a sanctuary set for karen alone.aft table. >> that's the room! look. >> now it's in the table. >> this entire story is in that table. in the form of a poem steve wrote and carved into a wooden circle. >> a circle of hands. life is but a circle touch bid many hands. held in check by love where we stand. some lives are touched in special ways by unforeseen demands. and yet relief is offered by the joining of our hands. little hands that work and little hands that play. bigger hands that care and those many hands that pray. hands that touch a heart or stroke a child's hair. hands that leave a mark on walls in a moment meant to share. a community of love embraces these hands here on display. in this moment shared in time intended to embrace you every day. >> they needed to raise $150,000 to renovate karen's house. the people of grafton and surrounding towns donated almost $50,000 more. they needed hundreds of volunteers to do the job. more than a thousand walked through the doors. but hometown hero's greatest achievement

jimmy, karen and susan are all here. small plans playing out congress just reach add deal to end the partial faa shutdown that left tens of thousands with a paycheck and compromising our ongoing safety work but the overall further per sermgs of our government's ability to actually make decisions with a shared purpose that is in a positive direction and shared values to do it. governor, unfair to look at this faa latest as a microcosm of exactly what we're talking about? >> absolutely pathetic. absolute pathetics. we're letting union politics get in the way of safety, get in the way of construction projects, get in the way of the federal government collecting hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes. it was pathetic and give harry reid a little credit. talk was the president was in the room during this process and he tried hard to do association but harry reid i think has been great throughout the entire process and my understanding harry brokered this and put it together. >> and susan, you've been talking how politicians

i have to do this for karen as well. pretty scary. since march 2007 to quite recently she was the president of the pan american center. she's recipient of a guggenheim fellowship and i sat on the board of their own award. she's also written nonfiction books about anne frank and gluttony. two different books. [laughter] and she's a distinguished professor. one sure announcement before we get started. condition today's panel we have a party tomorrow night at paragraphs which is a wonderful writing lab run by two very great women. it's open to the public. so if you like what we discuss what you want to read more about the issue or buy it, you can get it there. but to start i thought we go backwards in time. a woman is not born, a woman becomes a woman. so wanted to ask your panelists, beside chromosomes, what made you a woman that you are? and what sort of events made you the women you are today? that can include parents, people, books, amusement park experiences. i'm going to assign. julie, go ahead. >> well, i feel like in some ways i

karen brown in kill devil hills. get out of the rain. thanks. well, hurricane irene is not due in new york until sunday, but the evacuation there is already underway. this is how the big apple is preparing for the big storm. >> reporter: some of the first new yorkers to be evacuated were elderly patients at this coney island nursing home. told to pack a single bag and being loaded into a van. >> we don't want to get flooded out. >> i just pray to god everything works out. >> reporter: long time administrator, howard small has not seen a day like this in 39 years. >> this has never been acted or used in practice. >> reporter: five major hospitals were evacuationed. many patients headed to the 91 emergency facilities. evacuation centers and shelters open this afternoon. >> if you want to be safe. now is the time. >> the mayor ordered the first evacuation of low lying areas in all five burrows. an estimated 250,000 people about to be displaced in places like coney island, brooklyn and queens. >> nobody is going to get fined and go to jail, but if y

>> susan, karen, jimmy. he's saying, listen, as long as the federal reserve prints money in a way that congress can spend it correctly, that's okay. is that a fair characterization for you? >> i don't have the problem with the federal reserve -- >> i couldn't disadpree with that more. for the simple reason that allowing the fabrication of money without capital, without capital requirements, without any intrinsic value, releases the natural inhibitor to risktaking. in other words, the sooner they take the capital out and allow nstead of having to hang allow on a second, kro want to do that, i don't have that natural inhibition, this runaway with risk. is that a fair characterization, david? >> yes. rick perry used the wrong word. he should have said stupid, destructive, another huge windfall for speculators, that will harm the middle class economy, that will punish laborers. >> a bigger point. which is that the federal reserve isn't the problem. the federal reserve is covering up the problem. the problem is,

