erin? >> okay. thank you. let's bring in jeffrey toobin and john. fireworks. we're definitely going to get them. in addition to the news that jessica broke, we're seeing the advisor campaign. >> solyndra stinks. there may be doubts about the wisdom of making these loans. however, to this piece of breaking news, as jessica said, the white house has turned over 70,000 documents and 900 documents from the white house. the issue here at hand is what to do with the president's blackberry. it's unprecedented territory. it's one of the reasons that it invokes the executive privilege to stop this from becoming a political fishing expedition. >> what do you think about this, the blackberry new precedent here? >> remember when obama became president and they said don't carry a blackberry. people will end up subpoenaing you. it's been 2 1/2 years and i think it's like the old days in the clinton administration. bad embarrassing news comes out at 6:30 on friday. >> there isn't a company or government i

"erin burnett out front" starts right now. hi, erin. >>> we're on the frontline with nba commissioner david stern. he says there may be no hoops for the holidays. what will it take to avoid that fate? and herman cain has been pushing the 9-9-9 plan for weeks, but he's singing a different tune tonight. that's right. >>> and the bottom line in the presidential campaign, lots of talk, but not a lot of ideas. where will the big idea come from? let's go out front. >>> hello, everyone. welcome to monday. i'm erin burnett. and out front tonight, big ideas. ron paul wants to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget. herman cain wants to toss out the current tax plan and go to 9-9-9. some people have laughed at the candidates for these big ideas, but the reality is a bold idea, not necessarily cain's or paul's, is what we need to break through the paralysis in washington that's hurting americans and america's reputation. paul, cain, and the other republican candidates are gathering in nevada for tomorrow's debate. and nevada is a place

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>> great question, erin. still alive, king constantine who was forced out of greece many years ago, erin, and the prince and the greek, "royal family," were only allowed back in to greece a few years ago, so he's that greek. >> okay. so now i have seen in magazines his wife saying they love going there, they go there all the time, especially for the summer. >> as of recently. >> since being allowed. so why do you think all of a sudden -- he's never talked. >> no. in fact, i have spoke to friends in london where they live. apparently their house is very done up already for halloween in a way that no one else's is done up. they're surprised he gave this interview. he's very careful, really not to talk about his relationship with his country although it's obviously very close. but i don't think one friend did say to me i don't think we're going to be seeing his face on the drachma any time soon. we don't think he's making that kind of statement. >> there could be a drachma coming back and a separate -- let me as

let's go down to erin. >> erin: in the coach's meetings, think all of your guys stressed this is a measuring stick game. what did you learn about your team? >> i liked we had some adversity early on, kept our composure. our guys played a four quarter game against a good football team. we got a good faootball team. we got a good quarterback. good running back. very exciteded for our guys. >> erin: how about that quarterback, why was he so effective tonight? >> because he is what he is. he's the same guy every day. doesn't flinch ever. the great thing is, he's a badger. >> erin: you talked about your running attack. montee ball, four touchdowns tonight. what's it like vague offense this balanced? >> i like the fact it's all the guys kind of working together. montee's good. we saw russell trying to block a guy there. i think there's a feeling of just a lot of guys that are selfle selfless, just want to make sure everybody else is better. >> erin: enjoy the feeling, thanks. >> brent: herbie, your final thoughts on this big win for the badgers? >> kirk: impressive. coach just said it all there to

>> great question, erin. constantine who was forced out of greece many years ago, erin, and the prince and the greek, "royal family," were only allowed back in to greece a few years ago, so he's that greek. >> okay. so now i have seen in magazines his wife saying they love going there, they go there all the time, especially for the summer. >> as of recently. >> since being allowed. so why do you think all of a sudden -- he's never talked. >> no. in fact, i have spoke to friends in london where they live. apparently their house is very done up already for halloween in a way that no one else's is done up. they're surprised he gave this interview. he's very careful, really not to talk about his relationship with his country although it's obviously very close. but i don't think one friend did say to me i don't think we're going to be seeing his face on the drachma any time soon. we don't think he's making that kind of statement. >> there could be a drachma coming back and a separate -- let me ask you, though, bec

