role at the republican national convention? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with mitt romney s preparations for what may be the most crucial week of his presidential campaign. with several new polls out including our own showing him losing ground to president obama, romney begins a bus tour on saturday through four swing states he absolutely needs to win. but he s still traveling without a running mate. dana bash is here in the situation room taking a closer look. these are going to be huge days the next week. look, the day is young traveling without a running mate as we speak. you never know what s going to happen. regardless, mitt romney is going to have several vp-buzz generating news with him. but the campaign knows it first has to do some refining about the man on the top of the ticket, romney himself. oh beautiful, for spacious skies. reporter: if you turned on your television last month, there s a good chance you saw this brutal att
of dollars in some cases, end up paying for candies and other useless knickknacks instead of making a difference in the lives of people who have made incredible sacrifices for us all. tonight they have found another one of these organizations. i ve got to ask you about the money, though. that doesn t answer questions about the money that they are that s it? that s all you re going to say? that s drew trying to get answer from help hospitalized veterans. remember that name. you re going to hear more on that shortly. hhv s mission claims it s helping sick and injured war veterans. sounds good and reputable, right? the men behind the so-called charity have been helping themselves to excessive salaries and lavish lifestyles while using accounting gimmicks to trick the public into giving more money. drew griffin in is california. reporter: they are handing out craft kits by hospitals, trying to challenge the mind and help pass the time while vets recover. but now they are
that you give, tens of millions of dollars in some cases, end up paying for candies and other useless knickknacks instead of making a difference in the lives of people who have made incredible sacrifices for us all. tonight they have found another one of these organizations. i got to ask you about the money though. i mean, that doesn t answer any of the questions about the money that they re that s it? that s all you re you re going to say? that s drew trying to get answers from the president of a group called help hospitalized veterans. remember that name. help hospitalized veterans. you ll hear more on that shortly. hhv s mission is claims is helping sick and injured war veterans. sounds very good, reputable, right? the state of california, however, says the men behind this so called charity have been helping themselves to excessive salaries and lavish lifestyles while using accounting gimmicks to tck the public into giving more money. drew griffin s in california w
that have been donated to them. trying to get people to explain how your donations, the money that you give, tens of millions of dollars in some cases, end up paying for candies and other useless knickknacks instead of making a difference in the lives of people who have made incredible sacrifices for us all. tonight, keeping them honest, they have found yet another one of these organizations. i ve got to ask you about the money, though. that doesn t answer questions about the money that they are that s it? that s all you re going to say? that s drew trying to get answers from the president of a group call help hospitalized veterans. remember that name. you re going to hear more on that shortly. hhv s mission claims it s helping sick and injured war veterans. sounds good and reputable, right? the state of california, however, says the men behind this so-called charity have been helping themselves to excessive salaries and lavish lifestyles while using accounting gimmicks
nothing, old shoes and bags of coconut m and ms that have been donated to them. and end up paying for candy and useless nicknacks for the lives that make incredible sacrifices. i ve got to ask you about the money, though. that doesn t answer questions about the money that they are that s it? that s all you re going to say? that s drew trying to get answer from help hospitalized veterans. remember that name. you re going to hear more on that shortly. hhv s mission claims it s helping sick and injured war veterans. sounds good and reputable, right? the men behind the so-called charity have been helping themselves to excessive salaries and lavish lifestyles while using accounting gimmicks to trick the public into giving more money. drew griffin in is california. reporter: they are handing out craft kits by hospitals, trying to challenge the mind and help pass the time while vets recover. but now they are seeking to make their own recovery. the civil penalties of $4 milli