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Close for the day. it happened twice in one week. i think what the chinese are learning the government can't decide whether stock prices are going to fall and how much. they're suspending that rule because it's making people in china more nervous. they're worried the market's going to close, they won't be able to get money out later so they are to close now. in the u.s. we have a circuit breaker, about you it only shuts done the market if it falls 20%. that only happened in 1997. people in reacting to things we know about. if you close the market for a day, it's going to open up the next day a...

Best performing economy in the world. any good news on the job data may help to ease some investors investors' concerns about the outlook for u.s. nevertheless, remain concerns about how the you look for china could be imported into the u.s. so that will remain a concern but good data would help to bolster the market sentiment i believe. >> people crossing their fingers, i'm sure. for more on the turmoil in the markets, joined by forbes.com contributor gordon chang, author of "the coming collapse of china." good to see you again. you were here when we watched the closing of the bell and market...

Be tolerated. japan sent planes into the air to test for radioactive activ y activity. the chinese government is testing for radiation along its border. 5.1 magnitude earthquake, schools were evacuated and hours from now, the united nations security council will be holding an emergency closed-door session requested by the u.s. and japan to discuss what action the international community will take next. alisyn? >> will, we'll check back in with you throughout the program. thank you for that. here with us, gordon chang, author of "nuclear showdown: north korea takes on the world." he's also a fo...

It's reported he died in a car accident as did his predecessor and the latest of top officials to die in recent years. let's dig deeper with two of our north korea experts, gordon chang, "north korea takes on the world" and a columnist for forbes.com and a former state department senior advisor, the author of the book "smart power between diplomacy and war." the predecessor, the person in this role also died in a car crash in 2003. i think that's why some people are saying again? they think it might be a coincidence. what do you think? >> yeah, i don't think it's a coincidence. i think it may ...

Kind of attack right now but they are working on it. now much of this recent tension can be traced back to august 4th when that attack, as wolf mentioned a moment ago, a land mine, blew up on the southern end of the dmz right about there on the southern end. two north korean -- two south korean soldiers were nearly killed in that attack. u.s. and south korean officials say the north koreans deliberatedeliberat deliberately planted those mines. that gives you a sense how tensions have been building at least since august 4th in and around the dmz. >> let's get more perspective on what's going on...