Hitting the alltime record high on february 12th and the definition of a bear market is 20 lower than the recent highs. The markets tumbling just as President Trump is expected to meet with some of the biggest banking ceos in the world to find out how stable the Financial Market system is and what to do to keep it there. We are still waiting on word but if cameras are allowed in the room we are going to take you there and hear what they all say. This as the battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic moves into a new phase, as National Guard troops get set to sweep into the hot zone in new rochelle, new york. And as businesses and colleges close their doors, Microsoft Teams is swinging to their digital defense, with a suite of Software Products to help those working from home or moving to online learning. I know a lot of you were experiencing that or your kids are. Countdown has a lineup of power players to tackle all these topics. Steeple chairman and ceo ron krusz kruszewski on th
One famous wall street name. We will get the very latest from the white house. And the daytona 500 overshadowed by a final lap crash that sent ryan newman to the hospital right there. There goes his car. Also sent denny hamlin to victory lane. The man of the hour himself will join us in moments on his second straight victory in the Great American race. Incredible stuff. Less than an hour now to the closing bell, im Ashley Webster in for liz claman. Lets start the claman countdown. Ashley all right. We have this fox business alert. The jury has just returned from recess during day one of deliberations in the Harvey Weinstein case. The jury made up of seven men, five women. Weinstein is accused by two women of rape and criminal sexual acts. Weinstein also facing two aggravating counts which could keep him in prison for life and of course, we will bring you all the latest developments in this case if the jury returns a verdict. Thats going on right now. Well, as the markets search for dir
House where two men died. Why prosecutors in los angeles call him a dangerous sexual predator. And a monumental upgrade. We have an exclusive, inside look at the top of the Washington Monument before it reopens to the public tomorrow after years of restoration. Cant wait. Its wednesday, september 18th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This thing went from nothing to a tropical depression to a Tropical Storm to making landfall. Its all about the rain. Some spots could see up to a foot and a half of rainfall. Texas braces for lifethreatening floods. Theres growing concern in the areas devastated by hurricane harvey. Growing fallout after the attack on saudi arabias oil industry. The president announced that he will impose additional sanctions on iran. I think if we dont act decisively now, the worst is yet to come. Benjamin netanyahus political future could be in jeopardy. Election unofficial results and polls show a dead heat. President trumps former campaign law
T tion, trump, what and who is this for. Reporter democratic governor gavin newsom accuses President Trump of playing politics with blue state california. Its the perversion of this moment, pure politics, and csequs. That could have reporter california says its emission rules have prevented 29,000 premature deaths every year. The state now does plan to sue the Trump Administration over its decision, and norah, this looks like a fight thats headed for the supreme court. All right, ben, thank you. Were going to turn now to weather, because we have an update on the massive storm hitting the texas gulf coast. Imelda, now a tropical depression, is dumping torrential rain as it pushes inland. There is flash flooding in galveston and other parts of east texas. Some places could get a foot and a half of rain. Now in the atlantic, bermuda is bracing for hurricane humberto tonight. Its now a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 120 miles an hour. Now to a story we have been following, th
This is 50 minutes. There we go. Im going to start over. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the next session. Im going to be speaking about mars and the future of space. When will we celebrate the first human on mars. And Research Director at the Heartland Institute and worked at cato and heritage and other places. We are having this discussion on a very auspicious date. July 20, 2019. This is the 50th anniversary of the landing of human beings on the moon. One of the great human achievements. To give you more of my background during the summe december 1969 i put the High School Intern at the space center out in maryland, so i was like a kid in a candy store. I got to watch the first moon landing from a major space center i sat and watched the launch in the control room. This is the flight plan from the first moon landing. Everybody had one and i kept mine. I still have my little badge and you know how strict security is these days but it was just a little Plastic Thing f