i'm ashleigh banfield in for erin burnett tonight. "outfront" tonight, paul ryan's tax returns fresh off the press, folks. the documents show that mr. ryan and his wife, jana, paid an effective tax rate of 15.9% in 2010 and a whopping 20% in 2011. the tax returns were first obtained by the milwaukee sentinel. this is the washington bureau chief and he's covered ryan extensively. he's on the phone live to talk about this breaking news. i have not had a chance to read through them because, quite frankly, it's hard to make sense out of. what did you see in the tax returns? >> well, a little over half his income comes from his congressional salary. there's a considerable amount of outside income, from, you know, assets holding, some in his family, but particularly in his wife's family. she come from a well-to-do family and there's some real estate money, real estate income, and nothing in mitt romney's league, but certainly enough to put their wealth and their income well above average. >> can you go in a little bit more into his wife's h

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett live in oak creek, wisconsin, the site of a mass shooting that's left six people dead at a sikh temple. tonight, the victims, the heroes and the gunman. let's go "outfront." >>> i'm erin burnett live in oak creek, wisconsin. "outfront" tonight, terror at the temple. this tight-knit community of about 34,000 still reeling and asking why, one day after six people were shot dead and three others wounded at a popular sikh temple. but tonight we are learning much more about the alleged gunman and the victims. police have identified the suspect as 40-year-old army veteran wade michael page who had connections to white supremacist groups. and here are now some pictures that we've just gotten in to cnn. these are from page's old myspace page. this shows him in front of a flag with a swastika. the images from february of last year. the death toll from yesterday's shooting now stands at seven including the suspected shooter. three people are in the hospital tonight after a chao

i'm ashleigh banfield in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, let's start this way, double-edged sword, for all those people coming out of the shadows, today people who came to this country illegally were lining up by the thousands. you can see the crowds for yourself. this is l.a. but it's a scene that was repeated in consulates and centers across this country. these people came forward because they want passports and they want other records that are needed to apply for the president's policy that allows them to apply for a two-year deferral of deportation. the pew hispanic center estimates that 1.7 million immigrants may qualify for this. the requirements include this -- they're under the age of 31 as of june 15th and they have to have $465, too, because that's what the application costs. if they're accepted, they now have a chance to work legally here in the united states. sounds great, doesn't it? but these young men and women are taking a big leap of faith, too, because the order is not a law. it's an executive action or

i can actually watch me right now on erin burnett. kind of creepy.ht it leads us to the number. 1.5 million. that is the decline last year in the number of u.s. households paying for multichannel tv service providers. because you can watch, there, look, there we go, because you can watch this stuff on your tablet. you can watch it on your phone. you can hulu it. you can get it on the internet. a number of those are likely called cord culture cutters. that is the term for people who stop paying for cable and satellite and rely instead on broadcast and internet services. >>> two brothers spent the last 25 years in prison for murder. tonight though they are free and they may have -- thanks to facebook. believe it or not. the whole thing could have been because of facebook. they're also live with me next to tell me their story coming up. >>> new problems in louisiana where a massive sinkhole has devoured land and forced people to run from their homes. ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance mak

erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> next, mitt romney is staring down a hurricane but it could be president obama who is headed for very rough seas. we've got new numbers, new money, and a whole new fight. >>> a deadly shooting at the height of rush hour just outside the empire state building. new york police commissioner and an eyewitness "outfront" tonight. >>> and a dallas woman is dead after she called 911, pleading for her life. why did it take 50 minutes for police to show up? and why did two days go by before her body was found? let's go "outfront." >>>. >> evening, i'm john foreman, in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, a new storm warning. forget the hurricane, forget the vice president cruising tampa looking for a fight, forget everything you know about this election so far. because in florida tonight mitt romney's team is preparing to unleash a flood of money that could dramatically change the political landscape. listen to him today sounding confident in his home state of michigan. >> i don't want fou

