ill, that she had some sort of problem that could have become serious and they decided to go in. and we now know this is what president obama was talking about in the washington state of the union coverage, and you hear him say good job tonight. to panetta. to panetta, right. they were working for a danish company called danish refugee council, and they were helping people in somalia deal with land mines. in essence, they were teaching. they were telling them how to defuse mines and make harmless these mines. it s not an easy job, as you can imagine, and in that area, i ve been talking with some aid organizations that work in that area. some parts of somalia are relatively okay, but this was right on the border of areas that could be dangerous. and they have fighting on the ground, there is al shabob, which is a terrorist organization, then you have just the general mayhem of groups like this who want to kidnap people and make a lot of money in doing that. jill daug
drywall factory and here we are now standing in front of a house that s been foreclosed on in southwest florida. so this is what the romney campaign feels like has been working well for him. they feel like he s more effective on the campaign trail when he s talking about the president and not focusing on his rivals. that s what we re seeing today, brooke. what do we expect to hear from mitt romney once he speaks there in tampa again? reporter: well, i think it s going to be more of the same. you know, it s been interesting because, you know, he has been going after the president today. the last few days, yes, he s been going after newt gingrich. a marked departure from that approach all day today. he went after president obama earlier this morning, talking about, you know, the way that he feels the president has bailed on the economy. there s an interesting little back and fort going on between the romney campaign and the white house over the release of these tax returns.
happening today with the former massachusetts governor, he s trying to move beyond all of this, obviously. he s been sort of giving his prebuttal to the president s state of the union address tonight and they have sort of been showing us these postcards from the edge of the housing crisis and financial crisis in this country. earlier today mitt romney gave his speech inside an abandoned warehouse that used to be an old drywall factory and here we are now standing in front of a house that s been foreclosed on in southwest florida. so this is what the romney campaign feels like has been working well for him. they feel like he s more effective on the campaign trail when he s talking about the president and not focusing on his rivals. that s what we re seeing today, brooke. what do we expect to hear from mitt romney once he speaks there in tampa again? reporter: well, i think it s going to be more of the same. you know, it s been interesting because, you know, he has been goi
as the academy awards nominations are announced live, right here on gma. great morning in times square. big morning in hollywood as well. everybody going to be buzzing about the oscar nominations. we ll talk to some of the nominees live this morning. not that they ve been asleep. and a dangerous backlash after the two huge nfl playoff games over the weekend. death threats for some of the players, like kyle williams with the fumbles. and the missed field goal for billy cundiff for the ravens. that is just outrageous. look at this. a suburb of salt lake city. the streets became a ski slope. the car couldn t stop. next one came down the road, it couldn t stop either. wait until you see what happens next. you heard our reaction in the studio. let s great right to the brand new developments overnight. mitt romney releasing his 2012 t 2010 tax returns. what is the headline here? mitt romney makes a whole lot of money. more than $42 million over the last two years.