>> i can remember raising up in the hospital bed screaming out, no, no, not erin. >> why would erin dond complex, for love. two nights before the murders they had forbidden her to see him again. >> i was very angry. not only was i angry at god. but i was angry at my daughter. these two young men. the other men that drove the getaway car. i was angry. >> but he said god showed him another way. what is most remarkable is what happened next. terry forgave them all. asking that they be spared the death penalty. >> there are a lot of people sitting at home saying how could you. doesn't it dishonor your dead boys, your dead wife by forgiving? >> when you forgive, you're not just doing it for the other person, you're doing it for yourself. because when you hold on to that unforgiveness. they own you. you relive it over 'over. it wasn't until i forgive that i could experience that. >> he visits erin in prison every few months, and yet for all the smiles, sadness is never far away. you'll never walk her down the aisle. i mean all of those things that fathers look forward to with their little gi

>> just really, erin, extremely honored.hbcu digest ranked it the number one university. hbcu in america and for dr. brown to choose me to be the head football coach of the braves is truly an honor. >> now, obviously, this is new for everyone. and it is a milestone. there is a small group of alumni who have voiced their dissatisfaction in saying they don't -- you know, they don't think it's appropriate because you're white. what's your reaction to that? >> well, erin, everybody has a right to their opinion and i can't dispute that. i just know that i have had tremendous support. i'm from here, this is home to me. i drew up -- i grew up with many alcornites and many dear friends that went to alcorn and, you know, it's a natural fit for me and my family, being from this area and, you know, i think -- i'm a football coach. erin, i'm not a politician, i'm a football coach. i think one thing that we can all learn from the wonderful profession of coaching is i have been coaching for 20 years. and i don't believe i have ever known

erin? me -- she talked about her son and the version she told you is very different than what you're reporting from his prior record. i mean what kind of person did she say that he was? >> reporter: well, she said he was a good person, a good son who respected the family. and she was just completely startled that something like this could happen. and she refused to believe it and she went on to say that she felt the police should not have shot him, although they say they had no choice, they should have used a taser on him. but it completely took her offguard and that's why she wanted to go on camera and talk about the developments in this case. >> what about the whole conversation about drugs. because what happened here with the whole sort of superhuman powers is bizarre. you have talked to other people who knew rudy eugene. you talked to his some his friends, did he use drugs? what have you been able to find out? >> reporter: one of his close friends said that he had been smoking marijuana

let's go "outfront." >>> well, good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett. a wake-up call from the ragin' cajun. bill clinton's top adviser, james carville, along with two respected democratic pollsters out with a blistering 16-page indictment of the president's campaign strategy. carville says the president's efforts to convince voters that the economy is going in the right direction hit the wrong strategy and in his words will fail. he's right about one thing. the president is selling a message of hope, hard. >> we've gone through the worst financial crisis and economic crisis since the great depression. we've made significant progress. the good news is that we're starting to see progress. so we're making progress. we're moving in the right direction. >> progress? doesn't add up. we looked at some important economic indicators with bespoke investment research. look at the unemployment rate. this chart starts in the summer of 2007, when america was booming. at the very top, unemployment was 4.6%. a level it had hovered at for years. today it's 8.2. now take

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>> no, we're not counting on that, erin. ben bernanke is exactly right, congress should get its act together, needs to get its act together to prevent the fiscal cliff, which would hurt the economy, and also come up with a long-term plan to reduce the deficit. so we also deal with that long-term issue. there are bipartisan models for how to do this that have been put forward by groups like the simpson-bowles group. i think that's a good framework. so the path toward getting there is clear. the political will, unfortunately, has not been there. >> and it has seemed to come down very explicitly to this issue in the near term, and obviously this is a piece of the grand bargain, but to this issue of the bush tax cuts and whether they go away for everyone -- stay for everyone or only stay for some people and go away for the wealthier, who would receive a tax increase. now, this is a crucial issue. some of the people on the other side of the debate from you, on the tea party, the ones who don't want to raise taxes at all and have

