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and navy s.e.a.l.s rescuing americans from somali pirates. it's real life. we go there tonight. let's go "outfront." good evening. tonight, the super rich surtax. okay, i keep stumbling on that one. but president obama today went on the road to press a theme from his state of the union address telling millionaires they need to pay up. >> if you make more than a million dollars a year you should pay a tax rate of at least 30%. >> all right, the president's proposal would affect about 240,000 tax filers across the country. an expert tells us it would effectively raise the top margin ...

"early start," i'm ashleigh banfield. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from "a" to "z." it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's get started here. >> this was a good one, guys, if you missed it. the tarmac in arizona got hot. it wasn't about the weather. it was about the president and the governor. jan brewer and barack obama getting testy on the tarmac and brewer even pointed her finger, shaking it, wagging it at the president. what was this all about? why did they have an issue and have they resolved it? >> just five days left until the florida primary. there are ...

reporting. it is a virtual tie between rick santorum and mitt romney. we've already heard from ron paul. he's coming in third. newt gingrich, we heard from him. he's coming in fourth. we heard from rick perry, a dramatic change. the texas governor not going to south carolina. as he originally anticipated. he's going back to texas to reassess whether he should continue in this campaign. michele bachmann, we heard from her. she says even though she's come in a very, very disappointing 5%, virtually last, she says she's going to continue. we'll see if she does. jon huntsman didn't reall...

>> also, we've got something very unusual that's happening in mt. rainier. there's been a murder of a park ranger and they're looking for this person. they feel like he's escaped on foot at this point and have had to actually rescue some of the people that have been camping. we'll tell you more details about that. >> the fat weather service says blizzard condition in the great lakes could make the travel you're trying to execute impossible. >> isn't this like one of the busiest days of the year for travel. >> a lot got used to the warmer weather, you know, the nice conditions and -- ...

i'm erin burnett, outfront tonight,a major concession the president and leading democrats will drop a surtax on millionaires as the way to pay for the payroll tax cut extension. this is a huge step in breaking the impasse that threatened the tax cut and may have shut the government down again. here is the bottom line. the ds and rs each fought for one big thing this payroll tax battle and that is a nonstarter for the other side. the surtax for the democrats and the keystone pipeline for the republicans. now whether you love or hate either one of those ideas, the fact was this, both w...