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good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, is mitt romney richard gere? i had a flashback to "singing women" when he takes julia roberts to dinner with the ceo of a company hes planning to buy out. >> if you were to get control, and i dont think you will, but if you did, what do you plan to do with the company? >> break it up and sell off the pieces. >> im sure youll understand im not thrilled at the idea of your turning 40 years of my work into your garage sale. >> a...

People are still laying off teachers and first responders. the crisis took years to develop and the economy is facing head winds and it will take sustained, persistent effort, yours and mine, for america to fully recover. thats the truth. we all know it. but we are making progress. and, now, we face a choice. now we face a choice, ohio. for the last few years the republicans who run this congress have init ised we go

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 ...

To say, i can do a better job of accelerating that recovery, and if so how? >> absolutely. just look at the energy sector alone, and the jobs that can allow for exploration of oil in this country and the 600 billion barrels of oil offshore, and the president said no to. alaska, no. federal lands, no. and the only place he is providing help is to brazil, and the brazilians rejected it. and of course its going to have head winds as we head into the summer driving season. we are already looking at ...

Accelerating that recovery, and if so how? >> absolutely. just look at the energy sector alone, and the jobs that can allow for exploration of oil in this country and the 600 billion barrels of oil offshore, and the president said no to. alaska, no. federal lands, no. and the only place he is providing help is to brazil, and the brazilians rejected it. and of course its going to have head winds as we head into the summer driving season. we are already looking at $4 a gallon in some places, and t...

costs more to fill up. 12 cents in a week. about 11% so far this year. weve never seen gas prices this high so early in the season. usually you see gas prices going up into the spring and summer driving season. never so high so early. what goes into a gallon of gas? heres the breakdown according to the way the government looks at it. 12% of the price of gasoline are the taxes that we pay. 6% goes to distribution and marketing. 6% is refining. look at that, kyra, 76% is crude oil. crude...

Year. we have problems facing us. head winds. uncertainty is the biggest one. the economy didnt help by almost shutting down the government and almost defaulting on the debt. its like they are trying to scare the economy. a contributor and policy adviser to vice president biden and also a senior fellow at the center of budget priorities. happy new year, my friend. how are you doing? >> me, you were listening to this, you are a smarter line on this. when you look back, what are the other factors ...

greece. ali, lets begin with you. just about an hour from now president obama is due to hold the news conference right there at the summit. greece, as we know, a linchpin. before you tell us why americans really need to pay attention to this, if you dont mind, just give us some perspective on this mornings new jobless numbers that i just talked about. >> okay, well, because i love you, kyra, we worked so long, ill make this a choose your own adventure. what do you want from me? upbeat ...

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>> my dream is to sing in a free cuba. >> i would probably sing "man in the mirror" which is a killer tune. >> and steve stout, author and go-to man for hooking up hip-hop with fortune 500 countries. well hear how he makes celebrities into cash magnets and how president obama can get re-elected. and offered me some advice. >> go a little hair spray. >> you think people would buy hair spray from me this is "piers piers tonight." >> jackie collins has sold over 400 million copies of her ...