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>> nine years complete withdrawal is in the white houses assessment, is this a victory for the united states and if i could bundle up just -- if you could answer that, then follow up. >> i think one of the more poignant moments in the secure video conference downstairs was when president obama congratulated prime minister maliki and the people of iraq for getting to this momentous moment. and importantly when prime minister maliki congratulated president obama an our troops an our dipl...

the bill rape will continue to rise. >> all crimes will continue to rise. >> you think its appropriate for the vice president to use language in such -- >> weve got to go. >> you hear the vice president there make a reference to flint, as in flint michigan. last week the vice president raised the spectrum of rising crime republicans keep blocking the presidents plan to keech teachers and first responders on the payrolls. >> in 2008, when flint had 265 sworn officers on the police force...

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. lets go out front. hello, everyone. welcome to monday. im 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 cains o...

romney. so now people are taking everything he says seriously, whether he likes it or not. as to whether you like what hes saying or not, thats entirely up to you. keeping them honest, whatever political position you happen to have, the position for herman cain or anyone wanting to be president, can you be a serious candidate without serious scrutiny of what you say and how you say it? heres what he said saturday about illegal immigration. >> i tell you what, when im in charge of the f...

we have a very, very important issue here. why is that important? the primary here, the first in the nation is the window through which the american public begin to understand the candidates, who they are, what they stand for, and their vision for a better america. and you begin to jeopardize that process by other states like nevada most recently leap frogging in the process, making new hampshire virtually irrelevant as you move it forward. thats totally nonsense, were going to stand w...

cains catchy 9-9-9 tax reform plan. >> what 9-9-9 does, is he compromises in the worst way, he gives you a sales tax and a flat tax, and opens up the door to a value added tax. i think its very, very dangerous. >> and even the front-runner, mitt romney, now gently taking aim, warning republicans who might like mr. cains lack of political experience to think again. >> you know we have a guy whos president we didnt know very well as a country when he got elected and wondered what would h...

>> i dont feel im a good person because of the things ive done. and im scared. im scared. im very scared. >> 250 miles north of los angeles in chowchilla, california, is valley state prison for women. it was built in 1995 and sits on more than 640 acres. while valley states dormitory layout and spacious green yards might remind some of a college campus, razor wires, guard towers and the electrified fence leave no doubt this is prison. and the 3,600 women who live here are criminals. >> when i fi...

From $640 in stamps from the mobil oil company to tens of thousands of dollars from harry trumans personal physician. a criminal chameleon, he forged a variety of identities, lawyer, businessman, medical technician. in the 1970s, he worked at a hydro uponic system to grow crops in water. in his self-authored book, he described himself as a sensitive and stimulating human being. investors he defrauded said he used his children to promote his businesses. he was tireless in building his fake creden...

the government has passed to get it out of its deep hole. president obama is on the west coast again today. hell be in los angeles to raise some big money for his re-election war chest. a dinner tonight costs nearly $18,000 per person. the president was in seattle yesterday and he goes to denver tomorrow before president obama left for the west coast, he spoke at the congressional black caucuses awards dinner and hes really start to sound like a candidate now. >> im going to press on...

Down 333, now, right at 3 percent on the trading day. we saw wild 640-point swing at the end of the market session yesterday so anything could happen. stocks were all over the place before ending 400 points up after the central bank announced plan dozen keep interest rates at zero but the u.s. economy has weakened. we hear the same thing from the white house. >> we, broadly speaking, recognize the economy has slowed down, the growth has not been where outside economists and inside economists bel...