there s good news on the economy and the jobs front. the weekly jobs claim falling the most, down to 326,000 and combining the better jobless claims to the private payroll report that we had earlier this week. we re looking at solid september jobs reports tomorrow. economists are forecasting 500,000 new jobs and the rate should come down to 5.1%. susan li following the developments. you do begin to wonder, are the markets getting ahead of themselves. this puts this off another couple months. that s assuming that everyone okays the whole thing. chad, is the market getting ahead of itself? we learned in the past couple moments that the senate is going to take a vote on this later tonight. there s a procedural vote around 7:30 eastern time that needs 60 yays and then they goo to final passage after that. the deal would lift the debt
behavior. u.s. military s top general thinks the number of so-called extremists in the ranks is quite small. we have a very large force. and 99.99% of these folks are out there every single day trying to serve the country with honor and dignity. 12% of those charged in the january 6th riot at the u.s. capitol had military experience. one was an active duty marine corps officer. the pentagon s counterintelligence security chief said they still haven t figured out how to distinguish high hyperbolic talk on social media from real threats. bret? bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week. the labor department says initial jobless claims were down by 38,000 to 326,000. that s the first drop in four weeks. stocks were up today. the dow gained 33, the s&p 500 finished ahead 36. the nasdaq jumped 152. up next, a look at one way
if you re reshaping that strategy every year, one year at a time, then that has consequences. so i think that s something we ve got to go back and look at. we also have to look at the impact, the effect of the corruption that was in the environment, weak leadership, changes in leadership and a number of factors. i want to build on that, because i think that s important, secretary austin. for example, general milley, when you commanded nato ground forces in afghanistan eight years ago, you called 2013 a critical year for the afghan security forces because it was the first time they had taken responsibility for their security across the country. secretary austin, you offered similar assessments in 2015 and 2016 in testimony before this committee. you emphasized there were 326,000 forces and they were ready to lead security operations.
if you re reshaping that strategy every year one year at a time, then that has consequences. so i think that s something we have to go back and look at. and we also have to look at the impact, the effect of the corruption that was in the environment, weak leadership, changes in leadership, and a number of factors. i want to build on that because i think that s important, secretary austin. general milley, when you commanded nato ground forces in afghanistan eight years ago, you called 2013 a critical year for the afghan security forces because it was first time they d taken responsibility for their security across the country. secretary austin, you offered similar assessments in 2015, 2016 during testimony before this committee. as centcom commander you emphasized there were 326,000 forces and they were ready to lead the security operations. i ll gist say from also
if you are reshaping that strategy every year one year at a time, then that has consequences. i think that s something we have to go back and look at and also have to look at the impact, the effect of the corruption that was in the environment. weak leader sh ifp. ship, changes in leadership and a number of factors. i want to build on that because think think it s important. when you commanded ground forces eight years ago you called 2013 a critical year for the afghan security forces, the first time they took responsibility for their security across the country. secretary austin you offered similar assessments in 2015 and 2016 during testimony before this committee as cent com commander you emphasized there were 326,000 forces and they were ready to lead security operations.