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
sensitive information. even though they have no suspect, the court team promises to follow any new information, wherever it leads. investigators, continuing to review and process electronic data being collected, and a few other inquiries remain pending. to the extent that the initial investigation leads new evidence or leads, the investigators will pursue them. apparently for good measure, the court asked former bush administration homeland security secretary michael chertoff to conduct a review of the investigation. he found that it was conducted thoroughly, and at this time, i can not identify any useful investigative measures. i can. from what we can glean, the investigators don t appear to have talked to the justices themselves, or to their spouses. they did not check their electronic communications, so we very much still have a whodunnit on our hands. it seems we have reached a breaking point with that. joining us now, melissa murray,
and say that they the court released this statement. after months of diligent analysis and forensic evidence, interviews with almost 100 employees, the marshals team determined that no further investigation was warranted, with respect to many of the 82 employees who had access to electronic or hard copies of the draft opinion. the marshals said that her team conducted 126 formal interviews of 97 employees, and they all denied leaking the draft. well they determined that the courts iced tea systems were not breached, the marshals said that working from home during the pandemic, maybe leaving gaps in the courts security policy. it created an environment where it is too easy to remove sensitive information from the building and the cords i.t. networks. increasing deliberate and accidental disclosures of court sensitive information. even though they have no suspect, the court team promises to follow any new information, wherever it leads. investigators, continuing to review and process e