that erin was alive. >> then i had some hope, something to live for. >> but the hope was quickly extingui extinguished. police arrested erin for plotting the murderers and two others. what was your reaction? >> i can remember raising up in the hospital bed screaming out, no, no, not erin. >> why would erin do such a thing? the answer was simple and 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 f

and author of the new book "showdown." erin mcpike is a reporter for real clear politics. erin, does it seem like the president did what he needed to do to energize that constituency today? >> for the most part, yes, at least in comparison to mitt romney yesterday. president obama simply said he would sign a dream act if it made it to his desk, which deals with a smaller portion of the nation's illegal immigrants. not all 11 million of them. so we heard from a lot of republicans today who said that while president obama continues to support the dream act, he didn't go much further than that. it energizes the latino community to a certain degree, but not 100%. i mean, he's been saying that his door has been open for three and a half years if congress would like to work with him. bit a lot of republicans started chiding him today saying that's really not enough and doesn't show a ton of leadership. >> to state the obvious, 9% of those who came out to vote in '08, if that gets boosted to 10, 11, 12%, there in would lie the margin of victory in a close race overall. >> yes. and if

. thanks for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, mayor bloomberg hates your big gulp. why the mayor of new york city, though, is taking on some of the biggest and most powerful and deep pocketed companies in america. >>> and new details about the man responsible for the zombie-like attack. the last thing he said to his girlfriend before he left for the gruesome face-eating assault. >>> plus, the guy who did this comes outfront. >> i'm sick of it! every year we give power to one person! >>> i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, saving us from ourselves. a superhero saving america, just like clark kent, the original 1950 superman. >> faster than a speeding bullet. more powerful than a locomotive. able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. >> look, up in the sky, it's a bird. >> it's a plane. >> it's super bloomberg. he came to new york city with powers and abilities far more beyond mortal men. super bloomberg has banned smoking in bars and parks. forced restaurants to stop using transfats as his bare hands and he is really fighting for america's health,

ever! >> my daughter will come along for the ride. lisa, see you back here tomorrow night. erin burnett "out front". >>> top adviser to president obama says the campaign strategy is destined to fail. >>> and a major development in the george zimmerman case tonight. his wife arrested and charged. and tears on the witness stand during the jerry sandusky trial. it was an emotional day in court. it started with allegations of a secret file on the former penn state football coach. 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

enthusiasm haters are out in force on the ridiculist. that's it for us. thanks for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, secret talks to save america from economic disaster going on tonight. >>> and bill clinton says i'm very sorry. but does his apology add up? >>> and reports of a growing problem with american soldiers using a drug linked to the zombie-like attack in miami. let's go outfront. >>> i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, secret talks. secret talks in congress to save america from fiscal implosion. secret talks happen all the time, and 99% of them fail. but we are rooting for the 1% chance that these finally succeed. because america needs a grand bargain to prevent our debt rising to twice the size of our economy and to prevent a recession really, really soon. today fed chief ben bernanke, the man who has twisted and turned to get interest rates to zero to try to help this country said now congress must act. >> i urge congress to come to agreement on that well in advance so as not to push us to the 12th hour. if no action were taken and t

contact you on the ridiculist. that's it for us. thanks for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, breaking news. the biggest day of the year. why? a 300-point surge. what the heck for? >>> and fbi now involved in finding out how high in the american government classified information is being leaked. >>> later ripped from the headlines, a story about spies, iran and billy baldwin. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight we have breaking news. a surge of the day. stocks just jumped to the moon. dow and s&p had their single best day for the entire year. the dow jumps 287 points. so you can say why, the sheer excitement. the ebulliance. have we suddenly solved all of our economic problems? have we stumbled upon a machine gun of silver bullets? have we found our terminator? not so fast, arnold. today we got shot up with rubber bullets. it was an arsenal of talk but no concrete action. in europe, the central bank chief said officials stand ready to act and there were reports of talks of a possible deal to bail out banks in countries i

! >>> i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, saving us from ourselves. a superhero saving america, just like clark kent, the original 1950 superman. >> faster than a speeding bullet. more powerful than a locomotive. able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. >> look, up in the sky, it's a bird. >> it's a plane. >> it's super bloomberg. he came to new york city with powers and abilities far more beyond mortal men. super bloomberg has banned smoking in bars and parks. forced restaurants to stop using transfats as his bare hands and he is really fighting for america's health, saying you can't buy a big gulp. it's a shot heard from coast to coast, the mayor planning to ban the sale of all sugary drinks sold in containers larger than 16 ounces. including energy drinks and presweetened iced teas. no more soda at movie theaters or at the stadium. former president bill clinton weighed in on the ban during an interview with harvey weinstein that airs tonight. >> i know a lot of people think this is a nanny state and he is interfering, but these are very serious problems. and there are a lot