he's my favorite. >> jimmy: legal to marry erin andrews in five years, legal to marry erin andrews in wanted to, right? [ applause ] >> my buddy said first, second and third divorce. and what was so great about this, i walked outside to be on the set and they parents were standing there, so proud. like they helped them with it, look at our sign! >> jimmy: kids don't come up with stuff like that. >> i think the middle did. the middle was feeling it but on their best behavior in west virginia. >> jimmy: that's good. >> i don't know if you know much about it. west virginia and their school is very, very strict on them. burning couches is kind of the thing that they do there. did you know that? >> jimmy: to celebrate "gameday," they set couches on fire? >> i think so celebrate any game. wasn't the fact they were there it's just what they do. but the school wanted everyone to be on their best behavior, which they were and we appreciated it but they said, starting monday, all furniture inside or it was a felony. >> jimmy: what? >> yes. >> jimmy: what kind of city makes you put the furniture

erin? >> thanks so much, max.weekend you to. >>> search for a missing missouri baby is ramping up. it's been four days since the baby's father, jeremier win, said he came home after the overnight shift to an unlocked front door. an open window and the discovery that his 10-month-old daughter was gone. his wife at the time was asleep. police say the case looks like an abduction. they don't have any suspects. we sent our own reporter to kansas city. ed, i was looking at the latest. the fbi combing a landfill in kansas earlier. what can you tell us about the search? >> reporter: these fbi teams spent much of the day at a landfill, not too far from this neighborhood here in kansas city. but we're told that this point that search didn't turn up anything, any kind of evidence or any kind of clues that might help them in the search for the missing baby girl, 10-month-old lisa irwin. the home here is the one you see right behind me. authorities say that it was the window on the end of the house there that the mother of th

alex and erin. and bernie sanders talk about the real slasher movie. >> are they willing to tear down the economy in order to tear down the president? >> republicans and what they want to do. >> trace the call. it's coming from inside the house. all that plus a if you supergnarl surprises. >> welcome, rev. >> hello, al. >> hey, who is that guy? >> it's a spooky special on "politics is nation, and it all starts right now. >>> welcome to politics nation. i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, forget halloween. that's only one night. for the republican party, fright night just goes on and on. we'll talk about the herman cain's sexual harassment story in a moment, but first, who is willard mitt romney trying to get this halloween? the flipper or the flopper? george will calls him the human pretzel. ouch. today he's getting tagged as a flip-flopper. it's getting impossible to keep track of his positions. >> when the facts change, i change too, madam. what do you do? >> i need reinforcements to try to help us u

>> i think they're lying, erin.nd young ladies that have gone to school with john, know him for a number of years, and i haven't heard anything that indicates to me that this is something that has been going on for several months, if the planning stages. john has been a student at stag high school. he's had an opportunity to meet and mingle with a number of people. he maintained a full-time job in addition to working with his -- for his mom and dad's company. i don't see any of that in any of the people that i've spoken with. >> let me ask you, the teenagers that have spoken say that the motive was money and that the parents were beaten to death for $35,000 in cash, which was kept in a house. what kind of relationship did your client have with his parents? was he close with them? >> from everyone that i've talked to, john has had a very close relationship with mom and dad. he was a 17-year-old kid, of course, and everybody has their problems with their parents at that age, but not to the degree that i saw in the pho

