every night we take a look outside the day s top stories for something that we call the outfront outtake. tonight, good news for tesla. during the first quarter of the year, its model s, it s a pretty sexy car, is outselling its german counterparts. i saw tesla recently on the road and said what is that car. it was awesome. i was jealous. consumer reports calls it the best car it ever tested. that s a big, big endorsement. despite a limited charge network, the model s needs a network of charging stations to make a long distance trips and there aren t many yet. there are two that connect the corridor in the northeast between washington, d.c. and boston. cnn s peter valdez recently successfully made that trip, had to use both charging stations on the way. but when i watched his video, i noticed one very big problem with the tesla. charging time. it took an hour to replenish the battery in the model s so yeah,
0 they took all of my questions. and they answered every one as best they could. so i think that they are telling the truth. good work. excellent work, martin in cleveland for us. thank you. later tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern on ac 3606, an exclusive look inside castro s backyard, dozens of photographs obtained by cnn. show what he was allegedly trying to hide from the outside world. that s it for me. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, the latest from the investigation in cleveland, the fbi has run ariel castro s dna across the national data base and we ll tell what you they found. and what we re learning about the suspect himself from the man who blew up around him. more of our exclusive interview ariel castro s brothers is outfront. and first, the irs is accused of targeting groups depending on their politics and now the justice department is accused of a massive and unprecedented snooping on america s journalists. what is going on in washington? let s go
pink slips. this is not about capitalism. anger rising over an economic system that has rewarded some but leaves many feeling left behind. this is the defining issue of our time. occupy wall street focused anger on the wealthiest americans. we got sold out. the tea party drove republicans to a 2010 midterm victory, warning that president obama would destroy capitalism as we know it. obama wants you to be a socialist. is capitalism working for most americans today? the basic bargain that made this country great has eroded. if you re rich, capitalism is probably working just fine. it s only broken if you re not. as you can see, the top 1%, that top line here, is doing pretty well, but what about everyone else? look at median income. that s the bottom line there. it shows that earnings for middle class americans have remained roughly flat since 1970 and even worse in the last decade, middle class incomes have actually dropped by 7%. i ve got a panel here to d
see you later on. your money starts right now. it is 2012 and capitalism is on trial. i m ali velshi. welcome to your money. mitt romney under attack this week from fellow republicans questioning the wealth that he gained as a successful businessman. which begs the question, is anyone still defending america s economic system? capitalism on trial. and you are the judge and jury. president obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. and in the last few days, we ve seen some desperate republicans join forces with him. republican presidential front runner mitt romney under fire from critics who claim he made millions while handing out pink slips. this is not about capitalism. anger rising over an economic system that has rewarded some but leaves many feeling left behind. this is the defining issue of our time. occupy wall street focused anger on the wealthiest americans. we got so loud. the tea party drove republicans to a 2010 midterm victory, warning tha
in this country, a new debt ceiling compromise seems to be getting traction in washington. six senators, three republicans, and three democrats are offering a plan to cut the nation s debt by about $3.7 trillion over the next decade. it includes spending cuts and about a trillion dollars in new tax revenue. republicans have insisted on deep cuts and no tax increases before they ll agree to raise the country s borrowing limit. that debt ceiling deds line is now just 13 days away. minnesota s three-week government shutdown is over. democratic governor park dayton signed a budget bill today. he and republican lawmakers finally agreed to use accounting gimmicks to close the state s $5 billion shortfall. republicans refused to raise taxes. the shutdown left 22,000 state workers without a paycheck. and memphis public schools may not open august 8th as scheduled because of a budget fight. the school board says no classes till the city pace $55 million. the board says the city ow