announced another stimulus measure inform boost the economy. we will get the reaction around the world. hong kong's hang seng index is off 5%. that's a big move for one day for a stock index. japan's nikkei is down 2%. in europe, more of the same. french, jer planing markets all plunging by more than 4%. have you gold down. you have oil down. you have selling basically acro across the board. downside risk, this is an economy in the u.s. and worldwide that's not out of the woods and markets are responding accordingly. >> we will talk more later about this. >> sure. cries of injustice and closure for one family after 20 years. the state of georgia executing by lethal injection death-row inmate troy davis late last night. davis was convicted of shooting and killing off-duty savannah police officer mark mcphail, a father of two children. several witnesses that helped put him away changed their stories even while strapped to the gurney insisted he did not have a gun. a crowd of hundreds of peaceful supporters held a vigil last night. hundreds of thousands of people around the world were convinced the state was killing an innocent man. but no court was ever convinced. the supreme court refused a last-minute stay as davis' final minutes ticked away. his attorney witnessed the execution. >> i had the unfortunate opportunity tonight to witness a tragedy, to witness georgia execute an innocent man. troy davis died tonight at approximately 11:00, 11:08 p.m. with him died his quest for justice in the truth. >> but the victim's mother believes what so many others doubt -- that troy davis is guilty. >> has justice been served? >> in my mind, yes. in minute mind, it has. it took a long time to get some but it really does in my mind. >> davis drew support from around the world from pope benedict to former president jimmy carter. president obama, he has remained silent on this case. for the first time in more than two years two american hikers convicted of spies in iran, they are tasting freedom this morning. josh fattal and shane bauer went into the arms of relatives after arriving in oman. we witnessed this emotional reunion. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the long 26-month ordeal finally came to an end. we were on the tarmac last week as the plane arrived carrying josh fatta and shane bauer. josh and shane came running down the stairs, leaping into the arms of their family members and loved ones. tears of joy streaming down the faces of everybody we could see. a very, very emotional moment. one thing that made it even more poignant was the reunion not just with the families but the reunion with shourd. sarah and shane actually got engaged while in prison. that reunion, a very emotional one. they were hugging and kissing on the tarmac. shane actually gave a rose to shourd. a little later there was a very brief press conference in which josh and shane spoke to the press. here is more of what they had to say. >> we are so happy we are free and so relieved we are free. >> two years in prison is too long. we sincerely hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in america and iran. >> reporter: a very, very emotional night. as the family said in a statement released earlier yesterday evening, it was the best day of their lives. >> do we know this morning what josh and shane and their families are doing today? >> reporter: officials tell us they believe they are getting medical tests. josh and shane are speaking to the media this morning. we are told by some people here they are basically taking a day to catch up with their families and probably getting medical tests done. deciding exactly what they want to do. last year when sarah shourd was released one of the first things she did she was taken on a tour of the main mosque here. she told the press last year when josh and shane are released she would like to take them hear. we are not hearing from family when they will depart oman. they will be here at least 24 hours. >> it is interesting he said political prisoners in america, too. that kind of surprised me his first comment was about political prisoners in america. >> reporter: it was interesting. it really struck a chord. it seemed to echo some of the statements we were hearing earlier in the week. you know, there was a statement last night by the omani foreign ministry thanking the iranians for answering this call for a humanitarian release of the two hikers. in that statement they also said that it would be good if the u.s. would make similar considerations. last week the iranians, different iranian officials were speaking about this, they were saying, yes, it is clear the iranian judiciary was contemplating releasing josh and shane. but it would be good for the u.s. to try to possibly release iranian political prisoners that were in american jails. u.s. hasn't comment order that. this seems to be a refrain right now. this implication that political prisoners shouldn't just be released from iran but also the u.s. and it was very interesting that that statement was made last nature at the press conference. >> thank you so much. >> that is interesting. in just about six hours the iranian president ahmadinejad will take the stage and address the world at the united nations general assembly. there is a lot on the line. iranian leader's tone will be very telling because his grip on power is shaky these days. many observers believe he needs to ease tensions with the united states. let's go first to the political prisoner in the united states thing. what do you suppose that means? >> i was than aware there were a lot of iranians in the mountains picked up -- >> but iranians in jail in different capacities over the years iranians asked for a quid pro quo release. we have to see until the american hikers are back on u.s. soil to see just what these statements really mean. whether it is political niceties to thank oman and reflect on their experiences in iran, until they come back, probably they will be on the set and you can ask them. but as for the hikers' situation it also played out this drama at the united nations, you can't mistake the timing. president obama, president ahmadinejad, different areas of the u.n. while president obama was speaking, president ahmadinejad came in through the u.n. entrance. here he is leaving at the end of the day. they were back and forth. same doors, never really meeting. that's certainly planned, u.s. was never going to let that happen. as for the hikers' release, the u.s. leader who normally doesn't comment upon exiting the united nations on his big day there, praises their freedom. >> wonderful news about the hikers. we are thrilled. could not feel better for their families. a wonderful day for them. and for us. >> president obama saying wonderful day for the families and for the u.s. and he was very happy that they are free. the timing, though, very interesting. a lot of trouble back home for president ahmadinejad between the religious sect and a lot of people did want him to get an image boost here in the united states. the timing, though, can't be misguided there, that they were freed just as he's here at the u.n. as for other aspects of ahmadinejad's speech, well the nuclear issue does not go away. it seeps like it has been running five, six years. president obama said a lot more has to be done to pressure iran to stop its growing nuclear