Firm on september 11, 2001. He was 48 years old. Thats it for me. Thanks very much for watching. Im wolf blitzer. Erin burnett out front starts right now. Out front next, breaking news, mike pence releasing his tax returns. Why wont donald trump do the same . More breaking news, north korea exploding its powerful Nuclear Warhead ever . Can kim jongun launch a Nuclear Attack on the United States . Can what really happened behind the scenes . Hes my guest. Lets go out front. Good evening. Im erin burnett, out front tonight, the Breaking News P taxing news. Mike pence releasing his income tax return. Pence following a decadesold
tradition for president ial and Vice President ial candidates putting out that in 2015 he and his wife karen made a combined 113,026 and paid 8,956 and their effective rate was 8 . This raises the burden for donald trump to release his. 8 , maybe his rate is lower than that. He continues to refuse to release them. He said theyre nobody elses business. Sunlen serfa
duckerburg end up in a chinese government police documentary. that screams photo shop, doesn t it? good day, i m andrea mitchell live in washington. mitt romney will likely go over the top when he wins the uncontested texas primary today. but speaking of going observe the top, donald trump, he just can t seem to give up on his birther obsession. even on the day hosting romney at a fund-raiser. chris cillizza an msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics.com. listen to trump on squawk box. his mother was never in the hospital, they don t know which hospital it was. his grandmother said he was born in kenya. it all wouldn t matter except if you re born in a foreign country, you re not allowed to be president. i m not flanning flames. this is something that came out last week. a lot of people are questioning his birth certificate, the
nobody counts them. this is a put up job. christopher, good to talk to you. thank you for weighing in. i appreciate that. a look at today s political headlines and donald trump s poll numbers may be surging, but president obama s top political adviser says trump isn t a threat. david plouffe told abc, trump s birther obsession is probably a deal breaker for most voters. i don t think there is zero chance that donald trump would be hired by the american people to do this job. rick santorum s underdog presidential campaign got a boost saturday when he won south carolina s gop straw poll. the former pennsylvania senator beat out former house speaker newt gingrich and mississippi governor haley barbour. carl lewis, a 1984 winner of a gold medal for the 100 dash, is about to run again. this time for office. lewis is expected to announce his bid for new jersey s state senate today. we ll be right back. whoa.
donald trump is riding a wave of birther mania. and now sarah palin is defending the birther obsession she once called a distraction. i appreciate that the donald wants to spend his resources in getting to the bottom of something that is so interesting to him and many americans. he s not just throwing stones and from the sidelines, he s digging in there, he s paying for researchers to find out why president obama wouldn t spent $2 million to not show his birth certificate. more power to him. i saw donald trump rising in some polls and given his behavior and i hope he keeps on rising because i don t think there is zero chance that donald trump would ever be hired by the american people to do this job. joins me now from new york. maggie what is donald trump up to and what is sarah palin up