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closer look at the drought's devastating economic impact. and mystery in aruba. new details emerge about the disappearance of robyn gardner as questions surround the man who was last seen with her. we'll speak with one of the missing woman's closest friends about the desperate search to find her, "early" this morning august 11th, 2011. would captioning funded by cbs >> good morning, welcome to "the early show" on this thursday morning, i'm chris wragge. >> i'm rebecca jarvis, erica hill is on assignment this morning. >> busy on the markets this morning? the wild ride on wall street...

check. the dow futures gained 69 points. so at one point they were up 200. some other good news this morning. the european markets were also up. they rebounded after fears that france's credit rating could also lose its triple-a status. the asian markets though did slip. japan's nikkei fell .6%. hong kong's hang seng dropped nearly 1%. south korea's kospi plummeted at opening at over 4% but then recovered closing up more than .6%. back here at home though a new reuters poll found 73% of americans feel the country is off on the wrong track. meantime 21% think the u.s. has is headed in...

drop of almost 5%. it's the lowest close for the market in two years. so far this year, the dow has lost more than 7.5%. and the asian markets are also wobbling but appear to have stopped the bleeding. both tokyo's nikkei slipped, hong kong's hang seng fell about 1% although the markets saw some slight gains. joining us here in new york with more on the markets is alexis christoforous from "cbs moneywatch." good morning, alexis. >> good morning, randall. >> this sell-off didn't start a few days ago it began a few weeks ago. >> it's been week now. there's really no rest for the weary ...

disappearance of american robyn gardner where questions surround the man who was last seen with her. we will speak with a close friend of the woman coming up. "early" thursday, august 11th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs a lot of volatility in the market? >> yes but pointing higher. >> wild roller coaster ride on wall street. stocks opened higher a day after taking another major dive. cbs news national correspondent jeff glor on the floor of the new york stock exchange with the latest on this whiplash down there on wall street. hey, jeff. >> chris, good morning to you. >> reporter:...

far. if we stay true to form, that means we will see a huge rally today. cross your fingers and hold on, folks. also this morning, five nato troops killed in a bomb attack in southern afghanistan. coalition troops have killed nearly 200 militants in recent weeks. keeping an eye on afghanistan, of course. keeping an eye on great britain. britain's prime minister says london police waited too long to arrest rioters this past weekend. he said that when he was speaking to parliament in a special session on the rioting. we will have more on this in a moment. ♪ all right, folks, ...