the past decade and farmers across the world responded. they brought a nearly 180 million more acres into production and u.s. farmers have evermore increasing competition to deal with as a result. we can t rely on foreign importers to soak up every left colonel that we used to because more countries are producing more food for export. jon: i have relatives who farm in nebraska, it wasn t that long ago or so it seems. i guess we re talking ten years ago or so, corn price was at a record high and things are looking good on the family farm. what happened? that is one of the upsides. as recently as 2013. when we talk about this for your decline, the fda is projecting that we ll see a 50% drop in farming since 2013. imagine your income being slashed in half.
she s absolutely right. the bottom line is i overreacted, and my emotions got the better of me, i lost my cool, and that shouldn t happen. grimm says the reporter has accepted his apology and the two are planning to have lunch together some time next week. stocks in a big sell-off worldwide after the u.s. government decides the fed announces it s going to continue to slow the amount of money it s been pumping into the global economy. nikkei down sharply, london down as well. indications are we re going to see a tough day in the markets on the u.s. open. dow futures up about 31 points right now, but it s no way guaranteed you re going to see a higher day. look, it s been an ugly january, the dow down 5% so far this year. that s after closing on a record high on the last day of 2013. imagine, a record and then, boom, this. many are saying, john, it s time for a correction. that s a decline of 10% in stocks. the selling may not be over, but we already may be halfway there. watching em
for you. good morning to you, welcome to early start on this monday morning. i m zoraida sambolin. and i m ashlee. it s the kind of heat that makes it hard to breathe and it is still threatening millions of americans all the way from the midwest to the northeast this morning. about 16 people have now died from this heat since thursday when triple-digit temperatures unleashed killer storms that have now left millions of people without power this morning. it s incredible, but look how many states are now dealing with miserable conditions in ohio, 425,000 people are now without power. that s as of 10:00 p.m. last night. it s the same story in virginia and maryland, where hundreds of thousands of people are just waiting for the power to come back on. just a whiff of ac in these extraordinary temperatures. the problem there doesn t seem to be much of a let-up in sight. 20 states are under heat advisory warnings. and now a state of emergency has been declared by the gove