good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, decision time. it s the biggest and most important election before november 6th. and it s getting started in just under 12 hours. wisconsin republican governor scott walker fighting what is probably going to end up being the most expensive, high-stakes recall election in american history. democrats want walker out after he and the republican-controlled legislature voted to strip union members of collective bargaining rights. remember all those pictures of just complete chaos in the state capitol? democrats accuse walker of waging a war on unions. republicans say they re doing their jobs, trying to stem a budget crisis in the state. it has become one of the most bitter political fights in america, pegging big business against big labor. talk about two sumo wrestlers. neither of those groups on those own are loaded. together it s money on steroids. you re talking about $80 million just for this race. that is pretty stu
november 6th and it s getting started in just under 12 hours. wisconsin republican governor scott walker fighting what is probably going to end up being the most expensive, high-stakes recall election in american history. democrats want walker out after he and the republican-controlled legislature voted to strip union members of collective bargaining rights. remember all those pictures of just complete chaos in the state capitol? democrats accuse walker of waging a war on unions. republicans say they re doing their jobs, trying to stem a budget crisis in the state. it has become one of the most bitter political fights in america, pegging big business against big labor. talk about two sumo wrestlers. neither of those groups on those own are loaded. you re talking about $80 million just for this race. that is pretty stunning. the impact of tomorrow s election is going to be felt across the country. john avlon, rahme and ryan sim here. i like the sumo wrestler image because they
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, decision time. it s the biggest an most important election before november 6th and it s getting started in just under 12 hours. wisconsin republican governor scott walker fighting what is probably going to end up being the most expensive, high-stakes recall election in american history. democrats want walker out after he and the republican-controlled legislature voted to strip union members of collective bargaining rights. remember all those pictures of just complete chaos in the state capitol? democrats accuse walker of waging a war on unions. republicans say they re doing their jobs, trying to stem a budget crisis in the state. it has become one of the most bitter political fights in america, pegging big business against big labor. talk about two sumo wrestlers. neither of those groups on those own are loaded. you re talking about $80 million just for this race. that is pretty stunning. the impact of tomorrow s ele
atone shtentio attention, including the attention of our president. and eruptions rage in afghanistan even after president obama apologizes for the burning of the koran. we are getting reports of a serious increase in the chaos there. in this country, a man accused of killing his wife while on a scuba trip and who pled guilty to it elsewhere finds he will not be spending time in prison in this country, the judge said i don t even want the jury to hear this. yesterday we told you about the lawmaker who called the girl scouts a bunch of communists and radicals. he says he s sorry, however he says it doesn t change the way that he feels. we ll have a lot more on that. up first, as ashleigh said, more pain at the pump. apparently there s no relief in sight. aaa says national average price of gasoline now is 3.64 per gallon. it s the highest ever for this time of year. we re watching the aaa report this year to see when they come up with a daily increase or decrease. the
gasoline prices jumped 3 cents a gal just overnight to a national average now of $3.61. that makes 16 straight days of higher prices. and experts say we re heading for $4 a gal gas by summer if not sooner. president obama seized the political warning signs and knows the attack s already coming. this afternoon in florida he tried to stay ahead of the curve. since it s an election year, they re already dusting off their three-point plan for $2 gas. and i ll save you the suspense. step one is to drill and step two is to drill. and then step three is to keep drilling. anybody who tells you that we can drill our way out of this problem doesn t know what they re talking about, or just isn t telling you the truth. let s take a closer look at the problem. our chief business correspondent ali velsshey. oil. increase of oil prices up $1.53 a barrel to end at $107.83. that s for the oil that we buy here in the united states. that s not a huge increase. opeq has sort of said they w