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erin. >> eunice, thank you very much. sig 10-month-old lisa irwin. her mother says she's innocent. there no leads yet from police, but suspicion continues to hover around bradley. she's hired a high profile lawyer from new york. it was a pretty busy day there in kansas city, jim? >> reporter: it started on nbc news "today" show when deborah bradley admitted she was drunk and perhaps even blacked out on the night that lisa disappeared. her new attorney that she just said that may be indeed be why if an intruder broke in, she may not have heard it. police have been researching areas, going inch by inch, trying to find new leads, but police tell us they have had no breaks in this case, erin. >> jim, thank you very much. >>> jurors had the day off in the case against michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray, but there was a development that could affect his defense. prosecutors presented the judge with a new toxicology report that actually contradicts a key defense theory, which is that michael jackson was taking the drug lora

erin? >> thanks so much, max.to. >>> search for a missing missouri baby is ramping up. it's been four days since the baby's father, jeremier win, said he came home after the overnight shift to an unlocked front door. an open window and the discovery that his 10 mold mo-month-old d was gone. his wife at the time was asleep. police say the case looks like an abduction. they don't have any suspects. we sent our own reporter to kansas city. ed, i was looking at the latest. the fbi combing a landfill in kansas earlier. what can you tell us about the search? >> reporter: these fbi teams spent much of the day at a landfill, not too far from this neighborhood here in kansas city. but we're told that this point that search didn't turn up anything, any kind of evidence or any kind of clues that might help them in the search for the missing baby girl, 10-month-old lisa irwin. the home here is the one you see right behind me. authorities say that it was the window on the end of the house there that the mother of the baby had

erin. >> eunice, thank you very much.ig 10-month-old lisa irwin. her mother says she's innocent. there no leads yet from police, but suspicion continues to hover around bradley. she's hired a high profile lawyer from new york. it was a pretty busy day there in kansas city, jim? >> reporter: it started on nbc news "today" show when deborah bradley admitted she was drunk and perhaps even blacked out on the night that lisa disappeared. her new attorney that she just said that may be indeed be why if an intruder broke in, she may not have heard it. police have been researching areas, going inch by inch, trying to find new leads, but police tell us they have had no breaks in this case, erin. >> jim, thank you very much. >>> jurors had the day off in the case against michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray, but there was a development that could affect his defense. prosecutors presented the judge with a new toxicology report that actually contradicts a key defense theory, which is that michael jackson was taking the drug loraze

erin? >> thank you very much, paula.t in the search for the missing 11-month-old baby in missouri. police affidavit released today says a cadaver dog searching for evidence of lisa indicated a positive hit for the scent of a body next to her mother's body. police left the home with blankets and toys. as you can see there, baby lisa's parents reported her missing on october 4th. her father said he returned home to discover the lights on, a tampered window and a missing baby. the mother denied any involvement at all. sandra endo joins us tonight. how reliable are these dogs when they say they picked up the scent? >> well, erin, cadaver dogs could be 100% accurate depending how they're trained and handled. but obviously, a hit is important in this investigation. and i just want to show you the scene right now outside of baby lisa irwin's house. the grandparents of the baby is holding a prayer vigil right now. evidently we haven't been hearing much from the family as of late, but we have gotten comment just moments ago from

>> it is interesting, erin.his is a topic that when i worked for president bush at the white house we worked on aggressively. we worked across party lines to try to get comprehensive immigration reform put in to place. unfortunately, because of harry reid, that did not happen. but these states are reflecting the desire out there for someone to do something about the problem. interestingly, alabama, in that case, they actually -- one part upheld was that police officers could detain someone they stopped lawfully if they suspected they were an illegal immigrant. some parts were upheld and others were not. but this topic, we have to reduce the volume -- >> scott we have to recognize. >> discussion in order to bring people together. the leaders of both parties pander on it. >> we have to recognize this is a bipartisan disgrace. by party during the first two years of the obama presidency my party did not show the leadership to get the job done despite the rhetoric and your party had six years with president bush in t

erin? >> all right, ted, thanks so much.g fire at a chemical plant sent a huge plume of black smoke into the sky. the images were shocking. authorities had to evacuate the area, including an elementary school. ed lavandera is in dallas tonight. ed, we understand everyone got out safely. i'm wondering, do you know what caused the fire yet? >> erin, the exact cause of the fire is not known yet. but the fire chief did say he was told by company officials that chemicals were being mixed and that there was some sort of reaction. quite an understatement considering just how dangerous the chemicals that are used at this plant, and considering just how large and massive the fire and smoke was, erupting from this plant south of dallas. but right now, officials from the epa and city officials say that air quality tests, amazingly, show that there is no serious threat to people on the ground. erin? >> ed, thank you. >>> now, america's relationship with pakistan. it remains front and center in the war on terror. the country, well, where

