stanford university historian joel beinin about the candidates positions on israel and palestine. then to a landmark legal lawsuit 21 kids sue the federal government over climate change. demanding the court to enforce climate recovery plans upon our government, to massively cut carbon for future, to honor our constitutional right to life, land, and liberty. amy: and we will look at students challenging stanford university over the issue appraisal diversity. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. about 100 more people have been arrested in washington, d.c., as part of the ongoing democracy spring protests against political corruption and big money in politics. wednesday marked the third consecutive day of mass arrests at the u.s. capitol after 85 people were arrested tuesday and more than 400 were arrested on monday. about 36,000 verizon workers have go on strike along the east coast, from mass
is suddenly hot. we have all that and more tonight on nightly business report for wednesday, october 1st. well, good evening, everyone, and welcome, the markets kicking off the month of october and the final quarter of the year with a massive selloff today sparked by worries mostly about global growth. not helping? some disappointing economic data out today showing a slow down in u.s. manufacturing and construction growth in august. not even good news about private sector hiring and strong auto sales last month could blunt today s big decline. so major averages are now at their lowest averages since mid-august, and the index officially dipped into correction territory down 10% from its july 3rd high. here is a look at the damage from the closing bell, blue chip off the lows but closing well below the 17,000 market, the nasdaq lower by 71, the s&p 500 lost 26 points, the utilities the only sector in the green today. the new quarter off to a dismal start. what do traders
is suddenly hot. we have all that and more tonight on nightly business report for wednesday, october 1st. well, good evening, everyone, and welcome, the markets kicking off the month of october and the final quarter of the year with a massive selloff today sparked by worries mostly about global growth. not helping? some disappointing economic data out today showing a slow down in u.s. manufacturing and construction growth in august. not even good news about private sector hiring and strong auto sales last month could blunt today s big decline. so major averages are now at their lowest averages since mid-august, and the index officially dipped into correction territory down 10% from its july 3rd high. here is a look at the damage from the closing bell, blue chip off the lows but closing well below the 17,000 market, the nasdaq lower by 71, the s&p 500 lost 26 points, the utilities the only sector in the green today. the new quarter off to a dismal start. what do traders
is suddenly hot. we have all that and more tonight on nightly business report for wednesday, october 1st. well, good evening, everyone, and welcome, the markets kicking off the month of october and the final quarter of the year with a massive selloff today sparked by worries mostly about global growth. not helping? some disappointing economic data out today showing a slow down in u.s. manufacturing and construction growth in august. not even good news about private sector hiring and strong auto sales last month could blunt today s big decline. so major averages are now at their lowest averages since mid-august, and the index officially dipped into correction territory down 10% from its july 3rd high. here is a look at the damage from the closing bell, blue chip off the lows but closing well below the 17,000 market, the nasdaq lower by 71, the s&p 500 lost 26 points, the utilities the only sector in the green today. the new quarter off to a dismal start. what do traders
is suddenly hot. we have all that and more tonight on nightly business report for wednesday, october 1st. well, good evening, everyone, and welcome, the markets kicking off the month of october and the final quarter of the year with a massive selloff today sparked by worries mostly about global growth. not helping? some disappointing economic data out today showing a slow down in u.s. manufacturing and construction growth in august. not even good news about private sector hiring and strong auto sales last month could blunt today s big decline. so major averages are now at their lowest averages since mid-august, and the index officially dipped into correction territory down 10% from its july 3rd high. here is a look at the damage from the closing bell, blue chip off the lows but closing well below the 17,000 market, the nasdaq lower by 71, the s&p 500 lost 26 points, the utilities the only sector in the green today. the new quarter off to a dismal start. what do traders