time now for news by the numbers on this friday. first $70 million. that s how much money minnesota residents wasted on natural wind energy. they didn t even use. that s too bad. next, four. that s how many democrats showed up at a recent senate budget committee meeting. inside sources say those who came made a brief statement for the record and then split! finally, $50,000. that s all you need to be happy. a new study found that people making at least an annual income of about $50,000 were more satisfied in their relationships, health and employment than those who made less. so that s what we should shoot for. the month of april has been an eventful one for president obama from his open mike moment in russia to the secret service and the g.s.a. scandal at home. the controversy may be putting the president in a bit of a meltdown mode. and i have more flexibility.
head matchup with mibarack obam. kim jong-un s first speech in public. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. it can be a politician s worst enemy as politicians from ronald reagan to barack obama have learned the hard way. now a would be president is having his own open mike moment, mitt romney speaking candidly at a public fund-raiser about eliminating tax deductions and other loopholes. jim, tell our viewers what s going on. this is sort of an open mike moment, even though there were no microphones, mitt romney has been reluctant to offer many details to voters. yet at a private fundrai-raiser over the weekend, romney was willing to get specific. reporter: for mitt romney, it was supposed to be a private fund-raiser. but two reporters overheard specifics from romney s deficit reduction plan that he has yet to share with the public. among other things, romney was considering eliminating the department of housing and human development, he talked about consol
we are, after all, americans. join me in this great cause. let s take back our nation and defend our freedoms. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. thank you so much. good afternoon. it s friday, i am a the 13th. and mitt romney has just completed his address to the annual nra convention. in his remarks, he claimed that he represents freedom and that an america who once built the hoover dam cannot build a pipeline. a less than ingenious reference to the key stone pipeline. he also made an outright misrepresentation about the president s open mike moment with the russian president. amongst other things. let s bring in our panel now. with us from washington, political analyst and former dnc communications director karen finney, now columnist for the hill. and democratic strategist julian epstein. i have to get your reaction to
in denver. residents are upset. they set this fire. do you understand that? don t let them tell you it s mother nature. it s not it s a man-made fire set by jefferson county. reporter: we just got word that governor of colorado is talking about having a complete ban on controlled burns moving forward. back to you. megyn: i m still not over that video. that was compelling, dan, thank you. new questions in connection with the media coverage of the trayvon martin shooting including how the media went from using these images of a young trayvon martin to showing these different images. we get the story behind the photo decisions in covering this controversy. plus if the questions have arised since president obama s open mike moment. would the fallout have been
house, 47,712 americans have been wounded in battle over the last 10 years. the question is what happens to them as the wars wind down? what happens to the families for those survivors, for those who lost their lives in battle? last night, you had a lot of dignitaries and a lot of people that care about the military come together, pay their money as part of a gala and yet darrell issa, congressman west among the dignitaries there. coming up a little bit later in the show, general ordeono will be joining us and you ll be hearing from the president of the armed forces foundation, just about the night last night. it looks like you had another good night and you did another great job, brian. well, we ll have to get a second source on that, steve. all right. we miss you today. great to have you in washington. it was the open mike moment heard around the world. president obama telling the russians he ll have more freedom to work with them after the election. will back room deals with r