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of the turmoil on wall street has been triggered by fears over the european debt crisis and the anemic economies. and richard quest, one of the best people to turn to when we want perspective on the global economy. he joins us from london. what happened in the european markets today? >> reporter: the europeans went down initially and then down further and they rallied with wall street. we closed down 1% in london, and paris 1%, and frankfurt, once again the german market is being cream...

with the usual. what is going on, ali? >> look, we started off the day this morning with a rough night in asia. european markets on news that, you know, the german economy, the strongest in europe has weakened to almost a stall, the french economy, absolutely no growth in the quarter. that took u.s. markets downright off the top. but before that, more than 12 hours ago, we got a report from morgan stanley to say what weve all been saying, global economies are slowing down, that they we...

four hours or so. morgan stanley come out with a global note cutting its global growth forecast and saying the u.s., the world is dangerously close to recession quite frankly and naming a couple of different reasons why they think that global growth will not be as strong as they thought. among them, europes debt problems and also mentioning what they call policy mistakes in the u.s. and also the drama about the debt ceiling. they say, overall, consumer confidence, business confidence, ...

and toothpicks, and then some people saying i dont want to try the cake because my mouth will get hurt. thats what is going on. >> this is something that we have been seeing over the last few weeks. is this really any different than the turmoil we have been witnessing? >> i think ali is spot on. you think back to just before the huge selloff and volatility last week, we had our own numbers that showed we had almost no growth. we have a new manufacturing number today, a regional manufac...

and in part because of the presidents travels to the midwest and in part because of the new energy that texas governor rick perry is adding to the republican race. wednesday governor perry visited new hampshire, and while its clear hes the flavor of the moment in presidential politics, the more he speaks, the more people, including many republicans, ask this question -- by so aggressively appealing to the republican base, is governor perry undermining his appeal as a general election c...

>> im running for office because i believe that having spent my life in the private sector, meaning in business, that i understand what it takes to get business going again. >> and perrys rebuttal? well, part texas macho. >> give him my love. >> and part acclaim to have the job creation bragging rights. >> 40% of all the jobs created in america from june of 2009 until the present were created in texas. i know how to create jobs. >> a compact hour ahead including putting governor perry ...

>> 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 january. joining me now is a man whos had his own brush with death, abc news ...

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...

of congress packed up and went on vacation. so now 4,000 faa workers are not being paid. tens of thousands of others involved in airport construction and maintenance are also off t job. and some $25 million are being lost every day in taxes because there is no one there to collect. that is more revenue lost in one hour than you will probably pay in your lifetime because congress members cannot reach an agreement agreement. weill tear into this developing dispute in just a moment, but h...

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