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
police. we will ask a survivor who knows the answer to that question firsthand. sandra: she will talk about her experience and why the horror in idaho is so familiar to her, including the moment she, like the survivor in idaho, came terrifyingly close to the attacker. america reports rolls into hour two on this monday afternoon. i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: john roberts in washington, good day to you, too. the survivor joins us with insight what the surviving students in idaho are likely going through and what could come next. not all that s new at 2:00. sandra: seattle public schools are warning students are in crisis, a habit driving them into depression and turning classrooms into ground 0 for mental health. that habit, social media. john: all new at 2:00, the school district serving more than 50,000 kids is suing big tech companies taking them to court for exploiting the vulnerable brains of youth. 91-page complaint ties tech giants, including
and even more horrible day for the people of ukraine. the lead starts right now. a helicopter crash outside a kindergarten in the suburbs of kyiv and a ukrainian cabinet minister and a child among the 14 killed. what caused this tragedy? plus, she s called matt gaetz a fraud, used a clown emoemp bey to describe marjorie taylor greene and called her own party tone deaf on the subject of abortion. speaking with congresswoman nancy mace as the swing district republican fights for the soul of the gop. and officially charged in his wife s murder. google searches including how long before a body starts to smell, how to clean blood from wooden floor and, how long for someone to be missing to inherit, quote/unquote. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the big story in our world lead. an investigation is und? er way and three days of mourning in ukraine have begun after a helicopter crashed in the kyiv suburb earlier today. the crash at 8:20 a.m. ukraine time
hheading to his real december at decemdestination, mexicocity. there s no sign of the illegal camps normally seen there. emily: this comes as sources reveal to fox news the lating shock statistics from the growing crisis at the border. we have griff jenkins on the ground in eagle pass, texas. we begin with wi will cain liven el paso. good morning to you both. good morning. ggood morning,pete, good mornin. i m sitting here with joe sanchez, regional director of the dps. he will be with senators tomorrow morning who are ahead of joe biden s visit as well. i assume you ll be showing them around a little bit here, what s going on. i ll definitely be doing that tomorrow. we re excited about that. because as you all know, i think a lot of americans don t realize what s going on down here at the border and how especially how it s impacted local can communities, our tax paying dollars are going to sheltering a lot of migrants coming in. it s tying up a lot of alaw enforcement a
string of shootings targeting his political opponents. we re going to have that for you. plus cnn has learned more searches could be coming as biden biden white house continues to face questions over the handling of classified material. and a college student in indiana was stabbed in the head and police now say it was a racially motivated attack. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here, everybody. i m kate bolduan. let s start in new mexico with a wild story that is raising questions whether political violence is becoming a norm. police have arrested a man for being the mastermind behind a series of shootings at the homes of state and local democratic officials. solomon pena, he is accused of conspiring with and paying four men to carry out the shootings. he had run he had run in an election, lost as a republican candidate, for the new mexico state house. thankfully no one was injured in those shootings. but officials believe that