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welcome to "weekends with alex witt," i'm thomas roberts. alex has the day off. here's what's happening as we start out 45 days and counting. today new questions about mitt romney's taxes after going public with his full 2011 return. he released those returns late friday. a document dump if you will. and also provided a certified summary of his tax returns over a two-decade period prior to 2010. for 2011, the romneys paid an effective tax rate of 14. % on income of about $13.7 million. mitt and ann romney also donated about $4 million to charity. the romney camp also says the former governor paid an average annual tax rate of about 20.2% between 1990 and 2009. that's in that summary document. meanwhile, at a rally in virginia, president obama defended his remarks about changing washington from the outside and attacked his opponent. >> now for some reason, my opponent got really excited. [ laughter ] >> we wrote a speech real quick. he stood up at a rally, proudly declared, "i'll get the job done from the inside." what kind of inside job is he talking about? [ app

carrick seventh minute strike gave much tonight at a one nil home win over got a top seraing group thomas or alex ferguson his one hundred champions league victory by money also missed a penalty just after the break but its remaining champions kluge to lead the group are surprised to know when a portuguese side progress so ferguson is just glad to have made a winning start. because the three points. and. but i you know we go home to cruise makes an interesting second game against cruz. and finally last year's run is up by a hell of a late challenge from a balance between two won immunity but it's about the russian side but also about a self who lead group f. after a stunning three one win at french side leo. now for me only to finance the long slow says the pressure is on his rivals as the drivers prepare for a pivotal point of the season at the singapore grand prix the spanish for all the drivers thirty seven points care of mclaren's lewis hamilton and says he can even afford retiring from a race with seven stops left as the f one calendar turns towards asia before those races hamilton can be ri

alex witt is filling in for thomas roberts. what do you have next? that michael jackson song "man in the mirror"? that's what it may come down to for mitt romney. can mitt turn his campaign around with the president leading in all nine battleground states? with early voting kicking into high gear in several swing states, we look at which side has a ground game. mi mccastille the world... . heir students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] zyrtec®. love the air. join zyrtec® rewards. save up to $7 on zyrtec® products. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and tw

i'm alex witt in for thomas roberts. we'll get into the akin impact. tick-tock with 35 days to go. a new round of polling shows president obama now leads in nine key battleground states that could decide the race for the white house. the president holding a razor-thin edge over romney in north carolina and nevada. he leads by seven points by romney's home away from home, new hampshire. those poll numbers causing the clock to tick and grow louder thousand. the first debate is five days away. >> do you think that he has the ability as a -- >> having debated him 15 or 17 times, yeah. >> he's a pretty good debater, isn't he? >> he's a better debater than any of the nominees on the ticket. >> how much will the debates matter? with iowa one of 30 states castingle balan casting ballots by the end of the month? >> do you know that mccain beat obama on election day, and obama got it in early voting. >> things can change overnight with a great debate performance, but again, mark hallprin, time is running out. >> he's still behind in too many places to win. he doesn't have as of today an obvi

alex. >>> i don't say everything, thomas. >> oh, come on, now. commercial breaks. >> yes. that's true.g up, get carter. team romney jumps in the way-back machine, recalling the 1980 race with the attack line "are you better off than you were four years ago" but is the killer rabbit critique fair? we will sort through the facts with former white house economic advisor, jared bernstein. >>> plus, ladies night at the democratic national convention. we preview the first lady's speech and examine her broader message and we take a look at one of the president's signature achievements, dodd-frank, and discuss who's still too big to fail. all that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. [ female announcer ] how do you define your moment? the blissful pause just before that rich sweetness touches your lips. the delightful discovery, the mid-sweetening realization that you have the house all to yourself. well, almost. the sweet reward, making a delicious choice that's also a smart choice. splenda no-calorie sweetener. with the original sugar-like taste you love and trust. splenda makes the mome

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"now" with alex wagner comes your way next. >> hey, thomas.s its sight on the buckeye state while the release of governor romney's tax returns raises more questions than answers. meanwhile the majority of voters may have already made up their minds. michael steele, sam stein, heather mcghee and eric bates join us for a discussion on the ticking campaign clock. congress reaches a bipartisan agreement to skip town. luke russert breaks down the peace out on capitol hill. we'll have all of that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. most of the pain i experience is in my knees. when i think of aspirin, i really think of it as that bottle in the back of my parents' medicine cabinet. finding bayer advanced was huge. i was really surprised by how well it worked. and i'd definitely use it again. put bayer advanced aspirin to the test for yourself at fastreliefchallenge.com. mom's smartphone... dad's tablet... or lauren's smartphone... at&t has a plan built to help make families' lives easier. introducing at&t mobile share. one plan lets you share da

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> lying inside the bathroom of the family's home in naples, florida, are alex's parents. 39-year-old kel scheme 40-year-old thomasx to call out for his mother. >> mom? mom! mom? answer me, mom. >> but there will be no answer. both parents are dead. alex realizes this in the back of the police cruiser. >> were you upset with your parents? >> no. i wasn't upset. i didn't mean for this to happen. now they're dead. >> alex was take tonight naple's police station where his mug shot was taken. he was given food and read his rights. detectives think they are about to hear how and why he could have done such a horrible thing. >> tell me in your own words what happened. >> suddenly the wailing kid in the car is all business. >> shouldn't i have a lawyer? >> and with that just like in tv talk shows the detectives leave the room. alex wraps himself in a blanket for warmth. alex pled guilty and sentenced to 20 years. prosecutor rich. >> why did he do it? i don't think we will ever know unless alex crane decides to tell us. >>> alex's attorney claims the boy suffered from mental illness. prosecutors didn't buy it. >>> oh, no,

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