>> i think he does, erin. you know, the president of the atlanta federal reserve board branch said that he thought that we're getting to the point where we may need more so-called quantitative easing. that's basically fed speak for buying up long-term interest -- getting long-term interest rates down and making sure that the economy over the long term, those long-term interest rates, will spur additional growth. i think that a lot of people have come around to the view that particularly after friday's very dismal jobs numbers, the fed is far closer to embracing quantitative easing, a third round of quantitative easing than it was prepared to do before. there are still some inflation hawks on the fed that are worried about doing that, but not many. i think they're just about ready to do it and i think it's the right thing to do. >> could you say, doug, that it's like a drug. i inject it the first time and i get this great high and then i get addicted. the second time the high is not as good. the third time -- i

erin?ues from mexico city. >>> now to syria where rebel forces launched an attack on a government-run television station. seven were killed in the chaos. ivan watson is in istanbul. >> reporter: the syrian government says rebels attacked at down at the headquarters outside damascus of the pro government tv channel and killed three journalists working there as well as four security guards before blowing the place up. the information minister for the syrian government is calling this an act of terrorism, an attack on media and journalists in syria. he's blaming this in part on western governments and arab and international institutions that he claims are part of a conspiracy against the syrian regime. this shows the increased audacity of the armed syrian operation which according to a u.n. report is starting to use assassinations more often and improvised explosive devices against military targets that do not only hit syrian security forces, but also syrian civilians. erin? >> thanks to ivan

but, erin, my frustration was he didn't deal with the millions of folks who are here.said what he would do for high-tech folks. he said what he would do for folks who joined the military. what about for the folks who are here? enforcement only doesn't address that. >> ryan, that's sort of what -- >> it's absolutely not enforcement only. the high-skilled immigration piece of this is not a trivial matter, erin -- >> in terms of raw numbers of people -- true, but in terms of raw numbers of people -- >> actually, no, erin -- first of all, we're focused on the unauthorized immigration question. there's a huge number of legal immigrants. he addressed their concerns about family unification among other issues. he talked about actually streamlining the immigration policy for these people who get forgotten. >> sure, but it's not mutually exclusive -- >> -- think that's actually a huge problem in terms of what matters for our economic future, erin. >> vicky. >> it's not mutually exclusive, you're right. we do need to address the question of legal immigrants. he did do a good job

erin burnett, outfront starts now. >> "outfront," next. are lawmakers playing a dangerous game of jenga with our economy? you know, the game with a little pull here, push, tug, until the whole thing comes crashing down. >>> and a leading republican made a strong statement about preventing voter fraud. but did he also reveal an ulterior motive to help mitt romney. >>> and a man accused of beating up a priest. it looks like an open and shut case. until you look closer. let's go "outfront." ♪ >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, capitol hill's dangerous game of jenga. we're going to play in a movement. let me explain. we came across a report today that, frankly, made us roll our eyes. i said the word vile out loud. here was the line. quote, congress said to delay automatic budget cuts until march. in other words, congress is now trying to get out of its self-imposed deadline of january 1st. that is when our leaders in washington, either have to find ways to cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion or face automatic across

you know, erin, i'm not sure what the best solution is.is, and i hate saying this, but maybe you do have to break up some of these big banks so they don't get so large, a, that we have to bail them out or b, even worse, the federal government doesn't have enough money to bail them out because they have gotten so large. >> this is the frightening thing about it. one other thing jamie dimon said today is this is an isolated incident. i heard that and all my alarm bells started going off. this is what every ceo has said with a major trading loss. in 2010 they lost $6.7 billion. the ceo said isolated fraud. mf global, the biggest bankruptcy since looehman brothers, they said it's an isolated incident. one thing we've learned is these incidents are anything but isolated. >> and happening -- unbelievably, erin, happening two years, three years after dodd-frank law was turned -- you know, passed. who would have thought that mf global could happen two years after dodd-frank was passed or that this big trading loss could occur without anybody knowi

erin burnett "outfront," take it away. >>> "outfront" next, the dow takes an unexpected dive. yet congress is arguing instead of solving it. tonight, we offer some solutions up from one of its members. mitt romney going before a skeptical crowd of latino leaders and giving his pitch, but did it add up? and george zimmerman in his own words describing the night trayvon martin died. the police videotapes "outfront" tonight. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" tonight, the plunge. the dow slid 251 point, today. there's only one other day this year that it has been worse. people are afraid. they're afraid of the blood gushing out of europe's veins. they're afraid of the blood draining out of jobs here in the united states. ultimately, they're most afraid that congress is too cold-blooded to do anything about it. to make a deal that could instill confidence again in the greatest economy on earth. yes, that is, still, by leap, bounds, everything, everybody, the united states of america. instead, by the end of the day, the credit rating agency moody's downgraded amer

