about the european bailout. the dow lost 276 points. the european crisis took a bit out of the u.s. markets and also took out a former u.s. firm. john corzine s company mf global filed for bankruptcy today after more than $6 billion in bets on europe gone bad. it only went so far, the dow was up the best since 2002. the s&p 500 s best gain since december of 1991. stocks were spooked, fitting, because it is halloween. and new jersey governor chris christie told kids to stay home. yeah, he cancelled halloween for people who lost power. all right. the republican candidates seem to be celebrating halloween. we called every single campaign and figured they must all be out trick or treating tonight with kids or grandkids. we re not kidding. only rick santorum, the one with trick or treat aged kids, and herman cain showed up to work today. jon huntsman tried but a power outage kept him home. mitt romney spent the day with his family in boston. you get the point. herman cain had all
cropped up. will they derail his meteoric rise. breaking news, stocks fall sharply, spooked by worries about the european bailout. the dow lost 276 points. the european crisis took a bit out of the u.s. markets and also took out a former u.s. firm. john corzine s company mf global filed for bankruptcy today after more than $6 billion in bets on europe gone bad. it only went so far, the dow was up the best since 2002. the s&p 500 s best gain since december of 1991. stocks were spooked, fitting, because it is halloween. and new jersey governor chris christie told kids to stay home. yeah, he cancelled halloween for people who lost power. all right. the republican candidates seem to be celebrating halloween. we called every single campaign and figured they must all be out trick or treating tonight with kids or grandkids. we re not kidding. only rick santorum, the one with trick or treat aged kids, and herman cain showed up to work today. jon huntsman tried but a power outage ke
i m outfront. erwinerin burnet. the dow down 276 points. europe i don t know crisis took a bit out of the u.s. markets and former goldman sachs chief and new jersey governor jon corzine s company, mf global filed for bankruptcy today. after more than $6 billion in bets on europe gone bad. the spook, though, only went so far, because when you look at it over the past month, the dow industrials up more than 1,000 points for the month of october. that s 9.6%, and it s the best since 2002. the s&p 500 up almost 11%. its best gain since december of 1991. stocks were spooked, fitting, because it is halloween. and new jersey governor chris christie told kids to stay home. yeah, he cancelled halloween for people who lost power. all right. the republican candidates seem to be celebrating halloween. we called every single campaign and figured they must all be out trick or treating tonight with kids or grandkids. we re not kidding. only rick santorum, the one with trick or treat age
as it hit new york city. the storm surge still caused flooding. southern tip of manhattan waters lapping along the s of battery park and south street seaport. a if foot of water in front of the new york mercantile exchange or did where folks trade gold and oil. that exchange will be open as scheduled tomorrow. one man in soho said he saw a newspaper stand floating done the street. not the worst of things, but a picture. flooding is closed one of the tubes of the holland tunnel that connects new york city with jersey city, new jersey and beyond. hundreds of thousands of people in and around the city of new york have lost power. at least four million total up and down the eastern sea where. irene is blamed for killing 12 people in five states that s the new number in hour. some of the deaths in traffic
hurricane irene, now officially made landfall as a category 1 storm on the east coast of the united states. the most up-to-date satellite image we can show you now of re irene, showing wear and tear, described as sloppy, not very well organized but starting to get more disorganized. you can see it there, it was a more organized storm over the past couple of days but as it s making landfall now and making its way up the east coast maybe not so much so. it has been lashing out at the carolina shoreline for the past several hours. that is where, again, it it has officially made landfall. the storm surge there is expected to take a toll on outer banks and coastal communities. concern shared all the way up and down the east coast right now. more so in cities you can imagine that aren t used to dealideal ing with hurricanes, like new york city. been some time since they ve had to deal with a direct hit from hurricanes. this storm could be head toward parts of lower manhattan, could