karen brown, get out of that rain. thanks. >>> the hurricane is not due in new york until sunday, but the evacuation there is already underway. how the big apple is preparing for the big storm. >> some of the first new yorkers to be evacuated for elderly patients at this coney island nursing home. >> you don't want to get flooded out of here. nobody hurt, of course we have to evacuate. >> i pray to god that everything works out. >> long time administrator, howard small, says he hasn't seen a day like in this 39 years. >> this has never been enacted. this has never been used in practice. >> five major hospitals were evacuated. many patients headed to one of the 91 emergency facilities. evacuation centers and shelters open this afternoon. >> if you want to be safe, now is the time to start moving. gh mayor michael bloomberg ordered a first ever mandatory evacuation of low lying areas in all five burros. an estimated 250,000 people about to be displaced in places like coney island, brooklyn, and rockaway, queens. >> nobod

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>> karen travers reporting from washington. thank you so much. >>> markets in asia have closed for the day.y. as karen mentioned, the numbers were down across the board. >> and abc's akiko fujita us f us from tokyo. akiko, what can you tell us there? >> reporter: the extended losses from last week. but the general sentiment out there is that things could have been a lot worse. the markets were expected to fall on news of the s&p's downgrade of the credit rating. and we saw the numbers across the board. the hang seng in hong kong fell 3.56%. the index went down nearly 5%. and the kospi in seoul, experienced the biggest decline in nearly two years. there was hope earlier in the day that the news of the g-7 nation's global response to the financial instability, would bring some relief to the markets. but we saw the numbers fall quickly in afternoon trading. one analyst saying that futures players were toughening the waters foror while. but after they realized there weren't specifics that came out of that g-7 talk, they quickly rea

karen brown is in north carolina, which is now assessing the damage. karen. what's the latest? >> to give the northeast an idea of what is now baring down upon it, we have been experiencing these high winds and rain for more than 24 hours now. in fact, sometimes they are so strong, you feel like you are sandblasted and we have just lost power completely and there's also major flooding going on. we were in one neighborhood where at least 2,000 homes are being hit by the storm surge. hurricane irene tore holes in buildings as it slammed into north carolina with 100 mile per hour winds. it's huge gusts knocked down signs and power lines during the height of the storm, some people headed outside to check on the damage to their homes. >> as long as it doesn't do much more than what it has already done, then i think we'll be okay. >> north carolina's governor says the state's coast was hit hard. >> our people have sustained some significant damage, i don't know what the cost will be, but i think the cost is going to be significant. >> here in the outer banks, the damage is expected t

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and that's where they need to see it coming from. >> susan, what -- >> hold on, karen. i'll keep you the next block. one last word from the governor and i'll bring everybody back. go ahead, governor. >> dylan, i think susan and jimmy are both right. i think this is an area where the president needs to step up. and he needs not to do politics. he needs to do substance, and he should do substance, because the best politics is good government, and people want their president to lead. even if they don't necessarily agree with it. if it's a plan that's workable and can get things done, i think people will appreciate that. i think the president should outline a bold plan. i love the infrastructure bank. i think we need the infrastructure bank. but it only helps us in private dollars in. private dollars aren't going to repair up a the thing we need to repair because many can never have a return on investment. >> not to mention the tax code and -- >> absolutely. >> the loopholes, jimmy williams had a narrative on. >> the president's got to come in big. we talked about the grand

karen? >> that's just it. a real political innovation occurring.50-state ballot access will be achieved for a direct nominating process that every registered voter can participate it. intersection of technical and political innovation. >> no longer held hostage to the iowa caucus. that the media goes wild over. you can see i'm excited. >> it's a very exciting idea. in support of susan's point, i see this as a kirnt iteration. when was the last time you went to your public library? do you know where it is? you have to be realistic. numbers could be skewed, but in a second, that is the things that can be worked on. the question i have with you, this is fantastic in terms of the idea of getting people engaged. i think it's good for politicians to recognize that there are other channels through which people can get engaged and have their voices heard. i've said many times on the show, nothing changes without political consequences, but what -- a lot of times with these kinds of movements what ends up happening is, people come together. a lot of excitem

