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On election day 2004, you know, when bush won re-election. i mean, folks were waiting in line to vote for hours. a lot of folks got frustrated, they just walked away. well, according to one tally, 174,000 people in the state of ohio walked away from the polls that day. george w. bush won re-election and won the state by just 118 votes. now, the 2004 disaster prompted the state to make some changes and add early voting time to improve and to enhance the process. president obama won the state in 2...

Obvious than in the state of ohio, which weve talked about the last few nights. this was the scene, i want you to remember, this was the scene on election day 2004, you know, when bush won re-election. i mean, folks were waiting in line to vote for hours. a lot of folks got frustrated, they just walked away. well, according to one tally, 174,000 people in the state of ohio walked away from the polls that day. george w. bush won re-election and won the state by just 118 votes. now, the 2004 disas...

major spike in cases of west nile virus. health officials say it is the biggest rise since 2004. so far weve seen 240 cases across the country with four deaths. the cdc says the cases have been in texas, mississippi and oklahoma. august is traditionally the peek month for wes nile. the virus is carried by mosquitos. to colorado now, where the university of colorado has hired an independent investigator to probe the schools handling of colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes. hol...

wildfire seasons on record, it is now oklahomas turn. the wildfires in more than a dozen counties are primed to get worse from low humidity, high winds and 110-plus-degree temperatures. so far, flames have eaten through 60-plus buildings and forced evacuations. whats worse, investigators believe one of the wildfires is an arson. i spoke earlier with a reporter from our oklahoma city affiliate koco. >> reporter: initially, they were looking for a man in a pickup truck because someone ca...

>> which call is that, andrea? >> well, the call from boston or new hampshire or from governor romney. >> well, i am in contact with governor romney from time to time but this week im focused on some yard work and some business things, but look, the process will unfold in due course. >> who do you think is on the short list from your reporting? >> i think the short list is the same one we have been talking about for the last month and a half and it very much includes tim pawlenty, rob portman, m...

Time. this week im focused on some yard work and business things. but, look, the process will unfold in due course. >> and first read has the short list. pawlenty, rob portman bob jindal, paul ryan and john thune. >> it will probably be closer to the convention. who knows. of course, the romney people might make a decision earlier. in the daily news, new york daily news sources are telling him that they would rather do it after the trip because they dont want it to look like a knee-jerk reaction...

New hampshire or from governor romney. >> well, i am in contact with governor romney from time to time but this week im focused on some yard work and some business things but look, the process will unfold in due course. im sure governor romney and his team will let you all know when the announcements coming but thats not something that i can comment on. >> understood. thank you very much. always good to see you. thank you. >> good to see you. up next, a new bipartisan campaign to avoid the fis...

Stephanie cutter says when it comes to the most recent incident the disparity in the dates may be a federal offense. >> either mitt romney through his own words and his own signature was misrepresenting his position at bain to the s.e.c., which is a felony, or he was misrepresenting his position at bain to the american people to avoid responsibility for some of the consequences of his investments. if thats the case, if he was lying to the american people, then thats a real character and trust is...

dropping out of sight. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." we begin with todays damming new report on penn states universitys cover-up of coach jerry sanduskys sexual attacks on young boys. it says the top people at the university including the legendary football coach, joe paterno, hid what they knew and had no regard for the young victims. just now university officials are promising it will never, never happen again. >> you should know that our hearts remain heavy. and ...

Hispanics. thats -- hes trying to purge. one of them turns out to be a world war ii veteran whos over 90 years who actually proved he was a citizen and could vote. so these are real problems out there and, unfortunately, look, both sides are going to use it to turn out their votes and to get their voters, you know, each sides going to claim the other sides trying to steal the election. rick: sure. and there have been problems with governor scotts list down in florida that have been pointed out. ...