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good evening. im erin burnett. out front tonight, a greek collapse. literally. the greek finance minister just hours before he was to be sworn into his new role, its a crucial role, fainted. it was a depressing visual for a country that is trying with a brand-new government to keep its economy from entering a black hole. the greek leaders collapse kept him from going to the highly anticipated euro 2012 soccer match today. greece took a shellacking from germany. germany was favored to w...

He did it. its going to go off. >> for 20 tense minutes, police keep their distance, waiting for the bomb squad to arrive. in obvious distress, wells pleads with police as the clock ticks. >> why is no one trying to come get this thing off me? >> he seemed to be having a conversation with the police. just very, very eerie stuff. media crews are warned to move back. >> state police are urging us to move from our location because, if this bomb goes off and theres shrapnel, we could get hit. but i ...

Failure. even with the largest majority in both houses, democrats were unable able to get the senate to vote on a climate bill. now, those historic margins are gone. and one entire side of the political spectrum with the conservative movement and the republican party that it controls has made denial a badge of pride and tribal symbol of virtue. any politician who had previously supported policies to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate can taste rah fiau has had to recant. even the president has...

Call the oil chip. people talking about oil prices. >> you have to look also the degree to which iran is acting out and is using some of their threats of ending oil sales to certain countries. if youll notice, it only counts for 1 or 3% of the sales to those countries. iran has not said they are cutting off oil sales to the countries they supply. >> what should we be watching for as the clock ticks for this big meeting on march 5? >> the thing to watch for is when we start preparing for a nuclea...

Israel off the map? >> there isnt any doubt, what iran shows there is no conclusion other than they are seeking a nuclear weapon. >> greta: and clock ticks. >> and our nation is drowning in debt and it gets worse and worse and congress doesnt solve it. youll hear from a congressman its small compared to the debt but have to start someplace. congressman jeff lambry is here. jersey shores is taking on chris christie. wait until you hear what snooki said on this one. ... [consumer:] the economists ...

>> there isnt any doubt, what iran shows there is no conclusion other than they are seeking a nuclear weapon. >> greta: and clock ticks. >> and our nation is drowning in debt and it gets worse and worse and congress doesnt solve it. youll hear from a congressman its small compared to the debt but have to start someplace. congressman jeff lambry is here. jersey shores is taking on chris christie. wait until you hear what [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar. the two trains and a bus rider....

I heard the thing ticking when he did it. its going to go off. >> for 20 tense minutes, police keep their distance, waiting for the bomb squad to arrive. in obvious distress, wells pleads with police as the clock ticks. >> why is no one trying to come get this thing off me? >> he seemed to be having a conversation with the police. just very, very eerie stuff. media crews are warned to move back. >> state police are urging us to move from our location because, if this bomb goes off and theres shr...

a new week and new shake-up for the battle for the presidential nomination. newt gingrich is now the solid front runner in the state of iowa. but today his focus was on new york. and a meeting with donald trump. lets go to new york. theres jim acosta following this for us. whats the latest with newt gingrich the front-runner and donald trump? >> well, he is in the big apple and you can say he is singing new york, new york, start spreading the newts. he his message he is can win the rep...

Average over the last 20 years of 149 public laws for the first full term. also on the list, this congress nearly allowed the federal government to shut down this past spring. dont forget, standard and poors said congress was part of the reason they downgraded the credit rating for the first time ever. what does your gut tell you? is this the worst congress ever? go to "news nation" to cast your vote as the clock ticks on the super committee. take a look at what they said about friday. should po...

for moammar gadhafi has spread way down south into this cluster of outposts in the sahara desert. what you see right there, bombs. those are bombs going off at an airport seized by the rebel are s. libyan rebels are taking on hard-line gadhafi loyalists hundreds of miles south of tripoli. this fire fight, you see and hear it, ben wedeman found himself right in the middle of it it. ben is live for us now. as i said, hundreds of miles south of tripoli, way out in this desert, just after ...