i m erin burnett outfront tonight, chaos in cairo. amidst it all, three american college students are detained. one of their mothers comes out front tonight. we re going to talk to her in a few minutes. but first, we want to show you what it looks like right now in tahrir square. that is a live picture and it s relatively calm, it s 2:00 a.m. local time. the image is in stark contrast, though, what we saw throughout the day and into the evening tonight. rocks and tear gas flew through the air. riot police clashing with protesters who want the nation s military rulers to step down immediately. officials say 35 people are dead. 3,000 injured after five days of protests. now, tahrir square is the same spot where egyptian protesters forced the removal of their long time leader hosni mubarak back in february. i was there during those protests, they were mostly peaceful, it was a rather uplifting experience despite a couple of very bad episodes of violence. but very different than
america? let s go outfront. i m erin burnett. we re just an hour away. eight republican candidates vying for the party nomination. they are all taking to the stage tonight. the topic, national security. it has been 109 days since america lost its aaa credit rating. that s going to turn the rate on our mortgages and a whole lot more. we re not doing anything about it. we re still mad has hell about the super committee failing yesterday. fitch said the committee s failure would most likely result in negative action. so we re upset about the super committee and they are mad, too. panel member john kerry was watching outfront last night. he got mad and he called in. i think people are upset. i think nerve the country is upset. they are looking at congress and saying, why can t these guys get something done? but it s not enough for people just to say, oh, it s broken. you got to ask, okay, why. what is the matter that it is broken? so what now? we re hoping for a shock a
but the thing that sort of blew up in newt gingrich s face, i think, the discussion on immigration. he had a rick perry heartless moment with this. i think this is really going to impact him tomorrow. it s really going to impact him with grassroots conservatives. i can see both sides of the argument here. he was reaganesque, 84- 86, reagan signed a huge amnesty bill but i don t think he made that differential during the debate. this is one of the most substantive debates, we really were able to see a lot of different sides on the candidates on this side of the issue. ron paul did surprisingly well on a couple of different parts. perry talked more than normal. it was good. i think gingrich gingrich probably looked one of the best. dana, stand by. we ll get more analysis. the pictures, conditions are shaking hands in the hall. strong debate performance overall, but did he get in trouble with conservatives, his answer on immigration, saying we re nerve ever going expel the
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