i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, count down. nothing is all right until we decide it is. was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor? hell no. and it ain t over now. when the going gets tough, the tough get going. who s with me? let s go. we re with you. that was john belushi inspiring the troops in animal house. and that s the kind of inspirational message our super committee needs to get the job done. they have five days to make a deal. now, if you think that s not a lot of time, consider this. any proposal must be made public 48 hours before the deadline. so the pressure is on. now, there is still time. but, today, democratic panel member john kerry came out of a closed-door meeting sounding less than optimistic after his side balked at a gop offer that didn t have what he felt was enough taxes. we re still working. i hope we can get there, but i don t know. if the committee fails, $1.2 trillion of automatic cuts will kick in. half from republican sacred