nicole, give us a sense of the mood on the floor of the stock exchange. are people scared or a lot of the long faces. reporter: it s a mixed bag. the dow dropped nearly 1,100 points. that s huge. we brought in a trader at the open. how did it feel this morning? we had a mild panic, but like 1987, it wasn t like that with that sick feeling in your gut. reporter: we saw shanghai sell off. but now they are fighting them back. what are people to think after three days of selling and the chaos? we just failed to stay above 1905. so now we are in a fight for our lives here. is there some people who