. >>> erin burnett out front here with her preview. you have more important information on the penn state investigation. >> that's right. we do, john. we're going to be talking to the state senator who said he would ask institute leaders to move a bill he introduced back in 2005, which is incredible when you look at it now, because that bill would have made it against the law to not report child abuse. that's right, in pennsylvania it's not a problem if you don't report it to authorities. he put forth a bill in 2005 to change that. interesting to think how things might have been different if that law might have been in effect when this started. we're going to talk to him about that. we're also going to have on an american held in an egyptian jail as a spy this summer, john. find out his story, what's really going on there. plus, the bottom line on the herman cain story tonight. as his wife gets ready for her interview. and silvio berlusconi. you know how i couldn't resist him. and now he's gone, john. so we found a replacement. >> i lo

erin burn set here in the situation room watching this part of the story. healthcare is a huge part of the economy. >> it is. obama's administration he estimating about 16% is about right that is -- you are now looking at the biggest chunk of the u.s. economy. a couple years ago, you might look at the number and talk about construction and housing but it really is healthcare and when you look at the jobs and what the stability has been, it has been in healthcare. >> how does it play out? assuming let's say the supreme court decides it's unconstitutional, the mandate, then what? >> so that's not good for health insurers. this is an alliance a lot of people didn't expect. >> blue cross, blue shield, alliance -- >> they get all these people coming into their health insurance role. they weren't against this. so you saw a little bit of that in the market today. the problem with the healthcare bill is it did not address the healthcare problem. where you see the biggest jump every year is not drug cost but hospitalization. so a lot of this hadn't dealt with the re

erin. >> all right. thank you. now to the united kingdom where in the this famous wedding dress, but another dress of the dutchess of cambridge is making headlines for what it may have concealed. max, what is fuelling the chatter about a possible pregnancy tonight? >> erin, the latest round of speculation comes from an event last night where the dutchess was wearing a grecian style dress with a lot of loose fabric and you couldn't tell if she was showing or not which frustrated pregnancy royal watchers but nothing substantive to say she is pregnant right now. >> that poor girl. all right. thank you very much. baby lisa irwin, the missouri infant missing since october 4th turns one today. there is no celebrating about her whereabouts are still unknown. last night her half brothers aged 6 and 8 were interviewed by child counselors for the second time. attorneys for the parents say they have been unfairly targeted as suspects. just before the show i spoke to their attorney joe tacopina and asked where the case stands

erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com herman cain and newt gingrich are now in his way as perry and the bottom line on the penn state child rape scandal. mcqueary on paid leave. joe paterno out as coach and a super committee set up to investigate. that's our hour. let's go "outfront." >> "outfront" tonight, breaking news, a big day for the markets. the dow up 260 points, just shy of that, all three of the major indices back in positive territory for the year. the trading volume was light. it was veterans day but better than expected data in terms of american consumer sentiment and positive news out of europe was enough to encourage toward to buy. it's a big number. we wanted to highlight it. it has been six days since penn state university was rocked by child rape charges by jerry sandusky. they spoke out saying the university is dealing with the situation. assistant coach mike mcqueary who first reported witnessing the sexual abuse to joe paterno in 2002 has been put on paid administrative leave. a special committee has

>> erin, it's likely unlikely. nine days ago, the arab league did get syria to sign on to an action plan to diffuse the crisis, but little has been done to implement it. today, dozens of people were killed around syria. the action plan seems to have faded into complete irrelevance. it's also important to keep one thing in mind. the arab league is composed of dictatorships, which themselves would be loathe to implement the kind of reforms they're asking of the syrians. if there is any light at the end of the syrian tunnel, it's not going to come from the arab league. erin. >> all right, ben. >>> well, next to italy. prime minister silvio berlusconi will reportedly resign tomorrow once the austerity measure has pass. matthew, what will italy be like without berlusconi? >> it may look a little less colorful place. silvio berlusconi has been a controversial italian prime minister, to say the least. dogged by sex scandals and legal battles. he's been devicive in his police call life. erin. >> all right. thank you. now t

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. >>> i'm erin burnett, "outfront" tonight. the group of 12 taxed with axing $1.2 trillion from america's deficit. last night, we brought you what was frankly a breakthrough. the architect of the plan told us he would support an increase on tax revenues on some of the wealthiest americans. today the top democrat said toomey's plan didn't go far enough. >>> i'm erin burnett, "outfront" tonight. the group of 12 taxed with axing $1.2 trillion from america's deficit. last night, we brought you what was frankly a breakthrough. the architect of the plan told us he would support an increase on tax revenues on some of the wealthiest americans. today the top democrat said toomey's plan didn't go far enough. >> we came to the table to begin with and every day have said that for us it's extremely important. this -- whatever we end up with at the end of the day is balanced and fair and has real revenue on the table. >> we still haven't seen from the democrats is a plan that deals with our structural debt crisis that actually solves the pro