joining me now, fellow colleague of mine erin burnett to talk ladies. nice to see you.egin with congresswoman marsha blackburn. the news yesterday with regard to abortion, no exceptions, she voted for that, obviously, as the coco-chair. she's saying hang on a second, i want to distance myself from that. >> absolutely. i spoke with her. she's the only woman in the key chairman roles. the platform is split 50/50, men and women. in terms of leadership, she's it. i said to her, to you support an issue like todd akin where there would be no exception any case. she said, no, i support exceptions in the case of rape or incest as do many republicans. you know, 67% of republicans agree with that exception. 75% of independents and 59% of people who say they're pro-life. most americans aggress with that point of view. the words in that platform that she voted for, this is what they want the amendment to say in the constitution. affirm the unborn child has a fundamental right of life that cannot be infringed. >> she voted for. >> we spoke to jeff toobin. he said if that were to pas

i'm erin burnett. mitt's big bet? me. well, i mean, not exactly me. but there is something about me that might to actually help mitt romney win the white house. those who watch the show know that we criticize obama and romney and are criticized for criticizing obama and romney. we are not going to take sides tonight. but i am catholic. catholics are the second largest religious group in the united states and almost two-thirds of the voters in the president election are catholic. no president has won the election without winning the vote of catholics since at least 1972. i'm talking about the contested race of 2000. but this is why it's complicated for the candidates. catholics, we can be won over. we are not a group that is is going to go with that guy orrer that guy. in 2008, catholics chose barack obama. in 2004, the numbers were different. catholics choose george w. bush over john kerry 52% to 47%. this year, the catholic vote is up forrer grabs. mitt romney has put heart and soul into the catholics. exhibit "a," the highest ranking catholic in the

"erin burnett outfront" starts now. >>> i'm erin burnett. live in oak creek wisconsin. tonight the victims, the heroes and the gunman. let's go "outfront." >>> "outfront" tonight, terror at the temple. this community is reeling and wondering why six people were shot dead and three others wounded. tonight we're learning much more about the alleged gunman and the victims. police have identified the suspect as 40-year-old army veteran wade michael page who had connections to white supremacist groups. and here are now some pictures that we've just gotten in to cnn. these are from page's old myspace page. obviously, can you see him in front of a flag with a swastika. the image you're looking at now is fairly recent, from february of this year 37 the death toll from yesterday's shooting now stands at seven including the suspected shooter. three people are in the hospital tonight after a chaotic scene captured in this call to 911. >> i thought i heard shots. can you confirm that? >> man with a gun in the parking lot. man with a gun. ambulance up! subject is down. i need an amb

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, mitt makes a bold promise. 12 million jobs.d in the wall street journal. written my romney's top economic advisor. first of all i want to draw your attention to the cartoon. there is obama on a tortoise with a whip. and romney on a horse going so fast that his tie and horse tail are flying in the wind. what was it supposed to be the tortoise and the hare? the newspaper denied the catchy cartoon but every word was written by glen hubbard. here in the second to last paragraph is the claim. president romney would create about 12 million new jobs in his first term and millions more after that. which means, just to get to 12 million the first term, 250,000 jobs each and every single one of his 48 months in office. he says he will do that by cutting regulations and cutting taxes. does it add up? first the good news. there have been a few times in american history where this has happened. the chief economists of jp morgan notes it happened in the 1990s. then we were in the middle of the internet boom which was not sustainable and

reince preibus was a guest on erin burnett's "outfront."ave a listen. >> i understand ur point on todd akin, that you think he's not something that they support in the mainstream and i would imagine he's not welcome at the republican convention where you are either? >> well, listen, if it was up to me, i would prefer that todd akin do the right thing for our candidates and i would prefer that he not come. >> reince priebus went further and said, if i were you, i would just quit. look, mr. akin has a lot of support from the far right but he's losing support where it could really, really matter and that is in the bank. where's the money problem for this man now? >> well, he's not going to get any money from the national republicans, including some of the super pacs that earlier supported him, whether it's karl rove's super pac or the campaign committee. they said they had $5 million ready to go in ads for him. he's going to lose a lot of his support. and a lot of them are saying to me, basically, in no uncertain terms, he's going to have to g

