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good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, ooh-la-la. france's most powerful woman sticking her nose in america's business. it is sort of her job to do that. christine lagarde, head of the imf, had a doom and gloom message for washington today. >> economic recovery remains tepid, and downside risks have intensified. what we see is clearly a risk that confidence be eroded. >> and she didn't stop there. she took on president obama, too. in fact, she called his $3.8 trillion budget, which he says will reduce the deficit from 8.5% to 5.5% of our economy by next year as...

good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, ooh-la-la. france's most powerful woman sticking her nose in america's business. it is sort of her job to do that. christine lagarde, head of the imf, had a doom and gloom message for washington today. >> economic recovery remains tepid, and downside risks have intensified. what we see is clearly a risk that confidence be eroded. >> and she didn't stop there. she took on president obama, too. in fact, she called his $3.8 trillion budget, which he says will reduce the deficit from 8.5% to 5.5% of our economy by next year as...

Confidence, those numbers are not great right now. what are the trends you guys look at to see where we're going? >> i think we look at the confidence numbers and those don't reflect positively, but oddly enough, i'll say it over and over again, the earnings numbers, ceos, their companies are not falling off a cliff the way you'd expect them to. the question then becomes what are they doing with the earnings? and unfortunately they're not turning around and hiring more people or investing in new, you know, plants and equipment. what they're doing is either hoarding the cash or buying back thei...

on trial this week. we introduce you to the jury deciding conrad murray's fate right here, right now cnn. good evening. i'm don lemon. you are in the "cnn newsroom." president obama begins the new week on the west coast. his trip amounts to a political two-for. he's raising millions in campaign cash from big money donors and using his remarks to push for his jobs proposal. the president started in seattle a few hours ago. then he headed to northern california to tap the wallets in silicon valley. chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is traveling with the president tonight...

>> michael jackson's doctor goes on trial this week. we introduce you to the jury deciding conrad murray's fate. right here, right now on cnn. good evening, i'm don lemon. you're in the cnn newsroom. president obama begins the new week on the west coast. his trip amounts to a political twofer. he's raising millions in campaign cash from big-money donors and he's using his remarks to push for his jobs proposal. the president started in seattle a few hours ago and then he headed to northern california to tap the wallets in silicon valley. jessica wellen is traveling with the presiden...