hey, fredericka. the losses are holding steady. the dow down about 436 points. they re off their lows of this session where we saw the dow down as much as 500 points. this is coming after morgan stanley kind of set off an alarm bell saying that the u.s. and europe are looking like they re getting close to going into a recession. morgan stanley also downgrading its growth forecast globally for this year and next. also not helping we got a bunch of economic reports here in the u.s. one on jobless claims showing a rise in jobless claims, the jobs area something that this economy really wants and needs at this point and not seeing. we also got a very weak regional manufacturing report showing contraction and a weak housing report showing sales declined about 3.5%. see what you do when you olympic all that together you get a big sell-off and that is what we re seeing right now. frederic fredericka? that as it looks for the dow. let s check out what the nasdaq issing looking ou
joint chiefs chairmen mike mullen and defense secretary bob gates expressed strong concern for safety of the s.e.a.l.s. each of them gave a stark warning. from my perspective, it is time to stop talking. and we have talked far too much about this. we need to move on. it s a story that if we don t stop talking, it will never end. and it needs to. i m very concerned about this. because we we won t to retain the capability to carry out these kinds of operations in the future. and when so much detail is available, it makes that both more difficult and riskier. now, with respect to the s.e.a.l.s, in my meeting with them the thursday after the operation, they did express concern not so much for themselves but for their families. and all i will say is that we have been taking a close look at that and we will do whatever is necessary. chris lawrence is in washington. he joins me now. chris, so explain this to me. here you ve got the two top guy s in the pentagon objecting. wh