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these folks weren't rioting like we have seen the past several days. they were there to clean up. now the problem is that the violence, looting and arson has spread to sever other british cities besides london. also a nationwide manhunt for two brothers and their older sister accused much opening fire on a florida police officer, then robbing a georgia bank. you're seeing the three siblings there and authorities do consider them armed and extremely dangerous. all right. wall street did a bit of a u-turn yesterday and thank goodness it did. we don't know exactly what it's going to...

life and why time may be running out. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the sinking feel is back on wall street. the breaking news this hour. all major stack indices with the dow down 500 points. once again, we saw dramatic fluctuations over the course of the trading day. one analyst says, and i'm quoting, fear and greed are driving this frantic cycle of buying and selling and that's costing investors trillions of dollars on paper. joining us now, richard quest. what is going on in europe right now that could drive down wall street so quickly, so dramatically. tt ma...

Affects all of us in the form of higher interest rates. as i said, two of the three agencies that score our credit has decided at this point, any way not to downgrade it. that's moody's and fitch. we get to keep our aaa rating at least for now, but we could lose it real fast if the companies don't feel as though the country is on solid footing and working towards a real long term solution, in terms of spending cuts and debt reduction. no word from s&p the third agency. they haven't really announced whether they are going to make a decision or not. we'll keep our eye on that and bring you news ...

looks. all day long the dow headed south until it finally closed down an ugly 266 points. on wall street, 4:00 couldn't come fast enough. we've had eight straight days of losses, the first time that happened since the global financial meltdown? 2008. it is a scary picture, and we're going to walk you through it all in just a moment. but first a look at the other stories we're drilling down on tonight. it's ramadan in syria. instead of peace, more bloodshed. graphic new images of bodies dumb it ped like garbage as the death toll rises. can the world look the other way? and japan's...

this year. there you can see him. it's an extraordinary turn-around in the fortunes of hosni mubarak, from long-time iron-fisted ruler to inform, elderly defendant. he faces the death penalty if found guilty. cnn's mohammed jamjoom is in cairo and he joins us. what can you tell us about these developments? >> reporter: we can't stress enough just how historic this is. it's unprecedented a ruler like hosni mubarak, the deposed leader of egypt would be in that courtroom wearing a prisoner's uniform in a cage on a stretcher as a defendant. it's shocking to people here in egypt. many peo...