Good evening. Im George Stephanopoulos in for david tonight, and we begin with that wild ride on wall street. The worst day in more than four years after the second worst on friday. Millions of americans watched a bungee jump of a day. At the opening bell, the dow plunged more than a thousand points rebounding by midday then a Late Afternoon nosedive closing down over 580 points. Its a Chain Reaction that started in china. They called it black monday there, and here at home, the average american 401 k took a big hit, losing thousands. Abcs chief Business Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis starts us off. [ opening bell ] reporter it started with a plunge. The dow cratering an unprecedented 1,000 points just minutes after the opening bell. It gives you little butterflies in your stomach. Reporter even veteran traders stunned by the drop. Whats one word to describe the feeling on the floor today . Anxious. Reporter moments later stocks clawing back, reversing some of the losses. People were ner
Sister station in springfield, missouri. Thank you for being with us. Thank you, jen. The best prayers and best wishes of all of the folks of southwest missouri and northwest arkansas to the wdbj 7 and roanoke area. Our hearts are broken with the viewers. We are here to help you get through this. We need everyones help and love and support. All right. This morning, Law Enforcement officials across the state are continuing to piece together the information about what happened. It started all on the air as a story about the 50th anniversary of Smith Mountain lake. Police say Vester Flanigan is a former wdbj reporter who went by Bryce Williams on the air. The Sheriffs Office says he left the lake area and rented a car and headed north on highway 81. A license plate reader on the Virginia State police car spotted the vehicle. He led troopers on a cahase. He was dead at the hospital yesterday afternoon. Flanigan was fired from wdbj . 2013. The general manager has described him as an unhappy
Good evening. Im George Stephanopoulos in for david. Lets get right to that breaking news. Another White Knuckle day on wall street. It began with signs of a comeback after those rough three days but it ended badly, down another 200 points, the longest losing streak in three years. Millions of americans watching their 401 k s, wondering if the worst is over, and abcs chief Business Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis starts us off. Reporter tonight, wall street whiplash. What looked like a turnaround tuesday. Ive been talking to traders on the floor and they expect this to be a volatile day ahead. Now were up as much as 300 points on the dow. With stocks clawing back 441 points after mondays dramatic decline, this now today means it was the worst day of the year for stocks, the worst day in four years. Turning instead into a tumultuous tuesday. The dow plunging to close down more than 200 points. The continuation of a global selloff that has wiped out 3 trillion in wealth and new questions ab
Good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We begin with that heroic moment on a high speed train, two american servicemen and their friend on vacation in france praised for stopping what could have been a mass killing. Tonight this video inside that train. Theres the attacker tied up. Those americans beating him with his own rifle. One of them seriously hurt in the takedown, and we are learning more about these heros, their quick decision to act. Today president obama calling each of them to thank them for their courage. Abcs Ron Claiborne leads us off. Reporter Spencer Stone waved as he left the French Hospital tonight where he had been treated for cuts to his neck and hand sustained in a furious struggle with the heavily armed suspect on that high speed train. This video showing the dramatic scene on the train. Stone, shirtless and bleeding, tending to another passenger. His attacker, the gunman, tied up a few feet away, not moving. On a nearby seat
Five most destructive that the state has ever seen. In just two days, its burned more than 61,000 acres and consumed 400 homes. 1,000 buildings could be gone before its over. 19,000 people have been forced out. 1,200 firefighters are moving in. And Danielle Nottingham begins our coverage. Re reporter there was nothing they could do but run for their ugves when fire raced through middletown, residents captured these images as they were forced to drive through the flames. As we came down there was fire everywhere. Our houses, our neighbors houses, everybodys houses were burning up. It was awful. Reporter joyce rein and Everett Francis were among the thousands trying to escape. It went all the way around us. There was no stopping it. We just watched the houses around us burn. It was utter chaos. It was crazy. Reporter the valley fire burning in this town 95 miles north of San Francisco is destroying up to 2,000 acres an hour. Hamid heidarys apartment was one of 50 leveled in this complex.