devastating storm. what happened? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. all right. look at this. this was then pf president obama us bus last august making its way through the midwest. look a this. this is now president obama s bus with a seemingly new accessory front and center. we re talking about a presidential seal. it s a bold reminder as he kicks his campaign into full gear in ohio, a major battleground state to be sure, that he has rivalled mitt romney. they are both trying to win in order to become president. at least in his part to remain president of the united states, romney s part to become president of the united states. the romney campaign though is trying to steal a bit of the thunder in the area. the president certainly didn t shy away from mixing policy with politics taking key action just hours before his speech to help bolster the economy. our white house correspondent, dan lothian, is traveling with the president in ohio right now. dan is joi
i bet you would find thousands of different reason why people are excited to reclaim the state of wisconsin for us today. christian, there s also the money factor here. when we look at the fact that the incumbent walker, governor walker, raised $30.5 million, barrett 3.9 million, 38% from wisconsin for walker. 74% of the dodonors for barrett from wisconsin. so this tells us the gap on money and where the gap came from. well we have known from day one that we would not be able to compete in the money game. what we are seeing on the ground is not unusual to what we are seeing across the country. that is really, it is coming down to people, power versus corporate power. and corporate billion airs have been giving scott walker money
they want obama out of office. i think this is kind of the diminish diagnose returns as you go along with donald trump because we ve all just been waiting for him to say something that s very unhelpful. donald trump is nota surrogate there for mitt romney. he s out there for his own gain. anytime you have somebody like that, it s a very dangerous thing. obviously, there s a money factor here. alex, does he bring in enough money that it s worth the risk? i mean, i m wondering if you re somebody in the mitt romney campaign and you re watching donald trump at the hotel he owns going up to the microphone tomorrow, if you re holding your breath a little bit and wondering what he s going to say. i m sure they are worried about that. you know, look, i mean what is donald trump going bring in additionally for him? 1 or $2 million? that s nice but i m not sure it xen says for the flurry of
democratic milwaukee mayor tom barrett head to head tonight. will scott walker be able to tame the unions? bud light. the hurricane downgraded to a category 2 but still packing a punch. popular resorts of mexico in the crosshairs this morning. casting call from folks that brought you extreme makeover home edition comes a new game show based on the bible. jeff foxworthy live this hour and we ll talk to the people behind the game show. newsroom begins right now. good friday morning to you. i m carol costello. 33 years ago today this little boy, etan patz, vanished on his way to school. this morning his alleged killer is expected to be in a new york city courtroom. his name is pedro hernandez. this is his picture on inside edition. hernandez confessed to the killing and may have solved a mystery that started a national discussion on missing children. susan candiotti is following the latest developments. hernandez is expected in court. what may happen today, susan? repo
both heartless and divisive when it comes to protecting the affluent. there s no other place for him to go at this point. that is probably the only thing he can really go on, in a sense, because he can t really boast much economic success. he can, of course, boast tremendous success with national security. but the basic message has to be that people are going to be penalized tremendously if the republicans get in and the ryan budget gets passed. the difference between our politics and that of your home country, when you look at what happens in parliament, it s something that is on display for all to see. the dukes are up. they fight it out there. and then they come out with some sort of a resolution. well, the major defense between british and american politics is the money factor. we don t have laws that allow us in england to spend all this money and, frankly, fix the process. the election cycle is very short. it s not longer than six to