prostitute in colombia. the post was tipped off to the allegations by former post reporter ronald kesler. kesler and on cnn this morning and he says a dozen agents were involved. all 12 agents involved in this situation involving prostitutes. one of the agents did not pay one of the prostitutes and she complained to local police and that s how this all started. police went to the state department. state department told secret service. secret service recalled all the agents. it is really the biggest scandal in secret service history. lothian traveling with the president. dan, i understand you found some information about this scandal and investigation? that s right. this information coming from two u.s. government sources who tucked to my colleague john king. early investigation according to the sources several prostitutes brought back to the hotel by these agents. one of those sources telling our john king that it was the same hotel that president obama was to be stayin
girls back to a hotel in colombia as well where they were doing safety prep for a visit by president barack obama. secret service spokesman said it happened on wednesday. the agents were relieved of their duty and sent packing on thursday before the president arrived on friday. he s in colombia this weekend for the summit of the americas. within the last hour, they have learned that the five military service members who were backing up these agents in colombia are in trouble, too, and the united states southern command said they violated curfew and nay have been involved in inappropriate conduct in the same hotel. white house is trying to keep the scandal from overshadowing the president s trip. this is a matter that is being looked into in an appropriate manner by the secret service itself. it would not be appropriate for the president to characterize something that is being looked into by the secret service at this time. all i can tell you is that it was he was made awa
romney s sudden focus comes on the heels of two polls released this week by abc news and the washington post which show romney 57% of women say they prefer president obama while just 38% were in governor romney s corner. will, this 92.3% stat has everyone all fired up. that s a pretty dramatic statistic. he flipped the script. it turned right around didn t he? it is obama s policies that are the war on women, not the war on women that people have been saying is waged in the republican camp. amazing flip of the script. two points. it s true. the statistic is shocking and true that 92.3% of women are jobs lost under obama meaning the start of his administration have been women. i can t even fathom how is that possible? something like 730,000 jobs lost? context. 680,000 have been women? now, although that is true it is not all that useful. for this recession, for defining this recession and who is responsible for various aspects of it. the recession has been much l
and coming film mamgers in this country. koerntd for mtv power of 12 this ch is focusing on the election. nice to have you. polls in alabama and mississippi are open in less than an hour while all eyes are on the south today. battling over the significance of the results. now, newt gingrich has put his entire strategy on the line. the southern strategy. rick santorum s camp says they re tamping down his chances and mitt romney says it s going to be doom if the fight north nomination goes to the convention. newt gingrich is leading the new poll 34rks%. mitt romney is in second place with 31%. and because that s within the margin of error they re basically tied. rick santorum is trailing at 24%. joining our panel this morning is bill arm stead. chairman of the alabama republican party. thank you for talking with us. as i mentioned, everybody sort of says everything is on the line. start by characterizing your electorate for me. what are voters in your state looking for, sir?