when he was talking to bob schieffer.'s watch that. >> which of the deductions are you going to be willing--which of the tax credits when will you tell us that. >> joy: we'll go through that process with congress. what is he talking about? doug, you try it. >> mitt romney has a 5 trillion-dollar tax plan which is not paid for and he he has not disclosed how it will be paid for. he said he signed grover norquist's pledge not to cut taxes. you have to find revenue or you have to make draconian cuts. he said he will make draconian cuts but you can't do that and also pay for the 5 trillion-dollar tax plan. where are you going to find the revenue? >> joy: what's he going to do when he's president? >> he's going to raise taxes on the middle class and figure out a back doorway to do that or he'll make very draconian cuts to programs that middle class folks rely on, and he's going to turn medicare into essentially a voucher program and turn medicaid into a block grant program. >> joy: and middle class people will vote for this gu

and it wasn't as if bob schieffer was throwing curveballs. >> you haven't been bashful about tellinghere you want to cut taxes. when are you going to tell us where you're going to get the revenue? which of the deductions are you going to be willing to eliminate? which of the tax credits are you going to be -- when are you going to be able to tell us tha ? >> well, we'll go through that process with congress as to which of the different deductions -- >> but do you have any ideas now, like the home interest mortgage deduction, various ones? >> well, simpson/bowles went through a process of being able to say where they would be able to reach a setting where they had actually under their proposal, even more revenue for the government with lower rates. so mathematically, it's been proved to be possible. we can have lower rates, as i propose, that creates more growth, and we can limit deductions and exemptions. >> try as he might, bob schieffer could not get romney to identify a single tax expenditure that romney would eliminate or limit in any way. not the mortgage deduction, not the char

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning, again, and welcome to "face the nation." texas governor rick perry is in austin with us this morning. governor, thank you for joining us. you said some pretty-- >> good morning, mr. schieffer. >> schieffer: you said tough things about mitt romney during the primaries but now you're a romney man. how do you think he's doing? >> well, we all said some tough things about each other. that's what competition is about and contests, but i think governor romney is very focused on the issues that are important to the vast majority of the people out there, and that's chet. this president has overseen the loss of 1.4 million jobs. we're now into the greatest deficit position this country has ever been in because of the uncontrolled spending that has gone on with the stimulus program. so mitt romney is very steady, job-creating focus on allowing the private sector to create those jobs is spot on. most americans understand that. they're ready to have a change in washington, d.c.

his only venture outside of his bubble was with bob schieffer over at "face the nation."mney, it appears as though he is going to try to run for president without answering any hard substantive questions on a routine, regular basis. not only from the people who travel with him, but also -- and cover him, but from reporters in general. >> sorry. go ahead. >> even when he does take questions too, he won't say where he stands on issues. we have a growing list of issues that he refuses to take a position on. >> why are you surprised by that? he doesn't have any policy. he doesn't have anything. he doesn't know anything. >> it's clear, and the things he has taken a position on, he has been everywhere across the board prior. he even when he does sit down for the interview, you don't get any answers. >> john, do you expect to ever have the opportunity to ask mitt romney a question during this presidential campaign? >> certainly. when i hope the governor will come to the washington post for an editorial board endorsement interview where we would all have an opportunity to ask him

so mitt romney was asked about this by bob schieffer on "face the nation," and now some in washington are buzzing about what romney said and what he didn't say. mitt romney's swing state bus tour rolls into wisconsin and iowa today. the presumptive republican nominee spent father's day campaigning with his children and grandchildren. >> feels good to be together on father's day. >> reporter: but it was children of immigrants that dominated the headlines this weekend. >> well, let's step back and look at the issue. >> reporter: speaking with bob schieffer on "face the nation" mitt romney criticized president obama's latest immigration order allowing about 8,000 children who came to the u.s. illegally to stay under certain conditions. >> he was president for the last 3 1/2 years. did nothing on immigration. >> so he did it for politics? >> that's certainly a big part of the equation. >> reporter: the white house denied the decision was politically motivated. >> we've tried as hard as we can to pass the d.r.e.a.m. act and comprehensive immigration reform. congress has refused. >> reporte

bob. how was your conversation? >> schieffer: well, we started off talking about the announcement the president made abouerday about letting these young people who were brought into the country as children stay in this country. trying to pin governor romney down on whether if when he is elected-- if he is elected would he allow the president's order o stand or would he take a different tack? he said he wants to work toward a longer and broader solution. -- ihe-- i couldn't get him to ouldwhether or not he would actually repeal it or just let it stand. one thing he was very clear on, though, and that was why he thinks the president did it. >> i think the timing is pretty clear. if he really wanted to make a solution that dealt with these kids or with illegal immigration in america, then this is something he would have taken up in his first three and a half years, not in the last few forhs. >> schieffer: so he did it for politics. >> that's certainly a big part of the equation. >> schieffer: we also talked to governor romney a lot

