done. they told a roomful of journalists that one large state didn t report the expected increase, the big increase that had been expected. instead, they reported a drop. and that s what accounted for that big 30,000 drop. but, chuck, you re going to hear things all over the map. this is not that a large state did not report. this is that they did not report the big surge that economisted had been predicting and expecting. we ll get more details on this a week from now, but this is a weekly number. we ll get another number a week from now. the market, though, is looking at this as good news. right now it looks like the dow is opening up by about 75 points. gotcha. all right, conspiracy theorists. that s why apparently god invented twitter. thank you, becky. next the slam dunks and the slip-ups. we re taking a deep dive into some of the most iconic vice presidential debate moments.
years. it comes after the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8%. let s get to the market rundown. cnbc s becky quick is here. becky, i know there are some questions about this drop. and i understand you have some answers. you can t come up with a big drop like this without immediately having conspiracy theorists jump in and say exactly what happened. really? a conspiracy theory? let me tell you what kicked it off. there was a dow jones news wire story that reported that a labor economist said one large state didn t report additional quarterly figures as expected, and that accounted for a substantial part of the decrease. that somehow got translated into one large state didn t report any figures at all, and that s why you should throw out this entire set of numbers. in fact, the rumor, at least on twitter and other places, was that maybe it was illinois. back up. hold on a second. these numbers are legitimate. what happened was a labor department economist told a roomful of journalist