Dow dropped below 16,000 losing 318 points. The nasdaq 91 and the s p is now below 1,800. Gold made a 6 dollar gain oil dripped 48 cents. Depsite the down day shares of Juniper Networks jumped 6 on word Hedge Fund Jana Partners has taken a huge stake. Obamacare enrollment hit the 3 million mark as people sign through state websites and at healthcare. Gov. The health deparmtne expects to reach its ultimate goal of 7 million by march 31st. And walmart is laying off 2,300 sams club employees. Chris gersch of altimus capital joins us now. Chris, youre gonna be on your toes today. No doubt about it. Why is this market tanking . This market is tanking this morning simply based on the fact that we close in the lows on the s p futures on friday. There was an extra 6 points of selling on friday which indicates to me a lot of weakness and a lot of other traders weakness going into the open this morning. What is the turnaround point for this market . The turnaround point was the china news that c
Jeff good evening, everyone, im jeff glor, calls for a ceasefire continue though tonight both sides appear to be heading in the opposite direction. Israeli tanks are massing at the gaza border. Israel briefly did deploy Ground Troops inside the gaza strip this morning, a precursor to a possible ground invasion. In gaza city thousands of palestinians continue fleeing their homes. Many taking shelter in United Nations buildings. So far 167 have died in this latest conflict. More than a thousand have been hurt. We begin with Holly Williams in gaza. Reporter in a night of heavy fighting, israeli air strikes pummeled the gaza strip. Four israeli commandos were wounded in a gun battle with palestinian militants. The first land incursion since this escalation began. And in this house 18 people were killed. The single deadliest air strike during israels offensive. By early this morning Many American citizens decided to evacuate. While hundreds of other families with no means of escape passed u
Hello, youre watching afternoon live im martine croxall. Today at 2. 00 iran strongly denies it shot down a ukrainian passenger plane in tehran killing all 176 people on board. Including access to the crash site, so we can get the truth the Iranian Regime must open up to the international community, including access to the crash site, so we can get the truth as quickly as possible, to give the families of the victims an understanding of what happened to their loved ones. Bbc presenters samir ahmed wins an employment tribunal. The duchess of sussex goes back to canada amid talks to try and find new roles for her and prince harry. An assault on prison staff by two inmates wearing fake suicide belts is being treated as a terrorist attack. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with jane latest on harry kanes injury. Thank you very much, and helen has all the weather. Climate statistics available for australia. Yes, and we will talk about that in the next hour. And what is heading into
This is our Western Addition of the broadcast. Calls for a ceasefire continue though tonight both sides appear to be heading in the opposite direction. Israeli tanks are massing at the gaza border. Israel briefly did deploy Ground Troops inside the gaza strip this morning, a precursor to a possible ground invasion. In gaza city thousands of palestinians continue fleeing their homes. Many taking shelter in United Nations buildings. So far 167 have died in this latest conflict. More than a thousand have been hurt. We begin with Holly Williams in gaza. Reporter in a night of heavy fighting, israeli air strikes pummeled the gaza strip. Four israeli commandos were wounded in a gun battle with palestinian militants. The first land incursion since this escalation began. And in this house 18 people were killed. The single deadliest air strike during israels offensive. By early this morning Many American citizens decided to evacuate. While hundreds of other families with no means of escape, pac
Was jailed for planning to behead a british soldier. Northern irelands main Political Parties consider a draft deal to restore power sharing at stormont. New evacuation orders are issued to nearly a quarter of a million australians, as hot, windy weather threatens to fan new bushfires. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iran has accused western leaders of lying about the cause of the ukrainian plane crash which took place near tehran on wednesday. Both canada and the uk say intelligence suggests an Iranian Missile brought down the passenger plane, killing everyone on board. In the last hour, iranian Officials Say the black box flight recorders from the aircraft will be examined today. France has confirmed it will be involved in the investigation into the plane crash. The United States, canada and ukraine have also been invited to travel to iran to help investigate. However, the chief of Irans Civil Aviation Organisation insists they can say with certainty that a missile was no