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This is a good way for a terrorist to bring down the economy. >> that's a good question. we have the s.e.c. and major exchanges meeting to figure this out. we don't know what triggered the first sell-office around 2:00 in the afternoon. but a difference in a way the different exchanges handle trading made this worse. >> yes. >> new york stock exchange got everybody to slow down whereas the other exchanges went full bo boar and kept on trading. >> there was a discrepancy in the trades of the prices of trades and quite frankly, all hell broke loose. the fact that it's taken so long to figure out...

Europe coming out strong saying we are not going to let greece's problems continue to spread. >> it has been five days since the dow suddenly dropped to almost 1,000 points. are we any closer to knowing what caused that plunge? as you know, there is all these conspiracy types that are out there saying, okay, did somebody hack the system? was this really a human error? do we actually know, christine, the truth? >> we don't. the s.e.c. has summoned the heads of all the majors to washington. when we have seen a software glitch or a technical glitch or a mistake in trade move stocks in the past, w...

No one has any way of knowing exactly what happened. there are numerous investigations as to why the market was down 500 points then down 998 points. the market was in a weak position then suddenly the computers took over, 2/3 of stock market trading is done by computers. and you had the stock markets literally plunging. then it came back fast and furious. people scratching their heads and trying to figure out why procter & gamble was down and why a company like accenture went down to pennies a share. something was clearly wrong. we don't know exactly what that is. everyone agrees the computer...

Gaga for gilmore. take a look at the reaction to his announcement. [ cheers and applause ] >> however, the enthusiasm faded and he would eventually drop out of the race. >> he's still in the race. >> he is still in the race. >> yeah. he tweet during the debates like a real candidate. >> okay. moving right along to story 998. in june, an indiana school administrator told congress the children were kree aegt black markets to trade and sell salt. as a response to michelle obama's strict school lunch rules. the administrator. children have been caught bringing salt, pepper and sugar to school to a...

What they ask, if they vote to repeal and then the discussion changes and they may regret it down the line. >> i don't think night follows day if it goes to single-payer system. we're arguing over the wrong things, who pays? for the for-profit model, dennis kucinich's rapt on the floor, you have 5,008 hospitals in the country. 998 are for-proth. less than 20%. to say 80% are already not for profit, and you have to increase that to healthcare, you have to be kidding me. the numbers are fantasy. wayne's point, adding $32 million to a broken system, only exacerbates the inefficiencies. when medic...