Are plunging as investors worry, the u. S could be heading toward a recession in the middle east. Israel is preparing for a retaliatory strike from Iran Or Hezbollah, or maybe both there is a lot of fear that, that could come within hours. Here look at washington. We are tracking whos coming and whos going at vice president harriss residents, her choice for the number two spot on her ticket could come at any moment. We are going to start though, with the markets. Cnn Richard, cnns Richard Quest is here to break it all down and try to explain to our viewers to me why this is happening. Explain the selloff. There the fundamental reason for the selloff is the fears that the feds high Interest Rates, 11 increases in two years has basically clobbered inflation and its also hobbled the general economy. We saw that on friday with the unemployment and the Job Creation numbers, they were poor or bad, not dreadful, poor, too bad. But now everybody is starting to say the feds left it too late to
translator: the men entered into the rooms one by one and started indiscriminately firing at the staff members and students. reporter: the militants carrying suicide vests scaled the walls of the school. they rounded up children and staff, killing many instantly. pakistan s education minister told cnn it was a planned effort by terrorists. they had a plot from the backyard of the school. they blew up a car and diverted attention and then crossed the wall and the security guards they managed to get inside. reporter: the pakistani taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack saying it was in retaliation for the military killing hundreds of tribesmen along the restive border with pakistan. translator: we were doing our schoolwork. suddenly we heard firing and the teacher told us, don t be afr d afraid. maybe a drill has started. suddenly an army officer came and told us, you go out the school s back door. reporter: the military moved in and after a six-hour s
expected to ask then secretary of state hillary clinton about what she knew, about reported problems at the compound and why the u.s. even had a diplomatic outpost in benghazi. there are huge political stakes here. hillary clinton is running for president. and democrats say this is all about the campaign. cnn s elise labbit has the latest. reporter: after months of anticipation, the day is finally here and it s going to be a long day. we understand there will be four two-hour rounds of questioning of secretary clinton with breaks. aides to clinton says she is ready, spent the week preparing with policy and legal teams, going over potential questions and studying up on events leading up to and following the benghazi attacks. it was a long time, after all. there have been more than than a half dozen investigations following the benghazi attacks. democrats maintain it was designed as a takedown of clinton and you had a string of comments recently by republicans almost backing
of domestic violence. the white house wants to beef up the background checks system with more hiring and funding and more funding for mental health treatments. those are asks. john and christine. thank you, michelle. reaction to the gun proposal was swift from both sides. hillary clinton applauding the president. promising she would keep and expand his plan. i am so proud of what the president announced today. what the president will be doing in the next week is an executive order. the next president on the very first day could wipe it away. you know, i won t wipe it away. gabby giffords gravely wounded in a rampage six years ago said thank you, potus for standing up to the gun lobby when the congress won t. the other side, ted cruz promised to reverse any of executive orders if he is elected. the president is expected to roll out sweeping new executive orders trying to take away our second amendment right to keep and bear arms. well, president obama may have a phone
knockdown political fights on the stage. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m george howell. and i m natalie allen. you re watching cnn newsroom. and good day to you. we begin this hour in cleveland, ohio. the first u.s. republican presidential debate where candidates met face to face for the first time. front-runner donald trump and his closest rival jeb bush were at center stage. hometown favorite john kasich, the governor of ohio, got a huge ovation. the candidates top target, democrat hillary clinton, president barack obama as expected but they also went after each other at times arguing over government surveillance and their ideas about immigration reform. the debate got off to a rousing start when fox news anchor bret baier asked a question clearly aimed at donald trump. would every candidate pledge to support the republican nominee and rule out a third-party bid for president? we re looking for you to raise your hand now. r