croom was wounded. the senate plans to take up the nomination of loretta lynch for attorney general next week. majority leader mitch mcconnell making that announcement today. her nomination cleared the judiciary committee last month with bipartisan support. if confirmed by the full senate lynch would be the first black woman to serve as attorney general. a lot of people complaining saying it s been a long time to get that nomination going. markets mixed after the u.s. markets steep plunge yesterday. stocks suffered their worst day of the year. the dow tumbled 332 points erasing all of its gains for the year. the s&p 500 also now negative on the year sank almost 2%. the surging dollar folks, the big story, and that really spooked investors. the dollar at a 12-year high against the euro. the euro slipping even more this morning. this is great news if you re traveling to europe. really great news if you re traveling to europe. but it s bad news for u.s. companies that sell their go
who were based here at the louisiana army national guard who were crew of that black hawk they are all presumed dead. carol? all right. tragic news. victor blackwell, thanks so much. checking other top stories for you at 59 past. utah lawmakers passing a bill allowing firing squads to execute death row prisoners. lawmakers say the measure is backup plan but it s necessary because of problems with obtaining lethal injection drugs. the bill will be sent to the governor. he s not said whether it will be signed into law. the euro has fallen to a 12-year low against the dollar. that s good for nipanyone traveling overseas but not good for exports and may be why the dow took a steep plunge yesterday. thank you for joining me today. i m carol costello. at this hour starts now.