>> erin, it's a children's story.n for iran president mahmoud ahmadinejad is calling the allegations by the u.s. justice department against iran. the iranian's president's office saying it's a fabrication by washington to distract the american public from domestic problems like unemployment. a strong almost mocking denial from iran. it's important to remember these are purely allegations coming from washington. no one has been convicted. even so the allegations are sure to ratchet tensions between washington. many u.s. officials talking about slapping iran with tougher sanctions. erin. >> now to detroit where a nigerian terrorism suspect went on trial for his alleged involvement in a plan to blow up a plane on christmas day in 2009. we're in detroit. deb, what happened in court today? >> erin, the accused underwear bomber looked comfortable and in control. at one point he was surrounded by the lawyer, the judge and prosecutors. they gave opening statements saying he traveled to yemen where he was recruited in a mosque

>> it is interesting, erin.his is a topic that when i worked for president bush at the white house we worked on aggressively. we worked across party lines to try to get comprehensive immigration reform put in to place. unfortunately, because of harry reid, that did not happen. but these states are reflecting the desire out there for someone to do something about the problem. interestingly, alabama, in that case, they actually -- one part upheld was that police officers could detain someone they stopped lawfully if they suspected they were an illegal immigrant. some parts were upheld and others were not. but this topic, we have to reduce the volume -- >> scott we have to recognize. >> discussion in order to bring people together. the leaders of both parties pander on it. >> we have to recognize this is a bipartisan disgrace. by party during the first two years of the obama presidency my party did not show the leadership to get the job done despite the rhetoric and your party had six years with president bush in t

erin? >> thank you very much.ings would have been built to earthquake code having been there. next to tunisia where there was a big turnout in the first national election since the uprising which overthrew the long-time dictator. ivan, how many people actually went to the polls. when are we going to know the winner? >> reporter: erin, tunisia's top election commissioner called the turnout an historic vote and fabulous u he said more than 80% of the 4.1 million voters who registered showed up to cast their ballots and final results are expected tuesday afternoon though so far preliminary indicators suggest that a moderate islamist political party won first place but not enough for a clear majority. it will have to form a coalition with at least one secular political party to form tunisia's first post dictatorial government. erin? >> thank you very much. >>> now to texas. officials are trying to get a fire from a blown oil well under control. ed lavandera is in dallas. how long will it take to get the fire stopped?

i really believe that, erin. i mean, i think having the debate within your party over a new direction for america, which is what we're having in our party and i think of a lot of independents are involved with it, is really the same kind of debate, although much different issues than what was happening in 2008 among the democrats. so, we're having that debate. i think it's its healthy for our party, healthy for america. listen, if you want to keep going the same way we have been for the past four years, then americans will stick with barack obama. but i happen to think that's a pretty miserable place to be and most americans agree with me. and that's why i think we're going to be ultimately successful in 2012. >> let me ask you this in terms of money. how much money is it going to cost you to do it, reince president obama at $84.9 million raised. mitt romney $32.2 million and the man tied with him has about million raised. how much is it going to cost you? >> i think it's going to come down to issues. i think the

erin burnett "outfront" starts now. see you monday. >>> we're on "the front line" in pakistan tonight. is it a rogue state? we went to karachi to sit down with the country's young men to find out. >>> then herman cain's 9-9-9 plan, do the numbers really add up? >>> and the bottom line on iraq. over the next two months our troops are coming home, but is our commitment there over? our commitment there over? let's go "outfront." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i'm erin burnett. "outfront" on a friday night, the end of the war in iraq. all american troops will be home by the end of the year. that's 39,000 men and women. there was talk that 5,000 troops might stay next year, but, no. we've got jessica yellin at the white house and chris lawrence at the pentagon tonight. jessica, i wanted to start with you. this came down to whether our troops would be protected troops would be protected from prosecution in iraq in part, didn't it? >> reporter: that's right. the white house, this administration and the iraqi governm