. >> >>> i'm erin burnett, "outfront" tonight. the group of 12 taxed with axing $1.2 trillion from america's deficit. last night, we brought you what was frankly a breakthrough. the architect of the plan told us he would support an increase on tax revenues on some of the wealthiest americans. today the top democrat said toomey's plan didn't go far enough. >> we came to the table to begin with and every day have said that for us it's extremely important. this -- whatever we end up with at the end of the day is balanced and fair and has real revenue on the table. >> we still haven't seen from the democrats is a plan that deals with our structural debt crisis that actually solves the problem. >> this bickering is pretty sad because $1.2 trillion is not very much and it means this issue is going to come back really soon again. so can the super committee step it up? they have 13 days to be super heros and not thieves. tonight go go to the front lines with our strike team. that's the group of 20 entrepreneurs, ceos and investors that i

it's anybody's guess, erin. no one has ever even tried to run for re-election with unemployment this high since fdr and he was a special case and it was 70 years ago. it's really an extraordinary time for this president. as lucky as romney is, i think gergen's right, i think obama's feeling fortunate too to have a comparatively weak field in the republican party. >> what would you do right now if the election was today, what's your bet? >> my bet is obama would win the squeaker. i think it's a pretty even field. i think as time goes on the powers of the incumbency, as they both know from their experience, are very, very important in a race like this. and beyond that, the electoral college, it works, in the president's favor. does that mean he can lose it? yes, he can absolutely lose it. mitt romney will be a better campaigner as time goes on. he showed a little humor last night. we hadn't seen that before. if he starts to connect emotionally, he's going to be a much stronger candidate. >> i don't know if we have

. >>> er"erin burnett outfront" coming up at top of the hour. you'll sit down with a ceo who takes issue with the great super committee. >> we hope it's a great super committee, right? the ceo of a manufacturing company, dave roberts from carlisle, says he not going it hire until the super committee does its job. it's proof how important these 12 people are. it's so much more important to our country's economy. we'll talk about cain cashing in. his campaign claims to have made $9 million since october 1st. and the penn state scandal. sheldon kennedy, former nhl player abused by a coach more than 300 times and why took him to so long to come forward to shed light on the scandal now. >> looking forward to. see you soon. >>> when you step in it, to accept rick perry's description of last night's debate, the challenge to step out of it, as quickly as possible. for governor perry that effort began immediately after the debate ended in the so-called spin room. >> i stepped in it man. yeah, it was embarrassing, of course it was. you know, when -- but h

. >> let's bring in erin burnett, the most of erin burnett outfront which airs at 7:00 p.m. eastern. you were listening carefully to that debate last night. pretty much of a consensus, they don't want the u.s. involved in italy, greece, spain or portugal when it comes to spending u.s. tax pare dollars. >> that's right. and politically, wolf, there is no other answer, right? you have to have a consensus. it's a very antibailout environment out there. jim cramer was asking the question, obviously felt differently than the candidates. when you just look at it, europe just matters too much to the united states and that's a big part of the problem. we can't just not help europe. 20% of our exports go to europe and are federal reserve is already assisting europe to make sure their banks function. our banks have unlg huge exposure to europe. it would be nice if it didn't matter, but it does matter to the united states and we will help them and are helping them and hoping it doesn't get to a point where anything further is required. >> ezra klein wrote a strong piece today in which

erin, thank you. we begin tonight, keeping them honest with major new developments in the sexual abuse scandal rocking penn state university. serious questions about why so little was done for so long about the alleged rape of children, multiple abuse charges against a former assistant to the legendary coach joe paterno. today paterno, who's coached the nittany lions since 1950 and been head cope for the last 46 years, announced his retirement. this is new video of him today at a team practice for saturday's nebraska game. that is part of the controversy. he said he's stepping down but not immediately, not until the end of the season. in a statement today he said -- paterno, who is the nearest thing to a secular saint in pennsylvania and hero to his players drew their praise today for his decision. >> i think as long as he's been here, he hasn't really ever made a wrong decision. he knows what he's doing. he's been doing it for so long. if he thinks it's best for the program, chances are it's going to

>> there's a big problem with that in my view, erin. if we let bush tax cuts expire completely, biggest tax increase in american history by far. cap gains and dividends, lower rates now that drive so much investment, those go up to what i think would be a crippling level. we would guarantee to have double dip recession. we are not in the economy we were in in the 1990s, we had an internet boom and innovation happening and breathtaking pace. that's not going on now. i think the worst we could do is have a gigantic massive tax increase. a better approach simplify the code, lower rates, generate revenue through that mechanism. >> thank you for coming "outfront." we care passionately about the super committee. >> thanks for having me. >>> second earthquake to hit turkey. death and destruction. dozens trapped. >>> and four women accuse herman cain of sexual harassment and worse. how will he answer critics at the debate. >>> and the camel report. your best source for camel news anywhere on hump day. i can enter trades on the run. even futures

