dramatic rescues from the rising waters, today, saturday, dramatic rescues from the rising waters, today, saturday, august 6th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a saturday i m lester holt. and i m jenna wolf. amy robach has the morning off. we re going to start with a devastating morning in afghanistan. it is the deadliest incident for americans in this decade-long war. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on that chopper that s killed dozens of americans. most of them, we re told, part of u.s. special forces. we ll get more in a live report from kabul in just a few minutes. the other big story overnight, the u.s. credit rating, standard & poor s is the agency that advises investors on long-term security lowered america s credit rating from aaa to aa-plus. it has never happened before. it s all about how the country will pay for its debt, and s&p pointed the finger at washington. so
i m lester holt in tonight for brian. watching the steep rises and falls of stock prices today was not for the feint of heart, especially after yesterday s 513 point free fall of the dow. but for all of the drama, and there was lots of it, the market finished today largely flat. the dow gained 61 points. the nasdaq lost 24. and the s&p was down about a point. but take a look at how we got there. after that big drop yesterday, on a strong start today, the dow bounced up and down across a 416 point range. not easy to watch, especially for all those americans who saw a huge chunk of their nest eggs vanish this week amid global debt concerns. those concerns were still very much at work today, along with some news about the american job picture. we re covering it all here tonight starting again at the new york stock exchange with cnbc s maria bartiromo. maria, good evening. reporter: the dow jones industrial average this week was down 7%, the worst week since the financial crisi
watching the steep rises and falls of stock prices today was not for the feint of heart, especially after yesterday s 513 point free fall of the dow. but for all of the drama, and there was lots of it, the market finished today largely flat. the dow gained 61 points. the nasdaq lost 24. and the s&p was down about a point. but take a look at how we got there. after that big drop yesterday, on a strong start today, the dow bounced up and down across a 416 point range. not easy to watch, especially for all those americans who saw a huge chunk of their nest eggs vanish this week amid global debt concerns. those concerns were still very much at work today, along with some news about the american job picture. we re covering it all here tonight starting again at the new york stock exchange with cnbc s maria bartiromo. good evening. reporter: the dow jones industrial average this week was down 7%, the worst week since the financial crisis of 2008. it has wiped $2.5 trillion of valu
good evening. i m lester holt in tonight for brian. watching the steep rises and falls of stock prices today was not for the feint of heart, especially after yesterday s 513 point free fall of the dow. but for all of the drama, and there was lots of it, the market finished today largely flat. the dow gained 61 points. the nasdaq lost 24. and the s&p was down about a point. but take a look at how we got there. after that big drop yesterday, on a strong start today, the dow bounced up and down across a 416 point range. not easy to watch, especially for all those americans who saw a huge chunk of their nest eggs vanish this week amid global debt concerns. those concerns were still very much at work today, along with some news about the american job picture. we re covering it all here tonight starting again at the new york stock exchange with cnbc s maria bartiromo. good evening. the dow jones industrial average this week was down 7%, the worst week since the financial crisis o