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Not much. just by a few points. nonetheless, you have so many factors playing into these markets. its not just, you know, twitter and people on twitter but it has to do with the fear of a slowdown in 2019 and what that means for corporations. it has to do with the high level of debt that some of these corporations have and it has to do with political instability, foreign instability, the oil. if you look at oil, its below $45 u.s. a barrel at the moment. >> rick: which seems good to me. gas pric...

Some are asking why its moving on some say, i have no idea. it could be attributing it to sales, and it could also be the strength in oil that we have been talking about over the last little while because oil is still relatively low, below $45 u.s. per barrel. and the other major mover and is, its the end of the year. you often have a lot of rebalancing of pension funds. if that hasnt been doing so well, you start shifting it around and thats part of the rebalancing movement. >> its not where th...

Isnt any food. she says they are dying from starvation. you know that is just one face to what many here are calling a humanitarian crisis. we went on to the other side of colombia. we talked to a store owner there. they told us often times in colombia, the shelves are certainly full, but because of the weak currency of venezuela and low wages. minimum wage is $45 u.s. a month. many cannot afford to buy things on the other side if they find it. soap at this point is a luxury. leyla santiago, cnn...

Shut down for three weeks in a move at staving off a collapse of the financial system. withdrawal conditions are still in place. but things are quite calm even though the restrictions limit customers to 420 euros or approximately $455 u.s. a week. joining us now from athens is journalist elinda labropoulou. thank you for joining us on what i know is a fearful, trep dashs morning throughout greece. what are you seeing on the ground? im sure the reopening of the banks was met with a lot of relief....