>> should those efforts fail, and should iran make the decision to proceed, that we have all options on the table including military options. but our position is that military options ought to be the last resort and not the first resort. >> iran's nuclear program factors into this ballistic missile test in a big way. many of iran yeah missile that can go 1200 miles can be outfitted with nuclear war heads. back to you. >> tensions are ratcheting up. >> and syrian rebel force are expecting a surge of violence in aleppo today as president assaud intensifying bombing. kofi annan stepped down asking for china's help.

but the chinese said the west is to blame for interferring. and china and russia veted the effort to take action against assaud. . dirt hare just made mitt romney's day. actor clint eastwood endorsed romney last night. when asked why he's rooting for romney. he was short and to the point. >> i think the country needs a boost. eastwood half time in america's super bowl adled people to feel he was supporting obama. but he never said he was supporting the president. >> harry reid has to put up or shut up. harry, who are your sources? let's have harry who explain and by the way harry. i understand what you are trying to do.

you are trying to deflect that job a numbers are bad and americans are out of work and trying to throw up anything on the screen to grab attention. >> that was governor romney firing back at senator harry reid of accusing him of not disclosing enough tax return. this is two years of unreleased returns why hasn't he made them public yet. an drea, good to see you. >> thanks, doug. >> let's get to the point here, why hasn't the governor released the returns? >> governor romney released over 700 pages of tax return information and will release his 2011 return five years of -- personal financial disclosure forps when he ran for govern governor and three forms from running from president. this is hundreds of pages of personal financial information and to governor mitt romney's point it is clear why

president obama a surrogate do they sink lower and lower to distract any way they can from the terrible job numbers and what we saw yesterday was another kick in the gut to the middle class. >> santor harry reid, it is it not the first time he has thrown low blows. he's done it in the past clearly others say that he used no sources on this. undisclosed sources and clearly a problem. it is not the first time he has done it seems to me if the governor wanted to fight back in the strongest possible way he could, he would release them and it is a slam dunk against harry reid. >> president obama has all of his friend allies doing anything they can to distract from what americans care about which is jobs and economy. and this week governor romney talked about strength in the middle class and trade

practices that work for us and not just other companies cutting spend helping small businesses. i don't know if you saw the wall street iditorial this morning, they talked about how president obama wants us to go off the tax cliff . he's wanting to raise taxos small businesses. that is notlet way to turn the economy arown. we have seen president obama is hostile to job creators. he said that his plan worked and that the private sector is doing fine. it is clear it is not. if he can't see a problem here, how is he going to fix it? >> when harry reid doubled down on the accusation it sent a message that he must be listening to a focus group and the class warfare issue is resonating with the american population. do you concur with that? >> the president's surrogates will do anything they can to divide americans and pit people against each other. what we need now is people to come together and create jobs

again. get this country moving again president obama just want to double down on the failed policies that hasn't worked. you saw yesterday. 8.3 percent unemployment. that is an uptake. we are head nothing a wrong direction under the president and his policies will not right the ship. >> you know that this accusation from reid is going to resonate with a state your name population and the american public that watch certain media and don't bother to listen to what is said on the other side. they found 86 percent of the coverage of your guy was negative in the main-stream media following the trip to israel and polapped. how do you fight that? >> there is a lot of places where people get news. governor romney will talk about the plans to strengthen the class and turn the economy around. our website is a great

resource, www. mittromney.com. for his policy and see who the vp will be and down load the app to be the first to know. there is a lot of places to get coverage. we play the hand we're dealt and we will not cry foul over the media but focus on what americans care about which is job economy. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> it is your time to weigh n. should mitt romney be do more about the personal risponses. i will read your responses later in the hour. >> a vet ran was laid to rest after losing his life in a colorado movie theater. ♪ 26 year old johnathon blunk was laid to rest in reno, nevada . he died shielding a friend and

telling her to stay down. up people paid respects. his family and friends said it was a military burial he would have wanted. >> department of emergency management dispatched helicopters to extinguish the wildfire in oklahoma. high winds caused the fires to surge. authorities are investigating reports of somebody tossing lit newspapers from a pickum truck nire oklahoma city lending weight to speculation that it might have been caused. >> u.s. is in the grip of a worst doubt. it is feeding the wildfire in oklahoma and forced arkansas to declare a state of emergency. there is little relief in sight. meterologist maria molina has more on that. it is tough all over the

