hello, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the republican candidates for president have just finished debating in iowa. this is important, because it s the last day before the iowa caucuses, just 19 days away. and while newt gingrich remains the national front-runner, he has been losing steam. take a look at the latest poll. this is a gallup poll that shows in the beginning of december, just ten days ago, 37% of republican voters say they will pick newt. 22% picked mitt romney. but here s how it looks now. newt s number has dropped to 29%. romney, as no doubt he s incredibly frustrated by, remains the same. but it doesn t go down, remains around the same, 24%. as we ve seen in this race, anything can happen in the next few weeks. the swings have been dramatic and certainly didn t require 19 days. so how did the candidates do at the debate tonight? game changers? joining us now, john avalon, contributor. david frum, former speechwriter for george w. bush, and ron chr
statement. after months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee s deadline. despite our inability to bridge the committee s significant differences, we end this process united in our belief that the nation s fiscal crisis must be addressed and that we cannot leave it for the next generation to solve. we remain hopeful that congress can build on this committee s work and can find a way to tackle this issue in a way though works for the american people and our economy. keeping them honest, they remain hopeful that congress can build on their work and they say they re united in the belief that the fiscal crisis must be addressed, yet they didn t do the job they were asked to do. the statement goes on to say, we want to express our appreciation to every member of this committee, each of whom came into the process committed to achieving a
forget about all that talk about failure not being an option. the six democrats and six republicans on the committee have announced this they can t reach a deal. to cut at least $1.2 trillion from the budget. for legislative reasons they had to announce a deal by today. but there s no deal after negotiating for 2 1/2 months, and they don t even have the guts to explain why on camera and take questions from reporters. after the markets closed, democratic senator patty murray and republican congressman jeff hensarling released this statement. after months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee s deadline. despite our inability to bridge the committee s significant differences, we end this process united in our belief that the nation s fiscal crisis must be addressed and that we cannot leave it for the next generation to solve. we rem
the six democrats and six republicans on the committee have announced this they can t reach a deal. to cut at least $1.2 trillion from the budget. for legislative reasons they had to announce a deal by today. but there s no deal after negotiating for two and a half months. they don t even have the guts to explain why on camera and take questions from reporters. after the markets closed, democratic senator patty murray and republican congressman jeff hensarling released this statement. after months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee s deadline. despite our inability to bridge the committee s significant differences, we end this process united in our belief that the nation s fiscal crisis must be addressed and that we cannot leave it for the next generation to solve. we remain hopeful that congress can build on this committee s w
sandusky sexually assaulting a young boy in a campus shower. sandusky stands accused of assaulting eight boys. students are coming together, using facebook to coordinate a candle light vigil tonight in honor of the abused victims. less than a day after he was fired as head coach, pennsylvania s two senators say they are dropping their bid for joe paterno to receive the presidential medal of freedom. a major league baseball player kidnapped in venezuela is missing this morning. gunman s snatched washington nationals catcher wilson ramos from his family s home on wednesday night. the venezuelan baseball president says investigators are on the case. we are waiting for a solution. we talked with the authorities and they assure us that they re working very hard to solve this situation. we re waiting for that. police have found the abandoned car used to abduct ramos. they believe his abduction may be part of a sharp rise in kidnappings for ransom in venezuela. the mayor of