range. more on that to come. there is no good place for a medical emergency but antarctica is especially bad. a medevac mission at the bottom of the world. first as investigators dig into wade michael page s past, page s ex-girlfriend misty cook was taken in on a weapons charge. cook s arrest was part of a joint investigation between police and fbi. we should learn more details about cook s arrest and really the investigation into page at this news conference. you are looking at live pictures right there from the room. this news conference will begin any moment now. we ll bring you that live. first straight to david mattingly who s on the ground covering the developments. what more are you learning about misty cook? well, the fbi tells cnn that when they went to search her apartment she agreed to let them in to search their apartment. as they were doing that they found a firearm. as a convicted felon she s not allowed to have one. the fbi speaking to ted rowland saying this
earth. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. mitt romney is using ads, web videos, speeches to hammer away at president obama on welfare. romney is taking a lot of heat though over his claims about the administration s policies, but with support from an unlikely ally he s raising the stakes today. here s our national political correspondent jim acosta. reporter: wolf, mitt romney is not backing away from his accusation that president obama is trying to make it easier for the poor to receive welfare checks and to help make his case he s getting some help from an old rival. they just send you your welfare check. reporter: even though his ad accusing the president of weakening work requirements for welfare recipients got a pants on fire from politifact and four pinocchios from the washington post, mitt romney is doubling down on the claim. this is to help people go to work so they can stop drawing a welfare check and start drawing a paycheck. reporter: