including a new threat from the former president. donald trump much like richard nixon openly opining about using the power of the federal government against his political enemies. his efforts to weaponize the justice system if he returns to office already underway. plus, the lawyer defending paul pelosi s attacker in court not denying he did it but arguing that david depape s decision to break into the pelosi house was fueled by conspiracy theories. he believed he was disrupting a corrupt, liberal network of child abusers, and believed it, according to his lawyer, with, quote, every ounce of his being. and the ongoing threats against elections. the latest on the fbi investigation after envelopes containing fentanyl, at least some of them had fentanyl in them, were sent to election workers in five states. one had a note inside that read end elections now. so we re going to cover all those stories this hour. we begin with former president trump insisting that if he s ree
right now on the nevada caucuses. mitt romney is hoping for a win so big that it start a chain reaction across the country. this campaign went down the hill. romney had his day in florida and wants to keep his momentum going. i will lead us on to prosperity. gingrich vows to fight on no matter how he does tonight. we will be in tampa as the nominee. the final four candidates in a marathon race for delegates. we re in third place when it comes to delegates and that s what really counts. the party s big prize. our will be a united party. will republicans rally behind a single candidate soon or will the infighting last for months? i don t believe the republican party is going to nominate a liberal. i think they are looking for an alternative to mitt romney. his stakes are high. every contest matters. we re going to beat money power with people power. in nevada, right now, all bets are off. from the cnn election center, i m wolf blitzer. weapon w
i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we re live here at constitution hall, here in the nation s capitol, where in just a little bit more than 24 hours, the republican presidential hopeful will face off for the first time in a major debate on national security, foreign affairs and the economy. he will be mod rating the event co-sponsored by the her kaj foundation and american enterprise institute. on the eve of this critical contest an eye-popping shift? the republican con taft. a new cnn poll just released minutes ago, shows newt gingrich on top of the republican pack for the first time. look at this wp 24% of republicans asked, if the former house speaker is their choice to be the presidential nominee, compared to mitt romney there is a dead heat, with gingrich and romney nationwide. other candidates, all in single digits. our chief political analyst, still at constitutional hall looking at numbers, gloria, gingrich is doing amazingly well. in several categories
i m erin burnett, outfront tonight. the group of 12 taxed with axing $1.2 trillion from america s deficit. last night, we brought you what was frankly a breakthrough. the architect of the plan told us he would support an increase on tax revenues on some of the wealthiest americans. today the top democrat said toomey s plan didn t go far enough. we came to the table to begin with and every day have said that for us it s extremely important. this whatever we end up with at the end of the day is balanced and fair and has real revenue on the table. we still haven t seen from the democrats is a plan that deals with our structural debt crisis that actually solves the problem. this bickering is pretty sad because $1.2 trillion is not very much and it means this issue is going to come back really soon again. so can the super committee step it up? tonight, we go to the front lines with our strike team. that s the group of 20 enstraw praer ins, ceos and investors that i picke
from america s deficit. but will they stop bickering and get the job done? our jobs could depend on it. let s get it done and go outfront. i m erin burnett, outfront tonight. the group of 12 taxed with axing $1.2 trillion from america s deficit. last night, we brought you what was frankly a breakthrough. the architect of the plan told us he would support an increase on tax revenues on some of the wealthiest americans. today the top democrat said toomey s plan didn t go far enough. we came to the table to begin with and every day have said that for us it s extremely important. this whatever we end up with at the end of the day is balanced and fair and has real revenue on the table. we still haven t seen from the democrats is a plan that deals with our structural debt crisis that actually solves the problem. this bickering is pretty sad because $1.2 trillion is not very much and it means this issue is going to come back really soon again. so can the super committe