good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, carte blanche. this man smiling with president obama could save or sink europe s economy. and ours. francois hollande has just won free reign to two whatever he wants. while american headlines today went all in on greece. when all is said and done, is just another delay of the inevitable default. the fate of europe was decided in paris. france is the heart and the wallet of the eu because france isn t greece, or even spain. it is the eu. second only to the almighty germany in size. if either fall, the eu is done. and that s why the vote in paris is the story today. overnight, president francois hollande s socialist party got a voter mandate, winning an absolute majority in parliament. that s like controlling the house, the senate and the presidency. and hollande plans to use it. he has promised french voters the moon. this really isn t, everyone, about taking a side on the spending versus austerity as a national po
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, carte blanche. this man smiling with president obama could save or sink europe s economy. and ours. francois hollande has just won free rein to do whatever he wants, while american headlines today went all in on greece which, when all is said and done, is just another delay of inevitable default. the fate of europe was decided in paris. france is the heart and the wallet of the eu because france isn t greece, or even spain. it is the eu. second only to the almighty germany in size. if either fall, the eu is done. and that s why the vote in paris is the story today. overnight, president francois hollande s socialist party got a voter mandate, winning an absolute majority in parliament. that s like controlling the house, the senate and the presidency. and hollande plans to use it. he has promised french voters the moon. this really isn t, everyone, about taking a side on the spending versus austerity as a national pol
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, carte blanche. this man smiling with president obama could save or sink europe s economy. and ours. francois hollande has just won free rein to do whatever he wants, while american headlines today went all in on greece which, when all is said and done, is just another delay of inevitable default. the fate of europe was decided in paris. france is the heart and the wallet of the eu because france isn t greece, or even spain. it is the eu. second only to the almighty germany in size. if either fall, the eu is done. and that s why the vote in paris is the story today. overnight, president francois hollande s socialist party got a voter mandate, winning an absolute majority in parliament. that s like controlling the house, the senate and the presidency. and hollande plans to use it. he has promised french voters the moon. this really isn t, everyone, about taking a side on the spending versus austerity as a national pol
outfront tonight is the economy, stupid. in a surprise news conference today the president blamed congress for keeping americans out of work. they left most of the jobs plan just sitting there, and in light of the head winds that we re facing right now, i urged them to reconsider because there are steps to take right now to put more people back to work. the president is angry that congress has not passed his jobs bill, which sat on the shelf since last fall. part of it did pass. the payroll tax cut extension and long-term unemployment insurance, but the president wants to pass the rest immediately and the price tag is $297 billion. his bill summary, which we obtained from the white house, says that money will go to things like preventing teacher layoffs, modernizing schools, building science labs for a total of $297 billion. does spending more add up? we wanted to know the answer to that question. we did the math on how much money taxpayers have spent on stimulus since
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight is the economy, stupid. in a surprise news conference today the president blamed congress for keeping americans out of work. they left most of the jobs plan just sitting there, and in light of the head winds that we re facing right now, i urged them to reconsider because there are steps to take right now to put more people back to work. the president is angry that congress has not passed his jobs bill, which sat on the shelf since last fall. part of it did pass. the payroll tax cut extension and long-term unemployment insurance, but the president wants to pass the rest immediately and the price tag is $297 billion. his bill summary, which we obtained from the white house, says that money will go to things like preventing teacher layoffs, modernizing schools, building science labs for a total of $297 billion. does spending more add up? we wanted to know the answer to that question. we did the math on how much mon