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up and down, markets around the world have been a wild ride this week. good morning to you. im eun yang. >> kansas im jim handly. good morning. weve got a nice one shaping up out there. >> oh, my goodness. its so nice to step outside and breathe in that refreshing air. 71 degrees. much cooler. >> we hit the weather lottery. >> yes, we certainly did for august. >> thats why were smiling so much this morning. >> i thought it was because jim handly was here. >> well, that, too. but were a...

and miracle at sea. a 12-year-old boy pulled into a vicious riptide swept away from shore. pure agony on the beach then the dramatic rescue you have to see to believe. good morning, everyone. and what an amazing story out of washington state. the boy was dale ostrander. swept out to sea by a riptide. in the water for 25 minutes. while they were trying to rescue him, his church group formed a prayer circle on the beach. and 25 minutes later, he was brought out completely lifeless. bro...

harder to answer questions like this. there were rumors going around about the potential insolvency of one or more french banks who own a lot of debt of europes periphery, greece, spain, italy ireland or portugal. theres that concern. a lot of these frnch banks bought a lot of our toxic assets earlier in the decade. i suspect they havent marked those down fully either. all the rumors are denied. it led to this sell off this morning that should have been greeted with some follow through...

to natalee holloways family. a 12-year-old boy pulled into a vicious riptide swept away from shore. pure agony onn the beach then te dramatic rescue you have to see to believe. good morning, everyone. and what an amazing story out of washington state. the boy was dale ostrander. in the water for 25 minutes. while they were trying to rescue him, his friends formed a prayer circle and brought out in a coma but did survive. >> he has spoken to his family. never underestimate the power...

this. there were rumors going around about the potential insolvency of one or more french banks who own a lot of debt of europes periphery, greece, spain, italy ireland or portugal. theres that concern. a lot of these frnch banks bought a lot of our toxic assets earlier in the decade. i suspect they havent marked those down fully either. all the rumors are denied. it led to this sell off this morning that should have been greeted with some follow through after the big rally yesterday o...

the last 14 trading sessions, the dow has lost 2,000 points, and by my calculation, thats about $2.8 trillion of wealth that has been destroyed. about 20% or one fifth of the annual output of the u.s. economy. so as the market continues to fall in this way, thats going to have real implications of on ordinary people, their 401(k)s, and how wealthy they feel and their ability to spend from here. so it is frankly quite serious. >> yes, it is. when is this going to start stabilizing a lit...

by the way, he agrees with the downgrading of the u.s. credit rating. dont miss that conversation with him here. i do want to begin with this. the commander in chief of the u.s. armed forces is at dover air force base in delaware right now. president obama is attending the dignified transfer, right there, thats what the military calls the movement of war fatalities from the place they died back to american soil. those who arrive today are the 30 u.s. and eight afghan troops who died ...

points. that continues to fluctuate. coming up in a couple of minutes. ill speak live with the man who ran the governments bank bailout a couple of years ago. by the way, he agrees with the downgrading of the u.s. credit rating. dont miss that conversation with him here. i do want to begin with this. the commander in chief of the u.s. armed forces is at dover air force base in delaware right now. president obama is attending the dignified transfer, right there, thats what the militar...

along 68 and especially with the 28 intersection. we have much more action off in west virginia, mainly light some embedded moderate showers. this is moving east. later this morning we expects body showers across our region. and partly sunny skies around lunchtime. been spotty downpours. there will be some areas of rain with downpours later this afternoon. 92 is a high temperature. outer loop that telegraph road, a minor crash. it was moved to the shoulder. metro rail, marc rail, vir...

brave unpredictable weather, currents and, yes, shark-infested waters. today, monday, august 8th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. its about 7:00 on the west coast. im matt lauer. >> im ann curry. good morning. investors are weighing in on the downgrade. theyre not happy. >> no, theyre not. the dow down about 200 points following a weekend of finger-pointing in washington over the cause of that downgrade. presid...