The former Vice President talking about trumps indictment now. January 6th was a tragedy. Ive spoken and written about it extensively. I have nothing to hide. By gods grace i believe we did our duty that day. Fulfilled the oath that id taken to the constitution and to the American People. The constitution is quite clear about the role of the Vice President in the counting of electoral votes. It essentially says the Vice President presides over a Joint Session Of Congress where the electoral votes that are certified by the states shall be opened and shall be counted. And irrespective of the indictment i want the American People to know that i had no right to overturn the election. And that on that day President Trump asked me to put him over the constitution but i chose the constitution. And i always will. And i really do believe that anyone who puts themself over the constitution should never be president of the United States. And anyone who asks themselves to put themselves over the c
Fitch, one of several rating agencies, just downgraded the u.s. long-term rating from its top mark of aaa to aa plus, one level down, citing the nation s debt as a, quote, growing burden. this of course comes after congress fought until the very last minute over a debt ceiling deal, barely preventing the u.s. from the first ever default. as you can see, it could be a factor in why the markets are down some 300 points right now. cnn business anchor richard quest joins us now live. now, richard, it s interesting. so fitch is sort of out on a limb here by itself. mark zandi, who s with moody s, he calls the decision off base. jason fuhrman, economist with the obama administration, completely absurd. mohammed el ariane, i m puzzled by many aspects of this announcement. what s happening here? why is fitch taking this step now? and the u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen says she disagrees with this, that the action is entirely unwarranted,
Remain quite a hot asset internationally, both for individuals and corporations and governments. have they shown any less of an interest in buying them? no, which is why, jim, good point, i would say that today s decision is meaningless in today s market. the market is down a bit for other reasons on earnings and other reasons. you can t look at this as today. you ve got to look at this and push it out. what fitch are saying is this is a worry on the medium to long-term fiscal future of the united states. and on that one, well, i think many economists would say there is validity in what they ve done. it s just a bit bizarre they ve chosen a random tuesday in august in the middle of the summer to make this announcement. a warning shot, as you called it, richard quest, joining us from new york, thanks so much. brianna. law enforcement officials from multiple agencies have
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