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let's bring in our own financial expert, cnn's erin burnett, the host of erin burnett outfront. the markets taking a major tumble today because of what's happening in italy, is that right? >> that really is the reason why. europe continuing to not dealing with its problems. right around 388 points to the downside as the final trades come in. what's happening in europe is causing all kinds of problems. general motors came out and said we can't even put out forecasts for what we're going to do in europe and as a result, gm shares fell 10%. all ten industry groups fellower today. greece continues to be a problem and now, it's really italy. you mentioned the eighth biggest economy in the world. it is also the third biggest market for government debt in the world. if you look at the exposure that banks have, how much debt italy holds, you'd have to add up portugal, ireland, italy and spain to get close to that total. i think it's safe to say if you see real problems with italy, you will see real problems spread to bigger economies like france and that would become a domino effect tha

. >> we're going to have erin burnett. she's going to join us at the top to have hour. we're going to assess what is going on. clearly, lot of pain in europe, but it's spilling over here in the united states. at wall street. today, 400 points in one day. we're going to assess what's going on. we're taking a look at all the other developments in the world of politics, national security. big developments involving the iaea. barbara starr's got new information out of the pentagon. also, the latest on herman cain. will tr there be a joint news conference from some of these women? don, we're all over the news in "the situation room" as we are every day. >> thank you. breaking news, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in turkey. report of a hotel and office building than collapsed in van turkey. live pictures, our chad myers working on it. we're trying assess some of the damage. we're going to talk about it after a quick break. losing your chex mix too easily? time to deploy the chex mix boring potato chip decoy bag. now no one will want to steal the deliciousness. with a variety of t

erin brockovich joining me from new york. good to see you, erin. >> hi, how are you? >> i'm doing good. you're doing your part to expose and clean up tainted wall water. as a public health issue, it really is undercovered, wouldn't you say? >> it really is. we don't realize the tens of millions of americans that are on well water that have contaminate. and oftentimes, unfortunately, an agency or a company can know they've already mapped out a plume of where the contamination is or isn't, but nobody ever lets the community know what's happening. so it is something that i hate to say, we continue to uncover on a daily basis. >> so now you have zeroed in on a community of about 100 residences in central florida, deland, florida, where the water, the well water is contaminated. that is indisputable? >> that is indisputable. deland is just one of six communities down in florida that has the contamination, a pesticide, that isn't in use anymore, but it finds its way through the system and creeps into people's wells and they don't know that it's there. it doesn't have any pa

let's go. >>> i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, herman cain, the gop frontrunner fighting back against allegations of sexual harassment. >> i absolutely reject. they simply didn't happen. they simply did not happen. >> four women have now accused the gop candidate of inappropriate behavior and we now know the identity of two. just hours ago, we learned more about another accuser, her name is karen kraushaar, director of communications at the treasury department and according to a friend, she called cain a quote/unquote monster. this is the woman whose lawyer told the nation on friday that his client did not want to identify herself and did not want to divulge any details about the alleged encounter. but obviously, she is saying now that she would do so, perhaps with other people in a press conference. niger ennis is an unofficial adviser to herman cain's campaign. appreciate you taking the time to come out and talk about this tonight. i just want to ask you this, have you at the campaign had the conversation mid

let's go. >>> i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, herman cain, the gop frontrunner fighting back against allegations of sexual harassment. >> i absolutely reject. they simply didn't happen. they simply did not happen. >> four women have now accused the gop candidate of inappropriate behavior and we now know the identity of two. just hours ago, we learned more about another accuser, her name is karen kraushaar, director of communications at the treasury department and according to a friend, she called cain a quote/unquote monster. this is the woman whose lawyer told the nation on friday that his client did not want to identify herself and did not want to divulge any details about the alleged encounter. but obviously, she is saying now that she would do so, perhaps with other people in a press conference. niger ennis is an unofficial adviser to herman cain's campaign. appreciate you taking the time to come out and talk about this tonight. i just want to ask you this, have you at the campaign had the conversation mid

i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, herman cain. the gop frontrunner fighting back against allegations of sexual harassment. >> i absolutely reject, they simply didn't happen. they simply did not happen. >> four women have now accused of gop candidate of inappropriate behavior and we now know the identity of two. just hours ago, we learned more about another accuser, her name is karen, director of communications at the treasury department and according to a friend, she called cain a quote/unquote monster. this is the woman whose lawyer told the nation on friday that his client did not want to identify herself and did not want to divulge any details about the alleged encounter. but obviously she is saying now that she would do so perhaps with other people in a press conference. unofficial adviser to herman cain's campaign, appreciate you taking the time to come out and talk about this tonight. i just want to ask you this, have you at the campaign had the conversation middle of the night, everyone's eyes are blood shot where you say,

