Good evening. Im George Stephanopoulos in for david tonight and we begin with that wild ride on wall street. The worst day in more than four years after the second worst on friday. Millions of americans watched a bungee jump of a day. At the opening bell the dow plunged more than a thousand points. Rebounding by midday then a Late Afternoon nosedive closing down over 580 points. Its a Chain Reaction that started in china dacalling it black monday there. Abcs chief Business Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis starts us off. Reporter it started with a plunge. The dow cratering an unprecedented 1,000 points just minutes after the opening bell. It give you little butterflies in your stomach. Reporter even veteran traders stunned by the drop. Whats one word to describe the feeling on the floor today . Anxious. Reporter moments later stocks clawing back, reversing some of the losses. People were nervous, but there was not that sick feeling in your stomach that sometimes you get at times like this.
15 unstoppable wild fires destroying over 1500 businesses and residents. There is not a whole lot you can do. Massive flames engulfing homes charring at least 7500 acres. Vice president mike pence in california announcing federal assistance for the state. We will be with you every day until we put the fires out and stand with these families to rebuild these communities. Officials have received more than 100 calls to the missing persons hot line and they hope its people that could not cant their family and friends before evacuating. And our coverage of the wild fires continues on 6abc. Com and well have the latest updates as the disaster unfolds along with videos and photos of the scene. A septa employees life flashed before his eyes on his way to work. He was shot by a would be robber who opened fire. Vernon odom is live now outside of Temple University. You talk to the victim inside of the hospital recovering . Reporter good evening. The victim a 13 year septa vote rank is in great pa
He came face to face with gunman this morning trying to rob him and he says an angel saved him. Tonight, hes telling his story from a hospital bed. Thank you for joining us at 11 coliseum lucy noland. That man was on his way to his job as a septa bus operator. When a man shot him. Our Dave Schratwieser is live at septa head quarter its. Dave this isnt the only Armed Robbery police are investigating in the area. Reporter theyre looking at a couple more lucy. Robert wouldnt gus is resting in the hospital awaiting surgery tomorrow morning to repair a fractured leg that was caused by this shooting. He says he was walking to work at 4am this morning when a gunman approached him, demanded his money and then shot him when he tried to get away. Im hanging in there. Everything is sore but iming in. From item tell University Hospital bed wounded septa bus operator spoke out tuesday night over the phone. Telling fox 29 how a would be article robber opened fire on him on his way to work. Demanded
Tonight a new recording new accusations dropping jaws from hollywood to households everywhere. A local professor on leave. He offended a lot of people with just a couple of tweets and now School Officials are scared for his safety. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. Septa employee trying to get to work ends up at the hospital instead the victim of a crime robbed and shot in the leg and then left for dead. Thanks for joining us im iain page. Im lucy noland. Tonight police are looking into whether this is part of a crime spree and that employee is telling his terrifying story to fox 29. Our Dave Schratwieser live outside septa headquarters in center city tonight. Dave . Reporter iain, septa bus operator robert long guess is resting in the hospital tonight awaiting surgery on a fractured leg caused by that shooting this morning. He says he was sit simply wal walking to bus stop to go to work at 4 00 a. M. When gunman approached him, demanded his money and then shot him. Hanging in the. Everything
Im hanging in there. Everything is sore but iming in. From item tell University Hospital bed wounded septa bus operator spoke out tuesday night over the phone. Telling fox 29 how a would be article robber opened fire on him on his way to work. Demanded everything i had and i seen the car coming down the street, i decided to just run for tour the car and thats when he started shooting at me. Reporter 47yearold wongus who usually drives to work walked Tuesday Morning to this bus stop around 4 00 a. M. Because his car was in for repairs. He was shot in the leg and left bleeding in the middle of the ridge avenue when a driver pulled over to help. He was my angel. This morning he was my angel. Like i said god wasnt ready for mow because im sure if he was, the guy could have took my live at any time. We heard like three shots. Oh, my gosh whats that. Reporter police are trying to determine if the shooting here in the 3100 block of ridge was part of a pattern of gun point robberies in the are