including notably with cbs' bob schieffer last weekend. >> would you repeal this order if you becameresident? >> let's step book and look at the issue. >> what would you do about it? >> he was president for the last 3 1/2 years, did nothing on immigration. >> would you repeal this? >> it would be overtaken by events. by virtue of my putting into place a long-term solution with legislation that creates law that relates to these individuals such as they know what their setting is going to be. not on the term of a president but on a permanent basis. >> would you leave this in place while you worked out a long-term solution or would you just repeal it? >> we'll look at that setting as we reach that. but my anticipation is i'd come into office and say, we need to get this done on a long-term basis. not this kind of a stop-gap measure. >> that's four times bob schieffer asked the question in different ways. he didn't answer the question then. so, was he any more specific today? well, take a look. >> some people have asked if i will let stand the president's executive order. the answer is t

. >> the bus tour for republican presidential candidate mitt romney heads out and bob schieffer is on the campaign trail with him as well. romney told bob schieffer that he thought a major factor in the president's policy of immigrants was politics >> i think the timing is pretty clear, and this is something he would have taken up in his first 3.5 years, not in the last few months >> so be good for politics? >> that is certainly a big part of the equation >> this market is for sunday morning interview on the campaign season and you can watch the rest on cbs five starting at 8:30 a.m.. united nations has suspended its mission in syria saying it is just too dangerous >> patrol vehicles have been riddled with bullets and roadside bombs are making even a short distance traveled risky. observers have spent most of their time verifying government attacks on civilians. today activists said that syrian troops are intensifying the shelling of certain city. >> a sold-out radio ahead concert was canceled in toronto after the stage collapsed during the set up. one person was killed and three othe

but bob schieffer asked him eight times this morning if he's going to change his policy, if he would reverse president obama's policy on this, and in the end he basically said no, he wouldn't. >> well -- >> they don't want to lose any more latinos than they have. >> since you brought that up, i want to play for our viewers a portion of that "face the nation" interview. the first non-fox sunday program that romney has done in this campaign. watch host bob schieffer as he comes back at romney again and again in this clip. >> would you repeal this order if you became president? >> well, let's step back and look at the issue -- >> what would you do about it? >> as you know, he was the president for the past 3 1/2 years, did nothing on immigration. >> but would you repeal this? >> well, it would be overtaken by events if you will, by virtue of my putting in place a long-term solution -- >> i won't keep on about this. to make sure i understand, would you leave this in place while you worked out a long-term solution, or would you just repeal it? >> we'll look at that setting as we reach tha

and cbs's own bob schieffer is hosting a live show from fort mchenry. us now with more on that one. bob, it has already been a spectacular week for us. we've had the tall ships come in. we've had the blue angels fly in this weekend. and then we have you on monday. what can we expect? >> well, i'm not as good as the blue angels. they're a lot more fun than i am. but this is going to be a wonderful show. i mean, i was there at the bicentennial celebration. i was a white house correspondent in those days, when president ford was president. and he came up for the bicentennial up there and to see that big flag unfurled at fort mchenry, and to see the fireworks, it was just breathtaking. so i'm really looking forward to coming back and being part of this. there willab -- will be a lot of bands and flags. and just all the good stuff that we enjoy. i'm really looking forward to it. >> i was going ask you, for many people, the war of 1812 was historically called the forgotten war. did you have to brush up for history? or since you were at the bicentennial celebr

he basically repeated exactly what he said to bob schieffer. >> well, you know, what he said was he was going to replace it with a permanent solution. what i hope that means -- >> right, because that's what he said on saturday. >> -- deportations that -- that's what he said on saturday. i think that's what we're going to continue to hear him say. he's not saying he's going to repeal it. he's saying he's going -- >> right, but he's not answering. >> -- responsible long-term solution. if we took issue with all the politicians who don't specifically answer questions i think they'd be very few left in congress and anywhere in america. you know, this is, i think, a very different mitt romney than what we heard. i have been very critical of him in the primary. think the mitt romney i heard today is much more nuanced. has a much more moderate tone. more serious, sober policy proposals. i heard a lot of policy propo l proposals from him on how to fix the legal immigration problem. there are things some of them would chip away at the illegal immigration problem. i wish i had heard more from him.

