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women want this november and what it means for the candidates. later this hour, a as a leb tee breakup of massive proportions? no, not them. but wait until you see. "weekend early start" begins now. a problem with president obama's secret service detail is overshadowing his trip to columbia, there for the summit of the americas. before the president stepped off the plane, a dozen of his secret service agents were sent packing. and replaced by a different set of agents. according to the washington post, the problems stems from one agent involvement with prostitut prostitutes. "the...

could be smuggled in undetected. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." it's one of the more mundane documents americans have to deal with, but for president obama, the tax return is politically charged in this, an election year. the white house released his 2011 files today along with that of the vice president, joe biden and there are some surprises in both documents. as lisa sylvester has been carefully going after these tax returns, what do you see? >> first off, the obamas, like the romneys, gave generously to charities. the president's income, which was $1.7 millio...

It is a sign that the romney campaign is not the going to leave any stone unturned but also the fact that his grasp on this thing is a loose grasp. >> but the fact of the matter is, if you're rick santorum, you can have all the big names like the big kristols of the world saying he could be the real deal, and if you don't have money and you don't have organization, the two things mitt romney has been building for four, six, ten years -- however you want to make the argument -- what does he do with that? >> i think romney is likely to have the nomination. it's hard to imagine either gingrich or...

I don't get too worried, and neither does the president. shannon: who was helped by what the administration's done, only 2% of people said small businesses. i mean, that's not a 50/50. 2% of people only think that small businesses were helped? somewhere it's being lost in translation. >> reporter: i think that's true. to me this is more of an optics problem than a metrics problem. there have been tax breaks for small businesses. 95% of american families have gotten tax cuts. people call my radio show and say, well, my taxes have gone up under obama. to, they haven't. you know, i think there's ...

And the epa says it was within market range, but when you look at rents in that neighborhood, they are significantly higher. and so there is a debate here about did it fit within the rules that he was required to follow, or is this really a political optics problem, because people will look at that and say was that unfair? that's some of the pressure that will be on scott pruitt going forward. alex? >> yeah the fact that he only had to pay for nights that he spent there. i mean that's a very unique kind of lease. i don't know of anybody else with that kind of a lease. kelly o down in west palm...