sad memo yum. no, no. they were booing. they were booing. mary, we'll see you tomorrow. 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 defi

maybe, if needed, talk will become action. >> well, erin, i think the explanation is that the market had fallen so far and so deep, particularly after friday's very dismal jobs report, that the market and traders were looking for any silver lining. any good news. bond prices are very, very high. the yields are very low. a lot of global savings are just looking for where to put their money. and stocks are looking relatively good. so everybody was sort of waiting for the first little bit of good news and they would surge into stocks. there's another factor, and that is also there are traders on wall street. there were spec laters. they tend to exaggerate the volatility. on the way down they sell short, on the way up, they speculate. >> doug, what do you make of this? and i guess also because you don't want the guys who run these central banks, ben bernanke here in the united states, to go ahead and do things because the markets think that they should or will. that's, frankly, the last thing you want in terms of driving them to action, isn't it? >> i agree with that completely. i think

than wages. now, who can he blame that on? >> 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 d

see you right back here tomorrow night, same time, same place. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, jamie dimon, head of jpmorgan chase is grilled on capitol hill. claims he didn't know about the trade gone bad, but does his testimony add up? >>> and harry reid placing a bull's-eye on republicans in a heated exchange on the senate floor. is the gop dragging its feet on the economy on purpose to help mitt romney? >>> and there are a number of reasons why this song is going to get to you all summer. ♪ it's hard to look right at you, baby ♪ ♪ but here's my number, so call me maybe ♪ ♪ hey, i just met you >> wow. well, there's a surprising fact about the artist, carly ray jepson. outfront, next. >>> i'm erin burnett. welcome to "outfront." outfront tonight, jamie dime on opens his kimono. the ceo of jpmorgan chase gave us all quite a mental image when he testified in front of the senate banking committee in washington about whether the largest bank in the united states has been open about its multi billion dollar trade losses. >> we generally are open k

night. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, just hours away from the first real battle in the 2012 election. did democrats misfire big-time in wisconsin? >>> and george zimmerman's lawyer makes a stunning admission. will it cost his client his freedom? >>> and mayor bloomberg's latest stance, pro-pot and anti-munchies. that's just the way that guy kind of rolls. you've got to put a carrot and then a stick. let's go outfront. >>> good evening, everyone. 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

erin burnett. outfront tonight we have breaking news. a surge of the day. stocks just jumped to the moon. dow and s&p had their single best day for the entire year. the dow jumps 287 points. so you can say why, the sheer excitement. the ebulliance. have we suddenly solved all of our economic problems? have we stumbled upon a machine gun of silver bullets? have we found our terminator? not so fast, arnold. today we got shot up with rubber bullets. it was an arsenal of talk but no concrete action. in europe, the central bank chief said officials stand ready to act and there were reports of talks of a possible deal to bail out banks in countries in crisis like spain. that's a lot of talk. being ready to stand by is different than standing by. here at home, the fed said it may be ready to take further action to help spur the economy, extending unprecedented efforts to ease credit. now, that's still talk and not action. is this what we have come to, so desperate, hanging on to the economic precipice that a little sweet talk sends stocks to the moon? outfront tonight, doug holtz-eakin, an

, erin, the deficit, if the economy were growing again, the problem would go away. there are a lot people in your party who won't even acknowledge that. they're so obsessed with cutting spending. you don't sound like you share that same kind of line in the sand obsession. >> erin, be careful about making me sound too reasonable. you might hurt my credentials a little bit. no, i am willing to talk to the other side. i am willing to figure out how we fix things. i'm a physician. i want to diagnose the problem and fix the problem. i really am not a partisan because i'm willing to criticize my own party when i think they're wrong too. so i think if we talked more about the issues and less about the parties, we probably would do better. >> if we got rid of all the loopholes, obviously, i know you would keep some of them. some help the very poor. just for argument's sake, congressional service says you get rid of all of these things. you gain $1.1 trillion just in 2014. i'm at $3.3 trillion. i have a lot more money. i know you'd like to give some tax credits. but would you be willing, fo

to apple. play pong? >> i did play pong. >> we'll see you back here tomorrow night. erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the individual mandate. will it stay or will it go? it doesn't matter because the bill doesn't address the real problem with health care in this country. then, love your ipad? google offers up a rival today. they say it's cheaper with more features. does it add up? he says congress wasn't mature enough to handle the budget issue. what's he going to do about it? we ask him. become mckeon chairman of the armed services committee, "outfront." >>> good evening everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the health care fight that doesn't add up. love it or loathe it. the individual mandate, the heart of president obama's signature domestic achievement is in jeopardy tonight. republicans are already circling the wagons. >> we made it pretty clear and i'll make it clear one more time. if the court does not strike down the entire law, the house will move to repeal what's left of it. >> t

