confirmed. we will be careful with that until we can confirm those reports. that is wade michael page on the screen, the alleged shooter in the shooting in wisconsin that just happened 24 hours ago. gregg: a political war of words heating up after harry reid charges about mitt romney s taxes. some calling reid a dirty liar. how the main team media is covering this latest showdown. our news watch panel weighing in next. what else do you call somebody who goes onto the senate floor and claims that someone, you know, hasn t paid any taxes in ten years, a complete lie, uses his official office to do it. [ male announcer ] research suggests the health of our cells plays a key role
that has swirled around mitt romney for his entire campaign. he could clear it up just like that, by releasing his tax returns. gregg: how is the media covering this. let s bring in our news watch panel. jim pinkerton is a contributing editor and writer for the american conservative magazine, a fox news contributor. alan colmes is the host of the alan colmes show. give me your take on how the media has treated this. it s been all over the media. you can t escape the story. gregg: is that good or bad? that s probably good. i mean i believe in sunlight being the best disinfect tiff. harry reid, i believe, should have had a source and should reveal it if he can t reveal it he probably shouldn t have said it. gregg: he doesn t have a source that s why he hasn t revealed it. he s setting himself up for a great deal of criticism to make these kind of charges. it s got even tremendous play as you pointed out on the sunday morning talks shows. it s all everybody seems to be talking about
president obama when they re thinking about who would improve the economy suggests to me that mitt romney has some work to do in that respect. i mean, he s talked about his 59-point plan, he laid that out during the primaries, but just in talking to voters around the country myself they don t have yet from mitt romney is, you know, if you were to ask a voter in, say, ohio what does mitt romney want to do with the economy, they sort of have a vague idea that he wants to get government out of the way, maybe lower taxes, but they can t give you two or three or four sentences and say this is the direction that mitt romney is going to take the country on the economy if he s elected. i think they need to be able to do that. jon: it s going to be a fascinating process to watch as we work toward november. stephen hayes from the weekly standard thanks, jon. jenna: one of our big stories this week, how much did you hear about it in the mainstream media? our news watch panel is going to tackl
overhaul getting zero coverage on the morning shows of the big three networks. on the nightly network newscasts, the reporting seemed to have a regular rather negative focus. joining us now on our news watch panel, judith miller, investigative reporter, kirsten powers is a columnist for the daily beast. both are fox news contributors. this thing that senator reid did we kind of had to dig through the records of the senate to find out about it. they actually spent a minute and a half in the senate considering or not considering or dealing with, um, this obamacare repeal that the house had worked on for two days and five hours. judy, should that get some coverage? well, it did get some coverage, jon. i mean, it was covered on the nightly news, and it made a small, mod connection story on the inside of many, many papers. but i think most people will think that this is largely a symbolic action, and it s
grabbing the attention of congress. what is behind dozens of claims coming from one air base in particular? plus, you know how the supreme court voted, here is how the new york times sees it, as a victory for obama. is it? we ll talk about that with our news watch panel coming up. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. [ male announcer ] introducing new dentyne split to fit pack. it splits in to two smaller, sleeker packs that fit almost anywhere so you can take them everywhere. dentyne split to fit. practice safe breath.