called the ed schultz radio show, been very successful through the support of listeners and advertisers, it s business. one more thing, politico and others compared my taking speaking money to mitt romney for doing the same. give me a break. nothing could be further from the truth. here what is i said about governor rom know s speaking income. according to his own financial disclosure forms, mitt romney made $374,327 in speaker fees in one year. that ain t bad on the rubber chicken circuit, folks. that is what mr. out-of-touch thinks is not very much? no it s good. median household in america is $49,445, you tell me is he in touch? his speaking fees more than seven times the median household income in this country. as you can see, i criticized governor romney for saying that nearly $375,000 is not much.
inside the cnn grill at south by southwest. the grill opens officially today this morning. one thing i noticed on the menu which includes all kinds of things, there are no prices. that s because we got usually that means i cannot afford to eat here. but that is what s happened here is we have taken over a restaurantnd put the cnn grill and invited people here as we celebrate south by southwest which is a big music and film festival. douglas brinkley, we ve known each other now through a lot of presidential races. a long time. no, i don t tell anybody how long we ve known each other. also, got alex axis, he s a co. founder of read it. joining us. we had him on a couple of weeks ago when we launched this show. ali velshi of course is our chief business correspondent. and we ve got some of the dishes this morning. i m going to go with the mac and cheese. gain five pounds when you watch this show. parse that one out. yeah. i can t keep working on that. let s get right t
second-place romney. after all that, here s where the candidates stand. cnn estimates romney now has 404 delegates of the 1,144 a nominee needs. santorum 16 a delegates, gingrich 106, ron paul still hasn t won a single primary or caucus, has. if not must wins, all three are seen as can-wins. between them, well, they re campaigning today in all three states. president obama is on his way to charlotte, north carolina, where he will accept the democratic nomination six months from now, he s going there to talk manufacturing at the daimler truck plant. daimler trucks hired 1,000 people last year, some of whom had been laid off in the recession. the president speaks at the noon hour eastern time. if he makes news, you ll hear it first right here on cnn. super tuesday was anything bus eight-term dennis could you niche lost his primary battle against the bandy 15-term congresswoman. they were forced to compete in the same district. kaptor is the longest-serves woman in the hou
a vintage helicopter in flight during the shooting of a television show crashes and amazingly no one is killed or even hurt. it happened in coolidge, arizona. oh, my god. a pilot and crew men were on board the vintage military chopper and were able to walk away. the aircraft was being filmed for an episode of top gear korea. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. former republican presidential candidate michele bachmann says rush limbaugh s recent comments don t hurt her party. he used some nasty language to describe a law student who testified for expanded access to birth control. limbaugh has since apologized, but bachmann says the controversy has no effect on the gop. the republican party isn t tarnished at all. the republican party is amplif amplifying the voice that says one person, one health care dictator should not be telling all americans what we can and cannot do in health care. that s the problem with obama care. and that s why it has to be
an hour ago. we reached out to your campaign, and they said you would not release your tax returns. why? i haven t thought it through. i don t have an intention to do it. i would be embarrassed to put my financial statement against their income because i don t want to be embarrassed. back in 1967, your father set a groundbreaking standard in american politics, he released his tax returns. he released them not for one year but for 12 years. will you follow your father s example? maybe. i don t know how many years i ll release. i ll take a look at what our documents are. and i ll release them, multiple years, i don t know how many years, but i ll be happy to dathat. let me tell you, i know there are some who are anxious to see if they can t make it more difficult for a campaign to be difficult. i m not going to apologize for being successful. and i want to make sure that i beat president obama. and every time we release things drip by drip, the democrats go out with anoth