and pope francis visiting with fidel castro on day two of his historic trip to cuba, the communist dictator who once banned the church. we ll have the latest on their closed door meeting. so we start with politics. a new poll is out following the second republican debate. enit shows carly fiorina s campaign is on the raise after her strong performance in wednesday s debate. fiorina now polling at 15% for second place, donald trump remains the front runner but his support a falling. trump taking an 8% drop from earlier this month and still though the top three performers are all political outsiders. kristen fisher is live in washington with more. reporter: well, carly fiorina jumping 12 point in two weeks is a big deal but it s not that surprising given her strong showing at the debate. what s surprising is what s happened to scott walker. a few weeks ago he was a top tier candidate wow now he s got less than .5%. ben carson is down five points, slipping to third behind ca
concerns about a slowdown in china. brian ennis is live with more. all eyes will be on the chinese market which opens at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight. for years, the market has been betting on china as its growth. but this last week new indications that china s economy is contracting, falling chinese demand for commodities like iron, copper and oil negatively affecting marketing worldwide. china devalued their currency hurting u.s. goods. it s more expensive for chinese people to import and buy u.s. products making them less likely to do so. this is a communist country. if they say we re going to devalue our currency, we re going to push it lower, that means all chinese products coming into the u.s. are much cheaper than u.s. products. so as americans we re going to want to find the value. so when we go shopping, we re going to want to buy the cheaper
item from china as opposed to abamerican made product. this week will give us a better idea of just how much chinese economic problems are affecting our economy here at home. consumer confidence and home sales will be coming out this week. many experts are expecting the market volatility to continue at least short term, perhaps with the nasdaq and s&p 500 entering a correction. i think we probably have another 5%, 6% or 7% to go. as a long term investor you certainly want to assess and reassess what you re exposed to, what you own, but don t panic out. but be prepared to know we re going to see more losses. this as investors deal with the uncertainty over whether the federal reserve will raise interest rates for the fist time in nearly a decade next month. brian, thanks. mt. everest is back up to
weigh? and investors on edge as we await the opening of the took market tomorrow following last week s massive plunge. the impact on your 401(k) and what we can expect all coming up. but first, three americans credited with taking down a heavily armed gunman on a paris bound train and possibly foiling a huge massacre. they re telling their story today a news conference was held with the new heroes, spencer stone, alex skarlatos and college student anthony sadler. the three men who disregarded their own safety tackled the suspect on the high speed train, then tied him up. this as we learn more about the gunman himself, 26-year-old moroccan with tie to radical islam who may have traveled to syria. will carr has more from the newsroom. the u.s. ambassador in paris today these three heroes demonstrated the best of america. they re childhood friends and they appeared to be at ease together during the press conference as they shared the dramatic details that played out on the
rim to halt the construction of artificial islands. chi in s building projects are of particular concern to the u.s. beijing reject it is criticism sayinging its work is legitimate and justified. you know it may be the weekend but it s a busy sunday for the hopefuls working hard to try to gather support including former maryland governor o malley. he s hitting the campaign trail making several stops today, new hampshire. just a day after stopping in iowa and announcing the bid for the democratic nomination in the city in which he was mayor, baltimore. brian ennis has a run down of where they re at and saying. reporter: martin o malley entering the race against bernie sanders and hillary clinton. o malley is touting the record. pro-gay marriage. repealing the death penalty. increase in minimum wage.