Its 10 00 in the east, 7 00 in the last. Super tuesday across america. The results are coming in at our special coverage starts right now. We are coming like a Freight Train in november. I refused to quit. Im not going anywhere. If you want to save america, then you must go and vote. Democracy is on the ballot. Freedom is on the ballot. Do you want more of the same, or do you want something new . 2024 is our final battle. My question to you is simple are you ready . Announcer this is a cbs news special. America decides campaign 24 super tuesday. Now reporting from the nations capital, Norah Odonnell. Norah good evening and welcome to the biggest primary night of the 2020 for election as the stage is nearly set for the general. It will likely be a rematch between joe biden and donald trump. That would be the first time in more than 100 years that a sitting president and a former president face off. Tonight is at critical nights that will help craft americas future potentially for genera
The officer being comforted at the emergency room at Baylor Medical Center in dallas. This is in the midst of a mass shooting of colleagues at the being calleders, the deadliest day for Law Enforcement in this country since 9 11. We want to get your reaction this morning to the shootings in dallas and the issues that have and ining on this week recent weeks and months around the country. Emocrats call 2027488000 republicans, your number 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. If not by phone this morning, we welcome your comments on social media. This started about 9 00 last night in dallas. The morning news has equipped to that has morning news has a quick synopsis. Six officers and one civilian wounded. One suspect was dead in a garage after antro College Shootout with police. Four Dallas Police officers and t officer killed. Six other officers wounded. They are calling it a. Oordinated attack a man who exchanged gunfire with police in the el centro garage was reported that just before
Developing right now, we have just learn that funeral arrangements for Michael Brown have been set the for next monday at a church in st. Louis, missouri. Reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy, meanwhile there were more arrestness ferguson overnight as protesters take to the streets once again. Eyewitness News Reporter cleve bryan is live at the cbs3 sat center with the very latest, cleve. Reporter we had our own local protest in philadelphia last night and that went off peacefully and that is how things started in ferguson. But by midnight there was more clashes with police. For a tenth night clashes with police continued in ferguson, missouri. Glass bottles flew at officers who made 47 arrests by 1 00 a. M. They sees 3 loaded handguns after receiving Death Threats but Officials Say there was progress no molotov cocktails and in tear gas. By and large Peaceful Protesters followed their orders to go home before dark. We are making steps. They are in the big, giant steps but they
Are heading back to work and barricades around washington memorials are coming down. Just after midnight, president obama signed into law the bill that ends the 16day Government Shutdown and raises the nations debt limit to avoid a default. Theres a lot of work ahead of us including our need to earn back the trust of the American People thats been lost over the last few weeks. Reporter the plan from Senate Leaders passed easily in the senate. Shutting down the government was not a smart strategy and not the right direction and i hope we never do this again. Reporter but in the house, 144 republicans voted against the bill because it didnt do enough to limit the president s healthcare law. We fought the good fight. We just didnt win. Reporter the agreement funds the government for three months, raises the debt ceiling for four months, and calls for immediate longterm budget talks. Nobody thinks its going to be easy to get to a deal. But i will tell you i would not have fought so hard fo
That initially sent stocks higher, even pushing the dow and the s p to record high levels. But then investors began to sell socalled momentum stocks, companies that had been some of the sharpest and fastest price gains over the past year. Big Name Technology giants, biotech companies, internet and social networking darlings, all of them suffering from big drops. The dow fell triple digits down 160 points. But the nasdaq was the hardest hit, losing 110 points. Thats a drop of more than 2. 5 . And the s p lost almost 24 points. Sheila dharmarajan watched the market drama from the Nasdaq Exchange and explains whats worrying investors. Reporter the selloff was broadbased as 97 of the nasdaq 100 finished the day in the red. Amongst the big losers, biotech stocks. The big run up we have seen in those names losing favor this year. The nasdaq biotech index was down more than 4 on the day. Also highflying socalled momentum stocks, these are stocks that consistently move in a directionmetimes re