Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110818:18:09:00
Msnbc. breaking news on today's stock market turmoil. right now the dow is down over 400 points. 435. it is down nearly 500 points, in fact, earlier this morn ing. i'm joined now by melissa francis, co-anchor of cnbc's "the call." >> what else is fueling what we're seeing today? >> at one point the dow was down 528 points. it all started in europe. all these wor ris about the liquidity of european banks. we saw the european indices sell off big time. this really has been the cue for our markets to sell off as well. then we piled on with a whole bunch of weak u.s. economic data like you menti...