took breaking out of the prison. their path through the tunnel system. crawling on a tailpipe squeezing through a steam paper. taking only 20 minutes. and out of control. the good samaritan who stopped a woman swerving wildly on the highway, putting everyone on the road in danger. stop the car! the entire incident caught on camera. how he finally got her to pull over. and good morning, america. we begin with the breaking news as we come on the air in the west. wall street plunging this morning. the dow falling more than 1,000 points in early trading. those fears about dhien s economy, quickly spreading all around the world. ab s chief business and economics it correspondent rebecca jarvis with the latest. itch been speaking to those on the stocks floor and they are surprised how brutal it is for stocks. it s down 580 points at one point it was down 1,000 points. what is going on? two things, fears of an economic slowdown and federal reserve on the verge of hiking i
how they really changed the course of that day. three american heroes receive france s highest honor. for taking down suspected militant on a high-speed train. he seemed like he was ready to fight to the end. so were we. a lot of people have their eyes on wall street. down more than 6%, more than 1,000 points. incredibly rare. heightened interest around vice president joe biden. he s doing everything he would be doing if he intended to run. on the republican side, shifting the focus away from donald trump. for the first time i can imagine trump winning the nomination. wildfires continue to burn across the western u.s. crews battling wildfires in washington. they should be getting some help. a large explosion at a u.s. military facility in japan. they have confirmed there are no reports of injuries. it breaks my heart and i don t like it. two men will be arraigned on gun charges after allegedly threatening the pokemon world championships in boston.
really changed the course of that day. three american heroes received france s highest honor. for taking down a suspected militant on a high-speed train. he seemed like he was trod fight to the end. so we were. all signs point to wall street. it s about china s economic slowdown. heightened intreej on vice president joe biden. shifting the focus away from donald trump. for the first time i can imagine trump winning the nomination. fires continue to burn across the u.s. crews battling wildfires in washington state should be getting help. large explosion in the u.s. military in japan. it breaks my heart. i don t like it. two men will be arraigned on gun charges after threatening the pokemon competition in boston. they re not welcome there. jimmy carter returned to teach sunday school. a frightening scene at pocono raceway as justin was airlifted. we will try to maintain a normal news service. watch this kid. he s only 4 years old. look at
the white house after two weeks vacationing on martha s vineyard. he travels later today to nevada where he will deliver a speech on green energy. those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 24. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning to you. weather. still extremely dangerous wildfire situation in washington state. across that state, 16 large wildfires are still burning. they cover more than 2920 square miles, more than a third of that area has been consumed by a massive complex of fires. abc s kendis gibson is there. reporter: tonight, the wildfires in washington growing to a staggering 374 square miles. authorities fearing the return of extremely dry conditions and no rain in sight could make fighting these fires more difficult. the atmosphere instability has the potential to affect all fires in the comrix. reporter: thousands of residents under evacuation orders. mark desdier rushing to save his lake house at the height of the fires,
what you can control, what all of us can control is how we react in any situation and how we choose to invest our money in any situation. again, i point out that it is still early in the day. we re continuing to follow things. down here on wall street, we can show you back live you can see a large number of tourists down at broad and wall. it is high tourist season in new york. a lot of tourists are hearing of the market situations and certainly they re coming down here, we re going to find out the latest watching us work and trying to take pictures as well. it s an unsettled time to a certain degree. again, we see a rebound up to this point. we ll continue to watch the market as the day progresses. reporting live, tim fleischer channel 7 eyewitness news. many folks are worried about the wild ride on wall street as today s initial plunge a sign of something bigger. joining us now abc s chief correspondent, rebecca jarvis. average investor? i think for the average inve