. >>> "erin burnett outfront" coming up at top of the hour. you have a former navy s.e.a.l. on the program tonight? >> former navy s.e.a.l. team 6, which was the s.e.a.l. team responsible for killing osama bin laden in the compound in pakistan. he's written a book that's controversial, disagrees with the government version of what happened. he's going to be on our show. an adviser to herman cain and a man who co-authored a book with the men at penn state, larry sandusky, the accused pedophile. all of that coming up top of the hour. >> a horrible story at penn state. look forward to that report. thanks so much. >>> it's a busy and significant day in politics. herman cain once again emphatically denying the latest sexual harassment allegations against him. >> i have never acted inappropriately with anyone. period. >> also, elections across the country today. what might 2011 tell us about the 2012 climate in? joined by the governor of mississippi, haley barbour. i want to start with herman cain and a key initiative on the ballot in your state. when you watch herman cain today,

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let's hand it off to anderson. >>> erin, thanks. good evening, everyone. we begin with "cri "crime & punishment" and the verdict that everyone is talking about tonight. >> we the jury in the above-entitled action, find the defendant, conrad robert murray, guilty of the crime of involuntary manslaughter in violation of penal code section 192 subsection b. alleged victim michael joseph jackson. >> as you just saw, dr. murray showing no emotion as the verdict was read, but outside the courthouse jackson fans erupted. throughout the trial jackson supporters have gathered outside the building offers words of encouragement to jackson's family. today la toya thanked them. her joy at the verdict unmistakable. >> michael loves everybody out here. we all love them. and guess what? he was in that courtroom, and that's why victory was served. >> jermaine jackson spoke briefly as he left the courthouse. >> justice was served, yes. it wasn't enough time, though. >> what do you say for michael? >> michael's with us. michael's with us. >> jackson's mother and father, joe

now erin runs her own consulting firm. she has written a fictional thriller about nuclear energy entitled "hot water." thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> your thriller takes place in the south. kind of got me thinking a lot of people don't realize that we get 15 to 20% of our power in this country from nuclear. in researching this you came up with truly terrifying scenarios that the experts hadn't even thought of but subsequent to this research said this is real. >> if you're talking about a book or a facility down there and we've taken so much about nuclear power -- >> yes. >> i don't want to say for granted, but we've become very complacent about what's going on out there. there's one of several issues. i'm not sure which one you want me to target. >> people hear about fukushima, there are things people are afraid of. but you're talking they don't even know to worry about. >> some of the things we're afraid of is there's been some meltdowns. i deal with the situation in simi valley, california, where t

. >> erin burnett is coming up at the top of the hour. you're following the conrad murray verdict. >> that's right. we'll have joe jackson's lawyer who has been a friend of the flame for 25 years. i talked to the children of michael jackson today. we're going to hear from him. we're also going to talk about herman cain. of course, the press conference today was ritting. one thing that i was curious about, when the woman said that the night happened and she chose to not tell her boyfriend or her mentor ever, the exact details. is that something that helps or hurts her case. something that stood out to me. we'll be following that. tackling that angle of the story. did you know that 120 million americans live within 50 miles of a nauclear power plant? and erin brockovich will join us to talk about what's happening in the nuclear power plant zones. not something good. >> i bet it's not but i'm looking forward to it. we'll see you in a few minutes. >>> as she noted, an important new chapter in the sexual misconduct question surrounding herman

here's newt gingrich on cnn's out front with erin burnett. >> entitlement programs, i quote, that you would have fundamental reform of entitlement programs. that's what it says. i wanted to ask you, would you be willing to say i am running to be a one-term president because i'm going to slash and fix this and stand up to special interests, whether they be banks whether they be seniors and those aarp ads they have been seeing where there has been an implicit threat that seniors won't vote for anyone that would cut medicare. would you be willing to say that, i care enough that i'll go one term and fix it? >> why would you assume that fixing all the problems is anti-democratic small d, and that people will dislike it? i want to run to be a two-term president because we solve so many of your problems that you're so happy with full employment, you're so happy with our moves to a balanced budget, that you're so happy with a better social security system, a better medicare system, a better federal government that you're littled to -- ronald reagan carried 49 states for re-election because pe

