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Late breaking news tonight with the ceo of turing pharmaceuticals 32-year-old former hedge fund manager martin shkreli announcing he is reversing course after coming under tremendous criticism for raising the price of a drug 5000%. the drug daraprim is used to treat toxoplasmosis. after buying rights to the 62-year-old drug last month, turing pharmaceuticals raised the price from $13.50 per pill up to $750 a pill taking the total treatment cost from around $1,000 up to $63,000. daraprim costs very little to make. the price increase prompted protests and outrage online. martin shkreli was defia...

The constitution above their religion. and donald trump refusing to apologize for not correcting a supporter who went on an anti-muslim tirade. when stevphen colbert asked him where the president was born last night, trump refused to answer. the ceo of turing pharmaceuticals agreeing to lower the cost of a drug that treats infects in hiv and cancer patients. he backed down after criticism. he hiked the price of daraprim more than 5,000% from 13.50 to $750 a tablet from one day to the next after buying the drug in august. he said he will lower the price to make it more affordable while still ...

Senate leaders say a stop gap funding bill to extend the federal budget for another ten weeks is gaining traction. meantime, they started working on shutdown plans already just in case there is a lapse. >> it feels like 2013 all over again. time for a new start, asian shares closed lower as china's manufacturing company hit a six-year low. volkswagon shares, wow, recovering a little from early losses. i gather to tell you, this is a huge scandal for volkswagon. it has shed more than a third of its value this week as the emissions scandal grows. vw now saying there could be 11 almost of its c...

Changes will be welcomed. >> a very small profit. martin score ellie sparking global outrage when they spiked up the price of daraprim from $13.50 to $750 a tablet. was this a bad deal or a botched money grab. good morning to you both. grace marie, let's start with you. so the guy buys this prescription company, and he owns this patent. and the pill goes up 5,000 times overnight. what was he doing? >> it's nothing but greed and profiteeri profiteering, steve, he's taking advantage of new technology. new competition will come in to

U.s. on cybercrimes, and improvement on human rights. the drug company that drastically hiked the price of a treatment for aids and n cancer patients is now switching gears. they had raised the price from $13.50 to $750 a pill. that caused outrage, but now the company's ceo says the company has been lowered to a, quote, more affordable price. he did not say what the price would be. we'll have much more on that story coming up. >> eu leetders will gather today to finalize a proposed quota system to tackle the humanitarian crisis in central europe. they voted tuesday to approve the plan to reset...