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police suspect her husband, a prominent scientist and he says he was out of town at the time and she doesnt remember. were digging deeper. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com mitt romneys latest campaign ads are full of pledges about what hed do on day one of his presidency, but our reality check shows hed have to wake up extra, extra early on january 20th to start on that to-do list. its a long list. our national political correspond...

im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, showdown ant camp david. the worlds heavyweights are in the ring. the g-8 leaders arriving today. president obama having them all at guests as camp david. a fancy din play a bunch of games and hang out, and literally, thats what its like. but its also going to be a little bit like, like a boxing fight. like the fight where tyson took off the ear of evander holyfield. theyre going to take it all off and fight. [ bell rings ] >> reporter: francois hol...

im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, showdown ant camp david. the worlds heavyweights are in the ring. the g-8 leaders arriving today. president obama having them all as guests at camp david. a fancy dinner, play a bunch of games and hang out, and literally, thats what its like. but its also going to be a little bit like, like a boxing fight. like the fight where tyson took off the ear of evander holyfield. theyre going to take it all off and fight. [ bell rings ] >> reporter: francois...

im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, showdown ant camp david. the worlds heavyweights are in the ring. the g-8 leaders arriving today. president obama having them all at guests as camp david. a fancy din play a bunch of games and hang out, and literally, thats what its like. but its also going to be a little bit like, like a boxing fight. like the fight where tyson took off the ear of evander holyfield. theyre going to take it all off and fight. [ bell rings ] >> reporter: francois hol...

>> well, obviously, i agree. im in britain at the moment. im finding it all quite extraordinary that the speaker came out today saying he welcomed showdowns basically. america doesnt need the theatrics. they need people to get the job done. it is quite incredible, dylan. >> yeah. the interesting thing also when you look at the at its explosio much of it was caused by the collapse in revenue after the financial crisis. the spike in unemployment. the collapse in housing prices. so while spending h...

Better? but can all of us do better? and thats the real question. can all of us do better? you look out there, certainly the government can do better. i mean, look at the fragility and inequality of our economy. >> right. >> look at the paralysis of our national dialogue, the direction of our foreign policy. i mean, look in our own lives. can each of us do better, you know? do we save money? do we read books? all the things we know we can do. take care of our health? >> right. how do you do bett...

are no wounds on his body. his family is still trying to make sense of it all. >> he loved being in the military, and he loved serving his country. he was absolutely willing to make any sacrifice, and its just horrible that this is the sacrifice he ended up making. 9/11 terror attack suspects turned the arraignment into a circus and victims families dont think it is funny. the five men including khalid sheikh mohammed, appeared at a military tribunal in guantanamo bay, cuba. one ente...

all eyes were on the april jobs report this week. welcome to "your $$$$$." fewer jobs than expected were created and the labor force participation rate dropped to its lowest level since 1981. hold organizati hold organization ill tell you what that is. bottom line, this was not a good report. chris even romans is here to break it down for us. >> 115,000 jobs isnt enough to convince anyone theres robust hiring going on here. hiring actually slowing in 8.1% as you point out is a drop in ...

Steve kornacki? >> well, when you frame it that way, it damning. but id be curious to ask jonathan about this is what i hear from paul ryan defenders, it comes down to we have, you know, 14, 15 trillion debt problem in the country at least paul ryan has put a plan forward and you know, there is a budget -- >> the courage argument. >> there is a budget from obama but nobodys rallied around it. theres no democratic long-term deficit reduction plan out there to compete with the ryan plan. how do yo...

>> so all this combined with the new president obama as celebrity ad, this paints the romney camp, strategy as being the serious guy versus the cool guy. is this something that you think romney can win with? >> well these are serious times. i mean celebrity has not worked in a lot of ways. so the points that ed made on the lead-in to this clip are relevant points, we can continue to choose kind of anemic economic growth. drifting towards the waterfall that is the big debt problem in this country...