in august of 2011. senate leader, mitch mcconnell, told the washington post exactly how he saw our nations stepmom it. quote, what we did learn is this. it is a hostage that s worth of rain summing. a hostage. that is how republicans view this. that is how we should to. here is what happened, five days after mcconnell s hostage statement. this was a dark day for the nation s finances, and for millions of americans with a financial stake in the market. the very same americans, who are still processing the fact that our country has lost its top credit rating. here is the damage from today. the dow, down 634 points. that is the sixth largest point drop in its history. the worst, since await. nasdaq, losing just about 7% of its total value. s&p 500, losing 6.6% of its value in one day. the president went on television, midday, to reassure americans that the damage was done. the markets continue to drop while he spoke, and the damage continued. it is a bigger systemic problem wi
i am going to use a word tonight that i do not use lightly. i am not using it because it s my word. i m using it because it s mitch mcconnell s. after the first time republicans used there payment national bargaining trip, back in august of 2011. senate leader, mitch mcconnell, told the washington post exactly how he saw our nations stepmom it. quote, what we did learn is this. it is a hostage that s worth of rain summing. a hostage. that is how republicans view this. that is how we should to. here is what happened, five days after mcconnell s hostage statement. this was a dark day for the nation s finances, and for millions of americans with a financial stake in the market. the very same americans, who are still processing the fact that our country has lost its top credit rating. here is the damage from today. the dow, down 634 points. that is the sixth largest point drop in its history. the worst, since await. nasdaq, losing just about 7% of its total value. s&p 500, losi
light and and it could be something that leads to a derivative lawsuit filed on behalf of the shareholders of the florida pension fund. because at the end of the day, there has got to be penalties for when you put business aside to focus on your social agenda at the expense of hardworking people. the legal theory behind the possible lawsuit is as water down and tasteless as light beer itself. according to the governor, florida s preaching pension fund is worth 180 billion dollars. and has just over philly $50 million in stock in the a b company that owns bug light. that is just 0.0 to 8% of the funds total portfolio. the lawsuit could serve the to further evaluate the stock, which has been under pressure since the consumer boycott of bud light began in the spring.
a response to changed customer behaviour, with fewer people relying on the branch, more banking online. so with many other banks closed or closing, is this part of the answer? a banking hub. if you can t use online banking, that service is really important particularly in communities like newton aycliffe, where there s lots of people that we know use cash and don t use internet banking. but with so many branches shutting up shop, many are still left feeling short changed. for more stories . from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you re live with bbc news. let s turn to ukraine now. political and business leaders from across the world are in london to discuss ways of rebuilding the country, during and after its war with russia. estimates of the cost already exceed more than $380 billion dollars and that figure is rising. so far the eu has pledged $50 billion
on their taxes. it comes off their paycheck and get sent to the government. the idea i don t extend what the benefit days of hiring fewer irs agents but this is a political thing. if you are irs agents, more border agents. because he is appealing to the were wealthy class that they were allowing there to get away. which hitting other taxis. remember what we did. when we passed 50 inflation reduction act. whichever one of those bills. he increased about 80 billion dollars for the irs. it was around in this agreement, that was reduced to 60 billion dollars. we still 60 billion dollars more than we were before we passed that bill. i don t know where you get this numbers from. rather than spending anything planned several months ago. we re gonna spend 60