attack in miami. let's go outfront. >>> i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, secret talks. secret talks in congress to save america from fiscal implosion. secret talks happen all the time, and 99% of them fail. but we are rooting for the 1% chance that these finally succeed. because america needs a grand bargain to prevent our debt rising to twice the size of our economy and to prevent a recession really, really soon. today fed chief ben bernanke, the man who has twisted and turned to get interest rates to zero to try to help this country said now congress must act. >> i urge congress to come to agreement on that well in advance so as not to push us to the 12th hour. if no action were taken and the fiscal cliff were to kick in in its full size, i think it would be very likely that the economy would begin to contract. >> contract means get smaller. it means recession. and people talk a whole lot about this fiscal cliff, but sometimes, you know, it kind of blurs together. so what exactly are we talking about? to be honest, this cliff is like we're on the top of mt. everest staring down a

though. >> see you back here tomorrow night. they're funny kids. 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 t

. >> thanks, jessica. >>> "erin burnett outfront" is coming up at the top of the hour. erin, hi. federal reserve chair 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

imagines. >> names legacy of environmental disasters. hollywood made a movie. >> 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 fat

summer? >> 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 made this a religion have started to compromise. two of

. >> have great weekend. see you back here monday night. 23459s all for us. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next the dow plunges nearly 300 points. a horrible jobs report today. why some of the nation's leading ceos tell us they're hiring now. >>> a developing story. in the past hour, mitt romney releasing his personal financial statements for the past year. what changed, and what didn't in the romney's back account. >>> and george zimmerman has less than 48 hours to report to jail. this is bad news for his trial. it's all "outfront" tonight. >>> i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, stocks tanked. the dow plunged 2774 points today killing all the gains of this year. it's the biggest drop since november. it was really bad day. the reason was a terrible jobs report. usually using adjectives like this are sometimes much for the markets but it's the way it was today. american employers add add meager 69,000 job, which is about half the number needed just to keep up with current population growth. it was the weakest month of hiring for the year and the unemploy

>>> that's it for us. thanks for watching. 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 th

prevent voter fraud. >> erin, everybody wants fair voting without fraud, but this guy, the head of the republicans and pennsylvania state legislature pulled the curtain back because all of those high-minded reasons, principled reasons allegedly for passing this law, he just said, we're really about partisan gain. and about the pursuit of power. and this is why people are sick of politicians. because they use all this -- supposedly principled reasons and it's nothing about except power and partisan gain. >> roland, this brings me to the tough issue. i think most people would say, look, you should be able to have an identification who you are and where you're from to vote. that is intimidating to some people. why and to whom? how can this law become something that is discriminatory? >> it's not just pennsylvania. it's florida, it's ohio, it's 18 states. and so many of these republican legislatures have been doing this as a result of a.l.e.c., that secret group behind different efforts, as well. the bottom line is this here. it goes beyond just saying you need an i.d. because they're even

will be here tomorrow night for you. i'll see you on the campaign trail. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> next, president obama takes a victory lap on health care. mitt romney sees a republican rally cry. but do you know who really won? we do. for the first time in history, sitting attorney general charged with contempt of congress. he called it political. so, why did 17 democrats vote for it? one of them "outfront." and this man found guilty of child rape but is going to be receiving a big sum of money from penn state university. that doesn't add up. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, party time. both sides spinning the health care verdict. the president celebrating his individual mandate ruling at the supreme court. >> today, i'm as confident as ever that when we look back five years from now or ten years from now or 20 years from now, we'll be better off because we have the courage to pass this law and keep moving forward. >> and republicans seeing a way to rally the base. a

"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-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 that amount, they might kick the

>>> i'm erin burnett. welcome to "outfront." outfront tonight, jamie dime on opens his kimono. the ceo of jpmorgan chase gave us all quite a mental image when he testified in front of the senate banking committee in washington about whether the largest bank in the united states has been open about its multi billion dollar trade losses. >> we generally are open kimono with the regulators and tell them what they want to know. >> open kimono. sure, that sure sexes up that testimony in washington but maybe he was open kimono about the things he knew about but not about things he didn't, like how the trade in question had morphed out of control. >> so this transaction that you said morphed, what did it morph into, russian roulette? >> it morphed into something i can't justify, that was just too risky for our company. >> he couldn't justify it. it was too risky. it's almost like he's talking about a physical object. but this was a trade. a trade gone terribly bad. dimon said he didn't know how bad the trades were until late april. but you know what's amazing about this? major financial m

want to tell you have a wonderful weekend. that is all from me. i'm kate baouldin. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, the samsung galaxy, one of the best selling phones on earth. what does it have to do with iran's nuclear program. >>> >>> and mitt romney makes a day one promise. on day one of my presidency. we're going to show you why that usually doesn't add up. >>> george zimmerman in jail tonight, waiting for a judge to determine if he'll be set free on bond. his lawyer is "outfront." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront," we have breaking news. this was a very, very big day. stocks surged. the best day of the year. and the best june in 13 years. lucky 13 i guess. why? well, we were touched by an angel. and considering how important europe is to american jobs and to this presidential election, the president was touched by an angel too. yes. yes, she is, the angel in this case is literal. angela merkel putting another band aid on the europe crisis that buoyed stocks around the planet. literally this st

