pressuring governor romney to release more of his tax returns, let me play what she had to say. he put bain capital at the center of his campaign, his rationale for the presidency. well, it s only natural that people would look at what that business experience was to see if it does indeed qualify him. part of that is to see where he s invested his money. i think where romney invested his money, in offshore bank accounts they don t often do it, stay in line formation with this attack, no one is pulling a cory booker, no one is going off script, they are on it to a t. it s the republicans who are not surrounding mitt romney and giving him cover here. you ve got ron paul, even danny saying among others that you ve got to give more information, this is what according to ron paul the people want. yeah, well, i think the
today. i m john roberts. we begin hour number two of america s news headquarters with steve in washington. it is getting ugly out there. that s right. and the president is standing firm in his criticism of mitt romney over bain capital. on a virginia television station obama was asked if he would apologize. the president said, no, we will not apologize. mr. romney claims he is mr. fix it for the economy because of his business experience. so i think voters entirely legitimately want to know what is his business experience. the obama campaign has questioned romney over the period when he was running the olympics, but was listed as head of bain capital. and they questioned romney s offshore bank accounts saying it is not something the president would do. he could have a swiss bank account if he wanted it. he could have a bermuda holding company. he could put tens of millions of dollars in the caymens. he could use loopholes in the
five-network counterattack. the truth is that i left any role at bain capital in february of 99. said good-bye to my colleagues. they took over the business. this is reckless and absurd on his part. this magazine cover says the internet is driving us all crazy. not just distracted by gadgets, but in the serious. mental illness, depressive/obsessive/compulsive sense. is that nuts? plus, diane sawyer taking a very different approach to the nightly newscast than brian williams and scott pelly. we begin with a big break in a very cold case. the disappearance of 6-year-old etan patz. many of us first saw his face on the side of a mix calk carton is abc going softer or giving viewers really what they want? i m howard kurtz, and in this i reliable sources. it has been nothing short of a barrage with fresh artillery nearly every day. the washington post reports that mitt romney s firm, bain capital, funded companies that shipped american jobs overseas. vanity fair
today when he speaks in the white house rose garden. he s going to be calling for an extension of tax cuts only for people earning $250,000 a year or less. so the president is totally committed to getting rid of the tax cut for those making $250,000 or above. let s make progress on our spending by doing away with tax cuts for people that quite frankly don t need them and that haven t worked and have them pay their fair share? that a yes or no. the president is completed committed to this. 100% committed to this. i heard this before. dan lothian is here. a couple of years ago we were having the same discussion, the president did extend tax cuts for the wealthiest americans, sounds like this is going to be a high priority for this campaign/white house right now. the campaign is launching a major push in key battle ground states in new hampshire there will be a press conference with middle class families and other events in colorado, florida, and nevada involving sma
offshore bank accounts with the narrative out of bain and this whole idea that mitt romney thinks that he doesn t have to play by the rules. now mitt romney, of course, has said as you just said that he hasn t broken any rules, that he pays not a penny more in taxes than he should, and that s been his insistence all along. we ll have to see whether or not this becomes an issue down the line as we get closer to november. let s talk about the trail. both candidates have plans to hit the road. romney heading to israel later this summer. president obama kicking off his first bus tour of the campaign. he s going to take his economic message through ohio, through pennsylvania, to, of course, battleground states there. he won both of those in 2008. he will likely need both if not one of them in the win column to win reelection in november. here s the latest quinnipiac poll, the president nine points ahead of romney in ohio, six points ahead of romney in