Schumer calling it, quote, an agreement that is very good for the american people, and a, quote, genuine breakthrough. Mcconnell and schumer coming together, putting together this deal, which by the way, pours money into the military and into domestic programs like opioid addiction and support, but wait till you hear whats not even mentioned. It is possible the markets are back to business as usual after three sessions of intense gyrations, stomach churning falls and dramatic climbs . The s p is calm as a cucumber, nasdaq down 41. We here at the claman countdown, its not over. Today has endured a 500 point pluspoint swing. You cant say all quiet on the western front. There is zero guarantee at the moment. As we thought things are settling down, we start swinging like a pendulum. Whats going on . We point to this. With the dow up 94. Volatility woke up from month long hibernation last friday when Rising Interest Rates sounded the alarm and the dow plummeted 665 friday. Down 1175 monday,
At the moment we need to stress it is not 100 sure, in fact, not even 50 sure any of this is related to the deadly terrorist attacks on november 13th in paris. Amazing that its right there on the border between paris and belgium where there are checkpoints galore. You can only imagine how tense the situation is. Right there in that town it is actually where one of the ringleaders of the paris attacks is from. I want to get to Ashley Webster. Ashley, youve been grabbing headlines, what do we know right now . Reporter yes. Well, to your point, liz, very uncertain at this point. We do have a quote from french media, from a Police Officer on the scene who says he believes he is 9 9 sure this has nothing to do with the paris terrorist attacks, that its to do with a bank robbery, but these headlines change quickly, its a very fluid situation, so well keep an eye on it. There is, perhaps, a coincidence that it is happening in the same town as one of the believed bombmakers is originally from,