anyway. but he is. he s talking taxes. he s releasing his tax returns today. but you know what, early start has the early look. we got all those facts and details of why everybody is up in arms. what did he make and paid out? the florida debate. it was a little nasty and personal. romney is saying no more mr. nice guy. going after gingrich with gloves off. tivo or pop the popcorn now. it s the annual state of the union. even though one of his terms didn t have a state of the union. we re going to have that tonight. what is president obama going to do? a campaign speech or a blueprint for the economy? this was breaking news yesterday. the deadly tornadoes in alabama. it s the second time for those folks in less than a year. the red cross is responding. there are two people dead, hundreds of homes destroyed in that area. pictures are difficult to see. but up first here, we re going to start with the tale of the 10 o 40s. in less than four hours, the mitt romney camp will
toast, bacon, ham, sausage, chicken sausage, wheat or rye toast, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, no substitutions. rollout out. take you out to your car and put you on a treadmill. this morning i m going to stick with the tater tots because they re easy to eat to anchor a show. hello, everybody. cnn s political analyst roland martin is with us this morning. it s a bad start if i can t get through roland s name. david frum is back with us. nice to have you in person. chatting by satellite. and also this morning, norquist is joining us, president of americans for tax reform. you re going to be our tax expert this morning as we sort through mitt romney s taxes. it s nice to have you. thanks for being with us. mitt romney we know now officially released his tax returns. we re expecting that in about 90 minutes. but there is a preview. the preview is roughly 550 pages long. romney made $21.6 million in 2010. paid over $3 million in taxes. and tesktive tax rate as we mentioned is 1
syria. the captain of that wrecked cruise ship in italy says his employer is also responsible for the disaster. the reuters news agencies quotes italian media as saying the captain said costa cruises instructed him to take the ship close to the island in a maneuver meant to attract publicity. the iranian lawmakers says the country will stop oil shipments through the straits of hormuz. it will ban oil imports beginning in july. the e.u. and the u.s. are putting crippling pressure on the iranian community. severe weather in the southeastern united states killed two people, injured dozens and left hundreds homeless. tornadoes struck the states of alabama and arkansas early monday. the entire state of alabama was declared under emergency and more than 12,000 people still without electricity. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain verjee and world business today starts now. a warm welcome to world business today. i m charles hodson. these are t
more. a complete list of what you can expect to pay more for in 2012. captions by vitac www.vitac.com one teenager s stunned saga ended with her return to the united states. this is exclusive video of jakadrien turner arriving at the airport in dallas. she spent most of the past year in colombia after being deported by the u.s. government. the problem is, she isn t colombian. these an american teenager who ran away from home. shoplifting, arrested in houston, convinced colombian officials her name was ortega cortez. her family wants answers from the federal government, but right now are just happy their daughter is home. they want to get some rest, to reunite the family. that s the purpose of this day. they re very happy that we were able to get them home. what a story. federal immigration officials are investigating. much more a little later in the show on the situation, including how her family finally found her. well, a two-ship convoy is making the first of it
to columbia. ahead, learn about the outrage of parents over their children s homework assignments. we ll have details. new hampshire appears to be one of the busiest places on earth today, at least in the united states. the candidates and the republican presidential race are make their final push ahead of the first in the nation presidential primary. mitt romney has a solid lead going into tuesday s primary, but if history serves in the lesson, his victory is anything but certain there. cnn s joe johns is following the day s developments from manchester. joe. hey, gary. call new hampshire ornery, perhaps. stoic, certainly very independent thinking, that pinch-hit for voting against the front-runner has been well established, but that will be tested here in new hampshire this time. it s because of mitt room me. not only is he the productive favorite in this race, the front-runner in the poll, he has a house in new hampshire and perhaps most importantly of all, he s the g