country, maria. >> that's right. 80 percent of the count reap is experiencing dry conditions. parts of upitate new york and southeast and far west as california, washington and oregon you have the areas shaded in red and dark maroon color you have exceptional drought that is impacting the west ask including the state of oklahoma and likely one of the reasons why the wildfire spread so rapidly. you have dry brush in place to help spread the wildfires. triple digit temperatures in the upper midwest. and highs in the cents we have a red flag warning in affect for oklahoma because of dry conditions. and also gusty winds that will help to spread the wildfire rapudly. we are going to see much needed rain in portions . great bakes and midwest. some of that rain can come in

thunderstorms that can produce severe weather. we'll have large hail and damaging wind isolated tornados are possible. >> maria, thank you very much. end of the era for michael phelps who swims the last olympics race today. he picked up a gold in the 100 meter but are fly. and he may pick up a gold in an event the u.s. men never lost. >> ser 18 williams won the gold in women's tennis a quick look at the medal count. china leads the way. and the u.s. is a close second. and great britain and russia and france are next. >> we have a lot more to come in the second segment of america's news head quarters. >> thry - three days after a runway scare. another incident in detroit. two planes come dangerously

close. one could see the other the other plane from the winnow. >> millions in tv adcampaign events coast to coast and fund raisers thracost thousands to attend. could it all be a waste of money in the fight for the white house? proof that many and in fact most voters have already made up their minds. >> democrats are pushing hard to see governor romney's tax returns. do we really need to see them? governor mike huckabee shares his thoughts after the break. ♪ one a day women's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. ♪ it has more of seven antioxidants to support cell health. that's one a day women's 50+ healthy advantage.

>> i have paid taxes every year. and a lot of taxes. a lot of taxs and so harry is simply wrong and that's why i am so anxious for him to give the napes of the people who put this forward. i wouldn't be surprised to hear people from the white house or obama campaign or who knows where they come from. >> there is the response. governor mitt romney is fighting back with accusations from harry reid. the senate leader attacked him from the senate floor . >> the word is out that he hasn't paid taxes for 10 years. let him prove he has paid taxes. because he hasn't. we already know from one partial tax return he has

money hid nen bermuda and kaymen swiss bank account. that is in the partial year he gave us. mitt romney makes more money in a single day than average middle class family make necessary two years. >> but the problem is senator reid did not put up any evidence proving that romney did not pay taxes for a decade. the governor said where is your proof? >> thank you governor huckabee. >> thank you. >> what do you think of the tax problem alleged by senator reed >> guest: >> i think harry reid embarrassed himself and the united states senate and democratic program. you don't make baseless allegation about the nominee for presidency unless you have something other than the imaginary friend who told him about mitt romney's tax

return. >> harry reid will not release his tax return. and he's calling on mitt romney to release 10 years worth. mitt romney released more tax returns than the law requires and filled out all of the necessary election commission regarding financial disclosure. harry reid toneed toz announce the name and give evidence or apologize not just to mitt romney but to his colleagues on the senate floor for desecrating the honor of the united states senate. >> do you realistically expect that to happen in >> no, i don't believe here will do that. but he dtriple c had to issue an apology because of defaming a character . his lawyers got in touch with him and they issued a mea cullpa . harry ought to do it out of a

honor. but i don't expect him to do that because that requires integrity. >> if romney were to release the tax returns it would be a slam dunk and huge embarrassment to the majority leader. why doesn't he do it? >> mitt romney made it clear he paid the taxes. i want a president who is honest enough to pay the taxes he owes. but i don't want one that is so stupid that he paid taxes he didn't have to pay. most people are not going to understand mitt romney's tax returns. fact is, most people don't understand their own tax returns and if he shows the world. it is going to be fodder for the democrat to nit pick and make a issue of hundreds of pages of tax returns and he wants to focus on what more americans care about is their tax returns and how little income they are showing under

the obama administration policy. >> governor, i want to shift gears and turn to the vice president pick. mitt romney has to be on the cusp of making that decision. and he promise tod make it before the convention. steve hayes writing in the weekly standard said pick paul ryan. republican party intellectual leader and he laid out the core of the policy and got colleagues in congress to sign it or marko rubio, the most gifted young politician and man who embodies best of what is best about the teparty. do you concur either one of those. >> either one of those is good. so is rob portman and tim pawlenty and a long list of people to pick and they will be good choices. i will trust the romney team who has done the research. it is not speculation. but they don't have the responsibility of picking

