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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. lets 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 sit...

world. lets go outfront. well, good evening, everyone. im 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 didnt raise the debt ceiling which caused americas credit rating to be cut which hurts all of us. and they didnt agree on a budget. causing several near shutd...

a recorder conversation between the captain and the port authority. pretty damning stuff in there. whats happening right now? the captain is being questioned. and new this morning, the number of the missing much higher than we first reported. >> and, also, in politics, when youre the front runner, its like youve got the bulls eye on your back. that would be mitt romney where rick perry and everyone else, rick santorum, all gunning for myth romney. the race is tight. were going to break...

governor mitt romney. >> only yesterday south carolinas biggest newspaper, the state, endorsed huntsman. well talk more about this in fair game coming up later in this hour. well, the owner of the kreutz ship that ran aground and partially sank off italy says hope is the last thing to die. an estimated 16 people are still unaccounted for in fridays disaster. for a while the search teams had to pull back because the ship was rocking. the ship was carrying more than 4,000 people. hes b...

Has details. >> the workers deserve right to say no. all workers do. >> reporter: in california, state workers have two options. join the service employees international union and pay dues or elect not to join the union and still be obligated to pay nonmember dues. either way, the union is required by law to give a full accounting and note to nonmembers if it decides to use their dues money for political purposes. so they have the option to object. a number of nonmembers say that didnt happen wh...

Area. and for a time this marriage seemed built to last. by the late 80s, though, her enthusiasm for politics came to the forefront once again, and before long kathy augustine was consumed by a newfound passion for the republican party. >> kathy soon became addicted. and she loved it. she loved the fight. she loved the pushing to get ahead. and she just went for it. >> in 1992 she was elected to her first public office. the nevada assembly. the state senate followed. then in 1998 the most powerf...

Big changes. republican scott walker of wisconsin, one of 27 governors to ask unionized state workers to contribute more toward their benefits faces a recall effort over that and a mood to let workers choose whether to belong to a union rather than have dues automatically deducted. that brought criticism from president obama. >> i dont think it does anybody any good when public employees are deny graded or vilified or their rights are infringed upon. >> the president of the united states knows t...

The president can make appointments. but he did not mention that the senate was in pro forma session to pass the tax cut. >> bret: thank you. now a story that could effect the pocketbook of people all over the country. chief washington correspondent jim angle examines a huge dilemma involving your money. >> governors and their taxpayers have a big problem on their hands. two to $3 trillion in promised pension and benefit to state and local workers they cannot pay for. >> this is a huge mess. odd...

Faces huge shortfalls in california, and also had to make big changes. republican scott walker of wisconsin, one of 27 governors to ask unionized state workers to contribute more toward their benefits faces a recall effort over that and a mood to let workers choose whether to belong to a union rather than have dues automatically deducted. that brought criticism from president obama. >> i dont think it does anybody any good when public employees are deny graded or vilified or their rights are inf...

Jon: happening now some new concerns that arent getting a lot of publicity. your taxes could be going up depending on where you live because of underfunded state pension plans. some states are constitutionally bound to pay what they have promised even when they dont have the money. that could mean higher taxes for everybody. jim angle, live in washington, d.c. for that. jim? >> reporter: hello, jon. well the nations governors and their taxpayers have a big problem on their hand. two to $3 trilli...