Years ago, is now below 7 . If chinas in trouble, that could mean trouble for the rest of the world. And with this chaos in the shanghai markets, there are worries the chinese dont have handle on their own economy right now, scott. Pelley and anthony, the chinese are also the second Largest Consumer of crude oil. Youve been looking into the impact of that. Reporter crude hit a low. It was06 in may. If you drive to work, its a huge tax break, but its painful if you work in the oil industry in houston. Theres just too much supply now. If china continues to slow, there will be less demand and gas pricess could s sy low f f a while, scott. Pelley anthony mason, thank you very much, anthony. The folks at dow jones told us today that the plunge this week in the 30 blue chip stockss alone represents a market value loss ted cruz is watching his stock rise in iowa. Major garrett took a ride with the republican frontrunner 25 days before iowans cast the first votes of campaign 2016. Reporter we
3 were learning more about two iraqi refugees arrested after an operation through quite a few states. One of them is from sacramento. The other from houston. As c b s news correspondent brian webb shows us. The pair might have been connected somehow. 3 chyrons 4858 flagg miller terror expert123131 goldfield, iowa thursday 123131 ted cruz republican president ial candidate pkg natscourt documents reveal the 23yearold sacramento suspect communicated over social media with an unnamed individual living in texas back in 2013. In one exchange the two allegedly discussed training and fighting overseas. The texas person identified as individual i writes i need to learn from your weapon expertise. The sacramento suspect responds if you arrive and i am still there, i will train you. gfx a criminal complaint unsealed thursday accuses the Sacramento Man of traveling to syria from the us and back alongside a terror organization. Then lying to investigators about it. Authorities say the iraqi citize
Today, we saw new evidence that the barbarity of syrias civil war has not lessened, even a town is being starved by the dictators forces. Men, women and children are dying in slow motion as one resident put it. Heres elizabeth palmer. Reporter months of deprivation have pushed the smallest and the poorest to the very brink. A mother feeds her child with what looks like broth, but its actually water, flavored with jam. In an online appeal, a man explains, we have no food, no water and no power, and then he bursts into tears. Please, world, he says, we are dying. Activists say the most wretched are making soup with grass, and some have died of starvation. And all this just 30 miles from the capital, damascus, in fertile hill country. We traveled there in 2012 when it was still safe enough to area. Now they and more than 40,000 residents are trapped, surrounded by Syrian Government forces who have sealed off all the roads. This video, posted by activists, shows the residents begging the g