of don t ask don t tell. you know that policy about gays living a lie in the military. getting rid of it. rick santorum, another right wing creep said would be the end of america s military. the pentagon reporting the program has been hugely successful. recruiting is up and so is morale. they should have done this we all should have done it a long time ago. all right. we ll get into that and a whole lot more here on the full court press here this this what is it? thursday. thank you. thursday morning! first we go out to los angeles and say good morning to lisa ferguson. hi lisa, good morning. hi, bill. it is almost friday. good morning everybody. team romney is out with a new strategy in light of the newly leaked video that shows him shunning half of americans who he says are dependent on the government. so what s the new plan to see more of him a lot more of him in campaign appearances ads and speeches around the country. the main goal is to steer the campaign away
hurricane isaac threatens to hit shore tonight on the 7th anniversary almost to the day of hurricane katrina. so sorry mitt romney. nobody cares about your dumb convention anymore. we ll get into isaac and a whole lot more here on the full court press. first we take time out as always to start the day with today s current news update from lisa ferguson in los angeles. hi lisa. good morning. hi, bill. good morning everyone. it is full speed ahead with the republican national convention today. tampa is missing the brunt of tropical storm isaac and a romney advisor says he expects no change in convention plans over the next three days. today s events start at 2:00 p.m. eastern with the roll call and nominating paul ryan as the vice presidential nominee. we ll later hear from rick santorum who we re expecting to speak on jobs and welfare. as well as ann romney and keynote speaker chris christie. we can expect christie to follow his signature off-the-cuff style tonight. he say
unhealthy fast foods. why should the olympics put mcdonald s up on a pedestal? don t they know better than that? we ll talk about that and a whole lot more. but first we start out by getting all of the latest news from our current news update and here in los angeles lisa ferguson. good morning lisa. good morning. we ve got plenty of money talk going on this morning after two tax issues came to light yesterday. one, of course, president obama s call to extend the bush era tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 a year. the other renewed push by democrats for romney to release his full tax returns. romney is saying there is nothing hidden in the unreleased returns. in an interview with iowa radio he said everything is legal. he doesn t manage them. he doesn t even know where they are. so maybe that s the real reason why he won t release them, he just can t find them. haley barbour is jumping into the debate saying yesterday on cnn he would release his tax returns if he
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was. does that mean he wouldn t have shot him if he had known he was only 17? we ll talk about that and a whole lot more. first, let s get all of the latest out in los angeles with this current tv news update. we say good morning to jacki schechner. hey, jacki. good morning, bill. good morning monday, everybody. as bill mentioned george zimmerman is out of jail this morning. he posted $150,000 bond and cameras caught him loo leaving the john e. polk correctional facility. he leaves wearinginging an electronic monitoring device and what appears to be a bulletproof vest. since the gps device he has on keeps track of him anywhere in the u.s., he may be allowed to leave florida for his own safety while he awaits trial of course, accused of second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. john edwards trial begins today. the former u.s. senator and presidential hopeful is charged with accepting and using illegal campaign donations to cover up his affair with ri