." >>> i'm erin burnett. out front on this friday, the lawyer for herman cain's accuser speaks. >> she made a complaint in good faith about a series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances from the ceo. she and her husband see no value in revisiting this matter now, nor in discussing the matter any further, publicly or privately. >> joel bennett, that's who it was, sawed his client stands by her comments while the cain campaign continues to call the claims baseless. jeffrey toobin is our senior legal analyst. gloria borger is our chief political analyst. great to have both of you with us. let me start with you, gloria. you spoke to the national restaurant association today, and now that the lawyer said all right, the woman, multiple events but she doesn't want to give details, doesn't want to give her name. but now that the national restaurant association has allowed her to speak, does that now mean any day, any day, anytime for the next -- >> she could. >> anytime, right? >> yeah. but she's not goin

let's go "outfront." >>> i'm erin burnett. out front on this friday, the lawyer for herman cain's accuser speaks. >> she made a complaint in good faith about a series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances from the ceo. she and her husband see no value in revisiting this matter now, nor in discussing the matter any further, publicly or privately. >> joel bennett, that's who it was, said his client stands by her comments while the cain campaign continues to call the claims baseless. jeffrey toobin is our senior legal analyst. gloria borger is our chief political analyst. great to have both of you with us. let me start with you, gloria. you spoke to the national restaurant association today, and now that the lawyer said all right, the woman, multiple events but she doesn't want to give details, doesn't want to give her name. but now that the national restaurant association has allowed her to speak, does that now mean any day, any day, anytime for the next -- >> she could. >> anytime, right? >> yeah. but she's not going

erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> thanks, john. we're on the front line with the world's most notorious arms dealer, viktor bout. convicted in new york this week, we talk to the woman who spent 15 years tracking him. and wouldn't you get cozy with sarkozy? we can't resist finding out. >>> and the bottom line on herman cain. the lawyer for one of the accusers finally spoke out. let's go "outfront." >>> i'm erin burnett. out front on this friday, the lawyer for herman cain's accuser speaks. >> she made a complaint in good faith about a series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances from the ceo. she and her husband see no value in revisiting this matter now, nor in discussing the matter any further, publicly or privately. >> joel bennett, that's who it was, sawed his client stands by her comments while the cain campaign continues to call the claims baseless. jeffrey toobin is our senior legal analyst. gloria borger is our chief political analyst. great to have both of you with us. let me start with you, glo

. >>> "erin burnett outfront" coming up at the top of the hour. erin joins us with a preview. how are you? >> i'm doing well. i see you have snow. i hope you have a little heater there. we're talking about what was, well, distinctly bad weather though the rainy sort, of course the gchl-20 meeting in france. an action plan was agreed to but will it be enough? see the two men, barack obama and nicolas sarkozy? an incident happened today. the french are very upset about something that the president of the united states said to the president of france. and i think it will shock you. so we are going to get to the bottom of that. we simply cannot resist it. plus, with the merchant of death getting convicted this week, the russian arms dealer trafficking in weapons to al qaeda to kill americans we looked into one of the most trafficked weapons in the world, we found a woman who -- the woman who is responsible for capturing this arms deal somewhere she is our special guest tonight. we have all of that coming up at the top of the hour. stay warm, john. >> fascinating. can't wait to see

erin's joining us with a preview. what are you finding out? >> it's amazing. you saw there, victor booth, the merchant of death, selling weapons to people who wanted to kill americans down in south america, al qaeda, the taliban. he -- one woman spent 15 years tracking him, 15 years. she's the biggest expert in the world in terms of illegally trafficked weapons, kathy austin. angelina jolie's playing her in a movie. she's going to be our special guest. stunning. the ak-47 is the most trafficked weapon in the world. there are 100 million around the world. if you compare that to the u.s. competitor weapon, the m-16, there's only 5 million to 7 million of those around the world. the ak-47 jones by things like rocket propelled grenades and things that have gone missing in libya, we don't know where they are, whether falling into the hands of terrorists, used against commercial aircraft. it's amazing. you know to get a new ak-47, according to the sources i've been speaking to, it's 240 but to buy one on the black market where you can get it readily around the world

anderson cooper starts now. >>> erin, thanks. >> thanks, anderson. much more tonight on herman cain. the accusations keep coming and so do the denials and see what it says about the race for the white house and indeed race in america. plus the trial of michael jackson's doctor conrad murray. the jury begins deliberating tomorrow and what they may be >> "meet the fockers." he plays a modern-day robin hood. >> let's storm the castle together. >> like when they went after frankenstein. >> no. the peasants take everything back from the lords. >> i'm in. >> matthew broderick and two of the most powerful men in hollywood. this is "piers morgan tonight." we begin with breaking news a. jury in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor will get the case. ted rowlands joins me now. ted, another dramatic day and now we will get to i guess the final answer. describe what happened today. >> well, piers, two very passionate arguments by both sides. david walgren started off telling the your this wasn't a case about a doctor/patient relationship. this is a

." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i'm erin >>> i'm erin burnett, and "outfront" tonight, caingate. not only that, he's pointing the finger. here he is on sean hannity's radio show just a couple of hours ago. >> we knew we were going to be attacked. we just never thought that we were going to be attacked, based upon a planted story coming from another one of the campaigns. never imagined that. >> as for that, rick perry fought back just a couple of moments ago on "john king, usa." >> we found out about this the same time that i suppose the rest of america found out about it, both on the internet or next day in the news, so, you know, i don't know how to tell any other way except knew nothing about it, sir. >> "outfront" tonight, a person who has known herman cain for 27 years. he was recruited to work as his vp. cain is also the godfather to his children. thanks so much for coming out tonight. we with really appreciate it. so much of this comes down to character. there's so many fingers pointing. is he still a friend of yours, herman cain? >> yes, he is, very much so. >> and have y

>>> erin burnett at 11:00. when's up? >> anderson, what we have been talking about, herman cain, what happened. well tonight, we talk to a man who knows a lot. he's known herman cain for 27 years, ran human resources for herman cain and then putting the questions to him. was anyone during those years ever come forth with a complaint of herman cane. amaing video on a god forsaken airstrip. this is amazing and on purpose. do you think the car will hit the plane? you do you are right. we'll tell you what went on there. an amazing story about smuggling. plus, anderson, a little byunga byunga. >> what? >> you don't know what it is? >> italian byunga byunga? >> yes. makes it appropriate, right? >> well at least i get the genre you're talking about and committed to it, as well. you went all out. i look forward to it. >> all right. see you. >>> up next, meet the wedding lawsuit guy. he's suing his wedding photographer, never mind the nuptials were eight years ago and he's now divorced. ♪ [ slap! slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male

erin? >> thank you very much, jim. something that's going to affect america, too. >>> we've just learned some breaking news. closing arguments have just concluded in the trial of michael jackson's doctor conrad murray. the judge is going to give it to the jury to start deliberating sometime tomorrow morning. ted rowlands was in the courtroom. here now with us out front. any idea how long it will last? >> that's impossible to tell. the fact is there was six weeks of testimony. if they go through it on any level, it should take them some time. however, we've seen it all. sometimes they go in and out and sometimes they could take days and days and days. >> what were the main points made today? did you hear any kind of a humdinger or zinger at the end? >> well, the prosecution basically said this isn't a doctor/patient scenario. this is a guy who said, yeah, for 150 grand a month i'll give this guy propofol. the defense on the other hand said, listen, this is all about michael jackson. he's the

>>> erin burnett at 11:00. when's up? >> anderson, what we have been talking about, herman cain, what happened. well tonight, we talk to a man who knows a lot. he's known herman cain for 27 years, ran human resources for herman cain and then putting the questions to him. was anyone during those years ever come forth with a complaint of herman cane. amazing video on a god forsaken airstrip. this is amazing and on purpose. do you think the car will hit the plane? you do you are right. we'll tell you what went on there. an amazing story about smuggling. plus, anderson, a little byunga byunga. >> what? >> you don't know what it is? >> italian byunga byunga? >> yes. makes it appropriate, right? >> well at least i get the genre you're talking about and committed to it, as well. you went all out. i look forward to it. >> all right. see you. >>> up next, meet the wedding lawsuit guy. he's suing his wedding photographer, never mind the nuptials were eight years ago and he's now divorced. north america actually has one of the large

erin? >> thanks so much to becky reporting where bill gates was. tomorrow we're excited. kathy lynn austin will be our guest. angelina jolie will play her in a movie. why? she spent 20 years catching the arms dealer. come back. see you then. anderson cooper starts now. >>> erin, thanks. good evening, everyone. tonight keeping them honest. we go looking for the texas judge whose brutal beating of his disabled daughter shocked millions. the shock turning quickly to outrage because not only is william adams a judge but a family judge. we'll have both sides of a very ugly story. you can decide for yourself. so many people are asking, a lot of people ask what may judge adams make about what you're seeing coming before his courtment it's very difficult to watch let alone stomach. >> bend over the bed. >> dad. >> bend over that bed. bend over the bed. >> well -- >> bend over the bed. >> stop. stop. stop! >> bend over the bed! i'm going to keep spanking you in your [ bleep ] face. roll over. [ bleep ]. >> stop! >> we showed you just 24 seconds. the full video lasts 7:30. judge ad

>> well, he's a seat at the top table, erin. trying to convince world leaders despite the economic crisis, the world economic crisis, they should not stop giving. and when i say that, what he's trying to do is convince them they have to pony up on the commitments that they have made to the developing world. have a listen to this. >> past view of aid was simply buying friendship from some dictators as part of the cold war. today you should think of the u.s. of being a biggest supporter of aids drugs so a mother can raise her children. buying bed net which cut malaria deaths by 20%, will cut it a lot more. financing agriculture development so that the women who have these small farms are able to grow enough food to have nutrition for their kids and raise a little money to send their kids to school. >> and he also talked today about new revenue streams and i know this is something you've been interested in. this robin tax or tax on financial transactions. the deal is, could you ever

