controversy dogging president obama. did top aides, including the vice president joe biden warn him about it beforehand? new information coming in. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our national political correspondent jim acosta is following it for us. reporter: it sounded like he was referring to mitt romney as mr. burns, the villain from the simpsons who once said release the hounds. that s because in the race for the alpha dog, the fangs are out. rick santorum doesn t need anybody to tell him who let the dogs out. i think it s interesting you re asking that question about governor romney and his attack dogs.connect 1200 he has an opportunity tomorrow at this convention ironically he spoke to them four years ago this week, wolf, when he was pulling out of the presidential race. let s listen to what he says. i stand for conservative prim pes, i ll fight alongside you for all the things we believe it in, and one of the things we believe is we ca
i thought it was fireworks at first because it was rapid fire and then there would be a pause and then more fire. i heard at least 20 shots in intervalls. clipping, spent, reloading, clipping, spent, reloading and i saw the carnage as i ran down the street here. 14 people were shot, including a young girl. two people killed. we know one of the dead is a woman. the gunman described as a 29-year-old man also died after exchanging gunfire with police. it is not clear if he took his own life or killed in that exchange. stories of heroism are emerging on local news channel. we ve been listening to local radio. one woman took two people into her shop who were shot and tended to them with her tattoo gloves on until paramedics came.