and jane fonda, jane fonda is selling a book, right. >> reporter: jane fonda is selling a book, she waspeak to the masses. something you wouldn't get if you wept to amazon. >>> a lot of the people at unmasking anonymous is disagreeing with what they did to shut down a rally last week. >> the attitude said if you silence us we will silence you, and around the hacks, if you spy on us, we will spy on you. i've heard it said that, you know, if there was more attention paid to peaceful purposes, that maybe these hacks, everyone would go would not be necessary. >> peter fine of washington says he has participating tainted in clandestine jobs, he says it's not him that does the hacking. the police standoff in san rafael is finally over. they drilled walls through the halls of that hotel room where peter james thomas barricaded himself. they inserted oh cameras and saw he was dead. no word yet on exactly how he died. his girlfriend, who was in the room, was not hurt. a 27-hour standoff shut down 580 and caused a traffic nightmare for most of the day yesterday. >>> still no sign of a man who fel

jane fonda's secret to aging well. love, sex and a little fly-fishing. the actress and activist opens up about her parents, her exes and her biggest regret. >> i would lose an arm if i could take that back. >>> plus a few good men. 30 troops killed. most from the same elite forcece that killed osama bin laden. the latest details about what really happened as the heroes' names and faces are finally revealed. >>> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with the worst day on wall street in more than two years. the stock market fell 634 points today for a loss of approximately $2.3 trillion. as we go on the air tonight, markets around the world are reacting. japan's stock market, the nikkei, was down nearly 4% in the first hour of trading. as stock prices plunged, the finger-pointing surged. john donvan reports. >> on friday we learned that the united states received a downgrade by one of the credit rating agencies. >> reporter: words just could not do it today. the president stood there trying to talk the nation or at least the markets into jus

miss jane fonda is here. we're excited to talk to her. in movies, fitness and tell-alls. and here to tell us about act three. her life as full as ever. i'm about halfway through this book and i'm telling you it's a wonderful read. >> we're looking forward to that. >>> first, a little news. josh? >> great. i have to follow jane fonda. we begin with breaking news on wall street. stocks plunging after the first ever downgrgre of the u.s.s credit rating and minutes a a mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac werere downgraded a well and bianna golodryga has been at the new york stock exchange all morning long and, bianna, why now would this happen and s&p also downgrade fannie and freddie? >> reporter: the markets have been somewhat expecting this because they're government sponsored. that means the government backs up their payment so in a sense if the credit's credit is downgraded then freddie and fanly are. nevertheless, world markets continue their sell-offs following that headline though we have been expecting eight enexpect them to d

we know the movie "barbarella" where jane fonda strips naked. and she is on a glass table. not for the reason you think, but to represent being weightless .'s she has her hair flowing out and stuff. i didn't think she looked weightless. i wanted to check on the vomit comet to see what it would happen if i did the exact dare jane fonda did with billy gibbons playing the guitar and me singing. and so i let my hair down like jane fonda. maybe not too much, but as close as i could get. and i stripped fully naked. and the astronauts seemed to think what i said i am going to sing barbarella and strip naked. for some reason these heroes of america thought i was kidding. actually little hue de knee went weightless. then i had the long hair and it came forward. while i was naked with little houdini bouncing around in zero g i vomited cinnibon into my hair. there is no surprise. once you have told penn gillette you can be weightless on the vomit comet with billy givons, you know you will see my penis and vomit in my hair. >> you named it little houdin scpi not little doug hening. >>

i'm eased to have jane fonda ck at the table. welcome. >> thank you charlie. >> last time you were here i was not here. barbara walters was here. >> i'm glad you're well and good you're here. >> you sat down to write this with what kind of motivation and what kind of intent? >> well, i -you know, when you're outside of oldness looking in, it seems so scary. but whe you're inside it, it's not scary at all. and you know, i kept thinking, you know, i battled depression all of my life, i had it on both sides of my family. it's always been a problem. and suddenly i found myself happy, not stressed, not anxious. and i thought, well, is this unique to me? and if not, why is nobody talking about it? so i began to do a lot of research and i found out that i'm the majority. >> rose: most people are happy after 50 than before? >> than before 50, yes. a huge study was done, 350,000 americans, from very young ages to very old ages, and it was discover that after 50, not all, b most people are happier, less anxious, less stressed, less hostile

