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average plunged 520 points, 4.6% amid jitters about europes debt crisis and growing resignation that the long-term prospects for growth here in the united states are bleak. alison kosik watched the massive selloff up close. >> john, we had yet another brutal session here on wall street today. you know, theres a lot of uncertainty about the economic outlook here in the u.s. and in europe as well. you know, theres worries about france being downgraded like the u.s. debt was downgraded. t...

the regime. human rights activists say at least 2,000 people have been killed in the regimes brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters over the past several months. as the crackdown has played out, the administration has gone from urging assad to stop the violence and implement reforms himself to of late saying the dictator has lost legitimacy, but until now the administration has stopped short from demanding he yield power. heres how the u.s. ambassador to the united nations desc...

killed in the regimes brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters over the past several months. as the crackdown has played out, the administration has gone from urging assad to stop the violence and implement reforms himself to of late saying the dictator has lost legitimacy, but until now the administration has stopped short from demanding he yield power. heres how the u.n. ambassador to the united nations described assads behavior right here on this program last week as she promi...

bank, their equivalent of ben bernanke gave a speech had morning and they said their economic growth is slowing, and traders took it as a note to say things are more serious than we thought. you combine that with the fact that the japanese central bank intervened to prop the yen up, and theres a fear that everybody is doing badly and nobody is there to pick up the slack. basically is that what is happening. money is coming out of the stocks. when you see that happening, it comes out of...

not the person that i met and married. >> denise richards. her life, her loves. >> oh, i had many loves. >> and of course her charlie. >> im way too old for him now. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. anybody watching the debt vote in the house monday night had to have been extraordinarily moved by that remarkable emotional moment when congresswoman gabrielle giffords walked out on the floor to cast her first vote since an assassination attempt nearly killed her back in...

>> and now its time to talk about jobs. >> all right. let talk about jobs. heres one, neil bowlens job with the faa new on furlough. >> i have a hard time understanding their partisan bickering and rhetoric. were reaching into our investments, savings, signed up for unemployment, and thats barely going to make the electric bill, much less the water and mortgage, so, yeah, were incredibly disappointed. >> he says congress could have prevented his ordeal with just a days work. heres why ...

might be losing their paychecks. thats because badly-needed construction at american airports is at a standstill. air safety inspectors, for instance, are working without any pay. and the government is not collecting $200 million a week in airline ticket taxes. thats 1 billion tax dollars lost between now and when congress gets back to work. now remember, the lawmakers responsible for blowing this hole in the budget just spent months railing about the deficit. and when they got done wi...

now, the "cnn newsroom" continues with randi kaye. >> have a great day. >> thank you. the treasury is sending out checks as promised, and somehow there is just as much fear and uncertainty and economic anxiety as ever. we will tackle the next three main questions. what is going on with the stock markets? the dow is on track for the ninth straight day of losses. any guesses on how long it has been since nine straight days of loss? 33 years. lots of scary numbers are behind these, and ...

the process, for that, i want you to take a look here. i will not try and walk you through it. its a mess. the bottom line is 917 billion dml spending cuts with a special committee in charge of finding $1.5 trillion cuts by the end of the year, and the debt limit rises by $900 billion now, and $1.5 later. already, there is one potential wrinkle here. the nonpartisan budget congressional office says the plan would cut spending only by 1.5 trillion, not 2.4 trillion. we are following all...

gay-straight alliance. he says suicidal feelings are common among gay youth and those questioning their sexuality. in fact, studies since the 1990s consistently show gay and lesbian youth having suicide attempt rates at least twice that of their heterosexual peers. his school district anoka hennepin has been hard-hit. the question is -- what role does school climate really play. >> we need an answer to this question. >> reporter: this is the only minnesota school district we could find...