On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff u. S. Financial markets battled all day to recoup its losses, then, collapsed under the pressure. At one point, the Dow Jones Industrials were up more than 440 points, helped by an Interest Rate cut in china. But the gains evaporated in the final minutes of trading, making it the sixth losing day in a row. In the end, the dow dumped another 200 points to close below 15,670. The nasdaq fell nearly 20 points, and the s p 500 slid 25. Ifill there was no letup in the stock selloff in shanghai, amid gathering gloom over chinas economy. Jonathan miller of independent Television News reports from hong kong. Report
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Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff u. S. Financial markets battled all day to recoup its losses, then, collapsed under the pressure. At one point, the Dow Jones Industrials were up more than 440 points, helped by an Interest Rate cut in china. But the gains evaporated in the final minutes of trading, making it the sixth losing day in a row. In the end, the dow dumped another 200 points to close below 15,670. The nasdaq fell nearly 20 points, and the s p 500 slid 25. Ifill there was no letup in the stock selloff in shanghai, amid gathering gloom over chinas economy. Jonathan miller of independent Television News reports from hong kong. Reporter red numbers are bad. Th
Those. Thank you all. [applause] i would like to thank all of you for your attention, fill out your evaluations and enjoy the rest of the festival, sonia shah and Karen Masterson will sign books. 48 hours of Nonfiction Book and doctors every weekend. Here are some featured programs this weekend. Wall street journal Political Columnist kimberlys trostle argues the left is utilizing tactics to usurp the political process in her book the intimidation game. Government abuse is unsighted. There are a couple reasons for that. I care about freespeech and the first amendment. I libertarian when it comes to this. I have no allegiance to one party or the other. I have written about the abuses on the left in my column on the wall street journal but i assumed i would find stuff on the right too. I didnt. On sunday, in depth with jeffrey toobin, will take your calls, text and email questions at 3 00 pm eastern, Mister Toobin will discuss his latest book, the wild saga of the kidnapping, crimes and
Leshan, wusa9. It is a stunning development. The police chief says as far as hes concerned, the swimmers are free to leave brazil, after they finish talking to investigators but that may be up to a brazilian judge, not police. And the judge in charge of the special hearing says the case and the punishment for false Police Report is a small fine. Nothing that would keep them in the long run from leaving. Cassandra writes, not sure what to believe. I know the government of brazil does not want the shame of a robbery. This could be the truth or we might never know. And from lynn, unbelievable. They should not be allowed to compete in future Olympic Games if they are found to be lying about the whole incident. Log onto our wusa 9 facebook page. And tell us what you think. Following breaking news right now. From metro. Where the derailment of the train of the east falls they announced that the Metro Transit Police will open up its own probe. There were 75 people. One person was injured. Our