in fact, no, i don t think either party if it controlled if it were different from the president would confirm a supreme court nominee in the middle of an election. what was different in 2020 was we were of the same party as the president. to be clear he is just making this real up. this is all his invention. he tried this playbook in 2016 and it worked, that s why merrick garland isn t on the supreme court, mcconnell wouldn t give him a hearing. congresswoman ocasio-cortez is the latest democrat to suggest liberal justice stephen breyer should retire in summer so that president biden can appoint a younger judge to bolster the court s progressive wing. not even clear they would have 50 votes should that vacancy open up. southwest airlines says it is gradually resuming normal operations after some computer trouble grounded its planes and delayed travel across the u.s. southwest says a technical issue halted transmission of a weather information required to safely operate their pla
of computer trouble. today, more wall street firms coming forward. blaming glitches at nasdaq for costing them big. the fox business network s rich edson with the news live for us at the d.c. newsroom there. rich, tell us more about these huge damage claims. if you re an investor and you think you were illegally burned last week on facebook s initial stock sale, there are several lawmakers now very willing to speak with you. many have already filed class action suits claiming facebook withheld important financial information from the broader public. a report in the san jose mercury news claims one of the lawsuits asks for damages of a billion dollars. in response, a facebook spokesperson tells us the lawsuits regarding the ipo are without merit and we will defend ourselves vigorously, harris? harris: i understand nasdaq is also coming under fire. yeah there are suits claiming stockbrokers failed to act in the best interest of their customers. at the exchange nasdaq cost investors