a suicide bomber. new developments in the probe into a deadly terror attack. wolf blitzer is off today. i m candy crowley. and you re in the situation room. the battle for the white house now centered in the state of ohio. president obama paid yet another visit to what both campaigns see as a must-win state. and today the president came armed with a new report on tax policy that he used to hammer away at mitt romney. our cnn white house correspondent, dan lothian, is traveling with the president. dan, the president pretty much could take up citizenship in ohio at this point. reporter: that s right. he really could. he was right here in akron almost a month ago. it was part of his bus tour. and since he announced his re-election bid last spring, the president has been to this state about a dozen or so times. this is really a crucial state not only for the president but also for mitt romney. and today the president was going after his opponent on his tax plan saying they
anti-semitism. discrimination is discrimination. bigotry is bigotry. whether it is anti-gay bigotry or anti-semitism. if you want to use this as a broadside to go after everyone. megyn: have to leave it there. he always says that if you have a company do you believe is discriminatory that you don t like, that is your right not to eat there. but he argues that you shouldn t have the government, and you gentlemen seem to agree, making the decision for america. more information is usually better. okay, thank you. forget casual friday, how about meatless monday? one government agency taking some heat for telling its employees to go green. veggie greens. we will have that story next. and the growing debate on the campaign trail over who is the most negative. the president s top advisor blaming governor romney s attack ads for tarnishing the president s reelection image,
like father like son. he wants you to show your papers but he won t show us his. today in its lead editorial called mr. romney s financial black hole, the new york times writes quote, mr. romney s tarnishing an important political tradition. one step by his father george romney who released 12 years of tax returns in 1967 by coming to keep the sources of his income in the shadow. obama campaign is trying to create the same moment they created in january which then did spur the romney campaign to release one tax return and a pledge to release one more, republicans are now conceding romney should probably put more returns out there. former mississippi governor haley barbour. does mississippi tax returns, should he release the tax returns? i would. but should it be an issue in a campaign? i don t think it amounts to did. i this is clearly having an impact on romney. combination with the romney s campaign continued reap lentless
more on the family s infamous car trip. is campaign coverage going to the dogs? a breakthrough in the pulitzer prizes with the huffington price and politico winning the coveted awards. we ll talk about digital journalism with arianna huffington, and behind the scenes with north korea. abc s bob woodruff on reporting in that secretive country under the eye of government minders. wherever you go, they are there with you. you can go 20 yards away, 50 yards away, but not much beyond that. and whether the l.a. times should have published those possibly inflammatory pictures of american soldiers posing with mutilated afghan fighters. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. zimplt mitt romney has done six cable interviews in the last four weeks. five of them with fox news. now he is the unofficial republican nominee, he is still keeping the national media at arm s length, still granting little access to the reporters who cover him, and now in an interview with bright
mitt romney is coming off his second place win in south carolina with nonstop attacks on the rival who beat him. newt gingrich. with the biggest contest to date just eight days away, even his temperment are talking points for mitt romney. he s gone from pillar to post like a pinball machine, from item to item in a way that is highly erratic and does not suggest a stable, thoughtful course which is normally associated with leadership. so far three republican contests have picked three different winners ron paul will take part in another debate in tampa. a state of emergency is in effect in alabama after storms in late january. two people are known dead in the birmingham area. dozens of people are hurt in what appears to be one or two tornadoes. many homes are damaged or destroyed and many thousands don t have power. a possible tornado touchdown in arkansas as well. overseas now, europe tightening the jus on iran. eu foreign ministers say they won t sign any more contra