witnessing a long expected market correction. jolean kent has more. reporter: turmoil on wall street. you had a lot of genuine fear in the market. they were selling the winners and the stuff they loved. reporter: the dow s 1,000 point plunge was the second steepest lost on wall street. it was not a day analysts want to think about at this point. reporter: the fall coming after the american jobs report. that drove interest rates up and fanned fears that the federal reserve will raise rates more quickly than expected, making borrowing more expensive. the wall street woes driving americans to remember to make a move with their retirement savings. there is absolutely no reason for panic right now. this is indicative of stock prices that a lot of people thought were too high. as long as you can keep your
money invested for more than a year, don t worry too much about a few days. reporter: jolean kent, nbc news. still ahead, we ll be following the latest on the government shutdown and the budget deal playing out in congress all morning. plus, democrats try to rain on president trump s plan for a military parade and, of course, a check on your weather with bill karins when we come back. [ click, keyboard clacking ]
we turn to that devastating fire in california. more than 27,000 people have been evacuated because of the thomas fire. it s expected to spread as more than 45,000 acres have burned and the fire at this point 0% contained. jolean kent joining me now from ventura county. is it still 0% contained? reporter: yeah. that s right. 0% contained in this thomas fire is wreaking havoc on so many homes. woo you can see an entire apartment complex completely burned down. homeowners say they were able to get animals and most precious belongings out and get to a shelter just in time overnight into this morning.
you ve survived the worst of it. thank you so much for sharing your story. i m sorry for what you ve been through, and we ll be thinking about all of you in the days to come. we appreciate it. angella rose whose video we ve been watching. jolean kent is outside university medical center in southern nevada where some of the victims are being treated. actually in las vegas proper. jolene, what is it like there? well, we actually moved locations, brian. we re now at the united blood donation center where you can see behind me right here, there are hundreds if not thousands of people donating blood. they have heeded the call from city officials and from public officials. and you can see it s not just people in line here which, by the way, this line sneaks all the way around this enormous building. you can see here water is really of the essence because we re talking about very hot temperatures here in las vegas. people are standing in the sun. standing here for hours n hours.
24 hours. we re at the gop headquarters here, and in north carolina, this is known as the check mate state. this is a state that donald trump and his campaign manager have said they need to win in order to secure victory for the white house. that s why we have people behind me. they re making phone calls. they re sending e-mails, talking to voters and convincing them that tomorrow is the day they must get out to the polls and must make their voices heard right here in north carolina, stephanie. thanks. on to ohio, where it is neck and neck. hillary clinton with a one-point lead in the latest polling. jolean kent is live in columbus where early voting continues today. places like ohio county, that is trump land, but this is a state where the governor voted for john mccain, and just this weekend, beyonce, jay z, the king himself, lebron james, stumping for hillary. reporter: yeah, absolutely. it is the last day of early voting here, and it has been record turnout. here in franklin co