. >>> alabama governor robert bentley is setting the record straight at the national governor's convention. he mapd comments yesterday about mitt romney's financial records and said i think he ought to release everything. i believe in total transparency. if you have things to hide then you may be doing things wrong. now bentley says he comments were taken out of context. in a statement published he says this. i believe in transparency and that was the basis for my answer. there was no effort to imply that mr. romney has anything to hide. >>> the chorus of those asking mitt romney to release more of his tax returns is growing. it seems to include some from his own party. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? if your ba

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. >>> alabama governor robert bentley is setting the record straight at the national governor's convention in virginia. the republican made comments yesterday about mitt romney's financial records. bentley said, "i think he ought to release everything. i believe in total transparency. you know, if you have things to hide, then you may be doing things wrong." well, now bentley says his comments were taken out of context and in a statement pub accomplished in al.com he says this -- "i believe in transparency and that was the basis for my answer. there was no effort to imply that mr. romney has anything to hide." >>> the violence in syria has been going on for more than 16 months now. so many innocent victims. my next guest from amnesty international gets a personal look at some of the people being tormented. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] we believe you're at your best when you can relax and be yourself. and at thousands of newly refreshed holiday inn hotels, you always can. holiday inn. stay you. and now stay rewarded with vacation pay. stay two weekend nights and get a $75 prepaid card. trick qu

. >> and then there is this, from alabama's republican governor, robert bentley. quoted by the a.p.you have things to hide, then maybe you're doing things wrong. i think you ought to be willing to release everything to the american people. >>> after the comments went viral, governor bentley quickly back-tracked saying he was taken out of context. >>> also this morning, a major development in syria, as the international committee of the red cross says it now considers the conflict a civil war. that means international humanitarian law now applies, raising the possibility of prosecution for war crimes. this as some of the heaviest fighting yet has erupted in the capital of damascus. at least five people were killed. nbc's ayman mohedin joins us with more. what's the latest in the brutal conflict? >> good morning, luke. you talk about the international community of the red cross. that's a very important decision. international law applies and it will be used as an argument that justifies why the rebels are allowed to take up arms. according to the international humanitarian law sides a

alabama's republican governor robert bentley called on romney to release more information saying, ifave something to hide maybe you're doing things wrong. you ought to release everything to the american people. pressure from the republicans to release more information about bain and his taxes as well. sharyn. >> david kerley in washington. tomorrow morning here on abc. we'll have much more. rahm emanuel and new hampshire senator kelly ayotte. >> and a summer storm spawned a tornado in virginia. it looked like something out of a movie. that damaged buildings and uprooted trees. as of tonight no injuries are reported. >>> in texas, days of relentless rain turned streets into rivers. swamping more than 100 homes. two feet of rain triggered a once in a century flood. flood warnings remain in effect through tomorrow morning. and now, made in america. our report of those team usa uniforms made in china sparked outrage and now a major change in policy. the united states olympic committee said all future uniforms will be made in the usa. but why not change the u forms for this year's game. w

vamos al punto de las noticias.el gobernador de alabama, el republicano robert bentley, pidio al candidatos olimpicos.ahora regresamos a la discusion y el debate con jorge ramos. >>> vamos a analizar las noticias de la semana con nosotros :francisco urriezqueta y el periodista independiente marcelo raymond, francisco, en esta semana el presidente de venezuela, hugo chávez dio una conferencia y tú le preguntaste. >>> le pregunté qué hay de nuevo después de 13 años de gobierno, y el presidente tardó más de 50 minutos en responder esa pregunta, parecía enredado qué era lo nuevo que ofrecía a los venezolanos. >>> yo puedo aquí amanecer hasta mañana hablándote de lo nuevo, qué de nuevo propone la burguesía, anda y pregúntale, qué de nuevo, nada >>> eso es precisamente lo que dijo el presidente de venezuela, hugo chávez, esa es la pregunta para muchos, qué hay de nuevo. >>> el presidente se enfocó en atacar a su rival. >>> vamos a ver y ahora lo comentamos. >>> tú eres de dónde, francisco. >>> de caripito. >>> eres criollo. >>> bien criollo, conozco caripito, por ahí pasa el río san juan, de cuá

so that kind of a scenario, if enough leadership comes together, robert bentley the governor of alabama is not enough to get people to nominate mitt romney. you start getting big names. sarah palin was not invited to the convention. she's the type of person who can say you know what? i've had it. >> cenk: that's interesting. i can't wait for the first set of delegates to be unbound then we'll have some fun. all right michael, thank you for that report. now when we come back, speaking of affairs and problems, anthony weiner didn't have an affair but he did send the wrong kind of tweet. how longen with can he keep him in political purgatory? is it time for a comeback. >> unfortunately, the distraction i have created has made that impossible. so today i am announcing my resignation from congress. we will not settle for easy answers. (vo) the former governor of ny eliot spitzer, joins the new news network. >>every night we will drill down on the days top stories in search of facts that inform. >> we don't stop until we get answers that are truthful, serious, and not based on >> cenk: you mi