someone with whom they work in the campaign but then after the election. i am going to trust that the romney team is thoughtfully pursuing this and we'll get behind it and salute it when it happens. >> governor romney is never accused of throwing a hail mary pass. he's deliberative and cautious and some would say risk adverse that might lead to a choice like portman or pawlenty. those guys are not huge television draws. we saw how pawlenty faired in the republican primaries. is there a risk of picking a guy like that? >> not really. personal comfort and they stand on the stage they are comfortable in the chemistry between the twov them. that may be more important than anything that people look at in terps of policy nuance. any of the people are people mitt romney would be comfortable in terps of the

personal chemistry. and someone he is not waking up every day that they would say something they have to dig themselves out of. they are good folks and outstanding picks. and however it turns out and i will not try to speculate as to who he will pick. i think it is going to be a thoughtful choice and not emotional or impromptu decision but one that he thought through and made a methodical condition. >> he wanted to pick a guy that can be president of the united states. governor huckabee, thank you very much. >> good to see you and thank you very much. >> do you agree with steve hayes and bill kristol with what they wrote. some of you have a difference of opinion. on twitter, michael writes, he must pick christie to innervigerating and compete for swing states. >> it should be alen west or

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>> iran is making a show of military strength that is sure to anger israel and the west. peter doocy is standing by with the day's top store storse. good afternoon, peter. >> iran is claiming a successful test of an upgrade

ballistic test missim. it increases the capability to strike land and naval targets. turk i is increasing the military presence on the volatile border with sir yampt they have thanks in one province. syrian forces are clashing with rebel troops in aleppo and damascus. nascar driver. raising the disappearance of two missing cousin. and race racing today in the iowa speed way. >> a plain jane bank robber is behind bars. sylvia helen garcia robbed six banks when she was arrest the fbi received several tips. >> one way to make an income in today's economy. >> not the right way. >> she gets three square meals a day. thank you, peter.

>> you bet. >> another close call. in detroit two planes came within two miles of each attempting to land. this comes three days after three commuter jets flew close to each other in reagan international airport. representative john micah head of the house transportation committee that oversees such thingings . it is good to see you. >> good to be with you. >> have you heard about the miscommunication that occurred in dca on thursday? that was the root of the problem with between the regional and local tower. what caused the miscommunication? >> there were weather circumstances, but again, it is it human error what we have in place in our air traffic control towers in the country is post world war ii ground

based radar system. and there's a delay in putting in place a space based system. so we don't rely on just the human tracking, we have high technology that can tell us where every plane is second and make the adjustments much better than a human being. >> this is the next generation system in >> next generation air trafficking, yes. i became chairman of the transportation committee a half ago. to that point, the faa bill had been stalled for four years. the other side was not able to move it. and it is really important. it had the blue print and how we go from again, antiquated inefficient and we'll have much more traffic out there that the planes will double. you can't rely on just the human factor. i was able to get it passed in the last year and the

president signed it on the 14th of february that touched out the blue print for getting us moving forward. it is important. we'll have the best safety system in place. air traffic controllers can only do so much. the other thing is to capture the market. change out the united states with the software and hardware. we capture huge technology and job market for the world and united states. >> mr. chairman i can't help but notice after the incident occurred in dca. he was vircerally angry saying it was a near miss and close call. do you concur with that and was it incident overstated? >> well, you know, it shows the flaws in the system you know, national airport we had people sleep now awake and not able to cope, and it was a near miss. the unfortunate thing, there

are far too many near miss we are going to run out of luck here and you will not be able to you know, make up for a poor performance. we have to have better train then get the technology in place and beat the rest of the world in getting there, not only competitive, but for a safety reason. we shouldn't have a five-year delay and getting it moved forward is not acceptable. aviation in the counselry acts are economic activity. i am please tod get the bill and blue print for moving forward in ciping the united states competitive. what else is done in central florida by the private sector working with the faa. >> i want to changelet subject a bit. you oversaw a hearing regarding the general services administration and another video you have seen surfaced from a conference in crystal city, virginia in 20 thereto 10 and showed members of the

general services administration and its federal acquisition service handed out the whackers and noise makers and chanting to ryths. it was an absurd looking thing and cost taxpayers a lot of money. one of 77 conferences that have now surfaced since the las vegas, fiasco. is this agency in need of an overhall. >> absolutely. since i became chair we head the first hearing in the empty federal building, two blocks away from the white house and empty for 15 years and starting an investigation of gsa. it is the biggest property owner in the world. and it holds all of the properties and buildings and trust for the american people. we knew that the administrative expenses soared 300 percent and tried to find out where. and came with the inspector general and other information gathered to see the conferences that were wasting

