we ll examine the frenetic coverage of the movie theater shooting. conservative commentators join the call for mitt romney to reduce his tax returns. is there right in revolt against the republican candidate? plus, yahoo! taps google executive marisa maher as its new ceo and it s been downright adoring. google geek to yahoo! ceo, and she s going to be a first-time mommy. with so few female bosses in silicon valley, is the press putting her on a pedestal? i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. perhaps the single worst thing that news organizations do after a crazed gunman opens fire on a crowd is rush to judgment about the affiliation or beliefs of the shooter as abc news did. there s a james holmes of aurora, colorado, page on the tea party site, as well, talking about him joining the tea party last year. we don t know if this is the same james holmes. but james holmes of aurora, colorado. it turned out to be someone with the same name. and abc and
gene louis and daniel louis. thanks for talking with us. gene, i m going to start with you if i can. what do you know is the latest about your dad, his condition and how he s being held? good morning, soledad. i thank you for having us on this morning. and soledad, we re going to tell you what we ve been telling all of the news media outlet s that has been interviewing us and we thank them also. the information that we re getting is trickling down and is information that people are getting from the internet. we do have people that are working on our behalves via the u.s. state department and office of senator scott brown, but again, information is we re getting as quick as you guys are getting it as other people are getting it. so actually the family has four people in it. we re just got some news so that s the reason why there s two of us that are not here. and the problem with hearing things from everywhere else, you re getting news that is not really true and you hav
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
airport. another work in the dallas-ft. worth airport. cops say they were members of two puerto rico-based drug trafficking operations. that bust after airport officials installed a new system for checking cargo that makes it possible to track more drugs on the island. we re expecting a press conversation this hour. we ll take you there as soon as it happens. all right. day two of jury selection and it s moving quickly. the judge has made it very clear he wants opening statements in the jerry sandusky child rape trial to start next monday. then comes all the witnesses. dozens for each side. but that s not all. the lawyer for the man known as victim four is confirming that sandusky wrote his client letterings and they ll likely be read in court. now, abc news says they were love letters. victim four s lawyer won t confirm that. we do know this accuser is 28 years old and expected to be the first prosecution witness. sara ganim won a pulitzer prize for her coverage of the san
and george zimmerman has less than 48 hours to report to jail. this is bad news for his trial. that s all outfront tonight. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, stocks tank. the dow plunged 274 points today. it s the biggest drop since november. it was a really bad day and the reason was a terrible jobs report. usually using adjectives like this are sometimes a bit much for the markets but it s the way it was today. american employers added a meager 69,000 jobs which is about half the number needed just to cokeep up with current population growth. it was the weakest month of hiring for the year and the unemployment rate went up to 8.2%. it was a grim day for the president. today we re still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the economy s growing again, but it s not growing as fast as we want it to grow. now, according to bianco research, no president has been re-elected in this country with an unemployment rate this high