the calls from alabama governor robert bentley came after romney said he would only release his incomeurns for 2010 and 2011. romney should release all of his returns to prove he has nothing to hide and to prevent the issue from becoming a distraction during the campaign. >> we are here because this is the most important election in our lifetime and we need the people of western pennsylvania to turn out and turn out in big numbers to support mitt romney. >> former presidential candidate rick santorum is campaigning for mitt romney. he helped open up a new campaign office in greensboro. it's the first forral campaign event he has appeared out since endorsing romney back in may. >>> president obama is scheduled to make a stop in the key battleground spot of ohio tomorrow. the president also made a campaign spot in virginia over the weekend where he kept up his attacks on mitt romney. the president called romney a quote pioneer of outsourcing and said romney's policy ideas are outdated and discredited. >> the outcome of this election will determine not just what happens next year or the y

elected republican officials how about governor robert bentley of alabama.isten to him. >> in fact, i was asked today that question, do you think that governor romney should release his tax returns? i said i do. i said, i released my tax returns. i may be the only public official in alabama who does, but i release mine every year, and i just believe that people should release their tax returns. >> cenk: romney is in a lot of trouble. is that governor bently? no no. look. if there is one place he could run to for solace, that's fox news. their most conservative commentator bill crystal. he's going to step up for mitt romney. >> he is proud of what he did. he should release the tax returns tomorrow. you got to release six eight ten years of tax returns. take the hit. >> cenk: even he says he should release the tax returns. oh, not again. and crystal off the top rope! man, romney is taking a beating literally. he can't believe all these people have turned ohen him. he goes on "fox and friends." >> we'll put out two years of tax returns. as soon as the recent ye

alabama governor robert bentley said if you're running for president you should be willing to release anything and everything. we spoke to "meet the press" moderator david gregory about the debate over romney's business experience. he says president obama has a tough task convincing the public that romney's experience is a bad thing. >> i think the larger charge that the president's team is making is that if you're going to evaluate mitt romney's time as somebody in the private sector, as a former business executive then you have to look at the totality of what bain did. what it was engaged in. there's still no question that people evaluate mitt romney and say, you know what, he has better ideas on how to turn the economy around. he's benefiting from that. >> this morning on "meet the press" senators dick durbin and jon kyl square off. and senior romney adviser ed gillespie stops by. be sure to tune in starting at 10:30. >>> one of mitt romney's former opponents for governor is running against him for president. dr. jill stein won the green party nomination at the party's convention y

just yesterday the republican governor of alabama, robert bentley came out and said that mitt romney ought to release more tax returns. take a look. >> the best thing to do is to get everything out in the open, say, hey, i have nothing to hide. >> healy barbour and other top republicans have said the exact same thing. >> george, we has disclosed what he's had to under federal law. he's going to release his 2011 tax returns. but that's not what the american people are focusing on, they're worried about their own tax returns, whether they can find jobs, he wants to increase taxes on small businesses. they're worried about their tax returns. rising health care costs under the president's health care plan. that's the focus of this election. george, the most astounding thing that happened this week is the president's statement that the biggest mistake that he made in his first four years was not telling his story well enough, he doesn't understand that it's his policies that are causing problems and why we aren't turning this economy around and this story isn't going to get any better wit

but this time, the call to release tax returns is coming from his own party, robert bentley said quote, if you have things to hide, then maybe you're doing things wrong. we're joined by host of "this week" george stephanopoulos. safe to say this wasn't a good week for mitt romney. for someone to go within his own party to be more forthcoming. >> it's pretty tough. governor bentley came out with another statement that he said that romney didn't do anything wrong. that he should release those tax returns. second republican to say that this week. no question increasing the pressure on romney to do that. i talked to the romney campaign late this week, they're holding firm so far, they're saying that he'll release his tax returns from 2011 probably sometime in september. they're going to draw the line there, you can bet the obama campaign and all of his allies aren't going to give this up. >> that begs the question, is this tactic working, focusing on his past opposed to a weak economy now. >> so far it seems to be working for the obama campaign. they spent about $700 million in ads so far.

