board i boarding a flight after refusing a pat-down. and news on beginning itch s work for freddie mac. we have the contract just released. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett and tonight, breaking news. the truth behind newt gingrich s ties to freddie mac. literally, within the past eight minutes, the former speaker released records explaining his connection to the taxpayer subsidized mortgage giant. i ve been reading through it, it s a 15-page contract and this is a contract for just one year, 2006. now, the speaker worked for freddie mac for several years, so 2006 is the only year that i have in my hands and here s what i can tell you it says. it says that the gingrich group had a $25,000 monthly retainer fee from freddie mac. he said that adds up to $300,000 a year, which is the maximum for the year 2006. i want to emphasize this is one out of the six that he worked for freddie mac. now, he was a consultant and he released this to make that point, to try t
good evening. i m erin burnett and tonight, breaking news. mitt what s the gross revenue of bain when you were dealing with it? to what s the gross revenue? fairly substantial, but i think it s irrelevant than the fact that you were working for freddie mac? did they ever do work with the government like medicare? we didn t work with the government. i didn t have an office on k street. i didn t work in washington. he likes to surf off that audience approval. without that tonight, he did seem relatively subdued so it had an impact. a lot of really interesting moments. like romney said what do i do with the taliban? beat them. and then of course there s silence. you don t have that applause. these guys are learning to use the audience as a weapon on their behalf. i think he is right. i personally think, get rid of it entirely. it is totally downer productive and it is i would say i totally agree with that. then you have that dead moment of silence and you re w