. >>> "erin burnett outfront" coming up at top of the hour. let's check out for a preview. >> you've been talking to rick perry, the whole herman cain situation. we're going to continue to follow up on that and what we're excited about our guest, sperns wiggins has known herman cain for 27 years, works for him for 10 years, involved with the human resources departments at burger king and godfather's pizza and he's going to talk about the herman cain he knew because as of course you know this comes down to questions of character. we're going to try to get to the bottom of that. that's our special guest at the top of the hour. back to up a at the top of the hour. back to you. >> it's questions voters in iowa are asking. we'll see you in a few minutes. let's follow up with becky beech. jennifer jacobs, the political correspondent for "the des moines register." let's ask that question. are people asking character questions about herman cain? do they believe or at least have some suspiciouses about these allegations? we look at the polling and stev

erin burnett's show, 7:00 p.m. eastern later tonight, she's going to have a lot more on this and all the other important news of the day. 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> campaign blame game. who's behind the sexual allegations behind herman cain? and more on the greek bailout and g-20 economic summit. jack cafferty, jessica yellin is on the scene. they're coming up. and the white house faces a subpoena over its loan to a now bankrupt solar energy. dandruff. how it gives me a healthy scalp and great looking hair. but who used mine up? it was hines. seriously? you lying fool. [ male announcer ] head & shoulders: seven benefits, every bottle. [ man ] it's my new malibu. [ woman ] '57 bel air -- still have it. [ both ] our camaro. [ man ] chevy silverado -- third one. [ male announcer ] people love their chevys. that's because for 100 years, chevy has offered the best value in america. come in now and help us celebrate our centennial open house, november 1st through the 7th. and fall in love with your next chevy. ♪ at red lob

when i started researching it, erin, it's going to be a harder situation than you might think. >> why is that? >> criminal charges very, very difficult because there's a statute of limitations. this happened six years ago, and you can't tell from the video if she sustained a physical injury which is usually required to make out a felony charge. so it's probably a form of child endangerment. prosecutors are looking at that and they'll have a real hard time bringing curveball charges. >> the daughter, the girl you saw in that video clip is now speaking out. hillary adams says she's relieved the video has gotten all this attention. >> i feel exhilarated. i don't know if i could call it happy, but i'm very relieved that these things have been brought to light, and not because i want to see my father burn or anything like that. that's a hideous way of thinking. i don't want to inflict that upon him. i cannot stress it enough, i can't repeat myself enough, that he just needs help. >> since appearing on youtube, the disturbing video has been seen nearly 1 million times and has spurred an inv

i'm erin burnett. "out front" tonight, it's getting downright messy. a third woman has come forward with accusations of sexual harassment. the cain campaign is calling this is a baseless allegation. herman cain said a perry advisor leaked the story. the perry campaign denied that to us but mentioned other ties between the romney campaign and the leak. the come knee cam han has denied that. you get the picture. we asked nut gingrich what he thought about this leaking about herman cain. >> if it turns out that a republican presidential candidate deliberately went out and created this kind of a story about a fellow candidate, that they would pretty rapidly become a pariah and they would fire the people that did it. that's despicable behavior. that's the worst behavior. we need to be unified to beat barack obama. i don't know who did it it. i'm not taking herman's word for it but they better fire all involved in the next 24 hours because that's the kind of behavior i find totally repulsive in this political system. >> the story is developing and we're goin

back to you. >> erin, thanks very much. look forward to it. >>> ahead on the program, our favorite end of world predictor gets it wrong again. but we still have faith. so all you rapture haters, we're saving a place for you on the "riduculist" next. tions. congratulations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire businesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and buildings as valuable to the bottom line... whoa ! ... as the people inside them. congratulations. because when you add verizon to your company, you don't just add, you multiply. ♪ discover something new... verizon. you pay urillsyou try to ve and manage debt but... now, let's say you satn egions banker to review your savings and debt and rebalance your balance sheet. you'll feel more confident - and more balanced. nice! >>> time now for the "riduculist." and tonight we're adding all you rapture doubters out there. yeah, that's right. anderson cooper's getting biblical. and apparently

i'm erin burnett. "out front" tonight, it's getting downright messy. a third woman has come forward with accusations of sexual harassment. the cain campaign is calling this is a baseless allegation. herman cain said a perry advisor leaked the story. the perry campaign denied that to us but mentioned other ties between the romney campaign and the leak. the come knee cam han has denied that. you get the picture. we asked nut gingrich what he thought about this leaking about herman cain. >> if it turns out that a republican presidential candidate deliberately went out and created this kind of a story about a fellow candidate, that they would pretty rapidly become a pariah and they would fire the people that did it. that's despicable behavior. that's the worst behavior. we need to be unified to beat barack obama. i don't know who did it it. i'm not taking herman's word for it but they better fire all involved in the next 24 hours because that's the kind of behavior i find totally repulsive in this political system. >> the story is developing and we're goin

