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
Very special conversation that you do not want to miss. But lets start with the big news, because we are big and very good economic numbers this morning. The Labor Department said the u. S. Economy added 336,000 jobs in the month of september, President Biden highlighting the better than expected number in a speech earlier this morning. The high share of working age americans in the workforce, in 20 years. Its no accident, its bidenomics, we are growing the economy from the middle out, the bottom up, not the top down. The good jobs numbers come is the white house is making a whole lot of Power Positive headlines that impact every day americans, as well as our allies overseas. They include Nine Billion Dollars for student debt relief, progress on Drug Price Negotiations with big pharmaceutical companies, and diplomatic efforts to reassure our allies that the u. S. Is Still Standing behind ukraine, despite the chaos among House Republicans. Meanwhile, on the other side of the aisle, the
President Biden Touting his administrations winds, and meanwhile it is day five of the former president s fraud trial. The developments from court today, and a chaotic week on capitol hill, ending with no speaker of the house. The Reality Check from senators as House Republicans scramble to find leadership. Then, coming through the noise, an important conversation about transgender youth athletes, with a panel of experts. You are not gonna want to miss this. As the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. Good evening once again. Im stephanie ruhle. We usually do the nightcap on a friday, but we have got so much big news that we have got to break down, and later we have a very special conversation that you do not want to miss. But lets start with the big news, because we are big and very good economic numbers this morning. The Labor Department said the u. S. Economy added 336,000 jobs in the month of september, President Biden highlighting the better than expected number in a spee
george santos from brazil, the openly gay new york congressman used to perform in drag back in the day. he even had his own drag queen persona called cadara. he denies ever having been a drag performer. there s nothing wrong with participating in the drag tradition, or having their own direct persona. a secret drag passed is a problem for anybody who s looking to get ahead in a party that has gone out of its way to attack and vilify, and legislate against anybody whose gender presentation does not match their biological sex. over the past three years, republicans have zeroed in on drag performers as part of their anti lgbtq agenda, blasting them as groomers and pedophiles. republican representative mike johnson has even introduced federal legislation called the stop sexualize a shun of children act, which specifically targets drag queen story hours, public events were dragged performers volunteered to read children s books at local community spaces.