. >> bob schieffer asked him the question. here is his answer. he had no responses to repeated attempts to try to get an answer on what he thought about president obama's executive order friday which allows people under age 30 who came under age 16 to basically stay. let's listen. >> would you repeal this order if you became president? >> well, let's step back and look at the issue. with regards to these kids brought in by their parents through no fault of their own, there needs to be a long-term solution. >> but would you repeal this? >> it would be overtaken by events, if you will, by my virtue of putting in place a long-term solution. >> would you leave this this place while you worked out a long-term solution? >> we'll look at that setting as we reach that. >> that's almost as good as not doing the sunday shows. i mean, we wondered why he wouldn't do the sunday shows. he did show up like woody allen but didn't answer the questions. we got a whole bunch later in the show. why did he show up? it's on sunday. what do you think happened on friday

bob? >> schieffer: what about that? >> what he said was his business record and the fact that he was a governor qualify him to be president. he went on to say that his economic views would be disastrous for the country. and i agree with him on that. no one's arguing whether mitt romney is qualified to be president. what we're arguing is whether he's qualified to call himself a job creator. that's not what he did in his business. that's not the purpose of his business, and it's certainly not what they did in massachusetts where they had one of the worst economic records in the country. when you hold yourself out as an economical oracle and say to people, "trust me, i know how to move the country forward," and your record says something else, of course you're going to be challenged for this. >> schieffer: i do notice this weekend and most of the week the president did not talk about bain capital. does that say that-- should we take from that, that maybe some of this criticism that people in your own party have been making

it is clear from the bob schieffer interview that he is running as they always talk about the generic republican running against the president. he is trying to be the generic republican as in all you put on it is a label saying republican and you don't know what's inside. >> that's true. karen, poor romney was blindsided by protesters and had to move his wawa event. does he really expect to convey strength on the world stage as the president of the united states is doing today when he can't even face down ed rendell and a few protest signs? >> i mean, look. if you can't handle pressure -- >> i know ed rendell is pretty frightening in person. >> true. however, i'm sure he was actually fairly contained. is it any surprise given that he dodged, the way he dodged the questions from bob schieffer, one of the most respected journalists in the business, this is not a guy who any kind of profile in courage or who is willing to, whether it's facing down protesters or taking tough questions, that's not what this bus tour was about. this bus tour was about, you know, as anna marie was saying, yo

let's bring in host of "face the nation" bob schieffer. bob, good morning. >> hey, charlie. >> let's talk about the timing on the part of president obama and what impact it might have on the republicans including the vice presidential selection. >> well, i mean, i thought it's interesting to see mr. plouffe there saying this decision had nothing to do with politics in an election year. if that is so, i would think that mr. romney's refusal to get specific on what he would do about it also had nothing to do with politics. this is a political year and i think, frankly, that the president's move caught the romney campaign a little bit off guard. if not off guard, certainly it caught them by surprise and i think they're still crafting what governor romney's position on this would be. but one thing is for certain. yesterday it became very clear that we were not going to get an answer from governor romney on exactly what he would do about this. the immigration at the beginning of this year and by november it's still going to be a very big issue i

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for coverage of star-spangled sailabration, hosted by cbs's bob schieffer, along with jessica kartalijae'll update the breaking news. wjz first reported last hour. the medical examiner just ruled the death of a teenager in baltimore county a homicide. it happened during a confrontation with an off-duty officer. wjz is live. mike hellgren has more for us. >> he said the 17-year-old junior died of asphyxiation. his family tells us he was active in his church, rotc and athletics. and he recently injured has lag. they found it hard to believe that he ran away from the law. >> reporter: the mother and aunt of 17-year-old christopher brown are demanding answers in his death. police say it happened after a fight with an off-duty police officer in randallstown. >> it was by somebody's hands. you know what i'm saying? and it was an officer who should have known better. we have peace about where he was now. we don't have peace about how he got there. to hear this is still like a bad dream. >> police say the officer heard a bang. saw several people running away and chased them. police say he caugh

>> and be sure to join us tomorrow morning for coverage of the star-spangled special hosted by bob schieffer along with wjz mary bubala and jessica kartalija. >>> an investigation underway after a deadly fire in southeast baltimore. it broke out just after 11:00 last night and broke through a home in 6500 block of east warren avenue. firefighters say a 51-year-old was found dead inside. medical examiners are still looking into an exact cause of death. for other people living there were not seriously hurt. so far there will no word on what sparked the blaze. >>> federal investigators continue to search for answers this morning after a deadly plane crash in carroll county. the rat killed an experienced pilot and the probe could take at least months. >> reporter: federal investigators say every factor surrounding the single engine plane wreck that killed the pilot friday morning is underscoring the tree at 60-year-old henry thomas tried to make an emergency landing at the carroll county regional airport in west concert but ended up ejecting from the plane near future and the runway. minutes bef

to talk more about the president's address on the economy, the host of cbs news face the nation bob schieffer and, bob, a really tough week for the president, bad economic news, organized labor gets a smackdown in wisconsin. with today's exercise an effort to use the bully pulpit to just stop the bleeding? >> i think probably it was, derek. you're right. the obama white house has seen better weeks than this one turned out to be. that recall election out there in wisconsin where big labor and the democrats tried to topple the governor in that recall election scott walker and walker won that and won it pretty handily. he's going to be our lead guest on face the nation sunday. we're also going to have richard trunka, president of the alfcio, one of those leading the effort to get rid of way, and also maryland governor martin o'malley will be here to round that out. we're also going to do a segment on all of these extraordinary leaks that are suddenly popping up about secret government programs, you know, to cripple the nuclear refinement effort going on in iran. dianne feinstein is chairman of t

