appointed director of the fbi, responds to threats against asians in the aftermath of the search. d-against agents in the aftermath of the search. good morning to all of you, welcome to way too early , that is the show on this thursday, august 11, it is not just the time on your clock. i m alex witt for jonathan lemire. we begin with the latest legal fallout from donald trump s deposition from the ag s office and the former president pleaded the fitchth amendment, his right against self incrimination for 450 times in four hours. it is all part of the new york a. g. s probe into the trump business practices with the former president s attorney saying the only question he answered wa about his name. the attorney said trump took the fifth on questions about evaluations of items, and golf clubs, signing documents, mortgages, loans and the size of his apartment. the former president said in a statement that he did it because his family, company, and all the people in his orbit
appointed director of the fbi, responds to threats against asians in the aftermath of the search. d-against agents in the aftermath of the search. good morning to all of you, welcome to way too early , that is the show on this thursday, august 11, it is not just the time on your clock. i m alex witt for jonathan lemire. we begin with the latest legal fallout from donald trump s deposition from the ag s office and the former president pleaded the fitchth amendment, his right against self incrimination for 450 times in four hours. it is all part of the new york a. g. s probe into the trump business practices with the former president s attorney saying the only question he answered wa about his name. the attorney said trump took the fifth on questions about
gretchen: top of the morning to you. it s thursday, august 11. i m gretchen carlson. the market tanked yesterday, plummeting more than 500 points and losing any of the ground that it made up the day before. but what did today be? will we see a stock rally, maybe a recovery? we re live from the floor of the new york stock exchange. steve: and critics say it s now or never for newt gingrich to get any momentum for his presidential campaign. will tonight s iowa debate be just the ticket for the former speaker? he will join us live from des moines shortly. peter: o. j. simpson no longer the most hated person in america. so who knocked him out of the top spot? the new number one coming up on fox & friends which starts right now. this is newt gingrich and krista and i watch fox & friends almost every day. gretchen: i will find out if
good morning to you. it is thursday, august 11 now. this is american morning. lot going on today. let s get right to it, folks. good morning, good morning. so much for comeback. haven t seen these kind of wild swings on wall street since the darkest days of the financial meltdown. the dow diving 520 points yesterday. this time fueled by fears or at least triggered by fears. that france is on a verge of a credit downgrade. every day it seems to be something new trying terg sell-off or the buying. that s because this is a global economy. your investments feel it here. wild swings. take a look at the week. monday the dow dropped 635 points. tuesday, it rebounded. picking up 430 points. yesterday the dow took it all back and then some with a drop of 520 points. drop of the s&p 500 has a percentage was greater. well, far from over, too. because this morning u.s. futures are weighing up and that had asian losses at a minimum. nikkei and shanghai closed down. markets in german