program. >> iranian government cannot demonstrate that its program is peaceful. it has not met its obligations and it rejects offers that would provide it with peaceful nuclear power. if they continue down a path that's outside international law, they must be met greater pressure isolation. >> there have been four rounds of u.n. security council sanctions against iran and it hasn't done that much. it seems it is hard to know, the international energy holding a meet thing week on nuclear i shall news vienna and over the last few months, the years same story. can't verify, just what's going on there and can -- dual use. iran says strictly peaceful. nuclear program. >> yes. what about this notion of softening his tone? ahmadinejad softening his tone towards the united states. >> i don't know. we will have to see today. i mean, as you mentioned earlier on the program, that the iranian leader has said that 9/11 was in effect a hoax. whether the holocaust was alive and people walked out, many countries, it has been planned, let's see. i think we will see today if there is a change after vehement rhetoric after the last few years in geneva where there was larger walkout. it was like a bad broadway show. you should have seen. >> it thank you so much. libya's national transitional council laying out plans for a new government. officials say that they first need to control the borders and pro-gadhafi strong holds. three cities remained the control of gadhafi loyalists. si rte and sabha and bani walid. it could take three months of april that they plan to ain't point a new prime minister. a fleet of u.s. fighter cleared to tie again. f-22 rafters were grounded in may over concerns that fighter pilots were not getting proper oxygen. officials say the return to flight plan includes dalin respectses of the rafters life support system. >> we are still facing the possibility this morning of a government shutdown by the end of the month. the house voting down a temporary spending bill to keep the government operating into november. it is a big setback for republicans. it calls for spending cuts to offset addition am funds for disaster relief efforts. 48 republicans broke ranks and voted against the measure. looks like 1900 teachers in taco tacoma, washington, will be going back to work. teachers and district reached a tentative agreement last night. deal coming after the state's governor sat in on talks for most of a seven-hour bargaining session. strike shut down school for over a week. teachers ignored a court order to go back to class. ahead, japan's new disaster. powerful storm bringing heavy rains to the tsunami-ravaged coastline. nearly a dozen people have died. our talk back question this morning -- should patriotism be a political tool? 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do we know yet? >> reporter: yes. we spoke to the operator. there has been no major damage which is a big relief obviously to tepco and many japanese people. many people i have spoken to seriously were concerned this was going to set back the recovery of this particular nuclear power plant. now we did hear from tepco, though, that the water levels did rise slightly. obviously because there was so much rain that fell in that area. remember, that's radioactive water that's in the building by the reactors but no major calamity, we are being told. >> thank you, paula. rob marciano is in the extreme weather center with all that. hi, rob. >> good morning. yeah, they saw about eight, some n some cases ten inches of rainfall around the sendai area. the next storm beginning next week. transform flood something very, very different. tropical storm ophelia trying to transform itself into a hurricane. strengthening 65-mile-an-hour winds here. almost there. even though it has some heavy winds to fight against. westerly moving at 14 miles per hour. heading towards leeward islands. a thousand miles from that location. we still think it will probably not become a hurricane or if it does, not be very long. it has a lot of odds against it. likely won't make it to the united states at this point. one of the reasons we get to the cold front protected the east coast. we have one right now that's going to be a slow mover and that willing bring on and off rain showers across the east coast. we are seeing some across atlantic now. through parts of south carolina and across northeast as well. some rainfall there. where flood watches have been posted for parts of jersey. this radar will begin to fill in over the next couple of days and loo through the weekend. >> all right. keep the umbrella hand. >> i bummer. >> noted. >> duly noted. thanks, rob. now is your chance to talk about the big stories of the day. the question for you this morning, should patriotism be a political tool? i ask you this because of governor rick perry's brand-new web ad. it is compelling. >> no more manufactured price. >> we are headed in the right direction. i love these folks that say that. >> zero jobs. >> no jobs create. >> zero. >> people are demoralized what happen. >> zero. >> zero. >> you get that part of it, right? president obama is hoping change is destroying america. at about one minute into the ad, the ad is all about patriotism. right when perry says we don't need a president who apologizes for america. the ad emphatically states rick perry is an american. >> the last great hope of mankind. it is time to get america working again. you don't need a president who apologizes for america. >> it is a tactic that's been proved quite effective. remember the infamous swift boat ads by a pro-bush group questioning john kerry's heroism? >> crimes commit order day-to-day basis. >> how could we be loyal to him now? >> dishonors his country and more importantly the people he served with. he sold them out. >> president bush eventually denounced the ads. patriotism worked for democrats, too, during the 2008 campaign. vice presidential candidate joe biden said wealthy americans should pay more taxes because it is time to be patriotic. doesn't that sound familiar? 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"minding your business." stocks and commodities, oil and gold, these markets worldwide are plunging. the fed said the u.s. economy is facing, quote, significant downside risks when it announced another stimulus measure yesterday to boost the economy. yesterday moody's downgraded three banks and this morning u.s. stock futures are trading sharply lower. ahead of the opening bell. greece is still in the spotlight. the government announced more budget cuts to secure aid promised by the european union. a nationwide strike, more protests expected there today. another potential market mover, labor department's initial jobless claims report. that comes out in about two hours. we will get those numbers to you as soon as they are available. it is the latest weekly read on how many people are collecting unemployment benefits. in another breaux to the financial sector moody's downgraded bank of america, also wells fargo and citigroup and two of those stocks managed to close slightly higher yesterday. what's next at facebook? we will find out today. mark zuckerberg will be the keynote speaker at the f-8 developer conference in san francisco. new features and a peek at plans for the company are usually announced at this event. 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