now they re evolving into this movement of social change, a real driving force behind the wall street occupiers. they re hated by security and hunted by the fbi. who are these people and why are they taking to the streets? to get some answers, amber lyon stepped into the shadows. reporter: it s a dark and disturbing vision. a world where riot police attack with impunity. what happened? what happened? he got hit. he got shot! reporter: where democracy is corrupted by greed and dissent is crushed. that s how anonymous sees america and they say that s why they re fighting back. we are legion. we do not forgive. we do not forget. reporter: it s a movement that defies description. leaderless, faceless, anarchic. this is our space! reporter: a loose collective born on the internet, it has no official members and no hierarchy, but within the group some individual anons have greater standing, earned by their skills as hackers, video makers to see it with my
hit by an interest hike. let s all go outfront. i m erin burnett. outfront, count down to another downgrade of america? the super committee held a rare public hearing today. they re the group of 12 charged with cutting the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion. if they don t do it, we can end up on a rate to higher interest rates and a lower standard of living. here are the dates we need to watch. november 1st, cbo says the super committee must submit their plan for review. that is five days from now. november 23rd, that is the deadline for the final submission. and then december 23rd, the final deadline when congress must up or down vote that plan. the committee must come to an agreement, and congress has to pass it or automatic across the board cuts will be made, half of them coming from our defense budget. the problem is those cuts don t come until 2013. they are too small to prevent more downgrades. yes, thanks to congress, america s economic standing in the world is on
i m erin burnett. outfront, count down to another downgrade of america? the super committee held a rare public hearing today. they re the group of 12 charged with cutting the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion. if they don t do it, we can end up on a rate to higher interest rates and a lower standard of living. here are the dates we need to watch. november 1st, cbo says the super committee must submit their plan for review. that is five days from now. november 23rd, that is the deadline for the final submission. and then december 23rd, the final deadline when congress must up or down vote that plan. the committee must come to an agreement, and congress has to pass it or automatic across the board cuts will be made, half of them coming from our defense budget. the problem is those cuts don t come until 2013. they are too small to prevent more downgrades. yes, thanks to congress, america s economic standing in the world is on the verge of another downgrade. economist ethan har
let s all go outfront. i m erin burnett. outfront, count down to another downgrade of america? the super committee held a rare public hearing today. they re the group of 12 charged with cutting the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion. if they don t do it, we can end up on a rate to higher interest rates and a lower standard of living. here are the dates we need to watch. november 1st, cbo says the super committee must submit their plan for review. that is five days from now. november 23rd. that is the deadline for the final submission. and then december 23rd. the final deadline when congress must up or down vote that plan. the committee must come to an agreement, and congress has to pass it or automatic across the board cuts will be made, half of them coming from our defense budget. the problem is those cuts don t come until 2013. they are too small to prevent more downgrades. yes, thanks to congress, america s economic standing in the world is on the verge of another downg
procedures, not because the vehicle is less safe. the new safety ratings are all available online. the government says because of these new, more stringent rules the 2011 rankings are not comparable to those of earlier years. emily schmidt, abc news, washington. as you would imagine, aside from us being dummies, they say that women like me, they actually since they re tinier they re closer to the window and so that makes like the impact to us much different than you. and in the system apparently the ones that did the best the bmw 5 series and the 2011 hyundai sonata did the best. so there you go. that s a little creepy. we look good. we look creepy. all right. coming up, what you may not know about whoopi goldberg. she s much more than a talk show panelist. her views on her movie career, her books, and her sex lif