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.
i sat down in new york with maria bartiromo who launches her daily program opening bell tomorrow from 9:00 to 1 1:00 eastern on the fox business network. maria bartiromo, welcome. hi, howie. good to see you. welcome to fox. if you re an average viewer that doesn t know that much about the markets is that all the talk about stocks, beating expectations can be hard to follow. is that a fair criticism? you know, i think it is. i think that what has happened in business information is particularly on television is a lot of on short-termism. and it s unfortunate because that s not the way to invest. a knee jerk reaction and fast decisions. but, you know, when i first got into the business 25 years ago, it was all about the markets. first it was the individual investor explosion and people wanting to be armed with information 24/7. then it was globalization and the dotcom boom and bust. all of these different cycles
i sat down in new york with maria bartiromo who launches her daily program opening bell tomorrow from 9:00 to 1 1:00 eastern on the fox business network. maria bartiromo, welcome. hi, howie. good to see you. welcome to fox. if you re an average viewer that doesn t know that much about the markets is that all the talk about stocks, beating expectations can be hard to follow. is that a fair criticism? you know, i think it is. i think that what has happened in business information is particularly on television is a lot of on short-termism. and it s unfortunate because that s not the way to invest. a knee jerk reaction and fast decisions. but, you know, when i first got into the business 25 years ago, it was all about the markets. first it was the individual investor explosion and people wanting to be armed with information 24/7. then it was globalization and the dotcom boom and bust. all of these different cycles
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despite the fact that they re not getting paid, nobody is winning. that s the point. we should get this over with as soon as possible. speaker boehner will simply allow that vote to take place, we can end this shutdown. there you see it. let s bring in our panel tonight. we welcome to the team, syndicated columnist george will. charles lane, opinion writer for the washington post. keir son and charles krauthammer. george, welcome to fox. thank you. anybody who has been covering washington or following washington has read your columns for years, seen you on abc s this week. your commentary there. we know you and your old friend, dr. krauthammer are huge baseball enthusiasts. for us this is a home run. welcome. thank you. what about this? this back and forth with speaker boehner today, referencing this quote in the wall street journal and then the president s comments? the president is rather enjoying this.