christi christine, stay there.ng and they see the market halted, right, the dow is off 1,884 points, down 7.3%, it stopped because trading stopped. the trigger was hit, the mechanism is in place to stop things for a little bit while you see a panic. >> reporter: yes, the idea is take a breath. i've listen asking traders what are you doing for the next 15 minutes? they said we're going to take a breath. obviously you've got them behind me and all over, assessing their positions, trying to figure out what their move is going to be, and a little less than 15 minutes, when the market reopens, but clearly, this is panic trading in the markets, and this is fear-driven. one trader coming up to me saying this isn't real. although you know, we've got the panic in the oil markets, which set off this latest fear, it's just one more layer in addition to the coronavirus fears, and you know, unexpected impacts of the coronavirus on the global economy. so the oil markets plunging, bond markets flashing a red signal about a possib