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>>> we'll be back with the riduculist countdown. that does it for this edition of "ac 360." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> the bill doesn't address the real problem with health care in this country. and, then, love your ipad? google offers up a rival today. they say it's cheaper with more features. does it add up? >>> and he says congress wasn't mature enough to handle the budget issue. so what's he going to do about it? buck is out front. snoof good. >>> good evening, everyone. the health care fight that doesn't added a up. love it or loathe it. the mandate that is the heart of president obama's single achievement is and republicans are already circling the wagon. >> if the court does not strike down the entire law, the house will move to repeal what's left of it. >> there are three things to know about the bill tonight. as we count down to the supreme court's biggest decision of the year. first this, only one in ten americans would even be required to get health insurance under the president's mandate. yes, you heard me right. the mandate is wildly unpopular but

major systemic losses. >> you know, erin, your analysis is spot-on. i mean obviously they look to jpmorgan to buy bear sterns, to buy washington mutual because it was the strongest u.s. bank. now it's gotten so much bigger. in fact part of the reason that we have this crisis or this $2 billion -- or not little, $5 billion trading loss in jpmorgan is because they had so much excess cash of deposits that jamie dimon said they got through in part washington mutual, that they felt the need to invest that money. they can't make any spread on that money because interest rates are so low due to fed policy so they began taking a whole bunch of risks and nobody knew about it. >> let me just ask you, stephen moore, this is a tough one. jamie dimon addressed this issue of too big to fail. what he said today sort of surprised me. here it is, i'm going to get your reaction. >> we have to get rid of anything that looks like too big to fail. we have to allow our big institutions to fail. it's part of the health of the system and we shouldn't prop them up. we have to allow them to fail. >> he con

erin moriarty. the highest court yet strikes down the national law that denies same-sex marriage. nancy cordes on what's next. america's biggest city plans to ban super-sized soft drinks. michelle miller on one mayor's crusade against obesity. and norah o'donnell with a familiar face at the white house. >> as you wrestle with tough is psions, you will now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask, "what would george do?" ( laughter ) eve captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. with a former vice presidential nominee, a couple of millionaires, a thief and a mistress, the john edwards trial had all the elements of a novel but, apparently, not the elements of a conviction, according to the jury late today. edwards was acquited of one count of campaign finance fraud in connection with his run for the 2008 democratic presidential nomination. the jury reported that it was hopelessly deadlocked on five other counts, so the judge declared a mistrial on those ending the case. anna werner has been covering the 17 days of testimony and

, everyone, i'm erin burnett, and "outfront" tonight, we have breaking news. stocks surged, and the best day of the year and the best june in 13 years. lucky 13, i guess. why? well, we were touched by an angel. and considering how important europe is to american jobs and to this presidential election, the president was touched by an angel, too. yes. yes, she is, the angel in this case is literal. angela merkel putting another band aid on the europe crisis that buoyed stocks around the planet. literally this started in asia and fell all the way through. this was pretty incredible news. she caved sort of. looks like they're about to kiss, doesn't it? european leaders today said they'll allow troubled banks to use emergency money from the european union. basically that means mostly german rescue funds. that's the truth of it. the bottom line, it means the money will get to the banks more quickly. helping countries like spain, whose crisis is threatening to break up the entire european experiment. now, the market celebrated, that's for sure. this is not the final solution. as peter mukbar to

>>> i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, stocks tanked. the dow plunged 2774 points today killing all the gains of this year. it's the biggest drop since november. it was really bad day. the reason was a terrible jobs report. usually using adjectives like this are sometimes much for the markets but it's the way it was today. american employers add add meager 69,000 job, which is about half the number needed just to keep up with current population growth. it was the weakest month of hiring for the year and the unemployment rate went up to 8.2%. it was a grim day for the president. >> today we're still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the economy's growing again, but it's not growing as fast as we want it to grow. >> now, according to bianco research, no president has been re-elected in this country with an unemployment rate this high since the great depression. that was when fdr won and at that time unemployment was 13.7%. what's happening? we went to find out. we asked our strike team. 24 of america's business leaders including entre