of greece s bailout and concerns about slowing growth in china. china has been a very big engine of economic growth for the rest of the world while the u.s. has been taking a back seat and worrying about jobs here. all these major trends and factors are still in play here. also, moody s downgraded some of the greek banks. so, we re still watching the banking system in europe. still watching the european wildcard and, again, we ve been talking to traders and analysts who have been saying to close out a week, a very bad week in stocks at this point, people still looking for some reason to try to buy in. i will tell you, the last couple of days have been two of the worst days for the dow since those bad old days of 2008. you ll feel all of this this week in your 401(k). kyra? okay, i wish we could get some better news. christine, thanks. me, too. the politicians that are out there promising to fix the economy, and virtually everything else. nine republicans, as you know, s
23 more deaths reported in syria. a day after president obama and several u.s. allies finally called on president obama bashar al assad to step aside. arwa damon is covering this story. another friday, a day of prayer, but it was a day of brutal violence as well, arwa. that s right, wolf. and it would seem some pretty dramatic footage emerging from damascus. in the center of the city and in the clip that emerged on youtube, we could not independently verify its awe tenitiesty. you can hear the fear in the people s voices on the recording. now, we spoke to an eyewitness, a person who said he was at that demonstration and just as they were leaving the mosque, he said security forces began firing op them from all sides. people scattered into the alley ways. some of them stood their ground and tried to use rocks to keep their security forces away. in the southern province and a number of towns there, again, the very same scenario unfolded. the people who were wounded were being