the sure thing

One thing is sure in these confused modern times: If the Jihadis nuked Western Europe and the entire eastern seaboard of the United States, Erin Burnett would emerge, her glorious raven tresses billowing, through the smoke and the 100 mile an hour rad winds, picking her way amid the ruins of our civilisation, clutching a CNN microphone and musing: "We're still trying to figure out if this is a case of workplace violence."