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Stake into a chinese chip acre. Dip the most in nearly two months yesterday, setting the index closing down over 2 for the week. All companies except for 14 on the s p were down yesterday. Julie hyman has much more. Lets put this in context. The s p 500 was at a record as recently as september 18 and hasnt been losing ground. Down only 2. 3 from that time but we have seen a change in about whatconcerns is happening geopolitically around the globe in russia in particular. Of course, the continuin...

We are here today to beat up on Jonathan Gruber. Stupid. Absolutely stupid comments that he made over the past few years. I seriously apologize for conjecturing. It is never appropriate to make oneself seem more important or smarter by demeaning others. Are you stupid . I do not think so. No. Does mit employee stupid people . Not to my knowledge. So you are a smart man that did some stupid things. Charles lets listen in right now after he was caught on camera bragging about lying to us. Lets go ...

But first, a shocking new report finds nearly nearly 4000 black men, women and children were lynched between 1877 and 1950 a far higher total than previously known. Horrific and terrifying, and we dont talk about it. We put markers about the confederacy if one of the courthouses, but we dont say a word about the thousands of people that were lynched on courthouse lawns. We will speak to attorney Bryan Stevenson of the equal Justice Initiative in alabama, and then we will stay in alabama to speak...

About the journalists whose lies helped build the case for the iraq . Then we go to chapel hill. This was an execution style a hate crime from a neighbor. Our children spoke about their uncomfortable with. He came to their apartment more than once, condescending, threatening, and despising and talking down to them. Muslim lives matter. Outrage grows over the killing of three young Muslim Students near the campus of unc chapel hill. Two sisters and a dental student, one just married in december. ...

Cyprus says the new agreement wiped out previous budgets. It is murder monday. At pharmaceutical group has agreed to buy another four billion dollars in cash. Valley and was stored in valeant was sorted from buying the maker of botox b. Announcement will be made later this afternoon. A change at the top of dish network. Charlie ergen is not going to be the ceo of dish at the end of march. He is replacing joe clayton who is retiring. They keep losing tens of thousands of subscribers while they ar...

What in the world were you thinking . Well, clearly i wasnt thinking. U. S. Soccer star hope solo at the center of that huge firestorm speaking out for the first time this morning about her offthefield trouble and her hope for the future. And good morning, america. We have a lot to get to this wednesday morning and we begin with that american sniper verdict. The jury got the case a little after 7 30. By 10 00 they had a verdict. Eddie routh convicted of murdering chris kyle and his friend chad l...

Electric car that can go more than 200 miles on a single charge. It will cost less than 40,000 dollars. Greece in germany are headed for a showdown in brussels. Finance ministers meet today over greeces request to extend the bailout agreement for six months. A new headlined says a deal tonight looks unlikely. Greece needs the extension to avoid defaulting on its debt. Germany has rebuffed the greek request. The german finance minister says greece needs to make a firmer commitment to austerity. H...

If so, bailout funding will keep flowing to greece. If not, there will be another round of emergency talks late this week. On friday, the eurozone agreed to extend the bailout funds for another four months. We want we won the battle but not the war. The real difficulties including those related to the negotiations in our relationships with our partners are still ahead. Alexis tsipras says the new agreement wipes out previous pledges to cut wages, pension, government jobs. Security has been tight...

Erik. He is on assignment in athens. Stephanie i would love to say that our erik was at the oscars last night, at the vanity fair party, but no committee is working in athens. We have had to take you to the breaking news on the Housing Market. Scarlet fu is in the newsroom with the headlines. Scarlet disappointing read steph. Economists had ratcheted down their expectations over the last three days because the expectation is down 1. 6 as recently as friday. On an annualized basis the rate is 4. ...

Young lgbt and homeless, their daily struggle to survive. Autism speaks, we talk with the organizations founders and the Surprising New findings about the disorder. And plus, ira glass my conversation with the storyteller. How hes taking this American Life on the road. This thursday marks three years since George Zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin. The violent death of the unarmed black teenager with questions about profiling. Would he face federal charges . Should he . Well, today wanted ...