Prom. Is there a stoner prom . Until then, well always have the ridiculist. That does it for us tonight. Erin Burnett Outfront starts now. Speaker boehner kept his job. Not everyone is happy. And a columnist suggests that president obama is a disappointment. And when police would be able to confiscate your guns. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Im erin burnett. The last time the first round of voting was too close was 1983. He got only six more than the bare minimum to keep his job. As for the tears they did come from none other than john bainer in boehner to his Party Members after the narrow victory. If you come here humbled by the opportunity to serve, if youve come here to be the determined voice of the people, if youve come here to carry the standard of leadership, demanded not by our constituents, but by the times, then youve come to the right place. Outfront tonight, one republican who did not support john boehner today was not moved by those tears. Freshman congressman
Is my wife going to see this . Reporter new york. Thats it for us. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront tonight, speaker of the house, john boehner, kept his job. Not everyone, though, is happy. Well talk to a member of his own party who voted against him. Plus, a prominent newspaper columnist suggests president obama is a disappointment. And sweeping changes to americas gun laws, proposed, when police would be able to confiscate your guns. A possibly huge move. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, drama, intrigue, tears, it was almost byzantine. Under fire, john boehner narrowly won a first round vote to keep his job as House Speaker. Its pretty amazing, because the last time the first round of voting was too close to call was 1923. So after all the votes were meticulously counted, boehners tally topped out at 220. That is only six more than the bare minimum he needed to keep his job. Now, as for the tears, of course, they did come f
Thank you very much, tom oneil. Thank you. State of the union with Candy Crowley starts right now. Week two of a new year, and in the offing, a controversial cabinet nomination and a battle over money matters. Today, is there an echo in here . One thing i will not compromise over is whether or not congress should pay the tab for a bill they have already racked up. We cannot agree to increase that Borrowing Limit without agreeing to reforms that lower the avalanche of spending. Raising the debt ceiling and raising objections over former republican senator chuck hagel. The president s expected choice for defense secretary. Our conversation with senators dick durbin and Lindsey Graham. Then, learning the ropes with two freshmen, democratic senator democrat Heidi Heitkamp and republican senator Richard Hudson and plus can either Party Compromise and keep hard core supporters on board, neera tannen, Stephen Moore of the wall street journal and Jackie Calmes of the New York Times and our own
Importants on legislation that helps iowa farmers, Iowa Veterans so important that the heavy hitters in each party are campaigning. What you are about to watch next could set our country up with one Party Setting the political agenda for years to come. Your local election headquarters present the final senate debate. Welcome to beautiful sioux city iowa. We are live on the campus of morningside college. Whorace will determine fills the shoes of longterm iowa center tom harkin iowa senator tom harkin. Welcome. Ates, thank you for being here tonight. To our left is congressman bruce braley. To my right is joni ernst. Thanks for being with us. As you can see this debate is not like the others that you have watched. The candidates have previously taken part into more traditional debate. Tonight we are throwing out tradition. No lecterns, no filtered questions, just plain talk and honest questions. Now for some basic roles. There will be no opening statement. Each candidate will have one mi
Agriculture issues, but talk about what it was to be an american, what it was like to be free and experience the types of opportunities that we have in america. So i understand why families want to come to the United States and experience that American Dream. But we are a nation of immigrants, and we are also a nation of laws. So we do need to enforce the existing laws, but i believe we also need to secure the border. That needs to be done first. I see it as more than just an immigration issue, but also one of National Security. Weve had lengthy questions here. Ill give you a real brief question now. Ms. Ernst, is there any scenario that you would support raising taxes on iowa voters . No. I believe that we can find ways to make our government more efficient without raising taxes on our hardworking iowans. I would like to see our iowans keeping more of their tax dollars in their own pockets so that they can save for their childrens college education, so they can pay their bills, so the