american. ing may a solid commitment this man will not fail, this man will not let us down. this man will it up america. that is just some of the excerpts released by the romney campaign. your thoughts about this? the poshes of the speech? it s the importance of the speech? ann is the number one validator for mitt romney. she is qualified to do something he is reluctant to do, which is open up. show what is behind his awkward exterior. talk about him as a son, husband, father. i think she is in to in this cliche now humanize him. and it s something that a lot of republicans felt he should have been doing earlier. but now the romney begun to sit down for interviews and cook pancakes for the cameras and she will tell us for a lot of things and countertact stereotype all the bam become attack ads. that he is a wealthy, out of touch with no americans. bret: only flip pancakes
and essentially they said, my favorite of the lessons learned is bring a third party value day or the, maybe mom. they had a candidate who basically used his mom as validator. here s where the romney plan ended up which was the double speak. they were talking about the $760 billion that obama takes out and they say puts it into obama care. well, it actually goes into obama care for medicare to reduce costs, it s waste fraud and abuse, reduces cost. as of friday on that lovely etch-a-sketch or whiteboard that we had. i have brought a whiteboard in case anyone would like to make any points, kaden, if you are into this. that s okay. so what romney essentially by the end of the week was saying is i ll restore that 760 billion and we are going to approve the program in ten years. so why not go ahead and put that money like president obama wants to in right now? this is part of the blil brilliance of the language of obama care.
house issues a veto threat. also bill clinton making the case for president obama by invoking the ghost of osama bin laden. plus, space shuttle enterprise arrives with a bang in its new hometown, new york city. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a sharp battle is unfolding here in washington over a bill to extend lower interest rates on student loans. millions of students are involved in this. it s a bipartisan goal, but there s partisan bickering over how to pay for it and now the white house is upping the ante with a veto threat. our congressional correspondent kate bolduan is watching this unfold. what are you seeing on capitol hill, kate? this fight against student loans is about much more than student loans but it s drawn familiar battle lines. house republicans versus president obama and congressional democrats. reporter: defying a veto threat from president obama house republicans push ahead friday to pass a bill
took the stand and apologized to trayvon martin s family. cnn martin savidge examining evidence from florida. when is he expected to be released and where is he likely to go? yeah, two very good questions right now we re trying to find answers to. we re standing outside the corrections facility where george zimmerman is being held. this the receiving point. this the way he went in. we re believing this the way he will come out. security is in the minds of the security conscious. if he comes out this door we ll have to wait and see. as to when, his attorney said it would take a couple of days to finance the bond and the way of monitoring george zimmerman while he s out and about. he s going to require electronic monitoring and other means by which the state of florida will remain in contact with him. that s going to take a while. where he will go, that s another big question mark. his attorney requested he be able to leave the state of florida. the judge that granted bond sa
a ton of money. this hour, how he s dealing with the new messes that the country simply can t afford right now. and from the seat of power to an iron cage in a courtroom, the ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak goes on trial for allegedly ordering the killing of protesters. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. sort of vacation right now, they re on leave while tens of thousands of american workers are going without a paycheck because of their inaction. a lot of new anger and fingerpointing over the partial shut down of the federal aviation administration. senators went on break yesterday without extending the agency s funding. today the president is urging them to get back to work and solve this expensive and very embarrassing problem. let s begin our coverage this hour with cnn s ted rowlands joining us live from chicago s o hare airport. this is an outrage, ted, what is it like out there? well, wolf, people around the country are absolutely disgusted