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earth. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." mitt romney is using ads, web videos, speeches to hammer away at president obama on welfare. romney is taking a lot of heat though over his claims about the administration's policies, but with support from an unlikely ally he's raising the stakes today. here's our national political correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney is not backing away from his accusation that president obama is trying to make it easier for the poor to receive welfare checks and to help make his case he's getting some help from an old r...

what may have caused this shocking end to a life seemingly spinning out of control? and great white shark spottings heightened. fears along the cape cod area. our own brian todd is on a boat with experts trying to track them down. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." right now a disappointing jobs report kicks off day two of president obama's bus tour into overdrive and arms his opponent, mitt romney, with new political ammunition to use against him. look at this. unemployment is stuck at 8.2%. and only 80,000 jobs added in june. the numbers are even worse when you l...

kercher's family is backing the prosecu prosecutor's plan to appeal the case. they say justice would have been served if the jury followed the evidence, not the media hype. >> you can't forgive somebody if they haven't admitted something, so what would they be forgiving. if as was decided yesterday they are innocent, then we say fair enough and all try and move on in that respect. >> a third person convicted in kercher's death in a separate trial is serving a 16 year sentence. knox's haurs suggest that man was the sole killer. michael jackson's doctor will be face to face with old ...

In a moment, i'll talk with former governor doug wilder who spoke with mcdonnell today about this. first cnn's kate bolduan gives us the back story. >> reporter: virginia, known for its civil war battlefields. richmond was the capital of the confederacy. now a new battle over that legacy. governor bob mcdonnell has declared april confederate history month. to understand the sacrifices of the confederate leaders, soldiers and citizens. >> i thought having people look at the history, learning from the mistakes of the history, but understanding virginia's role in the battlefields, et cetera, woul...

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