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once it was hijacked? and the federal government fails us time and time again. lets go, "outfront." im "erin burnett." countdown to shutdown. 28 hours to go. feel like deja vu? me too. i feel like bill murray in "the ground hog day." ♪ put your hand in mine >> the government is due to shut down tomorrow. ♪ then put your little hand in mine ♪ >> were now less than 30 hours away from the government shutting down. ♪ >> only this isnt "ground hog day." this is our reality. this...

hello, everyone. im erin burnett. outfront tonight, the republican candidates for president have just finished debating in iowa. this is important, because its the last day before the iowa caucuses, just 19 days away. and while newt gingrich remains the national front-runner, he has been losing steam. take a look at the latest poll. this is a gallup poll that shows in the beginning of december, just ten days ago, 37% of republican voters say they will pick newt. 22% picked mitt romney....

usual, no agreement on how to pay for it. candy crowley is cnns chief political correspondent and anchor of "state of the union." political theater aside, you think congress will eventually get this done? >> i absolutely think congress will eventually get this done. particularly because we have seen republicans now saying we even the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said even if you dont believe that this actually helps the economy, it certainly will help the people that get th...

stands to pay $1,000 more in taxes in 2012. there seems to be bipartisan support for extending it but as usual, no agreement on how to pay for it. candy crowley is cnns chief political correspondent and anchor of "state of the union." political theater aside, you think congress will eventually get this done? >> i absolutely think congress will eventually get this done. particularly because we have seen republicans now saying we even the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said eve...

Forget donald trump. hes history, rolled and forget him smothered in a yesterday sauce. the gop, the gop wants a serious debate. they deserve it. bar none, they are the best party in the world that includes space. that is why as of this moment i am officially announcing my own republican debate. stephen colberts south carolina serious, classy republican debate. >> stephen colbert laughering off donald trump last night, but if youre still scratching your head about why the donald has any relevanc...

american people and dont raise tax on them right now. now is not the time to slam on the brakes. now is the time to step on the gas. now is the time to keep growing the economy, to keep creating jobs, to keep giving working americans the boost that they need. >> our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin with more on the presidents bush. you dont add an event unless you see moment dlul. >> reporter: they want to beat that drum every day. they see this as a win for the president...

and so its with great respect that i speak of him and proud to say that i worked for him. >> its been a seismic cascade of events since last weekends arrest of a former penn state defensive coordinator on charges of raping and molesting a number of other boys. two of the university officials are charged with failure to report those crimes. paterno is charged with nothing, but says he wishes that he had done more than simply tell his superiors what an assistant reported to him back in 2...

Attendance varied by teach. im walking through and finishing my visit and i walk into one classroom and there are 30 kids in the classroom. there in fact are not enough desks for the number of kid theres. there was kids sitting on the radiators and what not. i go to one of the kids and i said what do you think about the teacher. he said this is my best teacher, bar none. as i was leaving the school, and this was about at 10:00 in the morning that young man and two of his friends were walking o...

Because they werent going to get any value out of it. >> and the great teacher gets paid no more than all of the other teachers. >> thats right. gets paid no more. if we were doing seniority based layoffs would have got laid off first. >> she decided to pay good teachers more and fire bad teachers. >> that did not go over particularly well. >> reid must go. >> a few you weeks into this i was visited by my then general counsel and he comes rushing into my office and says you have got to stop firi...

Is sitting home having popcorn. >> so being paid by the state. >> still being paid by the district. >> he couldnt even fire the teacher who faked his doctorate. and -- >> he went to sleep in class. >> and he was quite disturbed when the supervisor came in and woke him up. >> he complained. >> it never ends. it never ends. >> when we return, meet someone who successfully fired hundreds of teachers. >> fired your own daughters principal. >> that was a chilly night at home.