that s why the president in the in the second term, he s doing it a lot more frequently, especially in the face of this bitter division that has developed between the republicans and the democrats here in washington. well, and we all saw and heard that jab in congress. a few chuckles in the room. athena, let s bring you in, spoke about breaking dependence on foreign oil. that s true, he has been making this argument, the u.s. can be as energy-independent as possible. he has been making that since his run, first run, for the white house. back during the campaign in 2007 and 2008. it s not just about reducing emissions, not just about fighting climate change. it s also about saving people money and shaking sure the u.s. can produce as much of its own energy as possible. and you heard in that speech a lot of focus on innovation. other ways this could be good for the economy, good for the car industry. the groups that have come out already in support of the president s announce wanted
good evening upon. i m ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett tonight. out in front, campaign is kicking into high gear. candidates are criss-crossing the state, trying to pick up last-minute support for the first contest in the race for the gop nomination. let s go straight to the political correspondt. jim acosta is on the ground in iowa. good to see you. lots of campaign events and everybody is back in the game. a recent poll shows 12% of voters in iowa, still undecided. you spoke with the iowa gop chair about the race. what did he have to say? reporter: ali, basically he said this is a caucus race in iowa that he has never seen before. basically, this is the most unsettled field of candidates that a lot of republican operatives have seen in the state in a long time. if you look at the polling you have three candidates at the top right now. mitt romney, newt gingrich and ron paul, and below them is a medium tier, the other three candidates campaigning in the state, rick
let s go out front. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening upon. i m ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett tonight. out in front, campaign is kicking into high gear. candidates are criss-crossing the state, trying to pick up last-minute support for the first con tefrt in the race for the gop nomination. let s go straight to the political correspondent. jim acosta is on the ground in iowa. good to see you. lots of campaign events and everybody is back in the game. a recent poll shows 12% of voters in iowa, still undecided. you spoke with the iowa gop chair about the race. what did he have to say? ali, basically he said this is a caucus race in iowa that he has never seen before. basically, this is the most unsettled field of candidates that a lot of republican operatives have seen in the state for a long time. if you look at the polling you have three candidates at the top right now. mitt romney, newt gingrich and ron paul and there is a medium tier of the oth
good evening upon. i m ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett tonight. out in front, campaign is kicking into high gear. candidates are criss-crossing the state, trying to pick up last-minute support for the first con tefrt in the race for the gop nomination. let s go straight to the political correspondent. jim acosta is on the ground in iowa. good to see you. lots of campaign events and everybody is back in the game. a recent poll shows 12% of voters in iowa, still undecided. you spoke with the iowa gop chair about the race. what did he have to say? ali, basically he said this is a caucus race in iowa that he has never seen before. basically, this is the most unsettled field of candidates that a lot of republican operatives have seen in the state for a long time. if you look at the polling you have three candidates at the top right now. mitt romney, newt gingrich and ron paul and there is a medium tier of the other three candidates. rick santorum, michele bachmann and ric
once it was hijacked? and the federal government fails us time and time again. let s go, outfront. i m erin burnett. countdown to shutdown. 28 hours to go. feel like deja vu? me too. i feel like bill murray in the ground hog day. put your hand in mine the government is due to shut down tomorrow. then put your little hand in mine we re now less than 30 hours away from the government shutting down. only this isn t ground hog day. this is our reality. this is the eighth time this year that the united states of america has been flirting with a shutdown. remember august when the misguided debt ceiling debacle costed the entire country the top credit rating in the world? these shutdowns aren t about politics, they re about money. democrats and republicans never passed the full budget. this time the government will run out of money tomorrow at midnight unless a bill is passed. what s strange about this shutdown is democrats and republicans have mostly agree