so it was very smart. >> karen, a quick last word for now. anything that interests you in terms of the debate tonight or what obama tried to gin up in terms of his rhetoric and message today in michigan? >> a couple of things. one, the more extreme it is, if it is perry, hopefully the sharper the contrast between barack obama and whoever that person is in the general election which i hope actually means that obama can, you know, go back more a little bit towards the progressive agenda, which i don't think is so left. i actually think it's main stream and good for country, and secondly if you're tim pawlenty and just spent all of this money, say michele bachmann with a petting zoo, in the straw poll, rick perry just basically trampled all over all of that. >> speaking of trampling, the panel is going to stay put where they won't be trampled. up next, the economic roller coaster that has even the e-trade baby dropping f-bombs -- i want to take it back, i want to mp take it back. sell, sell, sell! too late. it's all gone. the safety of onstar is

i'm karen brown. now back to you. >> thank you, karen. air travelers in the bay area feeling the effects of hurricane irene. at s.f.o. more than 40 flights to the northeast were canceled and at least two flights were canceled in sean jose. travelers were scrambling to book alternate flights. >> to l.a. and then from los angeles los l.a. we are going to nashville and then washington, d.c. then we had have to book some sort of transportation to go back home. our car is in j.f.k. >> it is just ridiculous. they have got nobody working here. and you're stuck and they don't tell you anything and the number to call, an hour and a half. no one answered the phone except we can you can fly american airlines when you want with advantage miles." >> if you plan to fly you should check the status of your flight no matter where you're headed. airport officials are saying passengers should not come to the airport unless their carrier has indicated that their flight will depart as scheduled. if you need to reschedule you're urged to to so online. but not

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reporting live, i'm karen brown, now back to you. >> all right karen, thank you very much for that reportwell, the hurricane is not due in new york until sunday, but the evacuation there is already underway. armon with the lesson that the city took from hurricane katrina. >> some of the first new yorkers to be evacuated were elderly patients at this coney island nursing home. being told to pack a single bag before being loaded out. >> don't want to get anybody hurt. >> i pray to god that everything works out. >> long time administrator, howard small, said he hasn't seen a day like this in 39 years. >> this had never been enacted. this has never been used in practice. it has been tested in theory. >> five major hospitals were evacuated. many of the patients headed to one of the 91 facilities open this afternoon. >> if you want to be safe, now is the time to start moving. >> mayor michael bloomberg ordered an evacuation of low lying areas in all five burros. an estimated 250,000 people about to be displaced in places like coney island, brooklyn, and rock away queens. >> nobody is going to g

karen, we heard from the white house, the president is going to be making that speech on september 7, one million jobs, what do you have to say? >> that's an important start, but i want to get the congresswoman's thoughts on this, one thing we've seen as a trend, we saw a report out just this morning from the economic policy institute that when you kind of dig below the top layer of numbers, what we're seeing is it's not just unemployment and underemployment, but it's also loss of wealth and prosperity that we've talked about, whether it's home ownership, whether it's the fact people's funds aren't going as far as they used to, so i'm wondering, congresswoman, jobs are great, but we need a multi-faceted approach, don't we? >> well, absolutely, but jobs are a start. every american who wants to work should have a job. -- $113,000 as opposed to $5,000 in the african-american community. that's structural unemployment. the lost of homes, foreclosures, all of these things have a big impact, negative impact on our community, so we need jobs, find ways to have investment to create small busin

here's abc's karen travers. >> reporter: so much for minnesota nice. last night's republican presidential debate on fox news turned into a bit festirslugfes between instate rivals. congresswoman michele bachmann and former governor tim pawlenty. >> her record of accomplishment and results is nonexistent. she's got a record of misstating d making false statements. >> you said the era of small government is over. that sounds a lot more like barack obama if you ask me. >> isn't that about the worst thing you can say about a fellow republican in this campaign that he reminds you of barack obama? >> reporter: and bachmann are fighting against mitt romney. that leaves the minnesotans as top contenders in this tradition considered a key early test. for pawlenty the straw poll is a make or break moment to show he can compete. for bachmann a chance to keep up her momentum. for the second straight debate romney emerged as the big winner simply by escaping without any major bruises. pawlenty and bachmann's grudge match allowed romney to keep his eye on the genera

