Been seeing a lot of industrials, energy companies, airlines, travel Companies Taking the brunt of the selling. Now it has spread to the leaders. 4 , then a little under worst day since october 28. I think that is one powell said neutral. All down more than 4 , basically the big laggards today. That is what you get. Scarlet the dow and s p negative on the year. Nasdaq Still Holding onto a gain of 2. 8 . Lets check in with our market reporters to say what they were monitoring. Abigail, get us started. Abigail i am thinking about the selloff we had on this day and putting it into the context of a chart we have looked at frequently, because it feels like it is from out of nowhere, but many the surface there have been indications we could see this action. This chart goes back to the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak as we were reporting on it. A little more than a month ago. In yellow is crude oil and copper is in pink. Both of those commodities down about 10 . At the lowest crude oil
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Military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u. S. Personnel abroad by killing so a money the head of the iranian Iranian Revolutionary guard corps could force a u. S. Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization general so the money was actively developing plans to attack american diplomats and Service Members in iraq and throughout the region the d. O. T. Release added that general stolen money was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of americans and coalition Service Members as well as the wounding of thousands more following the announcement that from the u. S. Irans foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif commented on the attack friday in toronto. Americas action. Is an act of state terrorism in violation of iraqs sovereignty which is murdering her sons who dedicated their entire fighting terror any russian terror is. Through. To be outdone u. S. President donald trump held an address at his palm beach resort moral law go on friday rationalizing the attack and issuing a w
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And its impact upon us all. And im christiane and washington hands alike out that today. It would almost be americas actually without any doubt is an act of terrorism and violation of iraqs sovereignty i mentioned in the middle east have roiled markets that the u. S. Has a fascinated and iranian general in iraq we break down how the attack has moved markets and what this could mean for the future of geopolitical relations but the saga of multinational businessman carlos growing takes another turn as he has managed to escape japans argy correspondent sara lee but theres a ok and lauren fix the car coach are both on hand to help us break down the caper we have a packed show today so lets jump right in. And we begin the program with reaction to the assassination of a top iranian general in baghdad general custom so money who led a special forces unit of irans revolutionary guard was killed in a u. S. Drone strike on thursday the pentagon has can. Or the department of defense issued a stat