for christmas. the bottom line in the presidential campaign. lots of talk, but not a lot of ideas. where will the big idea come from. let s go out front. 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
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 idea. and what the response is to the cain and paul pla
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
grilled and lambasteds by british law makers and now a whistleblower in the growing phone hackl scandal reportedly is dead. and a 77-year-old man defends his home and family from an intruder with a gun. stand by for the dramatic story. that s even more compelling because get this he s a member of the united states congress. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the u.s. defaulting on its debt for the first time in history? we can t state it enough, this has enormous consequences for all of us, and time is quickly running out to prevent what the president calls armageddon. let s check in with kate baldwin. she s standing by with the latest. where do the negotiations stand right now? the two top republicans in the house. no official readout from the white house, but president obama says we are making progress when asked today by reporters how the debt talks were going when he was leaving an event in the rose garden. on the part of speaker boehner, a spokesma