karen travers, abc news, washington. >>> 4:51. yesterday afternoon, nice, warm.> in a few areas, a few degrees. but maybe not noticeable until this weekend when the real cooling trend moves in. we have minor fluctuations in the next few days. a lot has to do with the cloud cover that you're seeing here. some days is thicker like today. some days is non-existent like yesterday. you can barely see the top of the bay bridge. i suspect there is drizzle along the coast also. talk about the temperatures stepping out. 48 in san rafael. 61 in antioch. everybody else in the mid-to-upper 50s. cloudy conditions around the monterey bay. inland to salinas. mid-to-upper 50s there. not as cloudy around gilroy, 51. the highlights, sunny this afternoon. near normal high temperatures. minimal changes through friday. and then more clouds and cooler weather as we slip in to the weekend. for today, here you go. one degree cooler in concord and san jose. same in oakland and san francisco. one to two degrees warmer than fremont and santa rosa. that's how negligible the change will be.

simple. >> karen finney a question. i've got to say, you had the most provocative hand gestures of any guest we've had on "the dylan ratigan show." >> it's from all that work at virtual reality working on finance and that sort of stuff. you -- you start, you know -- exercise your hands a lot. >> this is you. not a hologram of jared lanier? right? >> i'm not telling. >> karen, a question. >> sounds like what you're saying, you think people should be able -- if i write something online or present content online i should be able to be paid for that? i guess -- i'm a capitalist. i am all for new ways to make money, at the same time, you know, there is, there was, at least, at the beginning, this idea, you know, when al gore inventsed the internet, that we would -- it meant. >> hey, wait, wait, wait. al gore kind of did invent it. i was there. you know, like, we had all of these different networks and al gore went before congress and the gore bill united them, and it's dhlly fair. once in a while there's a smart politician.

here's abc's karen travers. >> reporter: asian markets are reeling today. stocks plummeted over investors' fears about the weak global economy and the continuing massive sell-off on wall street. >> it's a complete meltdown like the or the financial tsunami. there is a complete loss of confidence. >> reporter: yesterday was simply brutal on wall street. the dow closed at its lowest level in ten months. the 634-point plunge was the sixth biggest drop ever and capped a 12-day sell-off that erased 15% from the dow. more than $2 trillion of stock market wealth wiped out over concerns about the ongoing debtw crisis in europe and now the u.s. credit downgrade by standard & poor's. >> right now there is no confidence. >> reporter: for the average investor that means $16,500 erased from their 401(k) plans. yesterday s&p downgraded fannie mae and freddie mac which means the cost of buying a home couldt increase by tens of t f dollars. the ripple effect from the u.s. rates on credit could mean cards and student loans. sparking concerns that if consumers have to pay mo

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karen travers, abc news, tanya, back to you. >> karen live in washington, thank you. >>> we do have breaking news from asia this morning. new tensions on the korean peninsula. south korea returned fire after north ko lobbed artillery shells. it fell near an island where weapons killed four south koreans last november. residents are hiding in shelters. >>> now to london this morning where a massive show of police force kept the violence in check. a tense calm held throughout the night but not so outside of the capital. the unrest has now spread to nearly every major city in the rest of the country. and as abc's miguel marquez joins us from london with the latest. good morning, miguel. >> reporter: good morning. the worst hit cities across the country, although there were many, were manchester, notingham and birmingham. in manchester stores were looted and torched. in notingham a police station was torched and in birmingham it seemed like three were killed by a speeding car and that is going on across the country as well police are grappling to deal with these growing riots. in those cities ac

. >> bret: karen, your colleague at the "washington post" richard cohen brote this. "when the stock market fell more than 500 points last week, and the image that night of the president whooping it up at his birthday party, the juxtaposition seemed appropriate. he does not seem to care." it seems like there are more and more of these comments in the media. and columnists, several of them writing about this sense about the presidency. >> i think it's not just columnists. i think what they are reflecting is an unease among a lot of the president's democratic allies. not so much because of those kind of visuals. i think, because they don't believe that the white house and the president have articulated a plan, strategy, strategy that is muscular enough to produce more jobs. steve talked about them talking about raising taxes. but nobody thinks that tax increases are going to happen anytime in the near future. not in this political climate. i do think that hearing from, i heard from a lot of the president's allies. what they want is some sort of sense of what the preside

