hello, everyone. welcome to monday. i m erin burnett. and out front tonight, big ideas. ron paul wants to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget. herman cain wants to toss out the current tax plan and go to 9-9-9. some people have laughed at the candidates for these big ideas, but the reality is a bold idea, not necessarily cain s or paul s, is what we need to break through the paralysis in washington that s hurting americans and america s reputation. paul, cain, and the other republican candidates are gathering in nevada for tomorrow s debate. and nevada is a place that needs a really big idea. the state s unemployment, 13.4%, highest in the united states of america. 4 percentage points above the national average. housing is a bust. nevada ranks number one in foreclosures. las vegas prices down almost 60% from the peak. we need big ideas. we re going to be getting a democrat s view in just a moment with mike warner, but first let s find out if the nation is ready for a big
ilgts is ten minutes past the hour. back to your quote of the day. quote that was former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. he said that to piers morgan and said it just last night. he was talking about a presidential bid and if he might, you know, kind of ran, he could probably win. apple, and nike, are making our high-tech headlines at this hour. let s head straight to hong kong and kristie lu stout. this apple thing is getting weirder and weirder. weirder and weirder. new twist in the story. police in san francisco have launched an investigation into the search of a man s home by apple xwlooes employees. last month two apple investigators searched a man s home looking for what is believed to be a prototype of the next iphone lost in a bar. the man told sf weekly that he consented to the search when the investigators identified themselves as police. and he said it was not clear the pair searching his home were from apple and he would not have authorized the
rupert murdoch under fire in britain and in the united states. two separate u.s. agencies calling for investigations into rupert murdoch. have you heard this story? an 8-year-old boy kidnapped, murdered, then mutilated. now new york place are scouring a stream of surveillance video for answers. more on that. first, i want to begin with this. let s just plunge right into the debt negotiations at this hour. daily talks at the white house resume in one hour, and by all accounts, they are becoming more tense, more heated, more testy, the closer we get to the deadline. you know the date by now, august 2nd. august 2nd, a potential default of the u.s. treasury if congress will not approve more borrowing. joining me now from the u.s. capitol building is congressman paul brown, republican of georgia. congressman brown, nice to see you. good to have you on. it s nice to be with you. i don t believe the august 2nd deadline frankly, and we don t default even if we pass the august 2
an affair and pay his mistress. edwards attorney says known was not a campaign donation but a gift from two edwards supporters. joe johns is following the latest developments and he joins us by phone from near raleigh, north carolina. joe, you ve been following the twists and turns how this unfolded. what do we know about the specific counts against edwards now? reporter: the indictment, as i looking through it, has a lot of the information we expected to be in there, essentially, illegal campaign contributions, a number of counts on that. there s a conspiracy count and the other thing is the thing we ve been looking for forever since we really heard about this case, a false statements count. that is essentially, that edwards was able to falsify wilfully conceal, cover up and otherwise keep information out of the public eye about contributions that he received from at least two individuals we ve talked about again and again. that would be a woman named bunny melon, a phila