i'm erin burnett. mitt makes a bold promise. 12 million jobs. take a look at this ad in the wall street journal. first of all i want to draw your attention to the cartoon. there is obama on a tuortoise with a whip. what was it supposed to be the tortoise and the hare? the newspaper denied the catchy cartoon but every word was written by glen hubbard. here in the second to last paragraph is the claim. president romney would create about 12 million new jobs in his first term and millions more after that. which means 250,000 jobs each and every single one of his 48 months in office. he says he will do that by cutting regulations and cutting taxes. does it add up? first the good news. tlt have been a few times in american history where this has happened. the chief economists of jp morgan notes it happened in the 1990s. that is where the good news ends for the romney jobs claim. since 1939 only 27% of monthly jobs reports have shown growth of 250,000 jobs or more. the research also notes the united states has never had four straight years where job c

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, ouch.s that mitt romney's tax plan would raise taxes on 95% of americans. now, mitt has promised a 20% tax cut to everyone. so whose math adds up -- mitt's or the tax policy center's? it's sort of like an olympic boxing match. today, the romney camp threw a punch fast and early, pointing out that one of the authors was a former aide to president obama. as the romney campaign wrote to us, that is, quote, hardly objective. true, one round to mitt. but for the romney campaign, we checked the other two names on the report, and one author was a former aide to george h.w. bush, the final one worked for both bush and obama. round two to barack. let's lay out the substantive charge. the report says if mit romney's plan becomes reality, tax revenue, because he's going to be cutting marginal tax rates, will drop by $360 billion in the first year alone. that means if it's revenue-neutral, someone must pay $360 billion more. again, that's if it's revenue-neutral, which is something mitt romney specific

i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, tax war.ts wrote an op-ed that the obama campaign immediately seized on it. it was enough to prompt them to send this e-mail to their troops, subject line romney's role in tax shelter raises questions. the reason? the op-ed written by two experts who recently wrote another article critical of romney's personal tax strategies says since romney refuses to release his tax returns, his views on taxes are revealed by what did he while on the audit committee of marriott corporation. i'll explain what happened, but first let's just lay out the key accusation. the authors say, quote, a key troubling public manifestation of romney's apparent incense tivety different to tax obligations is his role in marriott international's abusive tax shelter activity. so does the accusation of insensitivity, translation, lack of ethics, add up? romney was chief for a while of the audit committee from 1993 to 1998. in that role, he would have been responsible for overseeing the company's tax returns. during his tenure

let's go "outfront." >> evening, i'm john foreman, in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, a new storm warning. forget the hurricane, forget the vice president cruising tampa looking for a fight, forget everything you know about this election so far. because in florida tonight mitt romney's team is preparing to unleash a flood of money that could dramatically change the political landscape. listen to him today sounding confident in his home state of michigan. >> i don't want four more years, of what we have, do you? i want to get america on an entirely different track. a track of greatness and strength and vitality and prosperity. and i know how to do it. >> with the republican convention looming, new polls show the race is still very tight. take a look. president obama has a slight overall lead. two-points. that's in the margin of error. he's boosted with a 12-point edge with women. same margin with younger voters. a 29 point lead among big city folks. and he's done it with ads like this. >> he's made his choice. but what choices will women be left with

