they say the attack happened earlier this morning, a bomb exploding in the national security building in the capitol city. leon panetta says syria is rapidly spinning out of control. jenna: leland vittert is live from srerlz wit from gerald jerusalem with the latest on this. reporter: the coming hours will be the most important in telling how this situation deteriorates. you re going to have the syrian government launch a massive army assault and be able to crackdown and regain control of the capitol, or this is going to result in an uprising in damascus of people who are against the regime and also possibly some military defections that would then continue to topple the bashar al-assad regime s legitimacy. there was a massive explosion of some time this morning during the meeting of the national security council or the intelligence group, we are not
as we await jim acosta s interview with mitt romney, there are important new developments in a search for a running mate. we re seeing reports that there is now a short list of possibilities and the biggest name on that so-called short list is the former secretary of state, condoleezza rice. let s bring in dana bash. she s working the story for us. the name has been floated out there for a while. but all of a sudden it s getting a bit more imptous. interesting you used the term floated. there s no question this is a trial balloon and a clever way for the romney campaign to change the sject from a whole bunch of things they would probably rather not talk about today. but since we do know that there are a few people, the romneys and one or two other staffers who really know what s going on with regard to him choosing a vice presidential running mate, we figured we d bite. condoleezza rice for veep? before we go a to z with pros and cons, let s start with why. why team romne
his finances, and they re hitting hard with a new web video on a tax attacks from the vice president himself. he wants you to show your papers, but he won t show us his. democrats have been demanding more financial disclosure from romney for weeks, and suggesting that he s got secrets he s keeping from voters. listen. this is the most secretive candidate since richard nixon. mitt romney plays by a different set of rules and keeps secrets like other things he keeps secret. governor romney has released his tax return for only one full year. critics say even his father release 12 years of returns when he was running for president in 1968. romney also holds off-shore bank accounts in switzerland, the cayman islands and bermuda. to be fair, those accounts could be completely legitimate, but the dems are whipping up this perception that something shady is going on. but hold on. this storm may be turning back on the president. president obama has gone to great lengths to b
his finances, and they re hitting hard with a new web video on a tax attacks from the vice president himself. he wants you to show your papers, but he won t show us his. democrats have been demanding more financial disclosure from romney for weeks, and suggesting that he s got secrets he s keeping from voters. listen. this is the most secretive candidate since richard nixon. mitt romney plays by a different set of rules and keeps secrets like other things he keeps secret. governor romney has released his tax return for only one full year. critics say even his father release 12 years of returns when he was running for president in 1968. romney also holds off-shore bank accounts in switzerland, the cayman islands and bermuda. to be fair, those accounts could be completely legitimate, but the dems are whipping up this perception that something shady is going on. but hold on. this storm may be turning back on the president. president obama has gone to great lengths to b
transparency tornado. president obama s team is ripping into mitt romney for what they call an appalling lack of transparency. they say he s hiding things about his past, his businesses, his finances, and they re hitting hard with a new web video on a tax frattacks from t vice president himself. he wants you to show your papers, but he won t show us his. democrats have been demanding more financial disclosure from romney for weeks, and suggesting that he s got secrets he s keeping from voters. listen. this is the most secretive candidate since richard nixon. mitt romney plays by a different set of rules and keeps secrets like other things he keeps secret. governor romney has released his tax return for only one full year. critics say even his father release 12 years of returns when he was running for president in 1968. romney also holds off-shore bank accounts in switzerland, the cayman islands and bermuda. to be fair, those accounts could be completely legitimate,