Dow closed down 588 points or more than 3. 5 . For days of tripledigit drops add up to a loss of more than 9 . Thats wiping out market gains back to february of last year. And it could have been worse. Anthony mason now on todays wild ride. Reporter over a cliff, the dow plunged more than 800 points in the first two minutes, more than 1,000 points within five minutes. By midday it had rallied back and erased all by 100 points of that loss, but the selloff resumed in the afternoon. It was a breathtaking ride even for veteran traders like ben willis of princeton securities. I have never seen the dow down 1,000 points. That was an extraordinary thing to see happen. Reporter what exactly happened, Peter Tuchman of quatro securities tried to describe it. Is it the end of the world . No. Is it correction territory . Perhaps. Definitely. Thats what it felt like. Reporter the catalyst was another plunge in chinese markets, down 8. 5 this morning, the shanghai index has fallen nearly 38 just si
Investors dumped stocks and the dow closed down 588 points or more than 3. 5 . For days of tripledigit drops add up to a loss of more than 9 . Thats wiping out market gains back to february of last year. And it could have been worse. Anthony mason now on todays wild ride. Reporter over a cliff, the dow plunged more than 800 points in the first two minutes, more than 1,000 points within five minutes. By midday it had rallied back and erased all by 100 points of that loss, but the selloff resumed in the afternoon. It was a breathtaking ride even for veteran traders like ben willis of princeton securities. I have never seen the dow down 1,000 points. That was an extraordinary thing to see happen. Reporter what exactly happened, Peter Tuchman of quatro securities tried to describe it. Is it the end of the world . No. Is it correction territory . Perhaps. Definitely. Thats what it felt like. Reporter the catalyst was another plunge in chinese markets, down 8. 5 this morning, the shanghai in
We begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Big bang. Smelled smoke. Everybody started running and screaming and crying. It was just awful. A deadly terror attack target as concert in the uk. So many children there. The show had ended. Everyone was running every where. These are children but those responsible chose to terrorize and kill. This was an evil act. We struggle to comprehend the warped and twisted mind that sees a room packed with Young Children not as a scene to cherish but as an opportunity to carnage. So many young, beautiful, innocent people murdered by evil losers in life. The Russian Investigation of National Security adviser Michael Flynn invoking his fifth. Amendment rights to avoid testifying. If i was president of the United States i wouldnt let general flynn in the white house let alone give him a job. More Severe Weather in the southeast. Soaking rain out there for alabama, mississippi into the carolinas. A passenger who was booted from
Shore. The lucky ones enjoyed a nice morning walking along the beach in Atlantic City. We also found some visitors soaking up the song along the boardwalk. But a few stray showers blew through. Nbc first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen is here with a look at the Holiday Weekend. There was some rain for parts earlier today. Were expecting some rain for other parts. This morning, a few showers along the shore. A first alert weather day is out for new jersey, pennsylvania, and delaware. The threat for severe storms will be in place for everyone, mostly this afternoon and this evening. Strong to swore thunderstorms possible as we go into the e second half of your day. Heres the severe threat. Its in yellow. So this is the area where we have the best chance for strong to severe storms, with damaging winds, heavy rain, lightning, and hail. Again, that is pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware. And this will mostly be after lunchtime today. Right now, were dry, were cloudy, were warm, were
As thousands come to lay flowers. This morning, new questions about security here at home. Were here to prevent, detect, deter, and disrupt. The fbi on high alert. Complete coverage of the attacks on paris beginning right now on gma. We do say good morning, america. Were following several breaking developments as we come on the air this morning. Youre looking at the siege in belgium right now. Authorities surrounding the man believed to be the eighth attacker friday night. In france, authorities rounding up more than 20 people in raids overnight, seizing weapons and computers. Our team tracking this story all over the world. We begin with the siege in belgium. Mollenbeek. Terry moran is on the scene in brussels. Reporter good morning, george. A tense situation. A couple of blocks down the street is where the siege is going down. Police have cordoned off a wide area. Theyre yelling at residents, stay indoors. Theyre telling the press not to broadcast live pictures. What youre seeing is