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monster. we killed a lot of trees today, and did it reveal anything? and the re-election campaign of president obama starts tonight. we are counting down to the state of the union. >> the death toll continues the climb off of the cruise ship crash off of the coast of italy. we have video of the search and rescue of the divers. lets go there tonight, "outfront." well, good evening, everyone, im erin burnett and out front crunching the numbers in mitt romneys tax returns. here they a...

york tomorrow morning. kyra, save us. >> soledad, no, i was going to say have you noticed how roland starts issues every morning? every morning he causes trouble and you and i go through this. >> have you noticed? >> yes. could you do something about that please. >> yes, i have. >> have a great morning. >> im going to kill him right now. >> look out. we begin this hour with a daring rescue by u.s. command joes. their nighttime raid freed two hostages. youre looking at it here, jessic...

all right, show time i was going to say, its going to be a hip-hop morning here. >> get it started. >> lets get it started. welcome, everybody. as i mentioned were coming to you from the diner. every morning we tell you what were eating. so im going to tell you what were eating, i got to read this one. specialty of the house. this is called the kroek and dagger, two eggs over easy with bacon or ham, sandwiched between french loaf smothered in sauce, cheese, served with home fries or gr...

Training. we got a shot of the president working on the address yesterday with speech were john fabreaux. we are told its mostly the presidents work. its under the fairness issue that president obama will call for ending the upper income tax cut and reforming a tax code that let mitt romney pay a lower tax rate than many middle class americans. >> well talk about taxes and a fair way to have a tax system where people are paying their fair share, and i think thats something that the the american ...

Polls suggest his job approval rating has never been lower, and disapproval, higher, at any other state of the union time, so this address is critical. republicans say the president has not delivered on a number of state of the union promises hes made in the past, including and most significantly, one to cut the budget decifit in half by the end of his first term. house speaker john boehner says he expects a political speech tonight, and as for the buffet rule, he calls that the politics of envy...

John harwood knows that issue better than i. theres also an economic funk in the country. theres people that could put people back to work, but their looking for a sign. thats what hes got to deliver tonight. >> john, last question. can we expect to see the president look at members of congress in the eyes as he has often and can we expect him to continue this do nothing mantra? >> absolutely. i dont know if he will use those words, but i think you can expect him to look in the eye of members of...

yp you juyou just heard to tax returns. mitt romney released histax returns 30 minutes ago. its no surprise. mitts a rich guy. heres a look at just how rich. he made more than $21 million in 2010. almost all of it came from incompetent vestments, not wages. he payed $3 million in taxes that year or 13.9%. christine romans is digging deeper into the 1040s. lets start with his offshore funds, christine. we had talked a little bit about that this week, and now were actually seeing it in...

Scientist jeffrey winters calls the defense industry, beats it back. according to david cay johnston, top 400 income earners in 2007 paid on average an effective tax rate of 16%, while a middle income earner can expect to pay 22% of their income in federal taxes. the white house has placed this issue at the center of their agenda, calling for tax changes that would restore progressivety to make sure warren buffett doesnt pay a lower effective rate than his secretary. the original name was the bu...

Country. the reason that the financiers mini tax rate is thanks in part to warren buffet. he has attempted to make a national scandal out of the fact that he, the third richest man in the entire world, pays a lower tax rate than his own secretary does. and when president obama came out with a proposal known as the buffet rule to correct that, to get millionaires who earn their money off investments to pay a little more so they are not taxed less than regular working joes, guess who said he would...

Romney you dont have to pay what other rich people pay. you get a special mini tax rate, 15%, lower than anything else who earns a paycheck in our country. the reason that the financiers mini tax rate is thanks in part to warren buffet. he has attempted to make a national scandal out of the fact that he, the third richest man in the entire world, pays a lower tax rate than his own secretary does. and when president obama came out with a proposal known as the buffet rule to correct that, to get m...