karen finney, go. >> prayers for pat summit.i hope she will have another successful season, because think about what kind of hope that brings to people who are suffering from this disease to show that you actually can continue your life. >> i would say an inspiration. my life is a college coach. a huge inspiration for her. thanks for mentioning it. kasie? >> gold man and nathalie pozo has a thing on tv. >> the traditional shameless plug. tune in tomorrow night for our interview with john huntsman where we began. >> i always, always do. thank you, david, thank you, kasie, thank you, karen. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." we'll see you right back here tomorrow on 9:00 a.m. coming up next on nbc, it's jansing and company. and at 1:00, don't miss the andrea mitchell reports. >>> business travels forecast, looking at least a few areas from the eastern great lakes back down to the ohio valley, showers and thunderstorms maybe to interrupt some travel today. earlier on today, detroit, and s cincinnati as well as pitts

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. >> karen hunter is a journalist, publisher and msnbc contributor. mark tapscott. good morning.idn't think so before, do you think maybe, karen this could at least among republicans turn michele bachmann into a sympathetic figure? could it help? >> it could help her with her base, but it does help with the broader american people, because she looks crazy. i don't think that they did any photoshopping or touched up the pictures. >> we've all taken bad pictures, but as tina brown pointed out, all the pictures had a runaway look about them. >> when asked if it's sexist, gloria steinam said it was borderline -- it's so hard for nim first toss prove that we're evenhanded, because right-wing antifeminist women so rarely do anything defensible. >> this is one of the most ridiculous issues we have talked about in a long time. there's not a single person watching this show or producing this show or anchoring this show or commenting on this show who could not be caught in exactly that same pose at any time during the day. >> i take those kinds of pictures all the time. >> i don't take pic

. >> and karen shopped with an online retailer.he company advertising rebates including 20% back for this model. however, there was a little catch. >> the rebate is only good for 30 days. so i called. >> karen had to turn in a rebate form, however as october 6 deadline approached home everything still hadn't delivered her refrigerator. she couldn't apply fr a rebate. >> i'm getting worried. this is a lot of money. and they say just send it in without the serial number. >> she did but the rebate was rejected and time ran out. >> and she didn't receive it until a month after the deadline. and they told her the refrinl rateor wasn't manufactured until october when the rebate was already expired. here the data is printed inside of the unit. and karen called home eefrg we knew it would expire october 6th. refrigerator wasn't made until the end of october. oh,ing in smg is wrong here. >> she demand aid 20% rebate worth $287. home everything offered only a store credit that karen didn't want. >> then, my e mail started being sent back to

people will focus on -- i agree with karen. they're going to talk about priorities. >> speaking of priorities, on this show the next priority is the ary screening mechanism, because we're running out time and want to get to it. if you didn't see the news of the day, boston's logan's airport is claiming they will start to the apply israeli-style security screens. what does that mean? intense training and rigorous standards for the screeners themselves, as if he are in executive position where they interrogate individuals coming through, where it is their job using their brilliant training and intellect to differentiate between individuals and characteristics and microexpressions in their face tip them off as terrorists and are pulled out ant dealt with. this is the israeli model, and we're going to do it with three hours of training paying tsa trainers $24,000 a year to engage in one of the more sophisticated mechanisms of person-to-person interaction. >> i wonder when the first lawsuit's going to be? it is about profiling. seri

karen, nice to see you surviving yesterday's theatrics. let me start with you. we know this committee has the built-in triggers, cuts to the pentagon and entitlements if nothing gets done. as you look at this committee taking shape, is it going to be able to break gridlock and make real progress on the debt? >> well, you know, here's the thing, regardless of who is on the committee you would hope given the message that we've clearly gotten from the american public, all the polls say people want to see compromise and from the markets, saying look we're losing confidence in this government's ability to get something done you would certainly hope that the pressure is on. it's unfortunate that instead what we've sort of heard is more of the same rhetoric, and as kristen pointed out this, you know, allegiance to grover norquist, as you know i've written about, this makes a lot of people very uncomfortable because you shouldn't be pledging to some random unelected person when you've taken an oath to the nation. >> right, melissa, $1.5 trillion, not an easy number to c

