BLITZER: Mary Snow is monitoring some of the other top stories in THE SITUATION ROOM right now. Mary, what's going on?</s>MARY SNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, President Obama's tackling prescription drug shortage is headed today by issuing just a few hours ago, an executive order. The order directs the Food and Drug Administration to take action by reporting further drug shortages and speeding up regulatory reviews. So far this year, nearly 108 life-saving drugs have been declared in short supply. Meantime, the Justice Department will be tasked with examining possible price gouging. Nearly two million people are still without power this hour after a freak snowstorm buried parts of the northeast over the weekend. Crews are scrambling right now to get power restored to customers. Authorities in Massachusetts say, it could be Thursday before everyone has electricity again. At least 10 deaths are blamed on the storm. And U.S. stocks fell more than 1 percent today as the dollar shot up against the yen. The Dow tumbled 208 points. The sell off comes on the final day of what is the best month for the stock market in years. Experts say despite today's declines, markets are poised to close out a record month with the Dow up 11 percent in October -- Wolf.</s>BLITZER: All right, thanks very much, Mary for that. The "Cafferty Files" coming up next. Then in the next hour, Russian spies including Anna Chapman caught in the act. We have new video just released by the FBI, which shows foreign agents on the hunt for America's top secrets.
Obama Tackles Drug Shortages; 1.8 Million Without Power in Northeast; Stocks Slump as Dollar Rallies