sexist. and hot flash. important news tonight for women fighting the symptoms of menopause. the surprising steigns about wh works and what doesn't. good evening. diane is on assignment tonight. if there ever was a day that highlighted the gulf between wall street and main street, this was it. the dow came roaring back from yesterday's plunge knowledge, picking up more than 400 points. after the federal reserve did something it's neverone before. promising to keep interest rates at rock-bottom for two more years. what the fed sees in their data is what so many of us feel in our bones. america's economy is weak. the jobs are scarce. this chart tells the story. in other recent recessions back in 1981, the recent year, and 20 years later, after 9/1111 you sw some job loss, but then it came back. lack at what's happening this time. many more jobs lost much more quickly and they're not coming back with the same kind of speed and force. abc's bianna golodryga starts us off tonight. >> reporter: wall street's wild ride continued today. skyrocketing higher. after a two week period with massive drops that had wiped out more than 16% of the market's value. at the closing bell, the dow was up 430 points. the tenth biggest point gain in history. the rally spurred by the federal reserve's historic promise to keep interest rates at zero for the next two years. it was something wall street didn't expect but embraced. >> the fed is an institution that still has a lot of credibility. they read the statement first. then said, well, they didn't do anything. they looked at it a little more and said, well, maybe they threw us a bone. >> reporter: the reason for the fed's move? they believe the economic recovery is entire than expected. the fed noted a lack of robust hiring, slowing consumer spending, and a housing market that continues to be a drag. >> one day in the stock market, whether up or down, isn't going to determine what happensnsith the economy. but what is the sense on the street? are we going to get into another recession? >> the sense on wall street is no. we'll have subpar economic growth. it can feel like a recession. >> reporter: main street is flashing back to the dark days of the financial crisis. wondering even with the fed's support could the nightmare of 2008 happen again. >> everybody's scared. i mean, the market is up and down. nobody knows what's going to happen. >> the only thing that's doing well this year was the market. and this goes, the rest of the economy will probably fall through as well. >> bianna, you lack ook at this you see why everybody is so worried. words like deterioration, depressed, weak. wondering, why didn't the fed do more? >> with the fed pumping money into the economy, the fed is saying things are slowing down but they still think we can avert another recession. they're saving some of their tools in their arsenal. the folks i'm talking to on wall street say even more so than the u.s. economy, they're focused on what's going on in europe and that ongoing debt crisis because that is a global economy. >> a good day on wall street today. thank you. that bringss us to "dollars & sense." with all the ups and downs the past couple of week, all of us can use some good advice on how to handle our 401ks. abc's jim avila went out and talked to some experts and found out investing like a woman just might be the secret. reporter: in san diego today, at a book signing for a leading personal finance expert, dave ramsey, questiononas the market loses 12% in just three weeks. >> not letting emotions guide you. >> reporter: "consumer reports" magazine this months says consumer confidence is at a two-year low. only 43% of americans think they are better off. reaching out to "world news," viviers are asking if there are cheap opportunities to buy. should i rebalance my 401k or sell everything and cash in now? cat free worries the best place for my money is in my pocket. studies show the best advices to invest like women do and not be so quick to sell. a uc davis study women make more money on the market then men because guys trade 45% more often and get too cocky. 63% of men call themselves experienced traders. only 48% of women claim that title. >> i would go to quality. >> reporter: advice from the first woman to ever own a seat at the new york stock exchange. so buy the things that you eat, that you drive, that -- >> you live with. >> reporter: it's an approach endorsed by a new book called "warren beffet invests like a girl," claiming women survive better in the market using the buffet model. trade less. make unemotional stock decisions, and pick stable investments, not trendy. >> they think frankly they know more than they do and this can lead them to make some pretty bad choices. >> reporter: women do more research and hold on to stocks longer. >> this is a great time to come out and look for stocks that are on sale. >> reporter: a more feminine portfolio that avoids testosterone-based snap decisions may be the way to stay safe in the long run. jim avila, abc news, new york. now to that breaking news on the american airlines flight which was forced to make an emergency landing in charleston, south carolina. 