i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, stocks tanked. the dow plunged 2774 points today killing all the gains of this year. it s the biggest drop since november. it was really bad day. the reason was a terrible jobs report. usually using adjectives like this are sometimes much for the markets but it s the way it was today. american employers add add meager 69,000 job, which is about half the number needed just to keep up with current population growth. it was the weakest month of hiring for the year and the unemployment rate went up to 8.2%. it was a grim day for the president. today we re still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the economy s growing again, but it s not growing as fast as we want it to grow. now, according to bianco research, no president has been re-elected in this country with an unemployment rate this high since the great depression. that was when fdr won and at that time unemployment was 13.7%. what s happ
public. first. a supermoon. now, a solar eclipse. the amazing photos. and what the universe has in store next. good evening, everyone. today, we saw it. american police officers with sticks and shields, forcibly shut down a demonstration. the prediction of possible violence at the nato summit came true. something or somebody made all hell break loose. watch. chicago police say the crowd was about 2,500-strong when the outburst happened. the city s top police officer blames a small group of troublemakers. it was a small group that kind of rallied together. they put their masks on. and we had intelligence from the crowd, that as soon as the ceremony was over, they were going to try to break to the stage. and that s exactly what happened. they rallied. they charged the cops. and they assaulted the officers. we responded. so far today, we re up to 45 arrests today. tonight, paul was down in the middle of it. what happened out there today? who did what to trigger this mess
first, a super moon. now, a solar eclipse. the amazing photos and what the universe has in store next. stand by. good evening, everyone. today we saw it, american police officers with night sticks and shields forcefully shut down a public demonstration. it happened in chicago. several people were hurt, a few dozen arrested, and the prediction of possible violence around the nato summit came true. protest marches early in the day were loud but uneventful, but then it happened. something or somebody made all hell break loose. watch. chicago police say the crowd was about 2,500 strong when the tension escalated. it happened not far from where president obama and more than 50 world leaders were juggling issues facing afghanistan and nato. the city s top police officer blames a small group of trouble-makers. there was a group of what we commonly refer to as the black bloc folks who kind of rallied together, they put their masks on, and we had intelligence from the crowd th
i ve been flooded with congratulations by e-mail from people all over the country, including many whom i don t know. saying thank you, god bless you. we re so happy you did this. mr. obama in the polls, before he endorsed same-sex marriage had been leading, within a small margin of error. now, in some polls it s showing it s neck and neck. and mitt romney may be ahead, as well. and with women. there s been a turnaround in polling with women. do you think that this is affecting the president s numbers? his endorsement of same-sex marriage? i wouldn t think so. it may do so. but i wouldn t think so. it s too far out. we re too far from election day, to be playing much reliance on these polls. give us a couple more months and we can say, yes. that s scary to hear or i m happy to hear that. i think you bring up a good point. i think most people decide within a couple of weeks, days or hours before the election. just the same as before, they pick who the actual nominee s g
for planning what prosecutors call acts of domestic terrorism. they faced a judge today. their bail was set at $1.5 million each. and police say, they were stockpiling firebombs and weapons and planning to use them in chicago this weekend. that s where world leaders are gathering for that nato summit, kicking off tomorrow. more people forced to leave their homes because of a raging wildfire in arizona. it s called the gladiator fire. it s one of four active fires that are spreading and intensifying. four, small towns are now under evacuation orders. the gladiator fire has torched about 13,000 akers. winds are easing. that helps fight fighters here. enough already. the rhetoric heats up on the campaign trail. so does the bull. tonight, we cut right through. mirror, mirror, on the wall. who is the fairest beauty queen of them all? my family didn t understand. why would i expect anybody else to understand? it could be the one who was born a man. getting fresh with the