we re not interested in assertions or rumors or anything else. i don t want to speculate eith either, so i m going to move you past that. people are throwing out this phrase, insider trading. these are just allegations. but could this, based upon what you know, might this lead to might this be akin to insider trading? well, it could be. spends on the specifics of the facts. what is a greater concern is different categories of investors. we need to be assured that every investor gets treated the same. everybody s money is just as good as everybody else s. people should not be treated as second class investors. here s what morgan stanley is saying. they re saying it follows the same procedures for the facebook offering that it follows for all ipos. so to your point here, faith in the market, assuring every investor. what is your assurance? right now here on national tv to all investors? all clients here on the market. the only way you can get assurance is by facts. we
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, is mitt romney richard gere? with all this talk about bain capital, i had a flash back to pretty woman, when he takes julia roberts to din we are the ceo of a company he s planning to buy out. if you were to get control, and i don t think you will, but if you did, what do you plan to do with the company? break it up and sell off the pieces. i m sure you ll understand i m not thrilled at the idea of your turning 40 years of my work into your garage sale. at the price i m paying for this stock, mr. morris, you are going to be a very rich man. i m rich enough. i just want to have my shipyard. julia roberts then says slippery little suckers. all right. the image is the one president obama though is hoping sticks about mitt romney. here are clips from two ads supporting the president running right now. having a good paying job that you can support and raise a family on is hugely important. that stopped
we begin tonight keeping them honest on the campaign trail. the obama campaign trying to walk a very fine line against mitt romney. the criticism is coming, and as you ll see it s not just from the romney side. the campaign launched a new five minute documentary attack ad. i feel in my heart people need to know what romney did to indiana in 1994. we had been bought and sold in the past. we never had a problem. when bain capital bought us, that was a whole different story. mitt romney takes from the poor, the middle class and gives to the rich. he s just the opposite of robinhood. today they drew a response from the romney campaign which used obama supporters to make its point, including corey booker. have you had enough of president obama s attacks on free enterprise? his own key supporters have. cory booker of new jersey. i have to say, i m not here to indict private equity. even obama s supporters have had enough. enough is enough. mayor booker criticize
people need to know what are m romney did in 1994. one day with had a job, next day we didn t. we d been bought and sold in the past. we never had a problem. we were always a business that had value. when bain capital bought us, that was a whole different story. to me mitt romney takes from the poor, the middle class, and gives to the rich. it s just the opposite of robin hood. that s the latest of several such ads featuring workers who lost their jobs because of bain company. including newark new jersey mayor corey booker. have you had enough of obama s attacks on free enterprise? democrat mayor cory booker of new jersey. i have to say from a personal level, i m not about to sit here and indict private equity. even his supporters have had enough. enough is enough. keeping them honest. mayor booker sharply criticized the ads on bain. but the ad left out what else booker said which is critical of both campaigns. this kind of stuff is nauseating to me on b
loses his battle with cancer. and millions watch. a rare sight in the sky. solar eclipse. good morning to you. welcome to early start. welcome back, ashleigh. we got you a new look. how do you like it? the music. it s such a special day. i m going to assume it s for me. it is for you. 5:00 eastern, very early in the morning. let s get started. we re going to start with breaking news. new trouble for the former imf chief, dominick strauss-kahn. he could face new charges in the alleged gang-rape of a belgian prostitute, during a party at her hotel in washington, d.c. this was almost two years ago. french prosecutors saying they re launching a new investigation, based on statements two escorts made to police. dominick strauss-kahn was imf chief. he was also arrested after a new york hotel maid accused him of sexual assault. but he was cleared after her story fell apart. also, world leaders gathering in chicago to decide the exit strategy for the war in afghanistan.