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Jaw dropping to see the dow fall over 1100 points. Its especially significant because look what happened last week. Last week we saw the major indexes hitting alltime highs and it just took ten trading sessions for the dow to go from an alltime high to a correction, which happened today. Which is a 10 fall from a recent high. Even when stocks were reaching lofty highs, there was a lot of concern that traders would be in for a rude awakening because there was a lot of of complacency about the cor...

Points. Overnight, 8 more people died in iran raising the death toll there to 34 people. Friday prayers there canceled in 22 other cities in iran for the first time in decades. A lot of questions about the summer olympics in tokyo as the Prime Minister has closed all Public Schools for a month. In italy, five pro soccer matches this weekend will be played in empty stadiums like this. What an image that is. This is a major tournament game. No one in the crowds there to protect people from a possi...

Now. We have a team of doctors standing by along with our correspondents and analysts as we cover the days top stories. First to our chief medical correspondent, dr. Gupta. First of all, the whistleblower complaint. Tell us about that. Remember this complaint that a particular division of hhs called the administration for children and families, they had a bunch of workers this complaint says, that went to receive those first patients that came out of wuhan. Remember those images of this plane co...

Want to point out is that in terms of the changes currently taking place in californias criminal Justice System is that we have embarked on a very, very large experiment and thats called realignment. Prison population in california is going to approach by or sometime next year the federal mandate of 130,000. Weve already released some 50,000 individuals to serve their time locally, and these offenses that we were talking about here are currently in the list of offenses that were to be served in ...

In north charlesson South Carolina is under arrest being charged with murder in a shooting death of a black man after a traffic stop on saturday. The victim apparently was unarmed. The fbi has opened an investigation. The incident was caught on video and Michelle Miller is working the story. Michelle. Scott the video surfaced this afternoon and apparently shows a white Police Officer shooting a black suspect in the back. The officer Michael Slager says the man was stopped for a broken tail light...

Association, as we were talking before the panel began, you shared with me that your organization has previously supported a measure that mark leno brought forward to lower the punishment for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana to a misdemeanor to an infraction. In this case your organization is essentially opposed to it. What do you say to mr. Adelman and mr. Gascon . I think one of the things i want to point out is that in terms of the changes currently taking place in californias cr...

Others are beginning to say enough is enough. Were seeing prison populations beginning to decline but when it comes down to the question, who are the first people we should stop putting behind bars . Who is the people who really dont belong there . Its people whose only offense is possession of a substance to put in their own body, right . Thats the first group that needs to be let out. [applause] marty, let me ask you, youre obviously part of the california district attorneys association, as we...

We have embarked on a very, very large experiment and thats called realignment. Prison population in california is going to approach by or sometime next year the federal mandate of 130,000. Weve already released some 50,000 individuals to serve their time locally, and these offenses that we were talking about here are currently in the list of offenses that were to be served in county jails now. And if the notion here is to provide services and treatment to these individuals from a practical poin...

The unexpected things that has happened all over the country, particularly in the last five years, is that there has been a huge and rapid escalation in heroin use in our country. And also in the number of deaths in all age groups, in all strata of society in all states, from heroin overdoses. And because the heroin epidemic has been so big and because it has not been geographically concentrated in any one place, its been all over, in the cities, in suburbs in rural areas, everywhere. Blue state...

Heroin use in our country. And also in the number of deaths in all age groups, in all strata of society in all states, from heroin overdoses. And because the heroin epidemic has been so big and because it has not been geographically concentrated in any one place, its been all over, in the cities, in suburbs in rural areas, everywhere. Blue states, red states, everywhere. It has led to some surprising alliances. In terms of people coming together to try to find a solution to this problem. It has ...