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women want this november and what it means for the candidates. later this hour, a as a leb tee breakup of massive proportions? no, not them. but wait until you see. "weekend early start" begins now. a problem with president obamas secret service detail is overshadowing his trip to columbia, there for the summit of the americas. before the president stepped off the plane, a dozen of his secret service agents were sent packing. and replaced by a different set of agents. according to ...

could be smuggled in undetected. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." its one of the more mundane documents americans have to deal with, but for president obama, the tax return is politically charged in this, an election year. the white house released his 2011 files today along with that of the vice president, joe biden and there are some surprises in both documents. as lisa sylvester has been carefully going after these tax returns, what do you see? >> first off, the obam...

It is a sign that the romney campaign is not the going to leave any stone unturned but also the fact that his grasp on this thing is a loose grasp. >> but the fact of the matter is, if youre rick santorum, you can have all the big names like the big kristols of the world saying he could be the real deal, and if you dont have money and you dont have organization, the two things mitt romney has been building for four, six, ten years -- however you want to make the argument -- what does he do with ...

I dont get too worried, and neither does the president. shannon: who was helped by what the administrations done, only 2% of people said small businesses. i mean, thats not a 50/50. 2% of people only think that small businesses were helped? somewhere its being lost in translation. >> reporter: i think thats true. to me this is more of an optics problem than a metrics problem. there have been tax breaks for small businesses. 95% of american families have gotten tax cuts. people call my radio show...

And the epa says it was within market range, but when you look at rents in that neighborhood, they are significantly higher. and so there is a debate here about did it fit within the rules that he was required to follow, or is this really a political optics problem, because people will look at that and say was that unfair? thats some of the pressure that will be on scott pruitt going forward. alex? >> yeah the fact that he only had to pay for nights that he spent there. i mean thats a very uniqu...

The president is yet again using an enormous taxpayer expense for the security and his travel and his familys travel to get here into new jersey so there is an optics problem for this white house as they try to get out from underneath this latest controversy. >> it just doesnt seem to be focused solely on tom price as the president talked about that optics issue. we appreciate it so much. thank you. and were going to talk about it some more because joining me now is cnn political analyst, and ...

Deliberately lied or misled and acted in reckless disregard of the truth. both of them are terrible things. they shouldnt be discussing a strategy for how to respond. they should have told the truth. >> it sounds like youre saying this is potentially more of an optics or perception problem for the president than anything else. >> it is definitely an optics problem. but it is one of those things that adds dramatically to the number of things we already know. and when you add in the deliberate mis...

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President obama a blank check. but its an optics problem for republicans as well. how can they not do something to deal with what they have deemed as a crisis? there is going to be pressure on congress to do something. will the white house get the full $3.7 billion? thats dubious, craig. i anticipate youll see a comprise. something in the realm of $2.7 billion. >> would there have to be offsets or going to be -- >> its a great question. it will very likely be a part of the conversation and a par...

An expectations that a whole lot is going to come out of the meeting. its a chance for the white house to deal with the optics problem they have right now. the fact that president obama is in texas. hes going to fundraisers. but he has no planners to visit the boarder. the official line from the white house if he goes there, he could ultimate get the way of the efforts to deal with the influx of unaccompanied children and minors and folks coming across the border. the realty, theres a political ...