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  • The stock market.

  • It's like a casino without the buffets.

  • And for the last 24 hours, it's been on a wild ride.

  • -♪ ♪ -Breaking news tonight.

  • Market meltdown.

  • -(bell ringing) -As the coronavirus spreads,

  • stocks take a nosedive,

  • the Dow closing down more than 2,000 points,

  • the market's worst day since the 2008 financial crisis.

  • REPORTER: Wall Street's wild ride continued today.

  • The Dow surged after President Trump talked

  • about an economic stimulus plan.

  • You can see stocks rallied in that final hour of trading,

  • up 1,100 points, to finish the day at 25,018.

  • Man, the stock market is crazy.

  • Yesterday, it crashes. Then, today, it surges again.

  • Like, it's so extra right now.

  • It's always weird to me how the stock market

  • never seems to have any sense of history. Right?

  • 'Cause it's like everything that happens is happening forever,

  • and then everything that's good is happening forever.

  • It's almost like the way dogs think.

  • That's who seems like they run the stock market, right?

  • 'Cause that's how dogs are. Whatever's happening

  • is happening forever. When you leave the house,

  • they're just like, "Oh, no. You're leaving? You're going?

  • "You're going forever. I'm gonna starve.

  • I'm gonna die! Oh, my God!"

  • And then you come back. They're like, "You're home!

  • "You're never gonna leave! This is so great!

  • "We're gonna do so many-- Wait, you're going again?

  • I'm gonna die!"

  • Just breathe, stock market.

  • But, yes, the stock market dropped 2,000 points yesterday,

  • wiping out $528 billion,

  • which-- I'll be honest-- I never understand.

  • 'Cause, like, where did it go?

  • What do you mean you lost $528 billion?

  • Like, what does-- what does that-- Every time they say that,

  • I'm like, "Have you checked your other jeans?"

  • That's where most of the money is.

  • And a lot of people are afraid of the market these days,

  • but I'm-I'm making money consistently

  • on the stock market. I'll-I'll even share my tip with you guys.

  • Forget investing in companies. What I do is

  • I put all my money in green lines that go up

  • and red lines that go down.

  • Yeah. I make a fortune no matter what.

  • I also don't understand finance.

  • And I normally don't feel sorry for Wall Street,

  • but, with the coronavirus,

  • I feel like they're going through a lot. Yeah.

  • Because the one thing guys on Wall Street like to do

  • when Wall Street is crashing is the one thing

  • you're not allowed to do because of corona--

  • put your hands on your face. Yeah.

  • So they spent all day yesterday like, "Oh, no. My money.

  • "Oh, no! Corona! Oh, no. My money.

  • Oh, no! Corona!"

  • (shouting)

  • (cheering and applause)

  • All right, but let's move on to some international news.

  • Because, while corona is shaking up the stock market,

  • Vladimir Putin is shaking up Russia's constitution.

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested

  • that he is not against a proposed amendment

  • to the constitution

  • that could keep him in power for many years.

  • REPORTER: Vladimir Putin came to parliament and said

  • if the constitutional court says yes,

  • then it should be possible for the current president,

  • him, to run again.

  • And that means he could run for two more terms in office.

  • That's 12 more years of Vladimir Putin.

  • He could be in power until 2036.

  • Yes, Vladimir Putin is trying to change the constitution

  • so that he can stay in power

  • long after he's supposed to leave.

  • And that is bad, but at least now America can see

  • that there's nothing personal,

  • because Russia even meddles in its own elections.

  • And this is big news.

  • Because-- you realize-- Putin is 67 years old now.

  • So if he gets these additional terms,

  • he'll only leave office when he's 83 years old,

  • which is just young enough to run for president in America.

  • I do feel bad for the Russian people

  • who care about democracy though, like,

  • especially Putin's supporters, you know?

  • Yeah, because what do they chant at his rallies?

  • Huh? You don't even know what to chant.

  • Just like, "Four more years! Four..."

  • He's like, "Just four?" "Uh, eight more year..."

  • "Just eight?" "Uh, you tell us!

  • You tell us!"

  • What's interesting about this story as well

  • is that Putin is a dictator, but it's interesting

  • how he still goes through the Russian legislature

  • and the courts to try and change it.

  • It's a reminder that constitutions

  • are only as valuable as the people who safeguard them.

  • Right? I mean, like, that would only apply here

  • if America ever got a president with a bunch of lackeys

  • in Congress who let him fill the courts with whoever he wanted.

  • Then Americans would be in big trouble,

  • but that can't ever happen.

  • I mean, that's not real, right?

  • Uh, let's move on to some news coming out of Africa.

  • Because climate change has been affecting weather patterns

  • across the globe, some people in the motherland

  • are experiencing it more than most.

  • It is a locust invasion of epic proportions,

  • and it is swarming East Africa right now.

  • So, the United Nations says that these insects

  • could decimate the region's food supply,

  • and it's concerned it could become a full-blown plague.

  • REPORTER: For three months now, swarms of desert locusts

  • have been eating their way through East Africa.

  • Here in Kenya's Laikipia County,

  • people bang utensils to try and ward off

  • an increasing menace to their livelihoods,

  • all to no avail.

  • The locusts keep coming.

  • A voracious appetite means these locusts eat

  • the equivalent of their own body weight in a single day.

  • Beans, maize, pasture for animals--

  • nothing stands a chance.

  • -Oh, hell, no. -(laughter)

  • First corona, now locusts?

  • I hope we're not seeing a reboot of the Old Testament.

  • Yeah, because, then, as first-born sons,

  • -we'll have to worry. -(laughter)

  • Although Trump is probably gonna be like,

  • "Can we do second-born this time?"

  • (laughter)

  • "Go with Jesus, Eric. He's a nice man.

  • Go with him. Go with him."

  • (applause)

  • And this is one of the things

  • that's really sad about climate change, all right?

  • Although it's affecting everyone,

  • the effects are felt

  • in very different ways in developing nations.

  • Because in a first-world country,

  • a lot of climate change is abstract.

  • It's like, "Did you hear

  • "that Aspen might not have the best snow

  • for skiing this year?"

  • Whereas in Africa, it's like,

  • "Can you hear anything besides the locusts?!"

  • "What? I can't hear you over the locusts!"

  • It's a lot harder to deny climate change

  • when locusts are eating all of your food.

  • Like, that's maybe one thing

  • that Americans need to do to get everyone on board.

  • Just have the locusts come to America

  • and start taking all the tables at Olive Garden. Yeah.

  • Then you will see Congress take action.

  • "I couldn't get anything!"

  • Yeah, and once they show up, locusts are crazy.

  • They can decimate a field of crops.

  • Then they fly 100 miles to eat another crop.

  • Yeah. It won't be the same in America, though,

  • 'cause, like, food in Africa isn't modified.

  • If locusts try to do that with American food,

  • they would eat at one place, and then, they'd be like,

  • -"Uh, I-I need to sleep now. I need to sleep." -(laughter)

  • "I can't... I can't fly anymore."

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