in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the race for president of the united states is getting more brutal by the day. we begin this hour with mitt romney responding to a firestorm of controversy, surrounding his taxes and his time at bain capital. and he s accusing the obama campaign of stooping to a new low. our national political correspondent jim acosta had a chance on friday to interview romney. it was an excellent interview. thank you. and there were some real nuggets that we got out of it. that s right, wolf. the main issue we wanted to get to wasis role at bain capital and when he left that private investment firm. we asked mitt romney why his name still appears on government documents as the ceo of bain capital after 1999, the year he has said he left the company. that i left any role at bain capital in february of 99. and that s known and said by the people at the firm. it s said by the documents, off
and new documents in the case of the man charged with killing trayvon martin. could shed some light on whether or not race played a role. want to get right to it. u.s. military judge held a hearing at ft. hood, texas, today a few weeks before the court-martial begins for major nadal hassan. hassan, he is the army psychiatrist who went on a shooting rampage in back in 2009. he is accused of killing 13 people, all but one of them fellow soldiers. he also wounded 29 others. now attorneys today discussed the makeup of his military jury which has not yet been convened. hassan s murder trial is set to begin august 20th. florida a&m university now looking for a new president. the school s board of directors going to hold a meeting today on rather monday. president james eamons announced his resignation yesterday. he stepped down more than seven months after a student was beaten to death. robert champion. he was a drum major. he died during an apparent hazing incident on a bus