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olympics. >> reporter: the bain capital filings at the security and exchange commission first referred to by a talking points memo in boston globe and obtained by cnn shows, romney is ceo and president of the company in 2001, two years after the gop contender says he left the firm. the obama campaign pounced on the document as proof romney has mislead the public about his business career. >> either mitt romney through his own words and his own signature was misrepresenting his position at pain to the sec, which is a felony, or he was misrepresenting his position at bain to the american people. >> reporter: the obama campaign says the sec documents are crucial because they prove their attack ads are accurate, claiming romney was at bain when the firm was advising companies on outsourcing. >> newly published documents show mitt romney's firms were pioneers helping companies outsource their manufacturing. >> reporter: the romney campaign insists that ad is a lie,
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because the republican candidate left bain before outsourcing work began. democrats say it is romney who is lying, pointing to the massachusetts disclosure form from his time as governor, showing he made more than $100,000 from bain in 2001. roberta carmel, sec commissioner in the carter administration says the government documents raise serious questions. >> either the statements in the sec filings are untrue and as a former sec commissioner, i regard that as a serious problem, or they're true, but he wasn't really on the job. >> reporter: in a statement to cnn, a romney campaign official says sec regulations are complicated and don't square with common sense in this case. although governor romney was not involved with bain capital after he left to head the winter olympics in 1999, he was still listed on some technical filings. this is nothing more than a quirk in the law.
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a bain capital executive that's a democrat says romney's name remained on some government documents due to sudden departure, adding he left bain capital in february, 1999 to run the olympics and has had absolutely no involvement with management or activities of the firm or any portfolio companies since the date of departure. cnn obtained a brand new document filed by bain capital to the massachusetts secretary of state's office in 2001. it shows romney as the president of bain capital. jim acosta, cnn, houston. mitt romney's campaign pockets are bigger thanks to dick cheney. there was a fundraiser near mr. cheney's home. he sat near romney as he spoke about america's thirst for new leadership. he then took the microphone and said romney is the candidate who could handle a crisis like 9/11. the event raised a whopping $4
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million. battle ground state of virginia has 13 electoral votes up for grabs in november, aiming to put those in his column, president obama starts a two day campaign swing through the state this afternoon. the latest poll of virginia registered voters shows a close rate. he has 47 to 42% edge, but the percentage of undecided voters is bigger than his lead. okay. have you seen the olympic uniforms? some people say they look, well, like i don't know, like you should be playing crow kay or something, look european, not american. what's worse in senator harry reid's mind, where the uniforms were made. yes, they were made in china. and senator reid says we should burn them because of it. >> i am so upset. the olympic committee should be
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ashamed of themselves, be embarrassed, i think they should take the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again. >> let's bring in alean a cho getting reaction from all sides. >> wow. >> what are they saying at ralph uren? >> well, not much, carol, as you might imagine. i'll get to that in a little bit. first, let me tell you, the criticism has been a little about the beret. but as you point out, what's most important is this, everything in the uniform, from the beret to the blazer to the shoes to the shirt that ralph lauren actually made for me when i recently saw them, here is my name on the back. if you look closely at the tag here, you see on the bottom clearly made in china. all of the uniforms as i mentioned are made by american designer ralph lauren. they are for opening and closing ceremonies. as i mentioned, recently, i had the opportunity to look at the
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olympic gear with david lauren, ralph lauren's son, the executive vice president of the company. he told me they are focused on making olympians look good. >> when you're meeting these athletes and they're walking in their first olympics, many of them have never worn a tie or jacket, never been on television before. we want the american team and athletes to look like ambassadors. >> all right. as we just saw, the chinese manufacturing has fueled a rare bipartisan back lash on capitol hill, and just this morning, i spoke with a designer, nannette lepore, she is a strong supporter of keeping manufacturing jobs here in the united states, especially in the new york garment district. 85% if not more of her own label of clothing is produced right here. i asked her if 98% of all of the clothing that's brought into the u.s. is imported, is it really realistic to say uniforms should
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be made in the usa? >> i have been manufacturing in new york city for 20 years. and we're working with factories working at half capacity. there are factories that are dying for this kind of an opportunity. and not only is it realistic to do this for the olympics, but these factories could then go on to continually manufacture. >> she says if she can do it, anybody can. the u.s. olympic committee released a statement earlier this week that says, quote, unlike most olympic teams around the world, the u.s. olympic team is privately funded and we're grateful for the support of our sponsors. we are proud of our partnership with ralph lauren, an iconic american company and excited to watch america's finest athletes compete at the upcoming games in london. carol, you talked about ralph lauren and its response. no official statement. but when i reached out via e-mail to someone inside the company, pretty high up, this person said to me is this the
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story also focusing on the other olympic sponsors who do not manufacture in the usa or just ralph, and that person added that ralph lauren does not outfit the athletes in competing or podium wear. the question posed to me was so an athlete winning a medal, not wearing products made in the usa seems one sided. there you have it. that's from ralph lauren. we should point out, someone in the u.s. oc spoke to us and said athletic wear just is not made in the united states. it is all made overseas, whether it is competing wear, podium wear, or as we just saw, opening or closing ceremonies here as well. >> i don't look at the opening ceremony uniforms and think athletic wear. maybe it is just me. >> not exactly athletic wear, not exactly, good point, good point. >> why the berets. a lot of people are wondering.