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> "outfront" next. paul ryan hits the casino looking for cash from a billionaire. romney's pick wastes no time in walking the slippery slope of politics. biden makes a campaign stop and accuses romney of chaining the audience. did his comment go too far? and a model of technology, why it may be crucial to the defense in the future. let's go "outfront." ♪ >> good evening. i'm in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, paul ryan hits the casino. the clean-cut vp presidential candidate is in sin city tonight for what the campaign is calling a finance event where he'll come face to face with the highest of high rollers, sheldon adelson. the man who has put the most chips on the table during this campaign by far. this is not a campaign on the cheap. an unprecedented amount of cash is expected to be spent on the campaign. about $2.5 billion. much of that is from super pacs and a small group of donors. only 100 individuals account for 50% of the $319 million donated so far this cycle. mr. sheldon adelson is top

i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, tax war. two respected experts wrote an op-ed that the obama campaign immediately seized on it. it was enough to prompt them to send this e-mail to their troops, subject line romney's role in tax shelter raises questions. the reason? the op-ed written by two experts who recently wrote another article critical of romney's personal tax strategies says since romney refuses to release his tax returns, his views on taxes are revealed by what did he while on the audit committee of marriott corporation. i'll explain what happened, but first let's just lay out the key accusation. the authors say, quote, a key troubling public manifestation of romney's apparent incense tivety different to tax obligations is his role in marriott international's abusive tax shelter acvity. so does the accusation of insensitivity, translation, lack of ethics, add up? romney was chief for a while of the audit committee from 1993 to 1998. in that role, he would have been responsible for overseeing the company's tax returns.

let's go out front. >>> good evening, everyone, i've erin burnett." tonight, out of bounds. mitt romney took to the air waves today to lament the tone of the election and slam his rival. >> i'm seeing some of the ads out there. i don't know what happened to the campaign of hope and change. his campaign and the people working for him have focused almost exclusively on person attacks and not at all on the issues of the day. >> personal attacks and not at all on the issues of the day. that charge actually goes both ways. both mitt romney and barack obama are guilty as sin. as those of you who watch the show know, we tried from day one to try to stop sandbox politics and find middle ground. quote, the campaign has already set records for nastiness and negativity. he says, this campaign has the sensibilities and i.q. of a typical middle school student council election. i ran for school president in eighth grade. and i lost. i ran against a kid named danny luppins. i am certain that our campaigns had higher i.q.s. and when i lost, danny nominated me head o

let's go out front. >>> good evening, everyone, i've erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, out of bounds. mitt romney took to the air waves today to lament the tone of the election and slam his rival. >> i'm seeing some of the ads out there. i don't know what happened to the campaign of hope and change. his campaign and the people working for him have focused almost exclusively on person attacks and not at all on the issues of the day. >> personal attacks and not at all on the issues of the day. that charge actually goes both ways. both mitt romney and barack obama are guilty as sin. as those of you who watch the show know, we tried from day one to try to stop sandbox politics and find middle ground. quote, the campaign has already set records for nastiness and negativity. he says, this campaign has the sensibilities and i.q. of a typical middle school student council election. i ran for school president in eighth grade. and i lost. i ran against a kid named danny luppins. i am certain that our campaigns had higher i.q.s. and when i lost, danny nominated

"erin burnett outfront" starts now. >>> i'm erin burnett. live in oak creek wisconsin.ictims, the heroes and the gunman. let's go "outfront." >>> "outfront" tonight, terror at the temple. this community is reeling and wondering why six people were shot dead and three others wounded. tonight we're learning much more about the alleged gunman and the victims. police have identified the suspect as 40-year-old army veteran wade michael page who had connections to white supremacist groups. and here are now some pictures that we've just gotten in to cnn. these are from page's old myspace page. obviously, can you see him in front of a flag with a swastika. the image you're looking at now is fairly recent, from february of this year 37 the death toll from yesterday's shooting now stands at seven including the suspected shooter. three people are in the hospital tonight after a chaotic scene captured in this call to 911. >> i thought i heard shots. can you confirm that? >> man with a gun in the parking lot. man with a gun. ambulance up! subject is down. i need an ambulance. we hav

