CBS Evening News - 2008-09-17
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[0:02] tonight what does $85 billion get you
[0:05] high anxiety Wall Street sells off after
[0:08] the federal government steps in to save
[0:10] Insurance giant AIG I'm Katie kurick
[0:13] also tonight the candidates and your
[0:16] money each claims to be a reformer who
[0:18] can fix the economy but do their records
[0:21] match their rhetoric we'll have a
[0:23] reality check and the inauguration of a
[0:26] new series presidential questions what
[0:29] one personal flaw do you think might
[0:31] hinder your ability to be president the
[0:35] candidates surprising
[0:40] answers this is the CBS Evening News
[0:44] with Katie
[0:46] kurick good evening everyone well if the
[0:49] government bailout of insurance giant
[0:51] giant AIG was supposed to get the
[0:53] financial markets to settle down Wall
[0:55] Street wasn't buying it the selloff
[0:57] resumed today and since Monday the D has
[1:00] dropped more than 800 points or about 7%
[1:04] and it's not clear the crisis is over
[1:06] today the struggling Savings and Loan
[1:08] Washington Mutual reportedly put itself
[1:10] up for sale Americans meanwhile are
[1:12] taking this very seriously in a CBS News
[1:15] New York Times poll out tonight 78% of
[1:18] Americans believe the economy is in bad
[1:20] shape now one year ago fewer than half
[1:23] of those ped felt that way and as
[1:25] Anthony Mason reports it may take a
[1:27] while for the markets to digest the
[1:30] government Rescue of
[1:32] AIG another anxiety attack on Wall
[1:36] Street even after the AIG bailout the
[1:38] Dow tumbled another 450 points they're
[1:41] like banging on a big gong you know it
[1:43] reverberates for a while and we we're
[1:44] dealing with that reverberation right
[1:46] now and and we're getting these w