. >> robert bentley told the associated press, quote, if you have things to hide, maybe you're doingong. after the comments went viral, bentley quickly backtracked. for mr. obama, it was a second straight day campaigning in virginia. a key swing state that many believe could determine the winner in november. this as the republican governor returned fire against the president. >> and on that record there's hope and change and uplifting language that we heard in 2008 has now turned into a campaign this year of division and misrepresentation. >> reporter: and, lester, the campaign pace only picks up from here. the president is going to spend four of the next five days away from the white house either campaigning in swing states or raising cash and as for mitt romney, he has some stuff early in the week in louisiana and pennsylvania. lester. >> mike viquera, thanks. >>> david is moderator of "meet the press." governor bentley says he was taken out of context. nonetheless, is there growing concern from republicans who want romney to get through this and move on? >> the drum beat for trans

alabama governor robert bentley and the color of governor -- and the color of a governor are leadings exercise in strategic planning aimed at reducing the abuse. the recent supreme court ruling regarding the new federal health care law remains at the top of governor's mind. even though governors have different opinions on this issue, we will be having many conversations about this issue to throughout the conference. finally, states continue to face fiscal challenges which is why i chose a growing state economies as my chair policy initiative. economic growth and job creation is fundamental to our success and our future and it is the most important issue facing governors. we want to help the private sector grow and create new job opportunities for our citizens. this past year, we held four regional summit attended by 10 governors and staff for more than 35 states and territories. we heard from the business community and education leaders at each summit. the goal of growing state economies is to provide governors of the policy -- and other policymakers to assess the economic environmen

wisconsin's scott walker and alabama's robert bentley both want him to be more aggressive. governor bentley said that he should be releasing his tax returns so that he can then move on. >> the best thing to do is just get everything out in the open and just say hey, i have nothing to hide and i'm going to release my tax returns. >> joining me now, virginia governor and republican governors association chair, bob mcdonnell, who of course was mayor as the most governor in virginia. thanks, governor. good to see you. let's talk about that. what do you say to governor bentley and some of the others who think mitt romney has to be more aggressive in going on the attack against the obama tax and also, to just release these tax returns so he can get back to his campaign message? >> well, i think that decision is up to mitt romney. he's released 500 pages more than what the norm might be. here's the big point, though. americans aren't concerned about mitt romney's tax returns. they're concerned about their tax returns and the new taxes that obama is putting on the american people,

robert bentley, a republican saying, quote if you have things to hide then maybe you're doing things wrong. we're joined by host of "this week" george stephanopoulos. for more. good morning to you. safe to say this wasn't a good week for mitt romney. it's one thing for t president to go after his tax returns but for someone with within his own party, how damaging is that? >> it's pretty tough. governor bentley came out with another statement that he said that romney didn't do anything wrong. but he's still saying that romney should release those tax returns. second republican to say that the second in a week to do that. haley barbour, as well. no question increasing the pressure on mitt romney to do that. boy, i talked to the romney campaign late this week, they're holding firm so far, they're saying that he'll release his tax returns from 2011 probably sometime in september. but they're going to draw the line there. you can bet the obama campaign and all of his allies are not going to give up on this issue. >> that's right, and that begs the question, is this tactic working focusing

there are a lot of republicans, ron paul, governor robert bentley, haley barbour, chuck grassly, rick perry, bill crystal. i could go on about the conservatives who say mitt romney needs to release more of his tax returns. if, as ann romney said this morning, this is a generous guy, this is a successful guy, why not just do it? why not just move past this, bay? >> you know, i'll tell you why. first of all, governor romney, there's a requirement of the law, you have to have certain disclaimer of your personal wealth and businesses by law. he has done all of that. he has disclosed everything required by law in addition two years. here's the game, chris. hey, you do two years, we need four. you do four, we need six. this is going to be endless and all it does is distract the americans from the key issues in this campaign. that's what obama wants to do is distract us and get the media such as yourself talking about things like romney's tax returns. >> can he make a decision whether it's a distraction or information they find useful. >> they will make that distinction. they'll decide wheth

once conservatives like will and alabama governor robert bentley criticized romney for not releasing they talk about it, it will be more difficult for romney to not release tax returns and, you know, we have already been down this road once and romney's campaign had top release some of the tax returns. it's becoming a more tenuous situation for him. >> what's behind the algorithim the romney campaign is using? i can't imagine anything in the 22 years of tax returns would show that he is a tax sheetcheat. they would simply show maybe hez has money parked overseas and paying less than a 15% marginal rate because where most of his money comes from and as embarrassing as that would be, once he gets it out there he can then move on. >> he's already being attacked for all of that stuff, you know he is already the rich guy. he is already the guy who had money in the cayman islands and bermuda and wherever else. so, i guess maybe we will find out that he is even more rish at one point than we thought he was before. i am not sure. we don't know what could be in there. the fact that he is not

