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im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." first its todays new round of attack in the presidential race campaign and the much winning battleground state of ohio this afternoon. president obama slammed the tax proposals, warninging theyll send thousands of u.s. jobs overs overs overseas. > the romney campaign is accusing them of another dishonest attack. why did the president level this new corporate tax attack on romney in ohio? >> reporter: well, wolf, the president is trying ...

today when he speaks in the white house rose garden. hes going to be calling for an extension of tax cuts only for people earning $250,000 a year or less. >> so the president is totally committed to getting rid of the tax cut for those making $250,000 or above. >> lets make progress on our spending by doing away with tax cuts for people that quite frankly dont need them and that havent worked and have them pay their fair share? >> that a yes or no. the president is completed committed ...

its 5:00 a.m. in the east. this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin this morning with breaking news. we have learned that president obama is holding a big event at the white house rose garden later today to resurrect the battle over the bush tax cuts. he will be surrounded by working class americans while he calls on congress to extend tax cuts for everyone, making $250,000 a year or less. republicans want the tax cuts extended for everyone, the wealthy included. the white house will b...

Times-picayune." i stayed there seven years. if you watch the show for any amount of time you know how much i love new orleans. ill be back there this weekend. see a lot of these people work for the paper. theyre going to find out next week whether theyll be able to stay or get a severance package and be able to stay. i wanted to make a larger point that this is such a hurtful and damaging decision for the city and for journalism as a whole. not only because newspapers drive news coverage around...

Paid leave, the former police chief and thats because the city commission rejected not his resignation but really the deal that was worked out between him and the city manager which would have paid him severance and approximately five months of his salary because that superceded his actual agreement. they needed to approve the money. since they didnt approve the money hes technically not gone. so, the former police chief is still drawing about a $10,000 a month salary and the interim police chie...

Down in tears several times on the stand yesterday. her sisters estranged husband william belfour is accused in shooting deaths of husbands mother, brother and nephew. >> major developments in the trayvon martin case. the sanford police chief tried to resign but was rejected. joining us from sanford, florida is ofl reporter. hi, steve. >> good morning, patti ann. it commission voted 3-2 not to accept the resignation. a deal had been struck between billy p and the city manager. the city manager h...

Mr. bonaparte, could you take us through the steps of what happened today? you had reached an agreement of resignation with the police chief and then what did the city commission do? >> yes, the chief and i had come to an agreement, but that agreement needed to have the city commission approval. while the chief serves at the pleasure of the city manager, the terms of the agreement would require the city to put out additional funds and additional resources that were not in his original contract, ...

Hearing is that there was some sort of severance package in this agreement that you had with the police chief? >> that is correct, and thats what was required to have the city commission approval. >> how much money was that? >> it was about $54,000, all told. so how do we interpret this vote? was it a vote against $54,000? was it suddenly a vote of confidence in a police chief where this same police commission voted no confidence? >> i think it was neither. what i heard at the meeting was some m...

speak on the 2-year-old arizona law due to be challenged tomorrow at the u.s. supreme court. more on that and surprising facts from the u.s./mexican border. theres little drama but dont tell voters. voting is under way in republican primaries in rhode island, connecticut, delaware, pennsylvania and new york. mitt romney, of course, appears to have the nomination in the bag. santorum is dropped out, but his name is on the ballot. for now, gingrich and ron paul vowing to fight on. romney...

blossomed. and first there was bountygate, now theres spygate. the general manager of the new orleans saints is being accused of bugging the superdome to listen in on visiting coaches. theres talk of criminal charges, but mickey loomis is saying the report is 1,0000 plu false. >> a police dog sent in to end a high speed chase. apparently he worked it out. >> thats some nice maneuvers. up first this morning a dramatic turnaround in the trayvon martin case. the sanford, florida city ...