her husband the prominent scientist and he says he was out of town at the time. she doesn t remember. we re digging deeper. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com he s faced a barrage of attacks on his business record with democrats portraying him as a job-cutting corporate raider, but mitt romney is opening up about his time at bain capital and vowing to cut the jobless rate. let s go to our national political correspondent jim acosta and he has the latest. the way the day started it seemed that mitt romney was going to stay away from the subject of bain capital, but as it turned out he is taking the issue head-on. reporter: it was a day when mitt romney s campaign event, this one being a speech to a latino business group took a backseat to responding to campaign attacks on the democrats favorite subject bain capital. the american people are interested in not so much the history of where i was at bain capital or that
why some cuban-americans are furious. we re going in-depth. first the secret service and now dea agents are under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in colombia. i m wolf blitzer. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com the high-powered campaign surrogate is on the hot seat for going off message after newark s democratic mayor cory booker spoke about the attacks on mitt romney s old firm bane capital. he had to struggle to do damage control and the dust still hasn t settled. let s discuss what s going on with the key adviser of the romney campaign, ed gillespie, former republican of the national committee. thanks very much for coming in. thank you for having me, wolf. good to be with you. let s talk about what the president specifically said about mitt romney, his experience at bane capital yesterday and then we ll get your reaction. my opponent, governor romney, his main calling card for why he thinks he sho
the banks that were too big to fail are bigger than ever and still making multimillion dollar bets. i m wore blitzer, you re in the situation room of . the latest skirmishes are being fought on college campuses with both president obama and mitt romney but neither candidate is saying much not saying much at all about same-sex marriage. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is joining us from new york so. jessica, what exactly did the president say when he addressed the graduates today? reporter: the president had a real message of empowerment and a little bit of politics. from president obama a message to female graduates that equality can be theirs. it is simple math, today women are not just half this country, it s half its workforce. reporter: if they work for it. don t just get involved, fight for your seat at the table. better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table. reporter: wonder if this is part of the campaign s apile to women voter
captions by vitac www.vitac.com anyone cheering president obama s new stance on same-sex marriage has vice president joe biden to thank. the president himself is now confirming what many had suspected that the vice president forced the president s hand when biden announced his support for gay marriage over the weekend and now we re hearing that s a sore subject at least among some white house insiders. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is working the story for us. what are you hearing over there, jessica? reporter: wolf, there are times when a president is more forgiving than his aides and this may be one of those times. some of the president s top aides are deeply annoyed. they acknowledge the president was going to come out and speak out in favor of same-sex marriage before the democratic convention, but boy, are they frustrated that vice president biden made it happen sooner than they wanted. he was planning to say this some time before the democra
should be able to get married. truly historic and potentially watershed moment as president obama comes out, formally, publicly, enthusiastically in support of gay marriage and with the election less than six months away the political implications are enormous. we ll look at all of the potential fallout. reactions from both sides of this issue pouring in right now into the situation room. we will hear what influential groups and individuals are saying about the president s new position on gay marriage. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we re following the breaking news this hour. president obama announcing his support for same-sex marriage, a move with potentially huge political and social implications. listen to what he told abc news in a white house interview just a little while ago. over the course of several years, as i talk to friends and family and neighbors, when i think about members of my own staff who are i