good evening. i m erin burnett. and outfront tonight, the middle east on the verge. countries across the region from iran to libya on high alert reacting to the highest tension there in decades and all eyes are on the united states. what will america do? the big story tonight is a massacre in syria. the death toll mounting as the government cracks down on protesters, demanding al assad step down. 74 people died today, many in the western city of homs. we re not animals. we re human beings. we re asking for help. asking for your help. they re going to kill us all. no one will find out about us. right now, the united states has been withdrawing, shutting down its embassy today. a source who has spent a lot of time with al l assad says the situation is deteriorating to a blood bath and saying america s military may need to step in. meanwhile, the regime hoping turmoil in other part of the renal will buy it time. that is in syrian ally and iran. the united states slapped mo
iran to libya on high alert reacting to the highest tension there in decades and all eyes are on the united states. what will america do? the big story tonight is a massacre in syria. the death toll mounting tonight as the government cracks down on protesters, demanding president bashar al assad step down. 74 people died today, many in the western city of homs. we re not animals. we re human beings. we re asking for help. asking for your help. if you don t help, they will kill millions. no one will find out about us. right now, the united states has been withdrawing, shutting down its embassy today. a source who has spent a lot of time with al assad says the situation is deteriorating to a blood bath and saying america s military may need to step in. meanwhile, the regime hoping turmoil in other part of the renal will buy it time. that is, of course, in syrian ally iran. the united states slapped more sanctions on iran today freezing all assets in iranian banks in the uni
tonight, mitt s taxes. now, romney is caving in to the mounting pressure. i think both president obama and hillary clinton released their taxes in 2008. just strikes me that governor romney ought to step and follow the same procedure. i don t know what my effective rate of tax is, but i m fairly confidence it s a lot higher than 15%. mitt, we need for you to release your income tax so the people can see how you made your money. we know why releasing is so hard for mitt. rom nay pays a tax rate closer to 15%, and part of the reason why it s a loophole. not only legal, but pretty standard, but it doesn t feel fair and square. here s the bottom line. he was the founder and partner in bain capital. when you re a partner in a private equity firm, you get a cut of the profits you make. usually, 20%. now, stay with me because what happens here adds up to tens of billions of dollars in lost tax revenue for america. say my buddy, will, you ve probably heard me talk about him.
release your income tax so the people can see how you made your money. we know why releasing is so hard for mitt. rom nay pays a tax rate closer to 15%, and part of the reason why it s a loophole. not only legal, but pretty standard, but it doesn t feel fair and square. here s the bottom line. he was the founder and partner in bain capital. when you re a partner in a private equity firm, you get a cut of the profits you make. usually, 20%. now, stay with me because what happens here adds up to tens of billions of dollars in lost tax revenue for america. say my buddy, will, you ve probably heard me talk about him. works at cnn. say he invests $5 million in bain capital. and mitt romney, as he has done, does a really good job. he invests will s money well. so a year later, will s investment doubles in value to $10 million. ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. mitt s cut, $1 million. and that money is taxed at 15%. now, the reason this is unfair is that it wasn t mitt romney s money
and hillary clinton released their taxes in 2008. just strikes me that governor romney ought to step and follow the same procedure. i don t know what my effective rate of tax is, but i m fairly confidence it s a lot higher than 15%. mitt, we need for you to release your income tax so the people can see how you made your money. we know why releasing is so hard for mitt. he plays a tax rate closer to 15% and part of the reason why is a loophole. not only legal, but pretty standard, but it doesn t feel fair and square. when you re a partner in a private equity firm, you get a cut of the profits you make. usually, 20%. now, stay with me because what happens here adds up to tens of billions of dollars in lost tax revenue for america. say my buddy, will, you ve probably heard me talk about him. say he invests $5 million in bain capital. and mitt romney, as he has done, does a really good job. he invests will s money well. so a year later, will s investment doubles in value to