. >> part of this week's pr campaign was to promote the bus tour on "face the nation," but bob schieffer wanted to know where he stood on the president's new policy on immigrants. it was not easy getting an answer. today, in wisconsin, he wanted to put the focus back on jobs. he said too many americans are still out of work. >> that there has ever been a president not able to provide to the american people like fair shot, it is this president. that's why we're going to replace him with someone who will go to work to get us working again. >> critics of the president say americans looking for work will be hurt by the policy on immigration. they show a sizable majority are disappointed in the new policy. romney is calling this a political gimmick but feels reluctant answering whether or not he would overturn the policy. >> what would you do about it? would you repealed this? i do not want to keep on about this, but i just want to make sure i and understand. would you leave this in place while you worked out a longer- term solution? or would you just repeal it? >> we will look at that as rea

cbs's host bob schieffer, jessica kartalija and me. >>> we're following breaking news right now in baltimorenty. a teenager dies in an off-duty confrontation with a morph. and moments ago, the death was ruled a homicide. >> reporter: vic, that breaking news, the cause of death is asphyxiation. and his family describes him as a great student at randalls town high. he was active if rotc. active in church, in sports. and they are in shock tonight. >> reporter: the mother and aunt of 17-year-old christopher brown are demanding sorries in -- answers in his death. police say it happened in an off-duty fight with an officer in randallstown. >> he got killed. except it wasn't by a gun. it was by somebody's hands. and it was an officer who should have known better. >> reporter: police say the off- duty officer heard a bang at his front door on susannah road, saw several people running away and chased them. police say he caught up with him on starbrook road. but brown ran away again. hiding in some bushes, refusing to come out. >> so the officer reached into the bushes and pulled him out. at that poin

bob schieffer this weekend. what i like about bob, he just keeps asking. a much more polite fella. he repeatedly saw or forced you might argue, romney to dodge ball. here he is, romney dodging the question. good old bob schieffer's nailing him with. where do you stand on what the president did giving legal protection to people under age 30 who came here below age 16 because their parents came here and brought them here. here he is trying to dodge it. >> would you repeal this order if you became president? >> well, sit back and look at the issue. with regards to these kids brought in by their parents, there needs to be a long-term solution. >> but would you repeal this? >> well, it would be overtaken by events if you will by virtue of my putting in place a long-term solution. >> would you leave this in place while you worked out a long-term solution or would yu just repeal it? >> we'll look at that setting as we reach that. >> chris cillizza, he just grabs on you like in a cowboy movie and hangs on and won't let go of the guy. he'll well on day three of me being a prosecutor say i w

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reach this stage that both candidates have to raise this much money in order to be competitive. >> bob schieffer, thank you. this sunday bob with talk with scott walker after winning the re-election. new details this sunday on watergate on "face the nation". >>> u.n. observers in syria are trying again to reach the site of the latest reported massacre. those monitors say they were shot at yesterday. no one was injured. >> essential u.n. envoy kofi annan meets with secretary of state hillary clinton who says syria's president resigns. as elizabeth reports on the phone from syria this morning. >> reporter: u.n. trying to reach the village a surge. 11 u.n. vehicles are going to travel into the village from various directions. they say they have never mounted such a big operation before, but they have also never since this mission began had their freedom of movement so completely blocked by the syrian authorities. several u.n. teams tried to reach the scene of the alleged massacre yesterday. they were delayed, sometimes for hours at military checkpoints. and those observer teams that did get to near

cbs's bob schieffer asked him what he thought about the president's announcement. >> i think the timing is pretty clear. if he really wanted to make a solution that dealt with these kids or illegal immigration in america, this is something he would have taken up in his first three and a half years, not in his last few months. >> he did it for politics? >> that's certainly a big part of the equation. >> romney wouldn't say if he would change the election policy if elected this fall. >> his wife wasn't on the campaign trail today. she was on new jersey supporting her horse and trainer as they qualified for the u.s. olympic equestrian team. and romney tweeted this picture, the horse will compete in this summer's dressage competition. >>> coming up, a deadly accident before a radiohead concert, the stage collapsed that left one person dead. >>> plus, a space plane with a secret mission lands in california. >>> and should you think twice about giving that tie? what dads d >>> one person is dead after a stage collapsed in toronto earlier today. the collapse happened while crews were setting u