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, who's the boss? here's paul ryan today on abortion. >> look, i'm proud of my record. i'm proud of my record. mitt romney's going to be the president. the president sets policy. his policy is exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. i'm comfortable with it because it's a good step in the right direction. >> here's one thing we know for sure about paul ryan. he is precise, he likes his facts, his figures and his numbers. he thinks before he speaks. and he even bragged about that today. >> words matter a lot and i'm putting a lot of effort into them. >> on abortion, his record is extremely consistent. he received a score of zero from naral pro-choice america which means he's voted against every piece of pro-choice legislation that group has backed. and he has a 100% rating from the national right to life committee. those are pretty good scores. 0 and 100. a man of precision. you want to know where he stands, you know. as the wisconsin state journal reported in 1988 when paul ryan first r

let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett.tfront" tonight, $1 million per job. that's what america's top money man says we've spent on stimulus from the fed alone. and he says that is money well spent and he may spend more. today ben bernanke was in jacksonville, wyoming. a bucolic location for a big speech. he defended his actions to help the u.s. economy. the fed chairman appointed by george w. bush, embraced by president obama, criticized by some influential people, including mitt romney, has a little bit of an image problem now. as president romney for example ben bernanke would lose his job. >> my view has been i would want to select someone who was a new member -- excuse me, a new person to that chairman's position, someone who shared my economic views. >> romney's running mate, budget hawk paul ryan, is not a fan either because ryan chided the chairman during a hill hearing earlier this year. >> a lot of us believe the federal reserve was too loose for too long in the 2003 to 2005 period and that's what in part led to t

i'm john avlon in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, 60 hours of whirlwind attacks. that's how long it's been, 60 hours, since mitt romney announced his running mate, wisconsin congressman paul ryan. and since then, we've been bombarded with political attacks that are based more on fear than fact. >> paul ryan has embraced an extremist proposal. >> with a romney/ryan ticket, it's like reagan again. ♪ >> so tonight we're going to cut through the partisan spin to give you the facts on three fronts. first, how the ryan/romney deficit reduction plan compares to the president's own $4 trillion deficit reduction proposal. do they add up? then the pros and cons of paul ryan, what his votes have been on the key issues from afghanistan to abortion to t.a.r.p. and finally, the politics of mediscare, the fear-mongering that both sides do when entitlement reform is proposed. we want to look at the next decade. we're talking about stacking the ryan/romney budget against president obama's own proposal. that's the debate we should be having in this country. about what's the best pa

erin burnett starts next. >>> new details emerging tonight.ion to hate groups. >>> plus a new attack ad by an obama super pac linking mitt romney to someone's death. >>> and an investigation into the safety of american soldiers. why is an interior tool to detect ieds still being used right now? >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the rise of hate in america. the massacre at this sikh temple in oak creek, wisconsin has raised so many questions and tonight we have new details about the shooter, wade michael page. page was living in wisconsin for about a year, and as our ted rowlands found out, in the months and weeks before he killed six people, page was a recluse and making arrangements to carry out his attack. ted is live in oak creek tonight. ted, what have you been learning tonight about page's past? >> reporter: well, erin, clearly, this is someone who was shutting down, taking himself out of the day-to-day of society, taking himself away from friends and family. we're also learning about his past, going back a

evening,everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield in for erin burnett tonight. the blame game at its worst it seems. just one day after floyd lee corkens allegedly said "i hate your politics" and then shot a security guard at the conservative family research council offices, tony perkins, who's the president of that group, is blaming the southern poverty law center. >> corkens was given a license to shoot an unarmed man by organizations like the southern poverty law center that have been reckless in labeling organizations hate groups because they disagree with them on public policy. and i believe the southern poverty law center should be held accountable for their reckless use of terminology. >> well, those are fighting worlds. but the southern povertyaw center is fighting right back. and this evening they're saying this, and i quote, perkins accusation is outrageous. the family research council and its allies on the religious right are saying in effect that offering legitimate and fact-based criticism in a democratic society is tantamount to suggesting that the