. >> my name is erin and i brought some information today. >> erin brockovich, you're sick, you're kids are sick because of their lice. >> the real erin brockovich now travels the country. working for a law firm to mobilize people to fight against pa lieu tants in their own backyard. her latest target may surprise you, the u.s. marine corp., the issue maybe the largest water contamination in the american history. it happened here of all places, camp le june in north carolina, the largest training base of marines in the world. >> for 30-year stretch until the mid 1980s the marines la june ranked water raced with cancer causing chemicals like benzene. hundreds of thousands were exposed. many died and others are still getting sick today. jerry is a career marine who raised his family at lejeu next e. >> there are people who can be helped and need help. that's my priority. >> mike joined him in this crew said. >> this is where people were worked. i was a drill instructor. i trained over 2,000 marines. >> mike's father was stationed when his mother got pregnant. today he's an insurance adjus

i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, decision time. it's the biggest an most important election before november 6th and it's getting started in just under 12 hours. wisconsin republican governor scott walker fighting what is probably going to end up being the most expensive, high-stakes recall election in american history. democrats want walker out after he and the republican-controlled legislature voted to strip union members of collective bargaining rights. remember all those pictures of just complete chaos in the state capitol? democrats accuse walker of waging a war on unions. republicans say they're doing their jobs, trying to stem a budget crisis in the state. it has become one of the most bitter political fights in america, pegging big business against big labor. talk about two sumo wrestlers. neither of those groups on those own are loaded. you're talking about $80 million just for this race. that is pretty stunning. the impact of tomorrow's election is going to be felt across the country. john avlon, rahme and ryan sim here. i

erin?ula. >>> now to mexico, a recent study found over 10% of organized crime group, led by women. and that number is growing. i asked rafael while rear seeing more and more women leading some of the most dangerous drug cartels on earth? >> erin, women end up as cartel bosses because they're the only ones flefrt a drug war where you see cartels fighting governments and government fighting cartels many have fall rch and wives, daughter, girlfriends have taken their place. according to a new book published in mexico, 46 women arrested in mexico in the last five years. for example, this woman known as the queen of the pacific was arrested in 2007 and convicted of trafficking cocaine from colombia. there's also the case of angie, a former colombian beauty queen arrested in argentina and charged with trafficking cocaine from south america to europe. erin? >> wow. involving beauty queens, the uk, the british prepare to celebrate queen elizabeth 2ii 60th year on the throne. to kick off festivities

>> well, you know, erin, i mean, we went through the worst financial recession in our country. obviously, the president inherited that midstream. let's remember, when he takes office, in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, our economy is shrinking at 7.8%. we've lost 4 million jobs, and we're losing jobs at 800,000 a month. that's the economy he took over. so, of course, it was on a deep dive. indeed, most people -- many people feared we could go into a global free-fall, even a second great depression. and the steps the president took didn't stop that on a dime. but they had a significant impact. we returned to growth in the second half of 2009. one year after we were losing 800,000 jobs in march, 2009, job growth was growing. if you look even how we are comparing to the last recovery, the tap-in under president bush, we are over 2 million jobs ahead of pace than we were in the last recovery. >> what does that mean, though? we have 735,000 fewer jobs now than we did when this recession started. and that obviously doesn't count for growth of population, rig

look, erin, the problems with europe are not so much monetary. even in the banks, as bad as the problems are in the banks. the problem is they have a regulatory structure, a tax structure, that isn't competitive in global markets. nobody wants to start a business, open a factory. we had a piece in "the wall street journal" this week about how in some european countries they now have a policy if you get sick on your vacation, you get another week of vacation. there's not enough people working in europe. >> wow. >> great policy, right? >> a lot of americans are saying where do i move to get that? >> systematic of a kind of cutture in europe that cannot give up these entitlements that are driving the country down. >> it's interesting, before we get too excited, jim this is the same angel, angela merkel who earlier this week said europe will not have shared liability for debt. which is a crucial thing. when you get all kinds of other countries defaulting. she said they will not have shared liability for that debt as long as she lives. >> i guess you