millions of taxpayer dollars and the latest one, those were drum sticks. i had a set of them handed to me they cost the taxpayer 20,000 and 30,000 for picture frames and we are going after the agencs at least under my committee's jurisdiction one at a time and trying to get rid of the waste. and sometimes fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars. >> i understand that the bigger problem is not the kinds of conferences, but the huge expenditures that we are seeing from the empty buildings that that agency is sitting on. >> yay, the conference is wasting millions and the billions, like we turned that building around and one year costing taxpayers 8 million a year and vacant for 15 years and now a thousand people will work there and we have revenue for the taxpayers. on monday. we'll be in miami and we have done three hearings in empty

buildings in washington dc nation's capt cament they can cost the taxpayers millions a year sitting there idle. we'll have to stop the waste in every agency and activity of government if it takes us hearing after hearing after hearing. >> why are the government properties? couldn't the private sector do something? woo have 20 seconds. >> the worst part they intim dated the private sector from coming to our hear even the tsa officials. they got rid of the first tier of the guy in the hot tub and second tier wouldn't come up because they are involved in the second layer of scandal. we'll not stop or lay up. >> iptim dating the private sector? >> oh, yeah. we could get any of the people who do this professionally property management on a large scale to come in and testify.

they have so intim dated by gsa. it is horrible but we will find a way. >> congressman micah. thank you, sir. >> it is president obama's birthday and he's 51 years old and happened to find well wisher necessary florida yesterday. ♪ happy birthday to you. ♪ happy birthday dear president obama. >> thank you. >> if you wondered what he wished for. he said winning florida would make a pretty good present. he's spending the day on the golf course in andrews air force base and heading on to camp david. the republicans are making up mock birthday cards features vladimir putin. president obama and mitt

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nevada. to design a replacement for the space shuttle. they have to pay for their own testing and development. >> millions on a campaign. a new poll shows it may all be in vain. >> they know enough about the president and 69 percent know enough about governor romney. have voters already made up their minds. radio hosts, join me with more. >> and mark, i will start with you. have they made up their mines? >> a lot of people have. and whether it is this year or four years before that. almost everyone makes up their mind. you are either democrat or republican or liberal or conservative and five or 15 percent that are undecided in

the middle and that's where the battle is fought independent voters that president obama won fair and square are gone and they have no interest in repeat thag mistake. >> allen, are they gone? >> no, not all gone. it is about the swing states and electoral vote. it boils down to the elector vote and not the popular vote. even beyond appealing to a small sliver of the electorate it is a small sliver of states that are not red or blue but are purple. it is those people in those states thal make the difference. >> that's why so much money is focused on so little of an area here. has anybody boiled it down to how much per person is spent on independent voters? >> it is astronomical. in texas. romney is going to win it

maryland and massachusetts. obama will win those. allen is right if you go to florida or pennsylvania or colorado or nevada, amount per vote in those states. mitt romney doesn't need to spend a lot of money in texas. he will win it it is a lot of money for a few votes and can turn the tide. >> it is a localized campaign in the state that is mark just mentioned. and so to spend money nationally. texas is red i am in new york it is blumpt new england is going to be blue. that's where the election resides and who arelet undecided people at this point? one wonders how anybody could be undecided? >> there are two ways to be undecided. mart of the mushy middle and nonidea logical. well, i don't like obama but he seeps luke a nice man and romney is businessman. the other undecided voters is

the person who decide tod roll the dice with obama four years ago and they would like that one back. those are the folks that fall n. >> and the flip is the undecided vore who like a real conservative and not thrilled with romney. i will stick with what we have got. i don't think romney is the guy that will best look at the right wing. >> let me tell you, do those people exist, yes, they do. just like the santorum and gring rich people. they know one way to beat the president with mitt romney and they will be on board. >> wreelplay the tape with santorum and what they said about mitt romney in the primary. it is long forgotten and obama and hillary said. >> once the primaries are done.