." >>> erin, thanks very much. good evening, everyone. breaking news in the herman cain story. it is hard to know where to begin tonight. so much has happened in the last few hours. we have just learned the attorney for one of two women alleging sexual harassment by cain when he ran the national restaurant association is talking to his client right now about what she should do, talking strategy, deciding whether or not she is going to come forward. also, the associated press reports a third woman emerged tell national restaurant association. we're also learning details of the one of the first two incidents that ended in financial settlements. they come from chris wilson, a former colleague who witnessed he says one of the incidents and spoke about it today to gloria borger and ktok. >> i'll tell you at the time she was a very lower level staffer. i think she was maybe two years out of college and this all occurreded at a restaurant in crystal city and everybody was very aware of it and so it was only a matter of time because so many people were aware of what took place and her

i'm erin burnett. out front tonight t is getting downright messy. the battle in the republican race over herman cain, a third woman has come forward, and the fingerpointing has gone def con one. other news articles highlighted ties between romney's campaign and the leak. the romney campaign has denied it to "outfront." you get the picture. it's ugly. we asked candidate newt gingrich what he thought of another campaign leaking this information about mr. cain. >> i have no idea. i'd want to see the evidence but i would say if it turns out that a republican presidential candidate deliberately went out and created this kind of a story about a fellow and the ka, that they would pretty rapidly become a pariah in the rest of us and they'd fire who did it. i think that's the despicable behavior that's the worst possible behavior, we republicans need to be unified to beat barack obama and that kind -- i don't know who did it. i'm not taking herman's word for it. if it turns out he's right they better fire a bunch of people in the next 24 hours or expect all

. ♪ >>> erin burnett jout front coming up at the top of the hour. you have an interview with newt gingrich. >> we talked about herman cain, and wow, was he direct about what he thought about this whole leak and feiascofiasco. you'll hear what he had to say about that. but we'll also talk about the polls, where newt gingrich as tripled from 3% to 10%. here's what he said about how he thinks he can still win. >> i think if you go back and look at jimmy -- if you look at jimmy's carters polls about this same stage, he was beating ronald reagan by almost 2 to 1. the fact is, we'll get around to point next summer to have a nominee. if i'm that nominee, i'll challenge president obama to seven lincoln style three-hour debates with a monitor. at the end of that process, i suspect he'll lose badly. ronald reagan pulled away from jimmy carter in october. >> makes the case for an open race. that and a whole lot more coming up at the top of the hour. >> looking forward to it, erin. thank you. >>> the obama administration already suing three states because of th

what did he say about this, erin? >> i asked him about the latest back and forth in this herman cain situation where wolf, as you know, herman cain accused kurt anderson, who advised anymore 2004, but now works for rick perry, anderson has denied it, but i asked newt gingrich what he would think if it turned out that someone in the perry campaign had been involved and he did in the mince words. >> i have no idea. i would say if it turns out that a republican presidential candidate deliberately went out and created this kind of a story about a fellow candidate, that they would pretty rapidly become a pariah among the rest of us and they better fire the people who did it. >> in the next 24 hours, wolf. he was pretty passionate about that and there's been a lot of back and forth. so the speaker talked about that. we also had a very frank conversation about his desire to cut tax rate to an optional flat tax of 15%. obviously, that is something that would be far from revenue neutral, wolf. i had done the math on rick perry

this from erin. power rests in the strength and blessings which come as a result of a loving relationship, not the ceremony. keep the conversation flowing. facebook.com/carolcnn. >> doesn't look like people have lost hope in the sanctity of marriage. just their -- they are drawing the parallels of going the distance with the big poofy wedding. >> they are still willing to give eight go with the hopes that yes, there is such a thing as a happy marriage. >> love prevail. all right. carol costello, thanks so much. we will check back with you. >>> a russian spy ring operating in broad daylight with no idea fbi cameras were actually clicking away. we will will show you the video that could be right out of a james bond movie. [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath] awesome. [ male annou

erin? >> that's what they are going to give in those numbers tomorrow? that's your expectation? we'll get all of that? >> there's a list coming out from the alabama state department of education. it's very different from what the doj is asking the school districts to comply. i want to make this clear. the letter from the doj was sent specifically to the school districts, not to the department of education, which is very peculiar. we were on the phone earlier today with the spokesman for the state department of education, michael sibley. he's saying tomorrow the numbers that will come out do comply with what doj is asking for. without really being asked. what they are saying is they'll release numbers. average daily membership numbers. these lists may not really give a good look at what the doj is asking for because the state department of education mentions that students of immigrant parents often don't officially withdraw from schools, erin. they're often just -- they leave without going t