erin? >> sara, thank you. >>> now to yemen.ng story, thousands of women protesting president ali abdullah saleh's crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. the way they're doing it is by burning their veils. how significant is this? >> reporter: this is an extremely significant development. while we've seen more and more women anti-government demonstrators flooding the streets of yemeni cities, this is a remarkable sign of defiance in a deeply conservative islamic culture. according to some of the women protesters, they say this is the first time this has been done in the nine-month-long uprising. they say it was done for symbolic value. one, to call for help from the international community. and two, to ask yemeni tribes for their support and for their protection, especially from government crackdowns targeting peaceful anti-government demonstrators, specifically women and children. erin? >> all right, thank you very much, mohammad. women in yemen, as i experienced, certainly all were veiled. >>> an emotional day of testimo

we have to look at every single expenditure, erin.y right and i've never said this budget act would solve my debt crisis. we never pretended that. it's just a beginning of a national commitment that members of congress need to make to their constituents that they'll take seriously. there are responsibilities and when they tell the public they're spending so much, and not much more. >> quickly, before we go. they want to put those entitlements on the table. >> everyone says they want to put it on the table and someone else will come up with it because people want to get reelected. so why not just put a plan on ask say, i don't care if i lose my job over this. it's the right thing to do. >> you know, that's been done. a number of people have proposed that. of course, the democrats and president obama has hammered anyone that has seriously proposed that. the house budget republican budget put out a long-term plan that provided a vision for a form of medicare and he was accused of everything of throwing the old people in the streets. >> s

erin?ill see what will happen. obviously, there is a crucial meeting for the eu this weekend on a bailout for greece and the european banks and that will matter big time for greece and global markets. >>> now to syria where more government troops were killed in a firefight with dissidents according to a human rights group. arwa damon is in beirut tonight. and i'm particularly curious as to how moammar gadhafi's death is playing in syria. >> reporter: erin, more than a dozen people were killed in syria as the crackdown continues, but at the same time activists say they took to the streets in celebration, celebrating the death, and warning bashar al assad that he needed to be careful because he was about to be next and they vowed the protests would continue, planning, again, on having massive demonstrations take price friday across the entire country. erin? >> arwa, thank you. >>> now to thailand where the worst flood in half a century has kill 320 people so far. max foster is in london. the

erin? >> sara, thank you. >>> now to yemen.zing story, thousands of women protesting president ali abdullah saleh's crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. the way they're doing it is by burning their veils. how significant is this? >> reporter: this is an extremely significant development. while we've seen more and more women anti-government demonstrators flooding the streets of yemeni cities, this is a remarkable sign of defiance in a deeply conservative islamic culture. according to some of the women protesters, they say this is the first time this has been done in the nine-month-long uprising. they say it was done for symbolic value. one, to call for help from the international community. and two, to ask yemeni tribes for their support and for their protection, especially from government crackdowns targeting peaceful anti-government demonstrators, specifically women and children. erin? >> all right, thank you very much, mohammad. women in yemen, as i experienced, certainly all were veiled. >>> an emotional day of testi

erin?>>> for the second time in 16 days, police have searched the missouri home where 11-month-old lisa irwin disappeared. there is still no sign of the missing baby. investigators questioned the mother who admits she was drinking the night she disappeared and might have blacked out. she says she was there the night of the disappearance. she was going to join us but her lawyer will not be joining us. jill spellman has been covering the story from missouri, working the case. what can you tell us? they searched the home again today. do you have any idea why? >> reporter: supposedly not based on any new information but a desire to go back and do due diligence. they're about 10 hours in the search. still going in and out of the house. it began last night, issued a search warrant and two police cruisers arrived to stop the family from entering the home, that's part of the conditions of this search warrant. and this morning, they arrived, at least a dozen people in white csi suits in and out of t