no, just kidding. he was tired yesterday. we start with this. he was bent on jihad and he is no dummy. that s what the feds are saying after they arrested a man in an alleged plot to dive bomb the pentagon with remote controlled planes like these. the planes would be packed with explosi explosives. the suspect is an american muslim with a physics degree. brian todd with more on how his plot was foiled. federal authorities arrest ad 26-year-old man from ashland, massachusetts. in an affidavit he started his plot last year by buying cell phones, modifying them to act as electrical switches for ieds and giving them to people he believed to be members of al qaeda and hoped they would be used to kill u.s. soldiers overseas according to that document. but the people he was give thing equipment to were actually undercover agents from the fbi. authorities say that he then expanded his plot to use these. model planes. they say that he planned to use them like drones operated by remo
the dow down right now about 400 points and believe it or not, that is about 100 points better than it was an hour and some change ago. markets continuing to take a tumble. we ll keep following it for you. amid all this market turmoil, though, power brokers of the digital age are flouri flourishing. in tech circles they are known as the gang of four. google, facebook, apple, amazon.com, each of them a household name to american consumers, and they are all in the race to the top. but in an ever-changing world, who has the clout to be king of the mountain? a financial reporter for the washington post joining us this morning. what does each of the four have and what does each lack for total world domination? these companies are just impossible to escape at this point. every consumer deals with them so you ve got google, world s most dominant search engine, and
state of illinois. he s been talking to people about the fight for america s future, even as he steps up his own fight for reelection. when i travel through down state illinois, iowa, the midwest, i am absolutely confident about this country. and the reason is because of you. the reason is because of the american people. because as tough of a time as we ve had there s not a country on earth that would not ready change places with us right now. the president told me just yesterday in iowa he knows voters will hold him accountable for the constituent of economy, so he s getting ready to speak to the nation about the unemployment problem and what h he can try to do to make it better. jessica, what are you learning about the president s proposed speech? it will come after labor day when the president will unveil not specifically proposal, but legislative packages that his team says will include new initiatives. now, this is separate from the proposal we have heard he ll mak