the mission was very risky because it is winter in antarctica. the rescue flight was timed. it arrived during narrow window of daylight yesterday. we don t know the patient s identity or what he or she is suffering from. the person is said to be in stable condition and treated at a hospital in new zealand. an update now on the wisconsin temple shooting. the fbi says the gunman killed himself with a shot to the head after being wounded by a police officer on the scene. authorities had previously said a police bullet killed wade michael page. three people hurt in the suburban milwaukee shooting are still hospitalized in critical condition. we talked earlier this week the irony of this happening weeks after the aurora movie theater massacre that we saw, and in fact, colorado s governor called the governor of wisconsin to express support. saying, look, pretty much i have been there. i m still going through this. kind of almost sharing notes on how your state deals with such a high-prof
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, tax war. two respected experts wrote an op-ed that the obama campaign immediately seized on it. it was enough to prompt them to send this e-mail to their troops, subject line romney s role in tax shelter raises questions. the reason? the op-ed written by two experts who recently wrote another article critical of romney s personal tax strategies says since romney refuses to release his tax returns, his views on taxes are revealed by what did he while on the audit committee of marriott corporation. i ll explain what happened, but first let s just lay out the key accusation. the authors say, quote, a key troubling public manifestation of romney s apparent incense tivety different to tax obligations is his role in marriott international s abusive tax shelter acvity. so does the accusation of insensitivity, translation, lack of ethics, add up? romney was chief for a while of the audit committee from 1993 to 1998. in that
we begin this hour with a very important change in the presidential race. according to our brand new cnn/orc poll, a majority of the nation s voters now say they want to re-elect president obama. take a look at this. the president has 52%. he s seven points ahead of mitt romney who s at 45%. just a month ago the president in our poll was ahead 49% to 46%. significantly the president now according to our latest poll is above 50%. our polls also show what voters think of mitt romney s potential vice presidential picks. let s bring in our national political correspondent jim acosta. he s taking a closer look at all of these numbers. that s right. at least on the surface, should bring a smile to the obama campaign. and perhaps a warning to mitt romney and his campaign to go big in the vice presidential search with mitt romney heading out on a potential rollout of his running mate. the results on the veepstakes are even more fascinating. the two men that seem to be the safe
two respected experts wrote an op-ed that the obama campaign immediately seized on it. it was enough to prompt them to send this e-mail to their troops, subject line romney s role in tax shelter raises questions. the reason? the op-ed written by two experts who recently wrote another article critical of romney s personal tax strategies says since romney refuses to release his tax returns, his views on taxes are revealed by what did he while on the audit committee of marriott corporation. i ll explain what happened, but first let s just lay out the key accusation. the authors say, quote, a key troubling public manifestation of romney s apparent incense tivety different to tax obligations is his role in marriott international s abusive tax shelter activity. so does the accusation of insensitivity, translation, lack of ethics, add up? romney was chief for a while of the audit committee from 1993 to 1998. in that role, he would have been responsible for overseeing the company s t