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Four-year-old son after disciplining him with a tree branch. turning to business. this is one worst weeks for wall street in more than three years. there is a silver lining. allison cossack explains. >> it was a tough week for stocks and you can pin it on one thing. oil t dow, nasdaq and s&p 500, dropped this week. and the declines were the biggest since 2011. the problem, we had not just one but three separate reports this week saying the same thing that global oil demand will drop next year. that is is from the u.s. government, opec and the international energy agency. by the same token th...

Dow. there's a disconnect there. you know, a good portion, more than half of americans, aren't even in invested in the stock market so they're not feeling the headline of 17,000. a few other things that americans will feel on a day to day basis. their incomes. although we did see salaries go up in this jobs report they're not keeping pace with inflation. also cost for food and energy for example, they have certainly risen. today, in fact, gas prices are at a six-year high. so these are things that take consumer spending away from making discretionary purchases and keeping their pocketbooks tig...

>> allison joins us from the new york stock exchange. allison, you hear the president there, 10 million jobs, 9.7 million jobs over the last 52 months. the market-setting record. you hear these good economic numbers but for so many americans they're not feeling so good so confident economically. why that disconnect? >>. >> that's a very good point. you have to think about what the president said. he's talking about the positives we're seeing now but this has been a recovery that's been slow going. i mean, even look at this jobs report which is no doubt about it very solid. you can even find pr...

Bear here to discuss. could a sudanese women sentenced to death after refusing to renounce her christian faith. her husband was raised christian and is a u.s. citizen. he says he's working with two u.s. senators to quickly secure asylum for their family. will their request be granted? question number three, what new stuff is apple set to unveil at their news conference tomorrow? and how is it likely to impact their stock? cnn's allison cossack gives us a preview. >> hi, randi. apple-gates are psyched for this week. they kicked off the conference on monday. tim cook will take the stage to ann...

Want to sell our company or take it private. allison is at the new york stock exchange with more on this. >> blackberry may have started out as the pioneer or smart phones but apparently just couldn't keep it together, so the company announced just a short time ago that it's hired a special committee to examine all it's obviouses. there could be a joint venture here, there could be a joint partnership. analysts say the company would like to go private because it would give the company time to work out its troubles, ta. blackberry can't go private on its own, it needs funding from a private equ...