they are done. >> mark let me interrupt you. it is design tod appeal to swing voters. the democratic party decide tod make gay marriage part of the platwise or unwise. >> that is a wise decision. that's the people who don't agree with that are on the wrong side of history. itate after state is affirming gay marriage. that is the way we are moving forward and so they might as will put their chipos that. that's the way the country is going. >> look at the polls. >> alen, look at the poll right now. people who favor gay marriage 48 percent. total opposed 44 percent. it is differently strongly favor or strongly oppose. it is not gravitating in a movement to gay marriage. >> here's the thing. state after state is saying no. some say and that's fine. allen said thank the liberals

due out august 28th. >> i do want to thank the liberals. >> my pleasure. it is a sackament in their party and i loved chick-fil-a thing that caused people to say no we'll allow the scriptural view of marriage to be in the market place and in democratic want to hang their hat on gay marriage please do it >> we saw a huge turn out on chick-fil-a. the company issued a statement in the midst of all of that and a record day of business for them and it said. we understand -- let's see. we understand from news reports that friday. and it may be another opportunity for us to serve with genuine hospitality and superior service and great food. it was a classy statement. all of these people showed up because they resent having

ideology shoifed down their throat. >> the real problem is the mayors who threaten chick-fil-a. that was wrong. and the next time, i wouldn't want to be etched out because i am pro gay and told my business should not be acceptable. had the mayors not done that and in suggested legislation, you wouldn't have chick-fil-a appreciation day. they spur today on by trying to get them out of their communities. >> that right there is why allen is a liberal of substance and quality and honor i really appreciate that and on that friday, it was not a bunch. most gace had no interest coming out and mugging down and making a public scandal. and it goes o. and the battle 10s. >> i can't believe you agree on that. >> something is wrong and. good to see you guys. >> a man disappears in a beach

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a support beam collapsed and killed one man and injurying two others. the truck knocked the support beam loose. the driver misjudged the height of the van. officials are looking into the structural safety. should governor mitt romney be more aggressive in defending his personal finance. mitt romney should be ruthless and end with the hash tag no mercy. >> christie will take care of the vp. thanks for sharing those thoughts and responses. they tried 15 times to set a world record. when we come back, we'll tell you if they were successful . ♪ these fellas used capital one venture miles

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>> a man goes missing at jones beach in new york setting off a massive search and some are starting to think his disappearance is an elaborate effort to fake his own death. and more on that, good morning, anna. >> good afternoon to you. according to his wife, it seems that he was trying to fake his death. the alleged plan went south

when ross went south. his son reported him missing in jones beach on saturday and resources were sent out to find him, but then on thursday, ross got a speeding ticket hundreds of miles away in south carolina. and his wife says the 47-year-old allegedly tripled his life insurance policy in january and revised his will recently. a news conference given my his wife, ivana ross mentioned things he left behind. suspicious e-mails between ross and their 22-year-old son jonathan referencing a plot. and to call from a pay phone or a phone to update him how things will going in new york. >> i feel sadness that he put a lot of people in danger to look for him as though he drown. i was planning a funeral for him. i lost my husband all in a matter of hours and then to find out he's alive, is-- it's anger, it's sadness, it's the public that went out to

try to save a man that was not there. and vacationing in florida. >> and the district attorney said they're collaborating with police on this matter and they have not decided whether charges will indeed be filed and police say he plans to return to new york, but he has not surfaced and his son's whereabouts are unknown as well. back to you. >> interesting. to be continued. anna, thank you very much. a human snowflake consisting of 188 people. toothem 15 tries over three days and smashed the previous vertical diving record set by 108 sky divers set in 2009. apparently everybody remembered to put their parachute on. that's all for me. rick and erin are standing by. >> and we begin with a fox news alert on a defiant new military display out of iran. good afternoon, i'm rick

foll folbalm. >> a news alert after iran has successfully test fired a missile that they claim is able to hit and destroy its targets. >> iran says a range of 185 miles they claim is capable of striking israel and a number of bases with pinpoint precision. >> now, if the iranians decide it's in their best interest to hit shipping routes in the straits of hormuz, another way to do that and as they said with great accuracy, iran's defense minister is quoted by the associate press today, as saying the significance of this missile is that it can hit and destroy all the regional targets, as well as those located in various places and in the range of 300

kilometers, 185 miles from our shoreline in the persian gulf and the oman sea. iran thinks that future wars are going to be fought in the air and at sea and in other case, the ability to hit targets from a few hundred miles away with a missile to make a huge deference. while the missile test is not directly connected to iran's nuclear program. when you consider the fact, that missiles like this could theoretically be outfitted with a nuclear warhead is going to raise eyebrows in the coming days and our secretary of defense, leon panetta is paying attention, and we're going to try to be diplomatic with iran. if they get aggressive with us or israel, other plans. >> should iran make the decision to proceed, that we have all options on the table, including military options, but our position is that military options ought to be the last resort, not the first