has the ruling put jet blew on the hook for allowing him to fly that plane? let s go out front. good evening every one. out front tonight, ooh, la, la, france s most porful woman sticking her knows in america s business. a doom and gloom message for washington today. economic recovery remains p tepid and down size risks have identified. what we see is clearly a risk that confidence be eroded. and she didn t stop there. she took on president obama, too. she called his $3.8 trillion budget which he says will reduce the deficit by next year as too rapid. among her suggestions, more infrastructure spending, housing initiatives and further extension of the emergency unemployment benefits. hey, we re all for ideas from anyone, but this did seem to be a naked endorsement of the spend, spend, spend idea which is envogue in france right now. well, here s how some of that has seemed to be working for france. the country s debt is now 90% of the size of the economy. many economis
first to our brand new cnn orc polls. this is issue number one, the economy. and a surprising jump in the number of americans who believe the economy will eventually get better. take a look at this. when asked about what economic conditions will be like next year, 60% now say they believe they will be good compared to only 39% who say conditions will be poorer. last fall when we asked the same question, those numbers were very different indeed. only 39% saying things would get better in the year to come. we sent our own joe johns to the key battleground state of ohio for a closer look at these new numbers. joe is joining us now from his old hometown of columbus, ohio. what s going on there, joe? reporter: that s right, wolf. well, things are starting to look better here in the buckeye state, but i have to tell you that cnn orc poll indicates that nationwide one thing is clear, the number one issue on voters minds happens to be jobs and the economy. the november election ma
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, ooh-la-la. france s most powerful woman sticking her nose in america s business. it is sort of her job to do that. christine lagarde, head of the imf, had a doom and gloom message for washington today. economic recovery remains tepid, and downside risks have intensified. what we see is clearly a risk that confidence be eroded. and she didn t stop there. she took on president obama, too. in fact, she called his $3.8 trillion budget, which he says will reduce the deficit from 8.5% to 5.5% of our economy by next year as too rapid. among her suggestions, more infrastructure spending, housing initiatives and further extension of the emergency unemployment benefits. now, hey, we re all for ideas from anyone, but this did seem to be a pretty naked endorsement of the spend, spend, spend idea which is in vogue in lagarde s home country of france right now, where they plan to cut the retirement age from 62 to 60. here s
congressman arthur davis says he s voting for mitt romney this time around. he s going to tell us why. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the cold war is long over, but a chill has settled in in the relations right now. the key shoous, moscow s support in the regime for syria. it may help fuel a brutal crackdown. president obama is addressing that issue headon at the g-20 summit in mexico. dan lothian is joining us right now. dan, what s the latest on this tension between the u.s. and russia? the two leaders met for about two hours. president obama saying the meeting was candid and thorough. i have to tell you, you take a look at the body language, and it gives you a sense of what the meeting was like. they did not sit close together. president obama was leaning towards president putin. president putin was leaning away. you didn t see any smiles at the end of the remarks. they had a quick handshake. sort of half a smile. president obama patting him briefly on
was there ever his massive, massive farm outside of pittsburgh, was there ever a story on that multimillion dollar estate? i think i would remember something like that. you would? ok. let me ask you. the beacon hill residence, which we have both seen and it s beautiful beautiful house. stunning. do you know how much that costs? it s a great piece of real estate. it cost more than this la jolla fixer-upper. i m just curious, because the turnip truck didn t have newspapers on it. do you remember a story can we put that back up while i m interrogating mr. halperin in 2004? what about the ski chalet in idaho? we did see wind surfing. to be fair. we did see wind surfing. and i like john kerry a lot. i m not picking on john kerry. we saw john edwards huge house. of course. but the times thought that was nouveau riche.