tried to ram the state of the art craft, he was criticized for not hitting the self-destruct button. he was returned by the kgb in 1962, today he was honored at the pentagon with the silver star. the powers family is deeply grateful and appreciative for the awarding of the silver star to my father. it goes to show that it s never too late to set the record straight. reporter: his son, gary powers jr. was here at pentagon with other family members to receive the silver star in an incident that literally could have happened just yesterday, jenna. jenna: just before father s day too. how appropriate for that. what an interesting story, jennifer, thank you. jon: man s best friend catching tigers by the toe you might say in africa. a border collie using its herding instincts to corral some big cats solo, the four-year-old
could be smuggled in undetected. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it s one of the more mundane documents americans have to deal with, but for president obama, the tax return is politically charged in this, an election year. the white house released his 2011 files today along with that of the vice president, joe biden and there are some surprises in both documents. as lisa sylvester has been carefully going after these tax returns, what do you see? first off, the obamas, like the romneys, gave generously to charities. the president s income, which was $1.7 million in 2010 was down significantly as sales of his book dropped off, but the focus was on taxes and more specifically, rates. there are some surprises there. who was taxed at a higher rate? the president, mitt romney or the president s secretary? it might surprise you, but it s actually the president s secretary. she makes $95,000 a year. the obama administration confirms her rate is is higher than t
it s time to look back and say what just happened? well, i don t want to retire. it s the season of face lifts or upgrades as apple released aipad 3.0 mitt romney s self destruct button was taepted to be removed and failed. santorum could not afford the latest software. he had to resort to a little pity, and anyone who could spare a buck. even for the competition. donate to romney, he needs the money. on super tuesday, a new brand hit the shelves in ohio.
gingrich it was all about mitt romney. all the attacks were mitt romney. gingrich on the right attacking mitt romney and beating him. democrats on the left attacking mitt romney, too. and they can t be bothered to take any other shots at newt gingrich. that s mitt romney s political reality. he s getting it from all sides. because of that, whether or not the banks are bad people, today was another bad day in politics to be mitt romney. joining us now is steve kornacki the political news editor at salon.com. what do you make of the democrats decision on the national level and the state level in florida to never mention newt gingrich ever to go pure romney? i think it s true romney is still more likely to to win than gingrich. i think clearly they would much rather run against newt gingrich in the fall, there is no public figure in america who has a better feel for the self
gingrich. i think clearly they would much rather run against newt gingrich in the fall, there is no public figure in america who has a better feel for the self destruct button than newt gingrich. if he ends up winning the nomination you don t need to have spent six months going after the guy and laying the foundation for general election attack all the information is there, if you forget that he will make six mistakes in the first six hours he s the nominee. with mitt romney you have to work harder to get the stuff out you re seeing that in the past month. perfect example is the tax returns. mitt romney ran for office in 1994, 2002, 2008, all three campaigns he didn t release the tax returns. the democrats in the white house sort of helped make that issue they are not the only reason this became an issue but helped push it along, helped draw attention to the issue by talking about the buffet rule romney had to talk about it. you alluded to the poll that shows a 20 point jump in the pas