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There's no urgency there. an inordinate power they have in terms of drafting legislation. the other piece of this, and i wonder if richard would agree with me, we have to remember there's been a concerted effort. i'm talking about the cops, those are labor guys out there in boston. >> i think wisconsin really showed the strategy where the governor was trying to pick off the cops by the teacher, so i think in addition to general railingsal changes to undermine the role of labor, to demonize labor.

I can't say there weren't leaks, there were obviously leaks, but they weren't from the white house. >> reporter: and alex, i've been talking to some intelligence officials who say it's really difficult to determine the source of a leak in part because dozens of people have access to classified information. in addition, it's tough to prosecute someone because you have to show that the person had an intent to harm the u.s., and that's, of course, difficult to prove. but we should point out that this is really a concern that lawmakers are expressing on both sides of the aisle, senator diane feins...

now, the "cnn newsroom" continues with randi kaye. >> have a great day. >> thank you. the treasury is sending out checks as promised, and somehow there is just as much fear and uncertainty and economic anxiety as ever. we will tackle the next three main questions. what is going on with the stock markets? the dow is on track for the ninth straight day of losses. any guesses on how long it has been since nine straight days of loss? 33 years. lots of scary numbers are behind these, and we'll get to those in a minute. question number two, who will make the cuts. the debt deal left a ha...

Drafting legislation. he had to turn it over to congress. it was frustrating as a consequence of some of the things in that piece of legislation. but, yeah, i think he's dealing with tremendous challenges. and it's frustrating. but where in life aren't things frustrating except maybe on this television show. >> exactly. we're in a position -- >> why do you think senator bayh is leaving? >> i take him at his word. he's been there 12 years. that's a long time. i was there for 12 years and it felt like it was time to move on to something elimination as well. it's a huge loss. like i said, i take ...