his tax rate, mitt romney reveals his tax rate. fair or unfair? and fact or not? are the congress members back in session refresh and ready to change the world or not? let s go outfront. well, good ooevening, everyone. i m erin burnett and outfront tonight, and welcome back, congress. we missed you. we really did. after well, that may have been a bizarre and appropriate slip of the tongue. but members are back in the house today to make up for frankly an abysmal 2011. the track record. full of failures. they didn t raise the debt ceiling which caused america s credit rating to be cut which hurts all of us. and they didn t agree on a budg budget. and they didn t have a super committee deal. and no tax cuts. so it is no surprise that the cnn poll shows that 11% of americans approve of the way that congress is handling the job. that is an all-time low. more people approved of how bp handled the gulf coast oil spill. while members were off, some took trips abroad. maj
want to talk about what is going to happen in washington. places like mexico on taxpayer junkets, and we will be joined we have had divided governments in the past and everyone says it is not worse, but they fixed it and got better and that is the american can-do way. all right. we want congress the feel the heat, but see the light. let s make them work. we are joined by congressman sewell from new york, and congresswoman grimm. i am glad you are smiling after the intro, but you are sitting here a democrat and a republican, and are you going the work together? i think that one thing i have learned as a freshman is that it is important to collaborate. collaboration is important. i have hope because in alabama my delegation had to come together after the april tornadoes. republicans and democrats, in order to provide for disaster assistance for the constituents so with that hope springs eternal. i can tell you that i am standing next to one of my favorite freshmen colleague
world. let s go outfront. well, good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett and outfront tonight, and welcome back, congress. we missed you. we really did. after four weeks away from washington, the house is returning to work today, hopefully rested and ready to make up for an abysmal 2011. the track record. full of failures. they didn t raise the debt ceiling which caused america s credit rating to be cut which hurts all of us. and they didn t agree on a budget. causing several near shutdowns. committee deal. and no tax cuts. so it is no surprise that the newest cnn poll shows only 11% of americans approve the way congress is handling it job. that s an all-tie low. more people approved of how bp handled the gulf coast oil spill. in the month that congress has been off, some members have taken tax funded trips abroad. john boehner went to mexico and canada. majority leader eric cantor led a delegation to the middle east and france. both delegations of both parties went to we
more than 20 people still unaccounted for. rescuers are blowing holes in the side of the ship to get where they think people might be located. they found five bodies yesterday nap matt c . confirm death toll is 11. the man at the controls that might is now under house arrest today. prosecutors say they are speechless that he s even out of jail. they want to charge him with manslaughter and abandoning his post. we also learned today that it might not be the first time that that same ship was dangerously close to that s land. more in a couple of minutes. but first listen to this passenger who told us today what it was like. people s faces were panicked and they were trying to jump in and they just started hitting people with anything they could, the oars, poles, trying to push people back. but people kept persisting. and that s really when the screaming started and everyone was screaming and that s when they said we need to go, we need to get this down and it was just heartbr
he will let you pay a flat 20% or stick with the current tax system. the centers for disease control is recommending boys ages 11 and 12 get vaccinated for the human pap loma virus or hpv. currently girls are vaccinated to cut the risk of their cervical cancer. the cdc says vaccinating boys will help slow hpv, which is spread by sexual contact. libya s new rulers say moammar gadhafi was buried in an unmarked grave today in the desert. his body was on display in a cold storage unit for several days. the national transitional council says he was captured during his crossfire, but there are strong indications the long-time dig tear or the was shot at point-blank range while in custody. hurricane rina could get a whole lot meaner. it is already pushing 100-mile-an-hour winds and forecasters say it could be a major category 3 hurricane when it swipes the mexican yucatan, probably thursday. the hurricane is then expected to loop around towards cuba. rescuers pulled several