could be smuggled in undetected. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it s one of the more mundane documents americans have to deal with, but for president obama, the tax return is politically charged in this, an election year. the white house released his 2011 files today along with that of the vice president, joe biden and there are some surprises in both documents. as lisa sylvester has been carefully going after these tax returns, what do you see? first off, the obamas, like the romneys, gave generously to charities. the president s income, which was $1.7 million in 2010 was down significantly as sales of his book dropped off, but the focus was on taxes and more specifically, rates. there are some surprises there. who was taxed at a higher rate? the president, mitt romney or the president s secretary? it might surprise you, but it s actually the president s secretary. she makes $95,000 a year. the obama administration confirms her rate is is higher than t
here s how booker responded a short time ago to someone who referred to him as a super hero. there are people that do this every day. the police officers that i was with showed really quick action and got into the building really quick. they re firefighters that do this every day. i m a neighbor that did what most neighbors would do, which is to jump into action to help a friend. i consider all of us lucky. there was a time i was searching for her. it was a really frightening experience for me. i didn t think we were going to get out of there. i feel grateful and lucky o be with you here today, and it s over the top. i think i did what most other people would do to help their neighbors out. and perhaps you notice the bandage. he suffered second-degree burns. the woman was also burned. arizona has enacted one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation. governor jan brewer signed the controversial measure into law. she says it falls in line with her personal views
technology, the rocket technology to put a satellite into space, which therefore implies that they have the technology that would be able to deliver a police tick missile basically to anywhere on the earth. they have not proved that today, obviously. they haven t proved it in any of their three previous attempts to prove it. basically, four missile tests, four rocket launches for zero. that s the first thing. they haven t proven they ve got the rocket. the security council is going to have to make some kind of response. we ll have to see how strong that response is. in the past previous two tests they made, when the u.n. security council said strongly to the north koreans, who insisted they had every right to do these kinds of tests, then went ahead and did a nuclear test. whether they did it this time, there are speculations. there are thoughts the underground facility is being prepared for such a test. if that happens, that will be very serious. tim schwarz joining us wit
through indianapolis on august 13th as the country duo sugar land was about to perform. seven people died. dozens were injured and today s report should tell us who and what is to blame for that rigging to give way. we re also going to hear from the country stars. they will finally answer questions about that fateful day. we ll have a live report later in the hour. trayvon martin s mom is now calling what happened to her son an accident. listen to what she said on the today show. one of the things that i still believe in a person should apologize when they are actually remorseful for what they ve done. i believe it was an accident. i believe that it just got out of control and he couldn t turn the clock back. and in just a couple of hour, george zimmerman will face a judge for killing trayvon martin, charged now with second degree murder. he turned himself in yesterday. after his first two lawyers quit, it s now up to this man. i did think that that was the certainl
zimmerman s brother tells cnn that the arrest was bittersweet. we are relieved that he s safe. that is, you know it s the most bittersweet news to hear in your life that your brother is being charged with a murder and to see him being taken into jail on live tv and to somehow have to think, well, at least there s something good in all of that, that he can t be attacked in all this, or he most likely can t be hurt, killed, injured in the way he has been on the run and underground in the streets for quite some time. zimmerman turned himself in yesterday after authorities said he would be charged in the case. that is him ducking into the seminole county jail with a jacket over his head. here is how trayvon martin s mother reacted to news of zimmerman s arrest. first of all, i want to say thank god. we simply wanted an arrest. we wanted nothing more, nothing less. we just wanted an arrest, and we got it. and i say thank you. thank you, lord. thank you, jesus. it s cease