152 passengers and 6 crew members were on board when the flight from miami to washington was forced to the ground by severe turbulence. abc's jim sciutto is in washington now with the latest. i know, jim, the story is still developing, but what do we know right now? >> what we know ishis was turbulence serious enough for the pilotso reroute the plane and make an emergency landing. the latest is five people are hospitalized with injury, one of them a flight a aendant treated for a serious neck injury. the american airlines boeing 747 with 152 passengers and 6 crew on board was en route from miami to washington, d.c. when it flew right into a system of thunderstorms. pilots immediately reported fairly good turbulence. serious enough that they declared an emergency. and rerouted to charleston, south carolina. met by emergency services on the ground, several passengers asked for medical attention. five rushed to the hospital. tonight, american airlines tells us, quote, none of the passenger injuries are serious. and nonfatal accidents, inflight turbulence is the leading cause of injuries. on average every year there are fewer than ten significant incidents of turbulence. an emergency landing due to turbulence is unusual but not unheard of and gives us a sense how concerned the pilots were tonight, george, possibly a more serious incident averted. >> okay, jim, thanks. we turn next to the explosive streetetof london based for a fourth straight night of riots. with the violence and arson now spreading to other cities toos of work and angry. abc's lama hasan is right there on the scene. >> reporter: george, tonight i'm on a london street where just yesterday violence was breaking out and police officers like these behind me tell me they are fanning out across the city, thousands of them. they sayayhey are now ready for a fight. late today, wearing masks, brazenly in broad daylight, the rioters went to work. reports they hit a police station, setting it on fire. thankfully, no one injured. smoke billowed from a burnt out car and from a nearby building, a tense standoff between the riot police and the looters. 16,000 police officers are flooding the streets. triple the usual number. and in an unprecedented move for a department that works without guns or riot control hoses, the police are considering firing plastic bullets on the crowds. desperate residents asking what has taken them so long. >> where is the police? the police station is up there. will they be here to protect us tonight? they weren't here to protect us last night. >> reporter: under fire, prime minister david cameron, who now back from a vacation in tuscany. also suddenly back, london's mayor. onella girarratano, whose salon was destroyed in the havoc, gave him an earful. >> -- and to one was here. >> reporter: the inferno and the looting has been spreading both through london and to other cities. images not seen since the darkest days of world war ii. a department store, 100 years worth of a family business, up in flames. >> it's all burnt down and there's no profit and no one has really stolen anything, they've just burnt it down for the sake of burning it down. >> reporter: amidst the flames, a woman jumped out of a building, straight into the arms of firefighters. she survived. so who are these rioters? young, angry men from poor neighborhoods, who see little opportunity in a country trying to survive the economic doldrums, slashing programs to help the poor. the violence was sparked by a police shooting but has now taken a life of its own. >> they are feral rats. what are those parents doing? those children should be at home. they shouldn't be out here causing mayhem. >> reporter: this video exposes how some of these riots are thieves. this man stealing from the bag of a bystander injured in the violence. tonight, the policers are overflowing with people who have been arrested. hundreds of them. police say they are fininly going to square off with the rioters and the looters, promising a full-on fight. george. >> a long night ahead throughout england. in texas today, the polygamist warren jeffs was sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two girls he took as brides in his remote fundamentalist church. jeffs acted as his own attorney during the trial. the 55-year-old will be eligible for parole when he's 90. now to the controversial picture that's become a kind of political rorschach test. michelle bachmann. many agree the photo is unflattering but the consensus ends there. literal bias, sexism, cynical marketing or revealing portrait? abc's sharyn alfonsi dive also into the debate. >> reporter: that strange picture -- the "queen of rage" headline. >> i think it's trageous. >> reporter: "newsweek" had its choice of plenty of other photos. these are the outtakes -- not chosen by the magazine. so why did they choose this picture? >> hi, there, i'm michele. >> reporter: critics argue it's just another example of "newsweek" portraying conservative women unfairly. remember the extreme close-up of sarah palin? and now this -- a cover so unflattering even the national organization for women, who say they want to see bachmann defeated, is rallying to her defense. >> it's sexist. i don't know any man who is a legitimate front-running candidate for the united states presidency, that has been treated that way b ba major mainstream magazine. >> oh, it's not sexist. look, she's a provocative candidate. and it's a provocative picture. >> reporter: lois romano wrote the "newsweek" article and defends the "queen of rage" headline. >> she is appealing to a segment of the population that we felt was in a rage, that is really angry. i don't want to suggest that she projects anger. in fact, she's very calm on the campaign trail. >> reporter: in fact, today in iowa, bachmann didn't lash out about the cover at all. instead, she turned the other cheek. a more flattering view. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. still ahead on "world news," millions of american women believe it's the cure for hot flashes, even bone loss. but does it really work? 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