Eurozone may be weaker than previously thought. That pressured stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial average dropped 140 points to 17,750. Nasdaq fell 54. The s p 500 was off 18. As bob pisani points out, the very things that had been driving the market higher for nearly three months seem to be starting to shift. Reporter stocks were down today as three key parts of the recent rally reversed a bit. First the china problem. Chinas been stable recently but the Economic Data has been choppy, kind of hard to read. Overnight the manufacturing numbers were weaker than expected. And that is predictably causing commodities and commodity stocks to weaken around the world. Second dlem is the dollar, notably weak this quarter. Its been a big help to commodity stocks and u. S. Based exporters. Some are starting to question whether the dollars fall is now over. Indeed, the dollar staged a reversal today. The third problem is oil. We know that its off the february low of roughly 26. But its dropped about
Those catalytic converters bar police dont know if these two suspects are responsible for the fax at the of the bart parking lot but id way it should serve as notice and bird is watching bart. Dan k we can tell you that the police are telling the they believe the teleconverter can get anywhere from hundred 250 that is on the open market but they hope is to put a bite out of the will give me some tips about high kicker carnesecca is possible if you have to leave the and lock all day. Pam m the torso found in fremont is missing brisbane mother we have been covering the story very closely tonight. Reporter police just told us that hikers found additional evidence near the dumbarton appear on sunday and now is taken a few days but they have confirmed that a palm print was found in that evidence comparing that to the records theyre saying now that that body is of shelley to china she was reported missing by her husband paul on february 13th when we spoke about a week later he told the the h
Outside city hall. The frisco five circled city hall 15 times. Every day that the Hunger Strikers did not have food in their bodies. We promised them that if they would start eating, we would continue their action in various creative manners. Were asking for people to walk out of work, walk out of school, not spend money at big business in San Francisco. I didnt go to work because im in strong support of them. Ive been with them since day one. Just because the Hunger Strike is over doesnt mean were going to abandon our demands. We want the chief of police fired and wed like the mayor to go too. Reporter sheriffs deputies arrested 55 people inside city hall. This woman was struck in the head as she took pictures. Luckily i did not have a concussi concussi concussion. Reporter a Sheriffs Office spokesperson says anyone injured should report it so an investigation can be completed. Protesters say there will be more activities this week. The plan is not to tell anybody the plan. Reporter m
But these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. We want to be prosecuting as many isis targets as possible in syria, the pentagon official said. American and allied jets have been bombing raqqa for months. Earlier this year, a jordanian pilot had to bail out over raqqa. He was captured by isis and burned alive. We are near iraq every day. Reporter but as Lieutenant Colonel mike jones told 60 minutes earl
Trump has often saidthat the challenges of the world, including isis atrocities, dont leave much room for a candidate to worry about having the proper tone. The Obama Administration is calling for less standardized testing in our nations schools. A plan, unveiled during a meeting of school leaders, at the white house, recommends schools use no more than 2percent of classroom time for standardized tests. The plan also asks that the tests enhance teaching and learning and provide a clearer picture of how students are performing. sot pres. Obama learning is about so much more than filling in the right bubble. Were going to work with states, school districts, teachers and parents to make sure that we are not obsessing about testing. According to a recent study, students in big city Public Schools cucuently take, on average, about 112 mandatory standardized tests between prek and high school graduation. Plans for sioux citys new bryant elementary are moving forward. Approved the purchase of