an issue here and so many of the islamist fighters in iraq and afghanistan came from eastern libya. they re still there. what do we do about the security situation now as we get ready for this next appointment? well we had a policy failure in libya in my judgment that really led to the operational failure which was the lack of security and that is we did not help the libyan government stand up adequate security forces and therefore the al qaeda and its affiliates and other militant groups run rampant in this country. they re armed. they do house arrests themselves. they put people in prison themselves. they torture people themselves. the government has not exercised control. we should be helping them to do that. we know how to do this. we have huge experience in doing that to help stablize that country. that s the number one requirement this government has. i m sure our leaders here in washington are getting an earful from the libyan leadership who are here now.
outfront tonight, crackdown in china. just as a breakthrough appears possible in the case of blind activist chen guangcheng, the chinese government clamping down, perhaps harder than ever on other voice of descent. communists parties authoritarian rule. we spoke to several on the inside today. the organization human rights in china told us they haven t heard anything from activist and chen confidant zeng chengdang for days. latest tweet two days ago when she announced she was under house arrest. human rights lawyer was also reportedly detained and beaten. he tried to visit chen in the hospital thursday evening. then there s this woman also known by her english name pearl pup see her there. she s the woman we told you about that helped chen escape his house arrest in the dead of night. she was detained herself. we are told by human rights groups she was released yesterday. take a look at this man. an unnamed supporter of chen s who actually would not allow cnn to identify hi
good friday night to all of you. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, crackdown in china. just as a breakthrough appears possible in the case of blind activist chen guangcheng, the chinese government clamping down, perhaps harder than ever on other voice of descent. communists parties authoritarian rule. we spoke to several on the inside today. the organization human rights in china told us they haven t heard anything from activist and chen confidant zeng chengdang for days. latest tweet two days ago when she announced she was under house arrest. human rights lawyer was also reportedly detained and beaten. he tried to visit chen in the hospital thursday evening. then there s this woman also known by her english name pearl pup see her there. she s the woman we told you about that helped chen escape his house arrest in the dead of night. she was detained herself. we are told by human rights groups she was released yesterday. take a look at this man. an unnamed supporter of che
but one eu member, the uk, is refusing to give up any of its budget powers. we ll get details from our own richard quest just moments from now. and still no agreement in washington on the future of payroll tax cuts. both parties say they want to prevent what amounts to a tabs hike on 160 million americans come january 1st. but they differ on how to pay for it. democrats want a surtax on millionaires. republicans want spending cuts. well, now republicans in the house want to tie a tax cut extension to approval of a controversial oil pipeline. if nothing passes, anybody who draws a paycheck will pay 6.2% into social security in 2012. all this year we pay 4. 2%. that tax cut extension it on the lips of of the gop candidates campaigning in iowa today. front-runner newt gingrich is not there. he s signing copies of his book in washington, d.c. and just four weeks until the iowa caucuses we re seeing more attack ads. now rick perry is being attacked for his attack ad. i m not
she also has a twin sister. the twin sister has been convicted of lying to a grand jury and had to do some house arrests. i think what happened here is she just turned 60 in april. i think maybe the fbi thinks that perhaps she is getting a little tired of running around and she has got to think what s going to happen to her when whitey do is. he had a heart condition when he left and i don t think it s gotten any better. so i would assume she is basically his nurse at this point. now, it s amazing that a guy as high profile as whitey bulger, again, the reason that this guy is big is because his brother was tremendously influential in the commonwealth of massachusetts. when i was up there reporting the news, i m billie bulge irwas the most powerful guy in the state. and his brother was the biggest mobster. boston, it s the classic story that they make movies out of. but whitey bulger. capture bulger all of these