fraud or to keep minorities from voting? the slogan is believe in america and it should be business in bermuda. that s what mitt romney s all about. offshore and out of sight. a new vanity fair article explores mitt romney s buried treasure in bermuda. millions of dollars. so how much of his wealth is tucked away on an island? we ll talk to the investigative reporter who broke this story. wow, boom. thunder and lightning. the rangers manager saying he thought he was dead. and next time you drive past your corner gas station, check out how much the price has shot up. what s behind it and if those prices will at this point to skyrocket. newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. happy, happy monday. i m carol costello. we begin with your money and your vote. this morning president obama is focusing on both. he ll call on congress to pass a one-year extension of the bush-era tack cuts. here is the key. he wants the cuts only for families earning less than $250,
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning our starting point today, tropical storm beryl washing away holiday plans in northern florida and georgia. it made landfall overnight with drenching rains and driving winds. the hurricane force winds have died down a bit but the beryl will be a super soaker as they call it. rob marciano is tracking the storm at the severe weather center, good morning. not usual to have one but two tropical storms into the month of may, not even into the beginning of hurricane season yesterday. 70-mile-an-hour winds last night at one point, this close to being a hurricane. there s the radar picture showing you the center distinctly 50 miles to the west of jacksonville florida and all the rain and thunderstorms rotating off the ocean so this will be slow to weaken and it will weaken as far as the winds are concerned but the rainfall becomes the bigger player through time. they could use the rain but don t want it all at one point. this is c
the duke and duchess are olympic ambassadors. naturally, i was asked to compete for team gb, in every port. but sadly the lord said there were london pigeons with more athletic prowess than me. reporter: they both have a genuine interest in sports. the image of william and kate, which is very carefully projected here is young, energetic and, of course, sporty. kate was a keen hockey player at school. william was keen on water polo. and like most members of the royal family is a polo player. reporter: but the royals have had little time for sports. other formal engagements for william and kate. and for prince harry, an award to collect in washington in recognition of humanitarian work with injured servicemen and women. this afternoon, it will be
his chance to compete in the upcoming games. i was asked to compete and every sport and it was to the london pidgions with more athletic prowess than me. we witness an exceptional moment. and the mood in london will be electric and estatic and amazing. i simply can t wait. ladies and gentlemen, here s to our team, glory awaits you. a sculpture in the olympic stadium making news. 350 tall, it is a tower to give visitors a speck tackular view in london. and manions comparing it to a roller coaster and a bad
cain says it s time to set the record straight. i will talk about all future firestorms. here s one thing people don t know about herman cain. i m in it to win it. i m not going to be discouraged. well, mary snow has the latest developments and mark preston is looking at the political fallout. mary, let s go ahead and begin with you. what caused cain to reverse course all of a sudden and decide to hold this news conference? you know, kyra, last week when herman cain railed against the press for bringing up these allegations of sexual harassment he was highly critical of anonymous users, but that all changed yesterday with a person who came forward who now brings a name, a face and specific allegations. and, you know, yesterday when sharon bialek had this news conference, herman cain s campaign came out with a general, broad statement saying that all allegations of sexual harassment against him were false. by last night, the campaign had started raising questions about s