bret: stocks mixed today. the dow gained 54, the s&p 500 lost 14. the nasdaq was down 102. up next, should nations such as cuba, russia, china, judge the u.s. record on racism? president biden thinks. so republicans do not. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 45 in baltimore. police say the man accused in the shooting of a navy midshipman s mother was a newcomerstownive. angela is being held for the murder of michelle cummings. she s was killed by a stray bullet while on the front patio of a doubt annapolis hotel june 8th. she was in town to witness her son s induction into the naval academy. also a jury finds the gun han who killed five people at a maryland newspaper in 2018 criminally responsible for rejecting defense attorney s mental illness arguments, prosecutors are seeking five life sentences without the possibility of parole. and fox 6 in birmingham, alabama
was crippled by sanctions. i m not saying that we re capable of doing the same thing with russia, but it is an example of what these kinds of financial sanctions can do. they can make people within the country feel it, and the country as a whole feel it. russia s economy is not great. and it needs trade with nations around the world. so there are levers that the administration has to pull that will be a test to the president to see how effectively he can organize a coalition to do that. brit, as always, thank you. american stocks were slammed by uncertainty in ukraine. the dow suffered its worse day in a month. sinking 154 today. the s&p 500 lost 14. the nasdaq closed 31 behind. the news also unnerved global market. let s bring in maria bartiromo. the new anchor of opening bell on the fox business network. hi, maria. welcome to fox. welcome to special report. thanks so much, bret. good to be here with you.
end of the year, tax cuts expire. bunch of automatic spending cuts that go in the place. and what you need to do to help make sure the economy is strengthening is give american people more confidence the political leaders in washington will come together, make a compromise they need to make another substantial down payment on the long-term deficit production. bret: this afternoon, president obama signed a law making members of congress the exective branch and federal workers subject to the same insider trading stock laws as everyone else. the rules prohibit those people from profits from the nonpublic information learned on the job. stocks took a tumble today. the dow dropped 125. the s&p 500 lost 14. the nasdaq fell 45. gasoline was up a half penny overnight. the national average is now $3.93 a gallon. crude oil lost $2.50 to close under $102 a barrel for the first time since mid-february. now to oil and politics.
up. that led to a down day on wall street. dow dropped 131 points and s&p 500 lost 14. nasdaq fell 1440. crumbling about sending taxpayer money out of the country is a bipartisan tradition. republicans blame democrat and vice versa for billions.on foreign aid. tonight, john roberts tells us which president upped the ante in recent years. the president directed all u.s. government agencies engaged overseas to ensure that our foreign assistance promotes the protection of lgbt rights. it was a momentous step for gay right group. linking u.s. foreign aid to treatment of gays and lesbians abroad. this is an extension of america support of human rights internationally. republicans saw it as a political move. candidate rick perry firing back, promoting special rights for gays in foreign countries is not in america s interest
up. that led to a down day on wall street. dow dropped 131 points and s&p 500 lost 14. nasdaq fell 1440. crumbling about sending taxpayer money out of the country is a bipartisan tradition. republicans blame democrat and vice versa for billions.on foreign aid. tonight, john roberts tells us which president upped the ante in recent years. the president directed all u.s. government agencies engaged overseas to ensure that our foreign assistance promotes the protection of lgbt rights. it was a momentous step for gay right group. linking u.s. foreign aid to treatment of gays and lesbians abroad. this is an extension of america support of human rights internationally. republicans saw it as a political move. candidate rick perry firing back, promoting special rights for gays in foreign countries is not in america s interest