good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. and outfront tonight, exposed super pacs drop the fig leaf. after months of being in the dark about whose bankrolling the candidates, we have answers. now, you know that the super pacs are groups that can raise unlimited money and you know they re major players this election season. the federal election commission says this election might cost $11 billion. twice as much as 2008. and that jump thanks in no small part to super pacs. there are more than 300 of them already. so, today, we poored through hundreds of pages of super pac documents, really only for a few of the super pacs. the pro romney super pac called restore our future raised nearly $30 million last year. now, there were a group of donors that gave a million dollars each and one is julian robertson. he s been a mitt romney fan since the last election and told me that mitt is quote the smartest guy and extremely decent. outfront s strike team member mark was on the list
mitt romney in all 50 of the delegates beat newt gingrich by a wider margin and beat him in south carolina. the former house speaker let his lecturn do the talking. 46 states to go. seven states are up for grabs. the caucuses in maine goes on for a week. wolf blitzer was watching it all last night great election coverage once again. dominating florida, some might look at the comments that he made, certainly to our soledad o brien. he told soledad, i m not concerned about the very poor. she pressed on it. let s listen to what she said and then i want to ask you about it. my campaign is focused on middle-class americans. you can focus on the rich, that s not my focus. you can focus on my very poor. that s not my focus. my focus is on middle-income americans, retirees living on social security, people who can t find work. folks that have kids getting tr ready to go to college. is this going to spell trouble for him? he said it inartfully. he tried to explain what he meant
what do they mean and why are they surfacing now? what it all means. plus, the single most annoying man i ve ever met in my entire life. i said it before and it remains true today. i m loved by millions. you ll see. unbelievable, howie mandel is back for more. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. mitt romney has to be feeling pretty good about the sunshine state. a poll has him as the 14 point favorite, and paul in third, tied with santorum. he sounds like a man who expects to win. sure is fun. what a day this is. with a turnout like this, i m beginning to feel we might win tomorrow. what do you think? i know the speaker is not real happy, speaker gingrich. he s not excited these days, i know, it s sad. he s been flailing around trying to go after me one thing and another. and gingrich says he will cede nevada and michigan to mitt romney. is the writing on the wall? jack welch, the founder of the jack management institute. i see you re in florida, i c
rhode island senator sheldon whitehouse announces tonight he ll introduce a warren buffett rule bill in the senate. first touted by president obama in his state of the union last week, the bill would require those earns more than a million dollars to pay at least 30% in taxes. that s an effective rate. the marginal rate would be 44%. he comes outfront tonight. we appreciate you taking the time, sir. thank you very much. it s good to be with you. a lot of people say this bill isn t going to go anywhere. you re going to get fights from republicans. millionaire s taxes didn t pass in the senate last year despite the democrats there. is this really a move for a political headline or something you think will actually pass? i think there s a good chance that it can pass. if it has difficulty on its own, bear in mind at the end of this year, all of the bush tax cuts expire and that s going to motivate everybody in washington to rethink tax policy. it doesn t make any common
the second debate he said he didn t do well because the crowd was so loud. gingrich is expected to speak at a rally within the hour. he says that the gap is closing. i ll show you where the race goes after florida with cnn s wolf blitzer at the bottom of the hour. want to hang out with president obama? the president who held town halls on cyberspace and twitter and facebook? participants can comment in realtime. a few will be asked to participate in live conversation. it starts at 5:30 p.m. eastern and it s supposed to last about 45 minutes. almost a year after syria cracked down on protesters, a resolution would require ten security council members are on board. russia is offering to host peace talks which damascus supposedly as accepted. the opposition has not. another 50 people reportedly killed in at least four syrian cities. afghanistan is reportedly planning peace talks with the taliban. that could happen in saudi arabia separately and before the expected contract