. >> plus jane fonda actress and activist on why she's never been happier. that's >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> 2 bay area men were among the navy seals killed when the taliban shot down the helicopter friday in afghanistan. 28-year-old derek benson was born and raised in the napa county town of ang win. he went to pacific union college elementary school and pacific union college prep. one of benton teachers remembers him as a kid who loved life. >> he always had a little smile playing on the corner of his lips. and he was the kind of fellow who lived life in the moment enjoy the today. he could have a little sense of mischief and fun. >>reporter: 36-year-old san jose native kevin houston also killed. his dad still lives in san jose. he said he dreamed of being a navy seal since fifth grade. he's survived by his wife and 3 children. >>> for the third consecutive day gang turning parts of london into a combat zone. tonight 3 people are under arrest charged with the attempted murder of a police of

the earth that sounds an awful lot like and my knowledge of this is limited to having seen the jane fonda movie but it's a lot like the china syndrome the core melting down through the earth and hitting the water table right that's that's clearly a concern that we've had all along that we know that now that the there have been three meltdowns at the reactors at this six units and. the vessel has failed now what seems to be the situation is that is that this korean this mill to reactor core has burned through the concrete floor of the reactor building or buildings and it has now burned into the earth and reaching groundwater is creating steam and the readings we're seeing now suggests that it's off scale for the instrumentation that's being used by workers which is ten sieverts per hour so right now it looks like these this man thousand millisieverts it's it's one million mill room it's five hundred so five hundred is a lethal dose this is a thousand room coming out of these cracks so we're seeing. you know doses that could cause. tallit is within days just put this in context that people

. >> reporter: 73-year-old jane fonda recently shared her beauty secrets with "nightline's" cynthia mcfaddenondas have bags under their eyes, fat up here, so i had that taken away. so i look more like how i feel. >> reporter: but what about risks associated with older patients undergoing anesthesia and recovery from major surgery? >> if you're healthy, if your medical situation is well controlled, the risks of you having surgery at an older age are nearly identical to those at a younger age. >> reporter: enough assurance for folks like april samuelsen. >> they want to look like they feel on the inside. it's not something to hide. it's not for hollywood anymore, it's for us. >> reporter: some of these aging boomers say this isn't just about vanity. they say with many of them staying in the job market longer than they anticipated, diane, it just gives them an edge in a competitive market and world. >> is there real evidence of that though? >> well, this woman says it actually worked for her. she was laid off and then she was reconsidered for another position. she's insistent it was because she

hollywood icon jane fonda also reaped lots of love online this week as yahoo!ooked up her new book. there's a lot of anticipation about the new movie "the help" opening this weekend. the film based on the book by kathryn stockett is getting more searches than all other current movie openings combined. mostly by women and especially those living in the south where the story is set. i love the book and i'm going to try to see it this weekend. how about you guys? back to you. >> i think i'm going to try to see it as well. what about you, rob? >> it's getting some good reviews and oscar buzz for the movie itself and some of the actresses. i saw the preview, i was like -- now it looks fantastic. >> if i can find some help to watch my kids maybe i'll go see "the help." >> exactly. also trending right now too, the most hated person, casey anthony, octomom, and spencer pratt. >> oh, yes. >> apparently miss el paso, usa, she was busted for shoplifting, she's trending right now. also ashton kutcher, all the news about "two and a half men." >> got good halloween costume i

. >> actor, activist, and fitness guru, jane phon fonda can get a crowd. clark is taking aim at amazon, which is fighting a new state law that requires online companies to start charging sales tax for merchandise sent to california. >> that advantage, the sales tax gives them an advantage in terms of pricing. silicon valley felt amazon's impact from day one. >> keppler lost so much business, he almost shut down six years ago until the community saved him. he and other small business owners say amazon is circulating a petition to get a ballot that if passed would exempt online sales from taxes. >> i welcome the competition that online gives our business. it keeps me honest. keeps me working at a better level. the problem is, we're not on a level playing field. >> palo alto bicyclists say most people will look at their prices and buy online. that helps, who are required to charge sales tax. a coalition of small businesses are not asking customers to boycott amazon, just don't sign amazon's petition for a sales tax exception. when state legislators passed thi

. >> rose: a program note jane fonda was scheduled for this evening. she will be seen next week. tonight politics in iowa and gloria steinham when we continue funding for charlie rose was provided by the following funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: we can all root for. hero who beats the odds and comes out on top. but this isn't just a hollywood storyline. it's happening every day, all across america. every time a storefront opens. or the midnight oil is burned. or when someone chases a dream, not just a dollar. they are small business owners. so if you wanna root for a real hero, support small business. shop small. additional funding provided by these funders: captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: the republican presidential race cked into another gear this week. on thursday night eight candidates took the stage in ames, iowa, in this year's second major presidential debate. the unanimously criticized president obama's handling of the economy. the tone of the evening was defined by sparr

kind of a 1980s jane fonda work out. >> i think all of our leaders here in this country should be doingse videos for the nation's schools. seriously. >> support hugo chavez. you and sean penn going down this weekend? >> no. >> hang out. >> american imperialists. >> ahead in the next hour, chuck todd and dick durbin, arianna huffington and plenty more. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. >>> you have been quoted as calling this agreement a sugar coated satan sandwich. was that your quote? is that how you feel about the deal? >> it's a very accurate quote. when you lift it, it's what religions teach, take c