Taliban Captures Key Northern Afghan City; Stocks Down Around The World.
ROMANS: I'm Christine Romans. Let's get an EARLY START on your money this Tuesday morning. Asian shares close lower. European shares are down 2. Volkswagen falling further right now. But U.S. futures are trying to get a bit of a bounce. Commodity stocks are falling on global demand concerns. Looking for a bounce potentially this morning, a bounce from this, the Dow dropping 313 points, the Nasdaq had the worst one-day decline since late August when the Dow took that unprecedented 1,000 point nose dive. Declines across the board, around the world. Bio-tech stocks hit hard in the session yesterday. We are watching for a bit of a bounce back today. A billionaire investor, Carl Icahn, is going all in for Donald Trump, Icahn releasing the video this morning. He says the country needs a leader like Trump.</s>CARL ICAHN, BILLIONAIRE INVESTOR: We need a president that can move Congress. I think Donald Trump could do it. I disagree with him on certain issues, but this is what this country needs, somebody to wake it up.</s>ROMANS: Icahn agrees with Trump's plan to eliminate the carried interest loophole, which lets hedge funds managers be taxed at a lower rate. Trump has said he would Icahn his treasury secretary if elected -- Alison.</s>KOSIK: I cannot deny that I'm enjoying all the twists and turns in the early season of politics. The U.S. launching a new attack on an Afghan city taken by the Taliban. "NEW DAY" starts now.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: After attack to retake the city of Kunduz from the Taliban has begun.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The 500 Taliban prisoners were freed from the city's prison.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The biggest town they have been able to take since 2001.</s>WOLF BLITZER, CNN HOST, "THE SITUATION ROOM": Their first face-to- face meeting in two years.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm amazed they came out to do that handshake at all.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Putin blamed the U.S. for the rise of</s>ISIS. BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: United States is prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran, to resolve the conflict.</s>TRUMP: Let Syria and ISIS fight. Why do we care? Let Russia take care of ISIS. Assad to me looks better than the other side.</s>ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to your NEW DAY. It is Tuesday, September 29th, 6:00 in the east. Chris is on assignment today. John Berman joins us. Great to have you with us. We begin with breaking news. United States launching an air strike overnight against Taliban targets in Northern Afghanistan, one day after Taliban fighters captured a major Afghan city. This marks the first time the Taliban has gained ground there since the U.S.-led invasion of 2001.</s>PEREIRA: At this hour, Afghan fighters are trying to retake the northern city of Kunduz. Taliban has already done considerable damage, freeing hundreds of jailed prisoners during their surprise pre-dawn attack. We have the story covered the way CNN can. Let's begin with CNN Pentagon correspondent, Barbara Starr. I know they are concerned there are Taliban among those prisoners that were freed.</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: That's right. Good morning, Michaela. Some urgency to get the situation in Northern Afghanistan back under control, the U.S. launching airstrikes overnight in Kunduz. The largest city that the Taliban has been able to control since 2001 in Northern Afghanistan, a very messy situation. Afghan security forces have arrived on the scene. We are told by Afghan authorities they are moving through the city and trying to retake the prison. The Taliban got there and they freed hundreds of prisoners. The Taliban said they have taken control of a local hospital, posting pictures on social media to prove their case. The Afghan is trying to get the city back under their control.