respectively. good afternoon. i am sarah caldwell. investors were not able to hold on to the trend this morning. stocks fell sharply on fears of possible trouble in the french banking sector. the dow has been down all morning, erasing nearly all of yesterday s gains. the federal reserve for pledged to keep interest rates down, which has analysts worried about a double-dip recession. we will have the latest on the market tonight on 11 news at 5:00 at 6:00. the story is similar to the one we heard six years ago about alabama teenager natalee holl oway, but this time of the story it s much closer to home. robyn gardner was seen at the same resort where holloway and vanished. police already have a person of interest in custody. 35-year-old robyn gardner was last seen in aruba on august 2 the two men got a snorkeling on the western tip of the island before she went missing. that man, gary giordano, it is in custody. police arrested him friday as he was attempting to leave the is
investors, looking for safe investments are buying bonds and pushing gold to a new record. and they re pulling out of the volatile stock market. we started to see some pretty vicious swings, which reminds a lot of traders of 2008, 2009. reporter: with so much uncertainty, traders expect the markets to stay on the roller coaster in the coming days. reporter: meanwhile, investors continue to look for places to put their money that s safe er. they re safer. they re piling it into treasury bonds. and they sent gold to a record high. at the new york stock exchange, i m susan mcginnis. employers posted more job openings in june, a sign that recovery could begin. police continue to question the only man in the case who seems to have any any involvement in the robyn gardner case. reporter: the guy was traveling with robyn gardner says the two went circling snorkeling and she never made it shoshore. but that story is not holding water with many of gardner s friends.
3 50 map baltimore police are seerching for an armed robber this morning. who s been holding up eople in the canton and fells point area.the latest victims. a family visiting baltimore from out of state. robbed on patteeson park avenue. is responsible.his name is man perry hercum. a suspect recently featured on fox45 s fugitiveefiles.police believe he s targeted severaa woman. holding them up at gun point. but in the latest ccse. it was a famiiy that fell victim. (guglielmi) our suspect aaproaches our victims armed.. during these robbery attempts.. hh is often times masked.. and.. he does not however he does have a handgun canton.. canton happens to be a good spot for peopleewith a fewwextra doolars.. with the economm the way it is. is. the armed robber has been stealing wallets, pursessand you d like to take a closer - look at this suspectt.. we have his picture on our website. fox baltimore dot com.if yoo have seen or know anything. baltimore police are asking that you ca
maps to get latest and track the storms and get the seven-day forecast. just head to our website abc2news.com/weather. tonight friends and family of a frederick woman are desperate for answers after she went missing in aruba. we have the latest. reporter: a vivacious woman full of life. it s been six days. reporter: guard he said he this fights before she left. before she was reported missing he got his last email from guard nemplet the last message i got from her was i love you. we ll talk and sort things out when i get back. forestster originally thought gardner went with a friend now believe it to be a romantic rival. he said a current pulled her out to sea while snorkeling. i just don t think that she was snorkeling. i feel in my heart that something happened at this person s hand. reporter: tonight the island of aruba is in an intense search for an american woman, similar to the disapoorps of natalee holloway, whose body was never found. aruban authorities
problems are pullinger that money out of the stock market. but some traders say this may be a needed wakeup call. i think this credit rating cut in a preversus way it did this country a favor. reporter: u.s. markets have lost well over a trillion dollars in value in just the past 11 trading days. wall street hopes tomorrow s federal reserve meeting will give investors a ren to stop the hemorrhaging on wall street but most traders i talked to said stocks have further to fall before they hit bottom. live at new york stock exchange, i m alexis christoforous. right now maryland still has its aaa bond rating but some are questioning how long that will last. our political reporter pat warrens a more. reporter: maryland hasn t feeling the effect yet but the extended outlook could be a little gloomy. tidal wave or repel ripple effect. it will be felt in maryland but to what degree. what maryland needs to know about our bond rating is we have a aaa bond rating. reporter: