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Said previously when he said why these things were set up. >> john cassidy of "the new yorker" is going to tell me what at this point, given the release of the bain documents, we actually know about mitt romneys finances about his taxes. what is the overall picture that has emerged in the aggregate, even if we cant fill in every detail? >> we know when he left bain he got a complicated retirement package which allows him to invest in bain capital funds. bain capital like many hedge funds and pri...

More taxes, and the same stalled economy that weve observed for the last three plus years. thank you all so very much. >> missouri senate candidate todd akin telling us that nothing has changed, hes staying in the race and he would like more people to listen to his political message. that is not brand new news, were not going to continue covering it, instead, were going to go to the brilliant john cassidy of "the new yorker" who is going to tell me what we actually know about mitt romneys financ...

Has emerged in the aggregate even if we cant fill in every detail? >> when he left bain, he got a complicated package which allows him to invest in bain capital funds. bain capital like many other private equity firms organizing through the cayman islands. so gawker the website got ahold of 21 of these documents put them online and we can see how a lot of romneys investments channelled through the cayman islands. now, is that illegal? no. is it necessarily tax evasion? no either. romney says tha...

the california fire thats about to burn a hole in millions of wallets. this was the scene monday at chevrons richmond, california oil refinery. a huge toxic blaze partially shutting down production at one of the regions biggest gas suppliers. not a good time for that to happen, its expected to send the pump prices skyrocketing on the west coast and beyond. ed levandera is live in dallas, texas. its not just about gas prices, its about people and health concerns in that area, as well, r...

berman. >> nice to have you. im zoraida sambolin. up first, the shooting rampage in tucson, arizona, takes a dramatic step this morning. jared lee loughner now facing a lifetime in prison after pleading guilty to a shooting that killed six people and almost killed a former member of congress, gabrielle giffords. under the plea deal loughner will be sentenced to life in prison with no parole but will avoid the death penalty. the u.s. attorney prosecuting the case says loughners mental s...

Congress is an alcoholic who hasnt hit bottom yet, and he says grover norquist is the bartender. he talked about the simpson/bowles plan which reduces income tax rates but finds other ways to increase through taxation. when congressman latourette supported simpson bowles, he got a call from congress bartender. >> when we rolled it out, grover norquist called me and said youre raising taxes $2 trillion. he said we dont look at individual tax rates. we look at the aggregate of tax revenue versus g...

Congress is like an alcoholic who has a problem and needs to fix it. >> he thinks congress is an alcoholic who hasnt hit bottom yet and he says grover norquist is the bartender. he talked about the plan which reduces income tax rates but finds other ways to increase re knew through taxation. when congressman latourette supported simpson bbowles, he got a call from congresss bar tender. >> when we rolled it out, grover norquist called me an said youre raising taxes $2 trillion. he said we dont lo...

There are factors that explain that, including the holiday, with the fourth of july, and some confusion about autoplants in the midwest and in the southeast. but thats the number, inching back toward 400,000. 386 is the mark today. 15 minutes past the hour. >> unemployment is still way too high all across the country. so i expect this to be a working group in which we are coming up with some concrete deliverables. if we find things that this group with help us on and we can work on together, the...

With weakness among advertisers and how much they would pay to be online. and in the case of google the average cost of advertisers paid a click, just to be there, that fell 16 percent from a year earlier but did rise 1 percent from the prior quarter. i mention this because that is the future gauge of advertising demand. a lot of people use the companies as a proxy for advertising going forward, certainly on the internet, and in the aggregate in a left of other media. so if that regard i argue t...

Terms of embracing their forefathers? >> oh, my god. one of the definitions to be a democrat is to diss your forefather. one of the definitions, that old having a firing squad in a circle. so the reality is that we have a bit more self-critique as a result of that we dont lionize people the same way. but there is something to be said for useful lies and helpful mendacity. >> bill clinton setting aside surrogate-gate when were talking about private equity has proved to be a pretty powerful voice ...