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Market plunge this week that briefly sent the dow jones into a plunge of about 1,000 points. cnbcs steve liesman is here in the studio to talk to me about it. hes sitting down because hes the man usually with the answers. have you got it figured out yet? >> im still working on it as are officials by the way who dont know 48 hours or so later what happened. >> okay. what do we think happened? what do we know did not happen? hows that? >> the original thing was the fat-finger idea, that somebody w...

Authorities could be one step closer to finding that air france plane that crashed, cull all 228 people on board. more accurate computer programs are narrowing the search area down to three miles. the new search is extended until the end of the month. air france flight 447 disappeared last june. wolf? >> lisa, thank you. were also learning about new leads out of the pack stage and the times square bomb investigation. did the suspect phasal shahzad get bam-making training from extremists. plu...

Obviously there was program trading activity. i dont want wall street to wonk everybody out but theres computer programs set up that stay when things start to go bad lets sell into that and try to clear the debts as quickly as possible. obviously that happened. the interesting thing is if you think 15 years ago, if we had a move of nearly down a thousand points, we would have stopped trading. i mean, this was fairly remarkable stuff. i have to say ive been doing this close to 20 years. that was ...

>> right. ali, we now have word from the u.s. attorney here in manhattan that two u.s. citizens are being charged with providing material support to al qaeda, age 33 and age 34. this is material support that they are alleged to have provided including computer assistance. one of them allegedly traveled to yemen, pledged his support to al qaeda, and then went to work here in the united states, apparently trying to set up material assistance, computer programs. they also mentioned that he acquired...

Creates traffic jams, wasted fuel, and pollution. but brian park, a researcher at the university of virginia, says we can do much better. >> 30% better. >> reporter: 30% better? you could improve traffic speed by 30%? >> if you believe in simulations and research shows that. >> reporter: the secret? the lights. park is combining detailed studies of traffic patterns, roadway obstructions and the actual behavior of real drivers in selected areas. >> some are conservative and some are aggressive. >...

That. >> reporter: the secret -- the lights. park is combining detailed studies of traffic patterns, roadway obstructions and the actual behavior of real drivers in selected areas. >> some are conservative, and some are aggressive. >> reporter: to create computer programs to constantly adjust the traffic lights. for rush hour density, special events and weather and much more. and he says, his model proves traffic stops and pollution can be pushed way down, fuel efficiency way up to save the nati...

Crops is driving some farmers to harvest the ponds too early which is bad for quality and i can certainly there are some who are in the industry soley for opportunism you know in the us we live on vanilla its getting harder and harder to justify it because some people have been cheated they thought vanilla that was moldy and russian. madagascar depends on its reputation for high quality vanilla cultivation and processing account for one fifth of the countrys economic al push the families havent ...

Consolidation in terms of volatility with the markets heading higher. now youre seeing that happen and the computer programs can react quicker than the retail investor. thats why theres more failing pressure to come. the retail investor has yet to call their adviser and say hi, what is going on? should i get out? i ths -- i think most of the selling started with the algorithmic programs and the retail advisers will look back and maybe make some moves. take profits and move out. a little more dow...

The job market is strong. ironically what you have here is a condition where wall street and main street are now a little bit disconnected. >> it sure looks like that. >> you have things doing really well in the economy but the stock market is worried about that overheating. >> does the stock market then have a ripple effect on the committee where it could do something negative. >> it could. but i think whats really most important to note here is this market has been going up, up, up, still up 3...

Specialist psychologists and computer programs pick out suitable candidates one of the picks is lucas. hes an internal intelligent and funny his messages to her contain no spelling mistakes which is a big plus. but when they make it turns out lukas has another two dates and wants to see what happens lana has to be patient. that makes her provide a happy though because if things dont work out should extend her subscription. optimistic after all every third marriage in europe now begins its an onl...