erin. >> it's awful.. >>> now, john king with a look at what's on "a.c. 360." >> tonight, with both parties and both candidates looking to score political points with their constituents, we're keeping them honest. a big panel tonight. jeff toobin, sanjay gupta, ari fleisher, gloria borger. also ahead, a live report from the front lines of the firestorm. it's already ripped through almost 350 homes in colorado springs. the waldo canyon blaze is only 50% contained. we'll tell you why the fbi is now involved. those stories and more on that house vote to hold the attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. plus tonight's riduculist at the top of the hour. >> now, our fifth story "outfront." did infighting in the obama administration cost american lives in afghanistan? taxpayers have spent more than $542 billion on the afghanistan war. more than 2,000 american soldiers have died. but did fighting in his white house cause the country to pay a steeper price in money and lives than we should have? went

erin burnett "out front" starts now. a major development in the george zimmerman case tonight. his wife arrested and charged with lying. and tears on the witness stand during the jerry san dusky trial to be the. let's go out front. good evening every one, on "out front" tonight, a walk up call from the rage oncage on. out with a blistering 16 page indictment of the president's campaign strategy. carville says the president's evidence to convince voters to convince voters is the wrong strategy and in his words will fail. he's right about one thing. the president is selling a message of hope, hard. >> we've gone through the worst financial crisis and the economic crisis since the great depression. we've made significant progress. the good news is that we're starting to see progress. >> so we're making progress. we're moving in the right direction. >> progress? does it add up? well, we looked at some important economic indicators. just take a look at the unemployment rate. this chart starts in the summer of 2007 when america was booming. at the very top, unemployment was 4.6%. a l

." ♪ >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett.outfront" tonight, capitol hill's dangerous game of jenga. we're going to play in a movement. let me explain. we came across a report today that, frankly, made us roll our eyes. i said the word vile out loud. here was the line. quote, congress said to delay automatic budget cuts until march. in other words, congress is now trying to get out of its self-imposed deadline of january 1st. that is when our leaders in washington, either have to find ways to cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion or face automatic across-the-board spending cuts equal to that amount. now, those automatic cuts are designed to hit in the worst places. places that you would not make quick cuts to solve the spending problem. poorly designed, on purpose. bipartisan reports say those cuts could cost over 1 million american jobs. but instead of that terrible situation forcing congress to say, you know what, we're going to find a better, smarter set of cuts, we can cut this amount of money, just not from those places or in

it was a bullet through the heart. >> erin, if i -- >> yeah. >> i'm sorry.hink what's very important to point out here is that we have to figure out, did law enforcement do a good job or did they not do a good job? we've heard from different sides that there's been a lot of criticism. that chief lee didn't do his job and such. i've been doing this for 33 years as a criminal defense lawyer and i've never seen this much work done on a case. this much videotaping. and now a man who i respect, mr. krump, but he's acknowledging, and i think he's doing a fabulous job on behalf of his client, but he's acknowledging that the law enforcement officer did a good job and he came to a conclusion. so i think that we have to really determine, was a proper full investigation done, and if it was done, then we have to either say they did a good investigation or he didn't do a good investigation. but we can't really pick and choose when it fits a particular side, one side or the other. i think that's only fair to law enforcement who conducted the investigation. either they did

. >>> "erin burnett outfront" is coming up at the top of the hour. erin, hi.ir ben bernanke testified before congress today, but pretty tight-lipped on taking any steps to help the economy. what's that about? >> really tight-lipped. i think, jessica, trying to say it's not my job, i've done a lot. there are serious risks to what the fed does short term to help the economy that could cause a lot of pain long term. he doesn't want to do more unless he has to. he wants congress to do it. we'll be joined by chris van hollen to talk about whether there's a real compromise. >>> and a shocking video that we found, jessica, coming out of egypt which includes the line "banish the sleep from the eyes of the jews." we'll talk about that with the vice prime minister of israel. back to you. >> wow, all right. thanks, erin. >>> still ahead, 2,000 former nfl players file one massive lawsuit. why they say the league didn't do enough to warn them about head injuries. >>> and a word of advice, if you're speaking on the house floor, silence your cell. how one senator handled his