American passengers overtake a gunman foiling an attack on a packed highspeed train headed to paris. On the brink. Escalating tension on the Korean Peninsula, the north issues threats and prepares for war as the south rejects an ultimate i have risking military action. And state of emergency. This is an unprecedented cataclysm in our state. At wild fires devour large parts of the west. The president answers the call for federal assistants while local officials ask for any and all volunteers to help beat back the flames. Notes notes. Good he can, i am antonio mora, this is al jazerra america. We have begin tonight with a major market selloff on wall street. This would not be a good day to look at your 401 k or other investments. The Dow Jones Industrial average closed down 530 points, thats the sharpest oneday drop in almost four years. Ali velshi has more on whats behind the turmoil. Antonio, todays losses were bad. This weeks losses were bad but lets put it in perspective. The bad new
President. And there are calls to help the developing world as tuberculosis joins hiv aids as one of the worlds most deadliest infectious diseases. So we begin in vee an where World Leaders are arriving ahead of talks to find a solution to the what are in syria. Its the first time all Major International players in the conflict will be in the same room. But there are serious divisions. On wednesday iran said it would take part in the talks for the first time the country has agreed to be involved. On the one side we have russia and iran backing president Bashar Alassads forces on the ground. They say damascus must be helped militarily before a political process can begin. Then, orange, we have the u. S. And its regional allies turkey and saudi arabia supporting groups fight ago sad and insisting that he must go. And every day the humanitarian situation is getting worse. More than 250,000 people have been killed. And more than 10 million have been displaced by four years of war. Saudi ar