ukraine is continuing, despite a claim from wagner mercenaries that they were in control of the town. mp andrew bridgen is susupended from the conservative party after appearing to compare covid 19 vaccines with the holocaust. good afternoon. ambulance workers in england and wales are striking over pay for a second time. managers are warning the impact is likely to be worse than last month s stoppage, because now call handlers are also on strike. the prime minister says it s terrifying people don t know what will happen if they call 999. but ambulance staff say they will leave picket lines to respond to all category one emergency calls, where there s a threat to life. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports from manchester. ambulances are still responding to life threatening emergencies. but the picket lines outside ambulance stations across wales and almost all of england tell their own story. i always wanted to be a paramedic from being a child and i wanted to help
House. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. A lot of investment portfolios including retirement nest eggs shrank today when stocks took another stunning fall. Experts warn we may need a strong stomach because this up and down ride is likely not over. The trading day started with a dramatic freefall. The dow dropping over 1,000 points. And after some halfhearted rallies ended down more than 3 1 2 off 588 points, the nasdaq and s p, down almost 4 . Lets drill down on why this is happening and what it means to you. Well bring in jim cramer to talk about it in a moment but first cnbcs carl quintanilla. It was a stunning drop for a stock market that really hasnt had one in years. But this wasnt about the u. S. Economy faltering. Its about the Global Economy losing steam. It was by wall street standards an historic drop. The dow falling by more than 1,000 points at the opening bell. Tit
Giving them a heart tha stts what it may some. By the way, lester, ird consecutive drop of 300 or more points. The number of times its done that in history, zero. Lester . Carl quintanilla, lets bring in your colleague jim cramer, the host of cnbcs mad money. At this through our own set of lenses, through our stage in life, how close we are to retirement. What should we do before we start moving decisions . Well, first, if youre 100 invested, mistake here. I do believe theres more down side. If you are borrowing money to own stocks i think youre really on the wrong path and youve got to sell tomorrow no matter what. But otherwise, lester, if youve got cash on the sidelines, depending upon your age, youve got some options. We should go over them. I think there are some great opportunities here. Youre suggesting theres more down side, though, in the near future. Play this out. Just play the week out for me. What do you expect . I think this is a contagion, in other words, were importing
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. A lot of investment portfolios including retirement nest eggs shrank today when stocks took another stunning fall. And experts warn we may need a strong stomach because this up and down ride is likely not over. The trading day started with a dramatic freefall. The dow dropping over 1,000 points. And after some halfhearted rallies ended down more than 3 1 2 off 588 points. The nasdaq and s p down almost 4 . Lets drill down on why this is happening and what all this means to you. Well bring in jim cramer to talk it over in a moment, but lets start with cnbcs carl quintanilla. Carl, walk us through it. Good evening, lest lester. It was a stunning drop for a stock market that really hasnt had one in years. But this wasnt about the u. S. Economy faltering. Its about the Global Economy losing steam. It wasy wall street standards an historic drop. The dow falling by more
The extra security follows the murder of a policeman in paris on thursday. In a separate incident on saturday a Man Threatened Police with a knife at the gare du nord Train Station in paris. It led to temporary panic among travellers. It all comes ahead of french people abroad casting their votes. In the lull before frances president ial vote, those out campaigning today werent supporting politicians. This rally was for the police. Chanting. Black balloons for those killed in the line of duty. Pink for the family they leave behind. Their message, the police need protecting too. I am a wife of policeman and i am very, very angry because i love him and i dont want that someone come here and kill him like that. One of the balloons was for xavierjugele, attacked on the Champs Elysee on thursday night by a lone gunmen with an automatic Weapon Targeting Policemen in the heart of paris. Xavier was on duty near the bataclan during the 2015 paris attacks and went back for a concert when the hal