outfront tonight, breaking news on what matters to all americans watching tonight. the payroll tax. democrats and republicans have been fighting for weeks over how to pass an extension. now, if it gets extended, the average american will save about $1,000 in taxes next year, senate rs and ds have been meeting right now. and john thune of south dakota stepped out a moment ago. we re hoping for some good news. what can you tell us? right, it s a two-month extension, erin. it has unemployment insurance, it has the payroll tax cut extension, and what we call the doc fix, which deals with physician reimbursements under medicare. and then it also has the keystone pipeline language that was in the house, also in this particular senate bill. so i feel really good about where we are considering the fact that the senate democrats i don t think were comfortable with the pay-fors that were being proposed. and we would like to have gotten a full year like what was passed through the h
i m erin burnett. breaking news on what matters to all americans watching tonight. the payroll tax. democrats and republicans have been fighting for weeks over how to pass an extension. now, if it gets extended, the average american will save about $1,000 in taxes next year, senators have been meeting right now, and john thune of south dakota stepped out a moment ago. we re hoping some good news. what can you tell us? right, it s a two-month extension, erin. it has unemployment insurance, the payroll tax cut extension, and what we call the doc fix, the deals with physician reimbursements under medicare and it also has the keystone pipeline language that was in the house also in this particular senate bill. so i feel really good about where we are considering the fact that the senate democrats i don t think were comfortable with the pay fors that were being proposed. and we would like to have gotten a full year like what was passed through the house of representatives. but t
talk more about it in our crime and consequences segment in 20 minutes. the clock is still ticking toward a midnight deadline to avert a partial government shutdown but the pressure s gone down just a little bit. that s john boehner s way of saying both parties in both houses have agreed on a trillion dollar spending package. now they just have to vote on it. the house will vote first. then start its holiday recess. the senate will vote after that. and will try to agree on extending a payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. if it does, the house will come back to vote on that. stay tuned. ballistics and fingerprint analysis now links oscar ortega hernandez to the rifle used to fire bullets at the white house last month according to new court filings. the 21-year-old from idaho is being charged with attempting to assassinate the president. ortega is in washington today for a hearing on whether he should undergo more missile testing to determine if he is competent to s
hearing. i ll come back and answer your quefgzs. mr. sandusky are you looking forward? jason carroll was actually inside the courtroom, susan candiotti has one of the victim s attorneys with her. jason, let s start with you, if you don t mind. let s talk about how bold of a move this was. shocking. when the announcement was made in the courtroom, kyra, there were audible gasps. people clicking on their laptops and sending out the message that this preliminary hearing was not going to happen. let me rewind for a moment so i can describe what it was like when jerry sandusky walked in. he seemed nerve, but calm. he took his seat and some of his family members seated in the first runt. some church supporters, as well. and then all of a sudden his attorney joe amendola goes to the district court judge and calls for a sidebar. right after that, the announcement was made that there would not, in fact, be a preliminary hearing. what happens next, trial date. several months up t
sandusky allegedly performed oral sex on him. a distraught calhoun told another penn state employee who had seen sandusky and the boy leaving the locker room, their hair wet. he then told his supervisor what he saw. he told him how to file an official report. calhoun never did. in 2001, sandusky published an auto biography still available at penn state book stores its title touched. full of passages that will now you make readers cringe. he writes i thrived on testing the limits of others and i enjoyed taking chances in danger. sandusky allegedly took a huge chance with a young boy in march of 2002 and was caught. the witness, mike mcquery. a 28-year-old penn state graduate assistant looking to become a full-time coach on