  President Obama’s $75 billion plan is supposed to help as many as nine-million American families avoid foreclosure or refinance their mortgages, but hundreds of thousands of Americans are getting foreclosed as banks end their foreclosure moratoriums and tighten their grip on people who fell behind on their mortgages.  Are they on their own now?

Michelle Obama:  Comic Book Hero.   She isn't faster than a speeding bullet and she can't leap tall buildings in a single bound, but Michelle Obama is the subject of a new comic book celebrating women in the political arena.  The first two comic books in Bluewater Comics' "Female Force" were about Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton and have sold thousands of copies.  Now the creators of “Female Force” are hoping the popularity of the first lady will translate to sales for their latest creation.

Here are the big stories on the agenda today:

• We may be entering a dangerous new phase in the swine flu outbreak this morning.  The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert level from four to five, warning of widespread human infection from the swine flu outbreak that originated in Mexico.  That’s one level away from an “all-out pandemic.”  More public schools are shutting their doors in the U.S.  All 140 schools in Fort Worth, Texas are closed today and may not reopen for weeks.  Researchers are baffled by the way the virus is jumping relatively easy from person to person, and by how it’s affecting the young and relatively healthy.  Still, health officials say there are no plans to close the border.  President Obama last night, saying that’s akin to closing the barn doors after the horse is out.  Dr. Sanjay Gupta is live in Mexico City for us this morning – ground zero for an epidemic that has now spread to four continents.  We’re also getting updates on numbers and the effort to stop it, from the acting CDC Head, Dr. Richard Besser.  He confirmed the first death in the U.S. due to swine flu Wednesday morning on our air.
• The next 1,361 days.  Two wars, an economy in crisis and now a deadly flu outbreak on his plate, as the President assessed his first 100 days in office.  The president said he's been "sobered by the fact that change in Washington comes slow,” but thinks the administration has taken steps to restore confidence in the American people.
• Money and Main Street: Family Fight.  Losing a job can be a financial disaster for any family, but in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, where nearly one-in-seven workers is unemployed, such tragedies are common, as textile and furniture manufacturers pack up and leave.  It’s a story that truly shows how the branches of the housing crisis have shot through the windows of almost every industry, and affected almost every average American.   CNN’s Gerri Willis meets one family, determined to cope.

The President’s 100th day in office.  How’s he doing so far?  What can we expect in the second 100 days?  From botched appointments, to pirates, to his approach in times of crisis, the President is already revealing how he will lead.  We want to hear how you grade the president.  Call 877-MYAMFIX.

The swine flu source. Confirmed or suspected outbreaks now in nine American states. At least 64 confirmed cases.  Hundreds more suspected here and thousands around the world. 152 deaths in Mexico are now linked to swine flu. And now – we know the source.  He’s being called “patient zero.”  He’s a five-year-old boy who lives tucked away in a small mountain village off a dusty road flanked by pig farms in Mexico.  He survived the earliest documented case of swine flu in an outbreak that, officials say, has now spread across four continents, and CNN found him.

Swine flu stop signal.  The swine flu outbreak in Mexico has caused tourists to cancel or postpone their vacations. Mexico is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world: what impact is this outbreak having on the industry and the overall economy?

Swine flu twitter fog.  Twitter is soaring with posts and chatter about the swine flu.  Some of it is pretty good and useful.   Unfortunately, a lot of it is hype and exaggeration and even false. That is fueling concern that unfiltered talk about the disease will create fear and confusion, as people turn to the hugely popular blogging site for information.

We are on the front lines of the fight to stem the spread of swine flu. The outbreak is possibly entering a dangerous new phase this morning – with suspected cases in the U.S. and Mexico nearly doubling. The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic level to four… saying level six – an all-out pandemic is not inevitable. Health officials now say there are 82 confirmed cases worldwide. Mexico, the center of the fight against the virus now suspects swine flu in 149 deaths. Two-thousand people are believed to be infected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 40 cases here at home, after further testing at a New York Catholic High School revealed that 28 students have been infected. The median age of the victims – just 16. The White House is now scrambling to get ahead of the outbreak.

President Obama calling it cause for “concern,” not “alarm.” Today, Dr. Sanjay Gupta gets exclusive access inside a Mexico City hospital where patients are isolated with swine flu. Nurses walked out in protest saying they are not being given enough protection from the disease.

We are also talking to a family under voluntary isolation because of the swine flu virus. The Henshaw family is under isolation after son Hayden was diagnosed. Now father Patrick and daughter Hannah say they have also been diagnosed with the strain.

The former head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. David Kessler will talk about the safety of our food supply. Some countries have now banned pork products. Should we? Dr. Kessler is also the author of the book "The End of Overeating.”

Another big story on the agenda today: The first 100 days. President Obama’s promise of change. The swift and bold actions he took to make good on that promise and whether you’re better off than you were 100 days ago.