middleton. tracking that person down is proving to be no easy job. today, saturday, september 22nd, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this saturday morning. lester is on assignment this morning. always good to be with you. is it? yes. usually yes. we re about eight seconds in. meantime, republican presidential nominee mitt romney probably thought he d silence his critics by releasing his 2011 tax returns. but this morning, that doesn t seem likely. democrats are charging that romney manipulated his deductions for political purposes. this shows he s trailing obama in some important battleground states. we ll go live to the campaign trail in just a moment. if you re an apple fanatic, you re probably drooling over the new iphone now that it s out in stores. the crowds went wild on friday when it was released. while many love it, others say it has some big flaws. we ll check out some of the alternatives as well. still