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in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre 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 hes 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. >> ...

Court in the bronx for hearing on espaillats allegation that latino voters with bluerbeed or imperially asked for identification in the 13th congressional district primary. board of election commissioners refuse that and depend the workers. >> one thing i can tell you, at the end of the day, every single ballot will be counted. soon the board of elections will certify a winner this race. >> this afternoon, supreme court judge john carter ruled he will have the final word on the board of election...

This. >> there is a period of time that the board of understanding on turn election has to report the results. but you have to give them time to do it. at the end of the results, we all should have an opportunity to analyze that. and also to determine what we have to say about anything. but you cant knock what you dont know. martha: what is this controversy all about? reporter: even though congressman rangel appeared to have one last month, and even after his opponent delivered his concession sp...

Worse, for the republican party and for mitt romney in particular, who people -- marco rubio has been talked about for months now. ever since he got into the senate as a possible vp nominee. that anyone, no matter who the nominee would have been, marco rubio was supposed to be at the top of their list. and for all of those characteristics that manuel laid out, i mean, thats the reason why. and the idea that hes not being thoroughly vetted and the idea that mitt romney says that only he and his v...

With senator rob portman in ohio. >> great to have senator portman here. >> stumping with congressman paul ryan. so far team romney kept their vp selection process very close to the vest. but in a surprise to many republicans, abc news reported that the romney campaign was not doing a background check on marco rubio, the charismatic young senator is wildly popular among conservatives. some say he could help win his home state of florida back in the win column for republicans. they say he could a...

Know, but youve got unnamed sources at two news organizations talking about what exactly is happening. yes, lawrence, it does show that he is -- he, meaning mitt romney, has lost control of his vp selection process, for the time being. its still just june. >> and lets get somethinging straight. mitt romneys lying when he says that only he and one other person knows whos being vetted. the accountants for everyone being vetted knows, theyre handing over tax returns, theres 100 people who know name...

Baptist convention has selected an african-american president. he was elected tuesday in new orleans and will officially step into that role later today. major milestone for a group once known for supporting segregation. heat is on from the midatlantic to the northeast. temperatures are soaring, topping the 90s, expected to hit 100 degrees tomorrow along the east coast. the national weather service is encouraging people to stay inside if at all possible, and keep hydrated. that means water. ...

Its a little bit right now in nor fl florida like alice in wonderland. the only thing missing is the chechire cat and the rabbit. you talk about voting purges. that is only one part of voter suppression laws. weve seen the legislature and the governor cut early voting days in half, and thats in spite of the fact that people were waiting for four hours and longer last presidential election during early voting. weve seen elimination of the most popular early voting day of all before election day, ...

hurt on the raid on osama bin ladens compound. whats going on? >> im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> as they should be, republicans are ecstatic over their victory in wisconsin where republican governor scott walker empress ofly survived a recall vote. democrats are on the defensive and president obama is taking heat for not going wisconsin to help his fellow democrats. what does all of this mean for november? lets go live to dana b...

They have a job to do. we have a job to do to make sure we have integry any the election process in wisconsin, we dont have the voter fraud or people abinstructing the polling places. we give the good legal advice to poll worker. i want agents in the field so if something goes wrong we can go to the courthouse to clarify things. the next day is too late if we have problems with election integrity. >> greta: are you hearing anything? >> im not. >> greta: that is a good sign. >> we have been worki...