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27-hour ordeal. he described how he got through it. >> you know, it was kind of a survival challenge. how do you keep yourself warm? and you have to figure out the stray an-- strategy. turnoff the heater, try and catch some sleep, in about 20 or 30 minutes it gets so cold in the car you have to do it again. >> two hours turned into 27. the next guest is one of those drivers who was stuck on the highway in virginia. we spoke to sean stratford yesterday while he was stuck on i-95 and he joins me now. sean, it's great to finally see you at home nice and warm. tell us how long your journey took....

Vigil on friday night. six months ago, this issue -- the whole topic of gun violence prevention was thought to be politicalally untouchable. i think we have come a long way since then and we will be making more progress as the memories and the momentum are sustained. >> shannon: senator, we will continue to stay tuned as the debate continues on. sir, thamps for your time today. >> thank you. >> shannon: was the fbi really unaware that the boston bomber was co-founded by a man in jail for aiding terrorists? we will talk to a member of the house judiciary committee who has very tough questions a...

Big improvement. >> reporter: it's not a big improvement. it's a grim number. for almost every week the past three years that number has been above 400,000. that paints a grim picture of the unemployment in the u.s. the average time out of work is 40 1/2 weeks. the under employment rate is now 16.5%. there is also a politicized arena. jobs a political issue. let me throw this final number at you. you need 270,000 new jobs each and every month between now and the election in november of next year if you want to get the unemployment rate down to the crisis level of 8%. to get it down that low yo...

>> you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm don lemon. we begin with this tonight. president obama has wanted tax increases to help the economy all along, but republicans resisted. now mr. obama is going back tat to help pay for his new jobs plan. and come monday morning, you are going to be hearing all about it when he announces details of the so-called buffett rule, named after one of the richest men in the world, warren buffett. it's a tax on millionaires to make sure they don't pay a smaller percentage than the nation's middle class. as our chief political correspondent candy crowley repo...

we begin with this, president obama has wanted tax increases all along, but the republicans resisted, but now mr. obama is helping to pay for his new jobs plan and come monday morning your going to hear all about it when he announces details of the so-called buffett role, named after warren buffett. a tax on millionaires to make sure they don't pay a smaller percentage than the nation's middle class and as candy crawly reports there's already an uproar in washington. >> reporter: the president's plan to pay for his jobs program includes the idea of a millionaire minimum tax rate. at ...