karen travers is joining us with more on the dramatic developments. karen?rning, rob. good morning, tanya. there were a lot of twists and turns yesterday on capitol hill. but when the debt ceiling plan came to the house floor for a vote, who was voting may have overshadowed what they were voting for. it came down to the wire. >> the bill is passed without objection. a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> reporter: but in the end, it was a bipartisan vote in the house to raise the nation's debt ceiling. just one day before uncle sam hit his credit limit. but this highly anticipated vote was perhaps overshadowed by the surprise appearance of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. back on the house floor for the first time since she was shot and critically wounded in tucson in january. >> her presence today to make sure that we honor the obligations of our great country is important and symbolic. >> reporter: in order to pass the debt deal, house speaker john boehner needed unhappy democrats to get on board. democrats didn't like the fact that the deal had

karen brown is there. and made in the u.s.a.-- could a pending trade deal push the last american maker of athletic shoes overseas? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> good evening. russ is off. i'm anthony mason. we begin tonight with the worst single blow to u.s. forces since the war in afghanistan began nearly 10 years ago. a helicopter crash has killed 30 americans, and early indications are that the taliban is to blame. elizabeth palmer in london has the latest. >> reporter: the chinook helicopter came down in wardak province just southwest of kabul. of the 30 americans aboard, 22 were members of the special operations navy seal team six, the same unit that killed osama bin laden. the other eight were army and air force personnel. a civilian translator, seven afghan commandos, and a specially trained dog also died. the crash site has now been cordoned off, about the taliban claim they shot down the chinook early this morning just as it was taking off after

does it work, karen? >> i think it does.ook, a flub like that is where you either really have to lean into it, double down and go for it, or you immediately correct it. what i would like to ask mitt romney, if i buy the argument that corporations with people, it's true that people work for corporations. government is also people. and people work very hard in government and most of us see that -- i work for government service and too often times government workers get bashed. let's remember, government is people, too. >> we both asked you which republican is out in front. both of you said mitt romney. robert, why mitt romney at this point? why is he still the man to beat? >> well, two reasons. he has the most diverse staff and the most money. remember, romney has been running for president since 2000. if you take a look at the list, i call them the key battle ground states of new hampshire, iowa, south carolina, and again if you look at the polls, he is looking at the polls. >> rick perry, the number two front-runner right no

commissioner harrison: i would like to commend karen for her outreach. these obviously in numbers that you did and the people that were there obviously did a good job. i thank you for that. commissioner buell: seeing no other comment, can i have a motion? >> so moved. commissioner buell: moved. seconded. all those in favor? opposed? hearing none, it is unanimous. >> item eight, the rest room bond program. >> good afternoon, commissioners, dan mauer with the capital division, i'm standing in for marvin yee who is the manager for the rest room program. as margaret alluded to, this particular item on the agenda is to award a construction contract for the renovation groups one and two of this multiphased program. what i passed to margaret is some additional information that came to us after we submitted the package to you for your review. essentially it's a summary of bid results that came in as part of this process. and it also includes h.r.c. review of the bid from their aspect. as part of this we sent this package out which included six rest room faciliti

karen brown has more. >> reporter: north carolina residents are preparing for the first major hurricane along the east coast in years. >> irene could be north carolina's katrina. there is a bad feeling of that. >> reporter: irene's path is not certain but emergency officials are calling it an organized storm that could get stronger. >> the waters right now are around 87 degrees off of miami, that he's why the storm is exploding. >> reporter: evacuations have begun on a barrier island popular with tourists. some didn't even get their kayaks in the water. >> sad. i got down here monday, my family got down here saturday and here i am leaving on wednesday. >> reporter: and this minnesota family's vacation was cut short. >> well, we're having fun today so that's good. >> reporter: hurricane fran was the last category 3 storm to slam into north carolina back in 1996. it killed 14 people and caused more than $2 billion in damages. this time around, official its are leaving nothing to chance. >> we are preparing for the worst. get that plan together today. >> reporter: families along hatteras i

