The nasdaq down by 273. The s p lost 113. Abc News Reporter Elizabeth Hur is in new york with more. Reporter a nerveracking day for trade others wall street with the dow taking a nose dive, falling more than 1,500 points at one point before ending the day down 1175 points. Thats the biggest point drop ever. The market meltdown happening at the same time President Trump was celebrating the American Economy and jobs in ohio. Weve already created nearly 2. 6 million jobs since the election, including more than 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing. Reporter but at this outing, no mention of the stock market from the president , who has repeatedly taken credit for the markets gains on its good days. The stock market is hitting one alltime record after another. The stock market is shattering one record after another. Reporter the dow is still up 21 compared to a year ago. So the white house is downplaying the huge declines and analysts say theyre also not worried. This is just a case where the
The winter storm. The 50car pileup. Snow and ice moving from chicago to the northeast. The Police News Conference today. Witnesses coming forward with details in the death of Actress Natalie wood. And fly, eagles, fly. Back home in philly tonight, celebrating their hero quarterback. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here to start another week. And a volatile tense start to the week on wall street. We witnessed the largest onepoint drop in history. How do you explain this . Just after 3 00 this afternoon, the losses adding up, at one point, plunging more than 1,500 points. Then recovering a big, closing at 24,345, down more than 1,100 points to end the day. The president often cites the dow and the markets as proof that his poll sills are working. So, what the white house is saying tonight, as everyday investors and baby boomers want to know, is this temporary . And whats driving the jitters . Abcs chief business correspondent, rebecca jarvis, leading us off. Reporter you
Good afternoon in the news this noon, a radnor township man is facing child pornography charges, what investigators found on his kpouter and a busy highway interchange is back open after an accident that left trash on the roadway. But the big story is a crime that put Airline Passengers in danger someone pointed a laser over 11 nights last night. It happened in different parts of the state and Marcy Gonzales has the full details. Reporter a scare for pilots flying over new jersey last night, a bright green light like this filling their cockpits. Air Traffic Control getting call after call. For information there is someone shooting a laser off our left wing. It just happened again, 11 different flights targeted by someone on the ground pointing lasers at someone about to land at liberty airport. We are checking in with you and we got the laser here at 3,000. Flights ss forced to track down those responsible for this federal crime that authorities take seriously. Would you not think that
This outbreak is a wakeup call. We essentially do know where it originated. We dont know why it originated. A new phase in the fight against a legionnaires outbreak. More buildings affected by the outbreak including a school and a courthouse. Im diane macedo, and cindy hsu is off tonight. Mayor de blasio says the outbreak is contained, but the work is far from over. Five more buildings tested positive. Theres 108 case, and theres not been a new case in four days, but the risk lingers in parts of the bronx. Matt kozar has more. Reporter diane, the city believes the source of the unprecedented outbreak is among the five original buildings that tested positive. The cdc and state Health Inspectors are working with the city to get it all under control, and this weekend, they are pulling out all the stops. Reporter wearing a protective mask, a Health Inspector carefully scooping a water sample from the montofur hospital. Inspectors focused their efforts on 112 cooling towers in the bronx. On
Always on. I was struggling with it. What am i going . Maybe hes 29. Bruise bud not broken. Tied up. His message to the robbers on the run and the sanitation who came to help. Im dick brennan. Cindy hsu is off tonight. Who would attack an elderly man in his own home . Earlier this morning, he was treated at the hospital, and he returned home to find many of his possessions were stolen. Dave carlin with the interview new at 11. Reporter hes home after spending most of the day at the hospital, and hes talking to cbs 2 about his ordeal. I didnt take no crap from nobody. Reporter when anthony puzzio was robbed and beaten, he did his best to fight back, but the Early Morning Home Invaders had the element of surprise. He hit me once here with the gun and then punched me. Reporter he woke up, never imagining a masked man with the gun would go through the trouble of getting a ladder up to the open second floor window. Wheres the money . Wheres the money . I got no money reporter the ordeal las