. >> and joe, then there was this from alabama's republican governor robert bentley who is quoted by the associated press saying this -- if you have things to hide, then maybe you're doing things wrong. i think you ought to be willing to release everything to the american people. after the comments went viral, governor bentley quickly backtracked saying he was taken out of context. joe? >> yeah. brian sullivan, there are extraordinary complexities to somebody like mitt romney, when you run bain capital, when you as many holdings that mitt romney has had and there are going to be some things that may be a little bit ugly out there, but at the same time, don't you think that if you're running for president of the united states, and if you're talking about businesses, the centerpiece of your campaign, doesn't mitt romney need to release the records and if there are problems with it, he's -- >> what could be in them? >> what could be in them is, brian, let's talk about what could be in them, brian. the fact is there are a couple years he may not have paid any taxes at all. maybe he's con

governor robert bentley republican of alabama said this -- >> you know, i just believe in total transparencysaid i do. so the best thing to do is just get everything out in the open. and just say hey, i have nothing to hide and i'm going to release my tax returns. >> stephanie: there you go. thank you! nicely said! bipartisan agreement there. with him and stephanie cutter. we said, romney provided john mccain with 23 years of tax returns as he was being considered for vice president and john mccain chose sarah palin. [ screaming ] what does that tell you? about what might or might not be in there? just sayin'. >> i think he was selling drugs and doesn't want us to know. >> stephanie: could be anything. >> he could answer the questions just by releasing the forms. >> stephanie: connie from minnesota, you're on "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: maybe romney is trying to write off those food stamp parties that rush limbaugh is busy talking about. and also wasn't he the governor that was so busy scraping the hard drives on computers. >> i seem that remember that. [ ♪ magic wand ♪ ] >> how

the ap stated that governor robert bentley called on governor mitt romney to make more financial disclosures. the report suggested that by not releasing financial documents a person may have something to hide. bentley released an immediate statement saying his words were taken come pleatly out of context. quote, i believe in total transparency, but i believe much of the rhetoric surrounding mitt romney's finances is nothing more than attempt by democrats to distract from the real issues of the presidential campaign. bentley went on to say that he would do everything he could to help get governor mitt romney elected. >>> a tale of two health care plans, one by the president and the other by mitt romney as governor of massachusetts. the chief national correspondent jim angle explains the differences between the bills. >> oat bough ma camp -- the obama camp said they are favoring romney for cover. mitt romney gave birth to this baby in massachusetts. now he doesn't recognize it. >> when you hear these folks -- >> it is working just fine. >> analysts say there are huge differences between obama

alabama governor robert bentley said if you're running for president, you should be willing to release anything and everything. romney has repeatedly said he isn't planning to release any of his tax returns. >>> one of romney's former opponents is running against him for president. dr. jill stein won the nomination yesterday. this is first election that the green party qualified for federal matching funds which stein says will help them spread their message. stein came right ahead of comedian rosanne barr who came in second place. remember her? >> hard to forget her. >> this weekend's computer glitch is another black mark for the transit agency. >> but a bit of good news for some train riders. we will tell you about that coming up. >>> plus, the rain is moving out, but the humidity is moving in. chuck bell will have what it's going to feel like. that's next. when the president was elected, he talked about hope and change. whatever happened to hope and change? now it seems he's just coming right out of the box with these old-fashioned, negative ads. by starting negative, by going extrem

robert bentley, bill crystal and former george w.ay romney ought to release additional returns. some republicans think the sooner he make this is stuff public, the sooner the issue will go away. president obama has released more of his tax returns all posted on the campaign website. and george romney also released 12 years of tax returns when he ran for president back in 1968. for his part romney is holding firm. he told the network today that his rivals want to make a mountain out of the issue. romney says he'll release only two years of tax returns, which is what john mccain did in 2008. if the irs is okay with mitt romney's tax returns and if no laws have been broken, one could make the argument that it's nobody's business. he says this is a distraction from the real issues of the campaign, and that's the whole problem for mitt romney. the more the focus stays on his tax returns, his wealth. his offshore investments, the less people are focused on the economy. here's the question. does the public have the right to look at a candid

alabama governor robert bentley and the color of governor -- and the color of a governor are leading this exercise in strategic planning aimed at reducing the abuse. the recent supreme court ruling regarding the new federal health care law remains at the top of governor's mind. even though governors have different opinions on this issue, we will be having many conversations about this issue to throughout the conference. finally, states continue to face fiscal challenges which is why i chose a growing state economies as my chair policy initiative. economic growth and job creation is fundamental to our success and our future and it is the most important issue facing governors. we want to help the private sector grow and create new job opportunities for our citizens. this past year, we held four regional summit attended by 10 governors and staff for more than 35 states and territories. we heard from the business community and education leaders at each summit. the goal of growing state economies is to provide governors of the policy -- and other policymakers to assess the economic enviro