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Wall street, despite the smiles and applause, stocks tanked today. the dow jones industrial average fell 225 points, that's its biggest drop in three months. the closing number, 10,926. they blame the slide on investors' fears that europe's bailout plan for greece won't work. a major victory for medical marijuana proponents, the washington city allowed legislation to allow chronically ill patients to have two ounces every month to aleve their illnesses. the d.c. voted to legalize marijuana 11 years ago, but congress blocked the measure. that ban was lifted last year. and he was hailed as a...

>> reporter: wolf, the entire day we've been anticipating that faisal shahzad would be shown here for a presentation before the judge. it's not going to happen today and we're told it will not happen tomorrow. now, why is that? the guidance i'm being given is that the bottom line is he's singing. why stop the tune if that strong isn't over? authorities have said that he is cooperating. he's providing some valuable information. once he's presented before the judge, he there be assigned a defense lawyer. at that point, who knows how much more cooperation there will be? so the government has an i...

Care that allows them to be productive much longer. raise the benefit age to 72, it will go a long way towards solving the problem. mike in pennsylvania says, go to your local social security office. it will be crowded with people well below retirement age who are there to sign up for social security disability benefits. they claim to have bad backs or are simply depressed. i work for a social service agency. the caseworkers send these people there and tell them how to qualify for benefits like it's welfare. fix it? stop robbing it first. allen writes we ought to have the choice of opting out....

Time to check back with jack kafrt for the cafferty file. >> the question this hour is what ever happened to john mccain? d. in arizona writes the old naval aviator is trying to fly through heavy flak from the left and the right while trying to make one last carrier landing. too many issues are clouding his vision. the landing could be rough. he needs to recall what got him down safely so many times before. david in virginia rights, all i can think to say is that it saddens me to see what's become of this man. it's one thing to lose an election. doms in new york writes are you kidding? he's in...