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>> you're asking me? well, listen, david lauren said to me that he wanted the athletes to look regal, to look like ambassadors, perhaps that was the thinking. i do know that when they were looking at designing the products, they did go back and look and that may be why you see that throw back look. >> that western influence that ralph lauren usually has, that is kwinlt essentially american. >> you're right. i'm guessing next time around, the olympic gear will be made in the usa. i am guessing it will be. >> thank you, alina. the buzz is for frank ocean, the music and mysterious man behind it. why he is blazing a trail with a highly anticipated debut cd. and it is lonely at the top
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it was early itunes that some songs were inspired by a gay relationship. a.j. hammer is in new york with more. his record sales are exploding. >> it is incredible. frank ocean was an unknown artist a few days ago. now he is one of the hottest acts in music, and it really is an extraordinary story. he had famous friends helping him on the way. take a look. ♪ to be in love someone who could never love you. >> monday, frank ocean made his television debut, singing about unrequited love for a man on "late night with jimmy fallon." on tuesday, he became a worldwide star, hitting number one on itunes in ten countries, including the united states and the united kingdom with his first full length album, channel orange. just who is frank ocean and how did he seemingly achieve
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overnight success? >> this is definitely not an overnight success. frank has been working a very long time, he has definitely put in the work to have this album be not just about the controversy but really about the actual content. >> frank ocean is the stage name for christopher brooke, born in new orleans. he has been a member of a hip-hop collection, written songs for beyonce, justin beiber, kanye west, and jayz. he didn't have buzz until he confessed to having reman particular buzz. >> when you have the courage to be honest, you can hear it. >> big fan of frank ocean before the whole situation, and i still am. >> there's good and bad in everything. however, i will say this. three days ago, i didn't know who he was. you know what i mean?
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now all my friends are telling me his album is really good. >> it was a bold move, especially because hip-hop and r&b communities have been slow to embrace same sex relationships. support rolled in from famous friends. beyonce penned a poem in his honor. >> i will be the first to say in our community we have a problem with homophobia. in the music realm, like hush hush, no one is gay. >> investigators say he is a humble, private man, who opted to do little press and prefers to let the music speak for itself. ♪ >> so we look for clues about frank ocean in performances like this one on fallon, watch the charts and debut album explode in wider release early next week. carol, it cannot be overstated what a brave thing it was to do in the hip-hop, r&b communities,
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but change has to start somewhere. hopefully, frank ocean is paving the way. >> yeah. what really matters, he's got a great voice. what i heard was fantastic. >> and his identity should be about the music and about the content of the album, not just about everything else swirling around it. that's what's going to get the initial notice, but wow, what a talent. >> a.j., thanks so much. want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world? "showbiz tonight" tonight on hln. and steven tyler is leaving his mistress, aka, "american idol," after two seasons. he says it is time to bring back rock and roll. a new album is due out in november. he confirms his exit in a statement saying quote, after some long, hard thoughts, i've decided it's time for me to let go of my mistress "american idol" before she boils my rabbit, end quote. entertainment is a young
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woman's world. forbes released a list of highest paid celebrities under 30, and women dominate the top five. taylor swift tops the list, raking in $57 million from may of 2011 to may of this year. not only are the albums block busters, concerts make big money, too. other singers like rihanna, katy perry made the top five. the only guy, justin beiber in the top five. $55 million to land at number 2. it was a secret passage from mexico into arizona. now, our cameras give you a unique look inside what's called the most sophisticated tunnel ever found. ♪
