an interesting twist investors bought u.s. treasury, assigned america s debt a sign that america s debt is still a safe debt but there is a global consensus the global economy is heading for a slow down there are fears european central bank doesn t have enough money to stop a crisis there and here in the u.s. prospects for a growing economy have dimmed he says it is all intertwined he urges investors not to over react. just because of the down grade, it is because of the issues in europe and a lot of continued worries about the economy here it is easy to get scared when you see stocks drop but the important thing is to be thinking what are my returns over 5 to 10 years instead of days. most analysts believe it will take a few weeks to see where the market is going to settle in the meantime stocks such as google apple and microsoft down as much as 5% some people are seeing it as a good opportunity to buy. all right thank you mel. another big story we are following, t
the debt. steve handelsman on capitol hill now with more on this. reporter: thanks. good evening. amid all of today s terrible news, there was a little bit of paucity, if you will from the head of standard & poor s who listened to what president obama said, and said that that help, he was impressed that the president thought the matter was urgent. and when you re the head of s&p, people care what you think. the president had been looking on the bright side. he said the downgrade on friday, which he said he still disputes, plus, by extension, today s terrible down day on the markets, could help break the deadlock up here on capitol hill. in his first reaction since standard & poor s downgraded u.s. bonds late friday, president obama rejected the aa-plus rating. no matter what some agency may say, we ve always been and always will be a aaa country. reporter: but u.s. stock markets dropped sickeningly. the dow losing 5.55%. the s&p 500, 6.66%. nasdaq off 6.9%. the biggest
, i mean, you want to be out there, i mean, those are reps i want to be taking, you know, reps that were designated to me and i want to be the guy out there taking them because all those things are going to help me, getting with plays and reps, especially with this limited training camp, and we re trying to get as much as we can. today was also fan appreciation day at redskins park. fans of all ages checking out the 2011 edition of the burgundy and gold and the crowds appeared to be in the thousands. they were able to get up close and personal with the team. owner dan snyder getting autographs and even giving out a couple of hugs like the newest redskins, tim high tower, it s an important event for everybody. we re building all of us together. i want to support the organization and the direction they were going, and i think they re starting to make strides and really build from the bottom up. this is the kind of people out here so i know the redskins fans are definit
how the attack unfolded and who is climate responsibility tonight. quite the mccarty majority of those killed work navy seals. what former u.s. navy seals are saying about the chastity. the return of a very high temperatures. what you need to know. live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 11:00. captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org good evening. thank you for joining us. it is the deadliest u.s. if that far u.s. forces in the decade- long war in afghanistan. at least 30 u.s. troops killed after a military helicopter crashed in eastern afghanistan. among those killed, 22 navy seals. we begin with richard reeves live from the pentagon. this is a sad and difficult day for the u.s. military, all the more shocking because most of those killed were u.s. navy seals, considered the elite. for elite u.s. forces, but it is a crushing loss. 22 navy seals and their flight crew killed in the fiery crash of their helicopter. it is a tragedy when any
airport, 8:00 a.m. on a sunday morning tony perkens joining us. good morning. good morning melanie. yes, indeed, indoor activities might not be a bad idea, it is going to be hot and humid, temperatures into the 90s. yesterday we had rain showers and storms move through. things are quiet we have cloud cover still later on the day we could see more showers and thunderer storms. satellite radar, we can show you what is happening now. how things are quiet nothing in the way of precipitation, a 20% chance of rain showers during the morning hours, not much happened i don t think much will. we do still have the clouds streaming through as you see there. also, it is a muggy start to the day temperatures well into the 70s, 78 degrees in the district let you know about our humidity 90% you will feel it when you step out this morning to go on your errands to your services the like. dulles airport, 75 degrees mostly cloudy skies, in the morning, as we stick with today s there you g