published this week: .c-span2 monday. washingtournal co travis smiley, 10 years ago this book came out, the covenant with black america: ten years later and this is 10 years later, first about what you try to get out 10 years ago? guest: first of all can morning. ten years ago we were in the midst of the bush administration and 2005 katrina hit and kanye west famously said george bush does not care about black people, but whatever george bush did or did not do, those black people that lost their precious lives, black folk basically had a half and we were sick and tired of being sick and tired and as we put together together an agenda that what could be done through this national plan of action to turn the tide against all of those bills and ailments that was trying to take black america under, so everything from health to housing to criminal justice to housing to the criminal divide, the top 10 issues, education p read the book comes out, makes history and goes to nu
their savings and retirement accounts take another steep drop today. all because of china s economic problems. the dow s 392-point drop today brings losses for the first four trading days of the new year to 911 5%. if it has us asking if china s woes can trigger those kind of losses in this country, what does it say about the health of our economy? nbc s anne thompson finds out. reporter: another bungee jump for the nation s stock market. the dow plummeting more than 300 points at the open, bouncing back in the late morning, only to plunge again by early afternoon. what has traders and investors grabbing fistfuls is the slowing growth in china, the world s second largest economy. today trading on china s stock market halted for the second time this week after a major sell-off. i think it s premature to be overly concerned. financial markets are i think in the end, fundamentals are really what matters for the u.s. economy. our fundamentals are rock solid. reporter: econo
commit new capital to this market. jim cramer tonight, thanks. we ll see you for cnbc s special coverage markets in turmoil. turmoil. 7:00 p.m. eastern time. donald trump unleashed an attack on hillary and bill clinton. tonight tens of thousands are expected at a trump rally at a venue that can only hold 400,000. donald trump flexing his muscle in the unlike lest of places, burlington, vermont. bernie sanders country. giving out 20,000 free tickets to a 1,400 capacity seater, 163 steps away from sanders own campaign headquarters. if this was a different event like a phish concert we would cancel it. reporter: trying to prove his crossover the democratic front-runner. i want to start focusing on hillary. john: releasing this instagram ad insinuating hillary clinton isn t a supporter of women. women s rights are human rights. reporter: kristen welker was on the trail today with bill clinton in iowa. donald trump is again today making an issue of y
fistfuls is thehe slowing growth in china, the world s second largest economy. today trading on china s stock market halted for the second time this week after a major sell-off. i think it s premature to be overly concerned. financial markets are fickle. i think in the end, fundamentals are really what matters for the u.s. economy. our fundamentals are rock solid. reporter: economists point to the improving jobs and housing market. still the chaos in china is fueling the u.s. s markets to the worst year ever shrinking the 401(k) by 2% today, losing about $4,000 this week. january is a prombarometer for the future. predicting with 87% accuracy what the market will do the rest of the year. one more reason main street needs to watch wall street. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. jim cramer is the hope of cnbc s mad money. people feeling nervous right now. what do you tell them? panic never made anybody a dime. i totally understand why people would be concerned. china
nightly news begins now. good evening. it is a small world. no one knows that better than knows who watch the value of their savings and retirement accounts take another steep drop today. all because of china s economic problems. the dow s 392-point drop today brings losses for the first four trading days of the new year to 911 points or more than 5%. if it has us asking if china s woes can trigger those kind of losses in this country, what does it say about the health of our economy? nbc s anne thompson finds out. reporter: another bungee jump for the nation s stock market. the dow plummeting more than 300 points at the open, bouncing back in the late morning, only to plunge again by early afternoon. investors grabbing fistfuls is the slowing growth in china, the world s second largest economy. today trading on china s stock market halted for the second time this week after a major sell-off. i think it s premature to be overly concerned. financial markets are fickle.