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because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ 49 minutes past the hour. checking top stories. we learn jpmorgan chase lost $5.8 billion from bad trades. the bank ceo originally said the number was closer to 2 billion. the trades rocked the financial world and jpmorgan chase lost about 15% of its value since those trades were announced. in washington, a police officer that served as a motorcycle escort for the white house is on desk duty after allegedly making threatening comments about the first lady. according to "the washington post," the officer was overheard saying he would shoot michelle obama, even showed a picture of the firearm he would use to
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another police officer. the secret service is now looking into it. a story that may nudge you to change your password. more than 450,000 yahoo accounts were hacked this week, user names and passwords posted online. and the hack is not limited to yahoo users. other accounts were compromised. if you're a yahoo user, want to e if you were part of the hack, go to the website on the screen and plug in your e-mail. look at this. a crash caught on traffic camera in new jersey. see the headlights coming, the driver blows through a red light, doesn't stop, the car hits another car. it is unbelievable. then spins in the area. you see that, takes out a light pole. the driver as you might have expected was charged with dui. he is okay though this morning. trying to quit smoking, you may want to think about a gym membership, too. a european study determined
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smokers that quit gained 8 to 11 pounds in the first year, more than originally thought. researchers say the average gain in the first month is two and a half pounds. and men hoping to stop hair loss may be in danger of losing something more important. in april, the fda added sexual side effects to propecia, a hair loss drug. a study from the journal of medicine says it can decrease sex drive and last long after they stop taking it. it is a hidden tunnel, helping including smugglers bringing illegal products into the united states from mexico. we get a firsthand look at this amazing tunnel.
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stopping the drug war, a hard thing, thanks to hundreds of small tunnels hand dug under the u.s., mexico border. our cameras take you in one passage way called the most sophisticated ever found. here is cnn's casey wian. >> reporter: this is the way agents discovered this tunnel a few days ago, under this giant container of water. over here, you can see 55 gallon drums that contain the dirt dug out of this tunnel, stretcng
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240 yards across the u.s., mexico border. >> this is the most sophisticated one i've seen in arizona. >> what makes it that? >> because of the way it is designed. most tunnels in arizona are just digging through dirt to get into the sewer system, using the sewer system, punching out again. this one, i mean, when you look down that hole, you're going to see, it is completely 4 x 6 all the way, plywood all the way around it, rebar in there, reinforced. >> reporter: it is so narrow and deep, our photo journalist and his camera needed to descend separately. >> clear the shaft. >> clear the shaft. >> reporter: each with the help of a harness. >> gets smaller towards mexico. we have to crawl if you were to go a whole lot further. >> there's no dirt in here, it is very clean, and there's light, there's electricity, and there's a fan even. >> reporter: u.s. authorities found 156 cross border tunnels
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since the early 1990s. lately, they have become more sophisticated as drug detection technology above ground improves. >> reporter: agents had this area under surveillance since january. when the tunnel was discovered, arizona public safety officers pulled over a pickup truck on the highway north of here, discovered 39 pounds of methamphetamine. after interviewing the occupants of the truck, they linked it to this facility and have three in custody. >> wow. drinking from a bottle of water probably doesn't seem like a big deal to you. one woman broke down in tears, how she is regaining independence. had always called oregon home.i until i got a job in the big apple. adjusting to city life was hard for me. and becoming a fulltime indoor cat wasn't easy for atti. but we had each other and he had purina cat chow indoor. he absolutely loved it. and i knew he was getting everything he needed
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and now a story out of oklahoma city. a mother that lost both her arms and her legs to a bad infection is regaining her independence. dana howard had her limbs amputated less than a year ago. she uses a prosthetic hand to drink water for the first time. >> squeeze it a little tighter. okay, good. >> oh! yay! >>
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