i m erin burnett and outfront tonight, hot rod show and tell. yes, you heard me right. hot rod. iran today defiantly flaunting its first iranian made nuclear rods. if iran is going to this is a crucial step towards building a weapon. now, a lot of this of course is propaganda and wearing the white labcoat for the cameras, president ahminedjad was on hand at a tehran nuclear facility as fuel rods were lowered into a nuclear reactor. rods contain the pellets of nuclear fuel. that s essential for nuclear reaction. while that was going on, iran was sharing other news. the plans of producing yellow cake, which is another step to enriching uranium to the 90% holy grail weapons grade level. now, ahminedjad, as we re all well aware, insists that iran s nuclear program is for medical and peaceful purposes. i.e. nuclear power. but no one buys it not even the watchdog i.a.e.a. and definitely not washington or tel aviv. have we reached a tipping point with iran? where sanctions will
american held hostage for months by somali pirates and a closer look at the president s state-of-the-union hint about the top secret mission. plus brand-new cnn polling ton underscores the stakes of our final florida debate showdown. a tiny mitt romney lead over newt gingrich just as their battle for the gop nomination takes another bitter turn. and put up or shut up. newt gingrich snaps back at nancy pelosi after she tells me if there s one thing she knows it is. this her long-time nemesis, she this her long-time nemesis, she says, will never be president. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a busy day of politics here in florida and back in washington. but we begin tonight with another stunning navy seal success story that sounds like a made for hollywood spy story. the u.s. military s daring raid to free an american woman and a danish man held by pirates in somalia. our first inkling something was up came as probe entered the house chamber last night for the state-of
most notorious prisons where they had been held for 26 months. fattal s grandparents and cousin, perhaps just like, watching c thmpb n this time yesterday from their home in seattle. i want to you watch their reaction the second they first laid eyes on him. they emerged. the families are cheering. they re running down the steps. oh! flashing lights. how wonderful is that. what a moment for this family. like i am, waiting 26 months for this day to come. i have josh fattal s uncle back on the phone with me from seattle. fred, what a past 24 hours, huh? how are josh and shane doing? and do we know yet when they get to come home? well, i did get a wonderful photograph e-mailed to me from my sister. but i just sent on it to your studio. a picture of laura, jacob, josh, all together. looking remarkably happy. and you see my barents their tears of joy. i think we re all still a little shell shocked by the wonderful night of this. i understand they re doing really well and
him serving in the war. he actually was released from the army in september of 2009 and so he s veteran of our country and took about eight of those photos and made a pro file and was preying on women, victim, trying to get them to send him money overseas to a third party in nigeria, which he said would then forward the money to him. and there s this outrage about taking advantage of the country s servicemen and woman. how much of these victims lost? you know, this is what i can tell you. i spoke with a representative of the u.s. army this morning. he said he has seen hundreds of these cases and it s really kind of hard to put a dollar, a number amount on it because a lot of time, the victims are embarrassed. they don t want to come forward. we need you if you are a victim and you have not come forward, you can report it to the fbi. the ic3.gov website
mcconnell returns from a larger minority in the senate and he is ready to do some battle. his profile of mcconnell called the strict obstructionist is just out this morning. josh, thanks for being with us. you have a very interesting pro file of mcconnell and we want to have exhibit a and one of the reasons perhaps mcconnell has managed to do so well in washington. he stays on message. let s take a look. this is about raising taxes in the middle of a recession. we should not be raising taxes on anyone in the middle of a recession. we ought not to be raising taxes on any american in the middle of this economic slowdown. it is a bad idea to be raising taxes in the middle of a recession. that s not a loop, right? that was one interview we attempted to conduct with senator mcconnell.