i guess the implications of that incredible as well. will ripley, thank you so much. from taipei tonight. thanks to all of you for join us. see you back here at 9:00. ac 360 starts now. good evening. we begin with the most immediate humanitarian crisis in the world right now. it has been three days since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the region bordering turkey and syria. the number of dead continues to rise from hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands. right now, at least 21,000 people are known to have been killed. another 78,000 injured. because there is far less access to northern syria, the concern is that the casualties there could be far, far worse. we are watching this play out right now from a distance. and from a distance, it looks one way. but up close is where the horror and the heroism is. this disaster is happening one person at a time. in this case, one little girl. we don t know her name. she is about 5 years old. she was rescued after being trapped
journal was urging. this is what the weekly standard, bill crystal, the strong voice of conservatism, both were saying this week, this is the guy. plus, lolo jones lashes out at the press after failing to win an olympic medal. the fact that they just tore me apart, it was just heart breaking. is the sports press building up female athletes just to tear them down? i m how wa i m howard kurtz and this is reliable sources. the tsami of speculation known as the veepstakes was still going strong in the world as late as friday. rob portman. mcdonald. tim pawlenty. paul ryan. ment and then there s florida u.s. senator, marco rubio. i think he will opt to take a safe choice, like a portman or he will take pawlenty. that came to a screeching halt friday night when fox s carl cameron reported at mitt romney would announce his running mate the next morning and that all signs reported to the likelihood of paul ryan that remained unconfirmed until nbc s chuck todd
years working with you. as i said, we will always be friends and i look forward to seeing you in new york. i will see you there soon. the next chapter. one more day. i ll be here tomorrow. so will i. i ll see you then. t.j., thank you very much. good afternoon, i m alina cho. fredricka is off today. it s saturday december 24th. thanks so much for joining us. two big stories today. politics and the christmas eve shopping crunch. in virginia, two candidates not making it onto the ballot. newt gingrich and rick perry. what happened? and last-minute holiday shopping. will it be the therapy that retail needs? let s start with politics and a surprising announcement from the republican party in virginia. newt gingrich and rick perry will not appear on the state s presidential primary ballot. the region? the candidates did not submit enough signatures to qualify. athena jones joins us from washington. athen ark, how did this happen? a lot of supporters of these two candid
using their shoes. let s begin with you at the new york stock exchange. tell us about the dow and in doing so, talk to me about europe. reporter: okay. the dow has been in rally mode all day. right now it s at 358. the nasdaq s&p had been in rally mode. for the market overall, it is shaping up as one of the best months ever. this all happening because this european debt deal is giving investors a big shot of confidence. this is deal that wall street has been waiting for. these debt problems have been years in the making. so here s what this dleel do. it will do several thing. first it will have banks write off half the value of their greek bonds so greece won t owe them as much money. it will free up cash so greece can pay other bills. it will do two other thing. it will force banks to set aside more cash and it boosts the european bailout fund. these are insurance american purchases are meant to prepare europe. we ve talked so much about greece but i think we need to tal