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good evening. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, a greek collapse. literally. the greek finance minister just hours before he was to be sworn into his new role, it's a crucial role, fainted. it was a depressing visual for a country that is trying with a brand-new government to keep its economy from entering a black hole. the greek leader's collapse kept him from going to the highly anticipated euro 2012 soccer match today. greece took a shellacking from germany. germany was favored to win. the bookies only gave greece 17-2 odds. so the outcome was predictable. sort of like the brea...

He did it. it's going to go off. >> for 20 tense minutes, police keep their distance, waiting for the bomb squad to arrive. in obvious distress, wells pleads with police as the clock ticks. >> why is no one trying to come get this thing off me? >> he seemed to be having a conversation with the police. just very, very eerie stuff. media crews are warned to move back. >> state police are urging us to move from our location because, if this bomb goes off and there's shrapnel, we could get hit. but i think we're safe. >> just a few minutes later, time runs out. the bomb explodes. the footage, too ...

Failure. even with the largest majority in both houses, democrats were unable able to get the senate to vote on a climate bill. now, those historic margins are gone. and one entire side of the political spectrum with the conservative movement and the republican party that it controls has made denial a badge of pride and tribal symbol of virtue. any politician who had previously supported policies to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate can taste rah fiau has had to recant. even the president has been cowed into endorsing an all of the above energy strategy that includes domestic oil production...

Call the oil chip. people talking about oil prices. >> you have to look also the degree to which iran is acting out and is using some of their threats of ending oil sales to certain countries. if you'll notice, it only counts for 1 or 3% of the sales to those countries. iran has not said they are cutting off oil sales to the countries they supply. >> what should we be watching for as the clock ticks for this big meeting on march 5? >> the thing to watch for is when we start preparing for a nuclear iran. that's the big question. whether or not anything in the united states, israel or diplomatic...

Israel off the map? >> there isn't any doubt, what iran shows there is no conclusion other than they are seeking a nuclear weapon. >> greta: and clock ticks. >> and our nation is drowning in debt and it gets worse and worse and congress doesn't solve it. you'll hear from a congressman it's small compared to the debt but have to start someplace. congressman jeff lambry is here. jersey shores is taking on chris christie. wait until you hear what snooki said on this one. ... [consumer:] the economists make some good points. [announcer:] we say, you're right. find out how natural gas answers both ...