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Part of oklahoma, because one of the senators from oklahoma, the nras a rated tom coburn was being aggressively courted to co-sponsor a bipartisan bill in the senate for universal background checks. today we learned that that effort has failed. tom coburn will not be signing on to the universal background check measure that is set to be introduced in the senate tomorrow. the one that 87% of his constituents support. he is going to give the one-finger salute to 87% of his constituents in order to...

That divestiture during apart hide, think think are plenty of stocks can invest in without going to the oil companies. >> what is wrong with oil? >> these are some of the best companies to invest in. exxon is one of the last aaa rated companies. they pay dividends. if a lot of people look at the retirement funds they are invested in it for a reason. it is a stupidest thing, even they use fossil fuels at some point of a day, or to go to a phish concert or get on the ipad. they all use it. the oil...

We talked about that in one of the early segments. and after the debates in which the answers were so lackluster, he decided that he was going to take action on his own and start a super pac, and spend money to influence policy around this issue. so, he -- we, identified candidates who had been a-rated by the nra. who we saw as potentially vulnerable running against people who would do a better job if they were elected. and we spent over $10 million to influence those elections. the particular r...

Other clients and sold them. these are pension funds, by the way. they sold them as aaa rated guaranteed lock cinch positive investment results. so they were literally pitting the interest of two clients against each other and making money coming and going. >> are you referring to the senators use of the word shitty which was contained in an e-mail that they discovered when they had a hearing with members of goldman sachs? >> that would be the word. >> yes. thank you. >> but it is amazing. they ...

Fix it. the whole idea of credit default swaps may seem a little daunting, but greedy bastards are loving that thing. swaps are an unregulated insurance policy. theyre an insurance policy that bets on whether people, businesses, or even countries will default on some future stream of loan payments. its like a way to bet on whether a country or anybody will pay their bills. its made a little more complex because the bets are made in secret. we cant see who bet what with who. and if youre a aaa ra...

im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, countdown. >> nothing is over until we decide it is! was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor?! hell, no! >> germans? >> forget it. hes rolling. >> and it aint over now. because when the going gets tough -- the tough get going! whos with me?! lets go! >> were with you. that was john belushi inspiring the troops in "animal house." and thats the kind of inspirational message our super committee needs to get the job done. they have five days to...

five days left until the deadline. it is time to rock and get a deal done. so lets go outfront. im erin burnett. out front tonight, countdown. >> nothing is over until we decide it is! was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor?! hell, no! >> germans? >> forget it. hes rolling. >> and it aint over now. because when the going gets tough -- the tough get going! whos with me?! lets go! >> were with you. that was john belushi inspiring the troops in "animal house." and thats the ki...

kind of a day will it be? another wild ride? well, some wont mind if its wild in the right direction. though, we have seen a historic week of volatility. also huge changes at the u.s. postal service. administrators there are asking congressional approval to lay off 120,000 people. you heard me right. also across in great britain and all across great britain now the riots die down a little bit now and maybe life getting back to normal in london. nearly 2,000 people have been arreste...

you can level with me. >> i cant on national television. >> but tonight his biggest challenge yet. im getting him to do something youve never, i mean never seen him do before. >> this is so dumb. i dont know why i can do it. >> that is incredible. >> the amazingly multitalented adam levine. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. we begin tonight with americas debt crisis. its not just republicans versus democrats. its now house republicans battling among themselves over speake...

elected to office, and yet they play worse than 3-year-olds. >> id fire them all. >> what would it take to get a deal done? ill ask the white house and the republicans. plus, what this crisis is already costing you. and adam levine, rock star, maroon 5 front man. hes sold more than 15 million albums. hes conquered tv on his first season of "the voice." >> christina takes things to a whole new level, right? you can level with me. >> i cant on national television. >> but tonight his bigg...