good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, capitol hill s dangerous game of jenga. we re going to play in a movement. let me explain. we came across a report today that, frankly, made us roll our eyes. i said the word vile out loud. here was the line. quote, congress said to delay automatic budget cuts until march. in other words, congress is now trying to get out of its self-imposed deadline of january 1st. that is when our leaders in washington, either have to find ways to cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion or face automatic across-the-board spending cuts equal to that amount. now, those automatic cuts are designed to hit in the worst places. places that you would not make quick cuts to solve the spending problem. poorly designed, on purpose. bipartisan reports say those cuts could cost over 1 million american jobs. but instead of that terrible situation forcing congress to say, you know what, we re going to find a better, smarter set of cuts, we can cu
well, good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett, and outfront tonight, show me your papers. show them to me. four simple words, that mean a lot tonight in arizona and around the country. depending on how you look at it or whose spin you believe, the supreme court s ruling today on the controversial arizona immigration law gave both sides reason to declare victory. the president came out and said he s pleased with the ruling because after all, the justices said the federal government not individual states has the sole power to enforce laws against illegal immigration. the court struck down three provisions of arizona s law. arresting someone without a warrant requiring people to carry i.d., and criminalizing the work of undocumented workers. but here s the rub, the justices upheld something crucial. requiring police to determine immigration status during a lawful stop. in other words, well, show me your papers. and if you re saying that sort of contradicts not carrying an i
we re bringing you the news from a to z. it s nasty out there. tropical storm debby just stalled over florida s panhandle. it s smacking that sunshine state it with high winds and heavy rain. look at the pictures. boats getting smashed around and it s going to get worse before it gets any better. forecasters are saying the sl - slow-moving storm could dump another foot of rain on florida over the next couple of days and then spawn more tornadoes as well. that storm is already blamed for one death. florida s governor has declared a statewide emergency. look at you. you found how bad it is. give me a rundown of how bad it is and if you re in the clear at this point. reporter: good morning. a lot of rain overnight. this is what people are waking up to. the water is shallow enough to walk around in but deep enough for you to get a sense of what people are dealing with. everything south of the highway is under mandatory evacuation. now we are hearing washington cull la county. t
let s go outfront. well, good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett, and outfront tonight, show me your papers. show them to me. four simple words, that mean a lot tonight in arizona and around the country. depending on how you look at it or whose spin you believe, the supreme court s ruling today on the controversial arizona immigration law gave both sides reason to declare victory. the president came out and said he s pleased with the ruling because after all, the justices said the federal government not individual states has the sole power to enforce laws against illegal immigration. the court struck down three provisions of arizona s law. arresting someone without a warrant requiring people to carry i.d., and criminalizing the work of undocumented workers. but here s the rub, the justices upheld something crucial. requiring police to determine immigration status during a lawful stop. in other words, well, show me your papers. and if you re saying that sort of contra
anybody s ever said to me, piers. the question i had to ask. how many times has he been in love? i m just giving you the answers that are going to make it all okay. don t screw with this, okay? this is piers morgan tonight. . conan o brien is very tall. he s very talented. he s very irish. he s also perhaps the funniest man with red hair on the entire planet. he s also an ordained minister and arthur of what s been voted the fourth funniest simpsons episode of all time. thank you so much. you didn t even scratch the surface. i have a high fall setto. i sing like an angel. i m hairless. there s many things. i m aerodynamic. there s nothing i can t do. what is the genuinely weirdest thing about you that nobody knows? wow, that s a good one. the weirdest thing about me that nobody knows. i can be amusing at times. seems to have escaped people s notice. you don t do many interviews. i don t do a lot. i ve been trying to lure you for like 18 months. i ve appe