rick: check on the headlines. police in washington state say a body found in an elaborate underground banker is believed to be that of fugitive peter keller. keller suspected of murdering his wife and teenage daughter last weekend. earthquake rattling southern california. the magnitude 3.8 quake shaking homes and rattling a few windows in downtown l.a no serious damage reported. an escape attempt caught on tape. police in phoenix say airline workers captured an inmate after he managed to break free from two law enforcement officers. the man was being extradited from detroit. arthel: politics now, a growing debate over a new campaign ad for president obama. he questions whether mitt romney would have had what it takes to take out osama bin laden. now romney s camp is slamming the president s team for, quote, dividing the nation on an issue
year reveals he made $21 million, yet paid a lower tax rate than many middle class families. now romney s proposing a huge new $150,000 tax cut for the wealthiest 1%, while cutting medicaid and education for us. mitt romney, if he wins, we lose. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. senate republicans with the exception of maine s susan collins did their duty in the service to the super rich by blocking majority rule in the senate today and preventing a vote on what the democrats call the buffett rule, which would raise mitt romney s future taxes from 14% to a minimum of 30%, which would still be 3 percentage points lower than what i m paying this year and a full 5 percentage points lower than the top federal tax rate, which really, virtually, no one actually pays. a new cnn opinion research poll released this afternoon shows
off companies that went bankrupt while workers lost promised health and retirement benefits. his own tax return from last year reveals he made $21 million, yet paid a lower tax rate than many middle class families. now romney s proposing a huge new $150,000 tax cut for the wealthiest 1%, while cutting medicaid and education for us. mitt romney, if he wins, we lose. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. senate republicans with the exception of maine s susan collins did their duty in the service to the super rich by blocking majority rule in the senate today and preventing a vote on what the democrats call the buffett rule, which would raise mitt romney s future taxes from 14% to a minimum of 30%, which would still be 3 percentage point los lower than what i m paying this year and a full 5 percentage points lower than the top federal tax rate,
second homes. what do you make of the secret romney tax plan? well, he s going to try and invoke that he s ronald reagan. 28% is not very far from the buffett rule s 30% and i don t think voters will be swayed much by this. and there s not enough money to get where he wants to go with what we know of what he said. so i want to see the numbers and where the red ink is being dealt with. and on romney s tax returns, he has now said he s not going to release any of the past tax returns that people have been asking for. he had given, i think, over 20 of them to the mccain campaign four years ago when he was being vetted for vice president, but he s refusing to release anymore of the past returns. what are the things that we would find out if we could get those tax returns that we won t find out any other ways, especially on these so-called disclosure forms that he has to file as a candidate? well, lawrence, i think that s the question.
well, he s going to try and invoke that he s ronald reagan. 28% is not very far from the buffett rule s 30% and i don t think voters will be swayed much by this. and there s not enough money to get where he wants to go with what we know of what he said. so i want to see the numbers and where the red ink is being dealt with. and on romney s tax returns, he has now said he s not going to release any of the past tax returns that people have been asking for. he had given, i think, over 20 of them to the mccain campaign four years ago when he was being vetted for vice president, but he s refusing to release anymore of the past returns. what are the things that we would find out if we could get those tax returns that we won t find out any other ways, especially on these so-called disclosure forms that he has to file as a candidate? well, lawrence, i think that s the question. i ve been calling him to release his returns back to 1984 consistently, and i think we ll