countries. off the coast, the u.s. navy jet over strait of hormuz. tensions are high as the united states has promised military force to keep the lanes open if iran tries to block the sea lanes where 20% of the world s oil flows through every day. in the u.s. called the nuclear announcement hype but delivered a threat of its own, diplomatic equivalent of the nuclear option that would involve cutting iran out of the international banking system called swift. that is used process oil payments. i would kruppal half of their economy. john: leland vittert in jerusalem tonight. thanks. back here in washington, lawmakers are trying to put the finishing touches on a payroll tax cut bill that also extends unemployment benefits and blocks reduction to medicare doctor reimbursement reimbursements. chief congressional
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. and outfront tonight, exposed super pacs drop the fig leaf. after months of being in the dark about whose bankrolling the candidates, we have answers. now, you know that the super pacs are groups that can raise unlimited money and you know they re major players this election season. the federal election commission says this election might cost $11 billion. twice as much as 2008. and that jump thanks in no small part to super pacs. there are more than 300 of them already. so, today, we poored through hundreds of pages of super pac documents, really only for a few of the super pacs. the pro romney super pac called restore our future raised nearly $30 million last year. now, there were a group of donors that gave a million dollars each and one is julian robertson. he s been a mitt romney fan since the last election and told me that mitt is quote the smartest guy and extremely decent. outfront s strike team member mark was on the list
dark about whose bankrolling the candidates, we have answers. now, you know that the super pacs are groups that can raise unlimited money and you know they re major players this election season. the federal election commission says this election might cost $11 billion. twice as much as 2008. and that jump thanks in no small part to super pacs. there are more than 300 of them already. so, today, we poored through hundreds of pages of super pac documents, really only for a few of the super pacs. the pro romney super pac called restore our future raised nearly $30 million last year. now, there were a group of donors that gave a million dollars each and one is julian robertson. he s been a mitt romney fan since the last election and told me that mitt is quote the smartest guy and extremely decent. outfront s strike team member mark was on the list. the facebook board member told me quote, i think he gets it with respect to the economy in a way that the others don t. the super p
five days after the coast of concordia ran aground, search teams have repeatedly had to pull back as the wreckage moved and shifted. but the captain is now out of jail and is facing an array of charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. the first congressional vote of 2012 is worth $1.2 trillion but doesn t amount to anything. as part of last summer s ex cruise ating debt ceiling drama, the house gets to impose another which the senate will ignore. and as per the earlier agreement, the deal also called for more than two trillion in spending cuts over a decade. we could be hearing from the white house about their decision in the keystone pipeline despite pressure by the republicans according to a democratic source. the obama administration is expected to reject fast tracking the controversial pipeline project. it would run from northern alberta in canada to texas gulf coast. some say the time line would create thousands of jobs but the obama administration is refusing t
cut out the drums. it s not that funny. it s not that funny. all right, last one. last one. the nba playoffs start this weekend. the knicks will be playing the celtics, griz lees playing the spurs and the clippers playing angry birds. yeah. yeah. [ applause ] that works for me. that s just not nice. you did a good job with sports. don t you like willie s show? i like willie s show. i wish willie liked it. i have never seen it. now we understand more about him. what s coming up at the top of the hour when we do our show? put on our clothes? i don t know, i m comfortable like this. house republicans cave on the payroll tax cut bill. how big of a break is it for president obama and what does it mean for the speaker? when we come back on way too early we are going to go inside