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as a matter of fact, we re looking at more than $450 million. a lawyer joins us tonight. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. happy friday, everyone. i m erin burnett. the million dollar election so far. $35 million have been spent in only four states on the republican side. and 85% of the money that gingrich and romney s super pacs has spent have been on negative acts. gingrich exaggerating, dropping reagan s name 50 times. but reagan mentions gingrich only once. there are a lot of reasons not to elect me. all right. but $35 million super pac damage so far is just a scratch compared to the gash this money will inflict on candidates before november. american crossroads and priorities usa action are two names we all need to know. they re the big super pacs for the republicans and the democrats. and they say they will raise millions of dollars for their candidate. who is bank rolling all of this. you may find out a little bit on tuesday. that s when super pa ....
there are two dozen people still missing. that number includes an american couple from minnesota. today a prayer vigil will be held with that couple. the captain is under house arrest. prosecutors are going to appeal that decision that let the captain out of jail. plus, very more tapes between the captain and port authority that are emerging and remember how stunned we were just reading the transcripts yesterday of the audiotapes i think are even worse. it appears to show the captain safe in his life boat while ignoring the orderis to return back to his sanking ship. listen. for our non-italian speaking viewers like myself who are having a hard time. pop that back on the screen. this is basically what we were telling you in the transcript yesterday where he was saying, i understand, listen, because you can hear schettino s voice panicking. i understand there are people coming down the ladder. you must take that ladder the opposite direction. get on board the ship. tell ....
the dow finished up thursday, 340 points. this could be the best october in a quarter century. the economy is growing. the gross national product for the third quarter was nearly double the figure from april to june and that s thanks to consumer spending and more business investment. alison kosik will join us in about half an hour for the opening bell, but right now let s talk to global editor at large with reuters. good morning. so, what a difference a day makes. the dow futures are already down this morning and we ve learned that whirlpool is cutting 5,000 jobs in north america and europe. it looks like that big rally from yesterday was not the real turn around we were hoping for. well, i think the rally yesterday was really mostly about europe. and i think the big question that the markets are asking is not so much is everyone going to be fantastic. is there going to be a huge economic rebound in the u.s. and in the world. the question is, is there going to be anot ....