. >> joining me is karen, an msnbc analyst and host of roll call tv. thoughts, exchanges, ideas. karen, we have the democrats who are really trying to hit home with americans that the tea party held this process up. so is it working? will they win the message on this or will the blame fall on the president? >> you know, i think this is a situation where there is a bit of blame that goes all around and i think what people outside washington saw and they were saying this in the last few weeks, just as the market was trying to tell us within the last few weeks, which was, we don't really care who started the fight. we want you to come together and end it. so i think both sides slowed down on the finger pointing but that being said, it was the tea party -- when you're negotiating with a group of people that says ultimately, we don't care, we're happy to let the thing default, go over the edge of the cliff, whatever metaphor you want to use, that is a very different situation than when you're negotiating with people who say, yes, let's come to the table and really negotiate. so, i wou

karen travers, abc news, washington. >>> let's get a first look at the early trading right now.he dow dropping as we mentioned, down 107 points. 110 points now. we'll get more on early trading when we check in with bloomberg cali carlin live from the new york stock exchange at 6:45. >> buckle up. likely to be a wild ride. >> the market roller coaster is causing more investors to turn to gold as a safehane. unfortunately, that is making people wearing gold unsafe. in fact, some women are having gold literally ripped off their necks in oakland. abc7's terry mcsweeney joins us live from the fruitvale bart station. where the police warn women to keep their jewelry out sight. it's that bad. >> yeah, gold at $1800 per ounce, all-time high. it has thieves acting at all-time low. walking up to women, ripping necklaces off of them in broad daylight and running away. in out one or a few but a lot of attacks. this has happened in dozens of times in the past 90 days. police don't have much description despite attracts except for the men, late teens, early 20s. in and around the fruitvale, l

. >> abc's karen travers joins us live from washington with the latest numbers. >> reporter: good morning. the credit downgrade, weak job creation and of course this wild ride on wall street, it's easy to see why americans are so pessimistic and why the president's poll numbers are falling. the global market whiplash continues. asian markets sell keeping up their pattern of mimicking the u.s. markets from the day before. the latest cause for sell-off, concerns that france, europe's third largest economy, could be the next country to face a downgrade because of issues. >> it reacts not only to factual aspects and fundamental aspects but also rumors. >> reporter: on wall street a week of massive swings down 600 monday, up more than 400 tuesday but those gains and morgann wednesday. the dow closed down 519 points. the ninth steepest drop in history. >> it's not a full-blown panic yet, but it could get there. they're not throwing things out the window quite yet but they're not far from it. >> reporter: the last time the market fluctuated so dramatically the fall of 2008. the roller-coaster ri

i'm karen travers. i have that story coming up. >> look. surveillance camera capture smack and grab robbery in concord. these are the first pictures we're seeing. what the store employees say was taken. >> i am nick smith in oakland. two people arrested in a drive-by shooting that killed a 3-year-old. what the community and cops are saying. and how they are fed up with the crime. >> tampa and orlando with flight arrival delays. everyone else on time. >> we have sig-alert on redwood city, southbound 101. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning. 6:29. the opening bell will soon ring on wall street. >> okay. there it is. the opening bell soon to ring. this morning, wall street is hoping to build on yesterday's stunning 429-point surge after the asian and european markets did their thing overnight. >> we have more on the overnight boom for the overseas markets in a few minute and we'll go live to jane king at the new york stock exchange for the latest on early trading coming up at 6:45. >>> right now, we will

abc karen traverse has more on the fed's decision. >> reporter: asian's market came roaring back spurred by yesterday's soar on wall street. >> look at the stock markets. >> reporter: yesterday, unprecedented pledge from the federal reserve to keep the key interest at the record low, near zero, for two more years. it was much-needed welcome news on wall street. the dow surged more than 429 points. it's biggest one-day gain since march 2009. the tenth biggest gain in history. the fed didn't commit to a third round of treasury bond purchases. stimulus spending by the central bank that spurred market rallies last year. investors still like what they heard. >> they read the statement at first and said they didn't do anything. then they looked at it more and said maybe they threw us a bone. >> reporter: the fed said yesterday it believes the economic recovery is considerably slower than expected. as evidence, it pointed to lack of robust hiring, pointing to spending and struggling housing market. analysts say they don't sense a second recession is coming but it doesn't mean things are rosy. >