playing chicken with the fiscal cliff. today the senate appeared to take action on extending the bush era tax cuts. appeared being the key word. senate majority leader announced he would not philly buster. he allowed a straight up or down majority wins vote. the republican plan, extend the tax cuts for everyone, and president obama s plan extend it for 98% of americans. that s households making 250,000 a year. why would the senator do such a thing? the only way to force people to take a stand is to make sure that today s votes truly count. by setting these votes at a 50-vote threshold, nobody on the other side can hide behind a procedural vote while leaving their views on the actual bill itself a mystery. a simple mystery to the people who sent them here. and tonight, we now know where everyone stands. the democrats bill narrowly passed 51-48. with two democrats opposing. the republicans plan failed. and just to give you an idea of how big democrats thought the vote was,
china have hit a brick wall. why and who will take their place as the next hot emerging markets? then andrew sullivan on why he had to wait almost 20 years to get a green card in the united states. it s a fascinating, troubling story. we re also going to look at the war on drugs in mexico. could it actually be working? first, here s my take. a new poll in the united states shows that americans are still deeply frustrated at the slow pace of the economic recovery. that s understandable. unemployment stays stubbornly high. i was just in europe, and they think america is booming. consider this. the u.s. economy is on track to grow between 2% and 3% this year. in europe, by contrast, half the euro zone economies are going to actually shrink this year and not one major european country will grow over 1%. last thursday christine lagard, the head of the international monetary fund and former french finance minister, said there were dark clouds hanging over the global recovery an
states. it s a fascinating, troubling story. we re also going to look at the war on drugs in mexico. could it actually be working? first, here s my take. a new poll in the united states shows that americans are still deeply frustrated at the slow pace of the economic recovery. that s understandable. unemployment stays stubbornly high. i was just in europe, and they think america is booming. consider this. the u.s. economy is on track to grow between 2% and 3% this year. in europe, by contrast, half the euro zone economies are going to actually shrink this year and not one major european country will grow over 1%. last thursday christine lagard, the head of the international monetary fund and former french finance minister, said there were dark clouds hanging over the global recovery and that the euro zone was at the epicenter of potential risks. borrowing costs for countries like spain, italy, and greece are rising again. what is going on? didn t it look like the europeans ha
trifecta. and the fourth murder in two years. is america behind it? and a terrible video posted. it appears to be american marines urinated on dead bodies. let s go outfront. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight, breaking news. we have very disturbing video of what appears to be u.s. marines urinating on dead bodies. now, the video is so disturbing, we re not going to air it in full. this is a snapshot as you can see, it shows four men urinating on three dead bodies which are sprawled out in front of them. we have it blurred out, genitalia, as that was too disturbing to show. it s a 40-second video and it surfaced today on youtube and tmz.com. in it, one man says quote, have a great day, buddy. another joke, golden, like a shower. another is heard checking to see whether this was caught on camera. now, it s unclear who shot or posted this video and frankly, it s also unclear who the people pictured in it were or where it was shot. barbara starr is on the story. it
good evening, everyone. out front tonight, breaking news. we have very disturbing video of what appears to be u.s. marines urinating on dead bodies. now, the video is so disturbing we re not going to air it in full. this is a snapshot. as you can see, it shows four men urinating on three dead bodies, which are sprawled out in front of them. now, we have pixlated and blurred their genitalia. it s a 40 second video and it surfaced online today and in it, one man says, have a great day, buddy. and a third is heard, checking to see whether all of this was caught on camera. now, it s unclear who shot or posted this video. and, frankly, it s also unclear who the people pictured in it were or where it was shot. the pentagon correspondent is on the story. barbara, it was amazing when this happened very late this afternoon. it was disturbing and hard to watch. let me hear what the reaction is from the pentagon and, also, what you can tell us about its authenticity. well, erin, g