mr. acosta for all he has done. i would like to know the hole between policy and what he has experienced needs to be taken apart between what politicians are doing and what he is experiencing on the ground. i wonder if he has any ideas if his second book is going to try to involve that for his viewpoint on policy that has gone wrong here. >> guest: the second book we are working on actually deals with a criminal organization i infiltrated that was based out of ecuador and partially based in the bahamas as well. our second book is going to deal with that criminal organization but i do hope in the future i will get to that issue about policies we have in place. we have a lot of retired folks that have the experience. not only those that are retired. individuals within the service have spent years working on this issue and have a lot to contribute. i hope as a nation we address this issue in the near future. >> host: how good is the cooperation between the united states and mexico over border issues? >> host: >> guest:

mr. acosta. >> commissioners, when i spoke to you the last time and we had a workshop at pier 40, i spoke to you about some issues and i will repeat them again. when two men, two white men came here may be too moderate 50 years ago, lewis and clark -- maybe two hundred 50 years ago, lewis and clark, and they saw that everything was most pristine. today in the year 2012, we need developers who are on this project -- and i briefly worked for one gentleman who is a consultant to tell us in the year 2012 in a forum like this what is best for this great city and county of san francisco. on the one hand, we have the city. they are not capable of looking after our trees, some 26,000 trees that we have not factored into this equation. we do have the ability to work on what i call repair and projects, which i have always that -- already brought to certain people in sfpuc to look at nine months ago. looking just to inform you, to give our young people a chance to work on a nursery, eggplant, work on -- of plants, work on repair projects and have the ability to maintain the trees that the department

mr. acosta. >> commissioners, when i spoke to you the last time and we had a workshop at pier 40, i spoke to you about some issues and i will repeat them again. when two men, two white men came here may be too moderate 50 years ago, lewis and clark

mr. acosta in that good interview, the accusation that he was head of bain capital.d of bain capital. bain capital was making money for harvard university endowment, yale endowment, for duke endowment, labor unions, county and municipal labor unions. their investors were not the al qaeda, they were good people, trying to provide for their retirements. bain capital is helping them. >> the president gave an interview to a d.c. affiliate, wjla and said this. >> ultimately mr. romney i think is going to have to answer those questions because if he aspires to be president, you are ultimately responsible for the conduct of your operations. again, that's probably a question he's going to have to answer, and i think that's a legitimate part of the campaign. >> you think he should answer that soon? >> yeah, absolutely. >> you think the democrats, you work for one of the super pac, prodemocratic super pacs. you think you're going to keep pounding on the income tax return issue? >> this i don't think, i know. i advise the super pac. voters don't like this. the notion is playing

cnn national political correspondent, jim acosta, has been traveling with mr.he reaction to romney's arrival there. >> reporter: i have to tell you,

as jim acosta reports, the gaffes have mr.ggshells. >> reporter: mitt romney hit the resetbutton. he was asked why he had to walk to the embassy. his response -- he is walking on eggshells and eager to please after he was blasted by british leaders for appearing to question london's readiness to host the olympic games. dubbed, the party pooper in the daily mail, nowhere man and mitt the twit in the sun. he side stepped the controversy in an interview with piers morgan. >> you've been slightly kr criticized for knocking the british enthusiasm. you are feeling it now? >> well, i'm delighted to see the kind of support that has been around the torch, for instance. >> the uproar reached the crescendo when the city's mayor taunted romney in front of 60,000 people at a pregame celebration. >> there is a guy called mitt romney who wants to know whether we're ready. he wants to know whether we're ready. are we ready? >> reporter: romney is taking heat for disclosing he met with the mi-6, a meeting normally kept secret. >> i appreciated

cnn national political correspondent, jim acosta, has been traveling with mr. romney and joins us from jerusalem. tell us first the reaction to romney's arrival there. >> reporter: i have to tell you, randi, mitt romney is making it clear on this trip to israel that he intends to issue an unmistakable warning to iran. what will happen if that nation does not cease in its development of nuclear weapons, something that much of the world thinks that that country is up to in remarks released by the campaign from a speech that he'll deliver later today in israel, mitt romney will say, "my message to the people of israel and the leaders of iran is one and the same -- i will not look away and neither will my country." the romney campaign gave a briefing to reporters earlier this morning. and it is sort of making some news back in the u.s. and around the world. something that romney's foreign policy adviser, dan seymore, told reporters about what would happen if israel decided to strike iran unilaterally, if iran does not cease the development of nuclear weapons. dan s

mr. romney figured it would get this ugly. again, here's what he told cnn's jim acosta just a short time ago. >> they announced early on, one of their insiders said their campaign was going to be based upon the strategy of, quote, kill romney, end of quote. that's what they're doing. it's disgusting. it's demeaning. it's something which i think the president should take responsibility for and stop. >> well, insiders say don't expect that anytime soon. in just a moment, we're going to take a look at how president obama's offensive is right out a powerful political play book. first, keeping them honest, obama's pushback on bain may be all about nothing. cnn's john king spoke with four sources, all who have firsthand knowledge of bain's operations after february of 1999 when romney insists he left the firm. all four told king that romney is telling the truth. including steve pacluca, a bain executive who's also a democrat. he says mitt romney left bain capital in february 1999 to run the olympics. and has had absolutely no involvement with the management or investment acti

acosta is there. >> reporter: mitt romney drew big contrast from mr.obama, the main call, his call for jerusalem to be the undisputed capitol. it's a position that could inflame tensions in this region should romney become president. the other headline from this speech, romney issued a stern warning to iran, should that country continue to develop nuclear weapons, here is a portion from romney's speech. >> make no mistake, the ayatollahs in tehran are testing our moral defenses. they want to know who will object and who will look the other way. my message to the people of israel and the leaders of iran is one in the same, we will not look away, nor will my country ever look away from our passion and commitment to israel. >> reporter: after a bruisinging week for romney, romney and his wife visited the western wall in jerusalem, one of the jewish religion's most sake rhett sites. next up for romney, hoe holds a funneled razor in jerusalem before he heads off to poland. jim acosta, cnn, jerusalem. >> also traveling this weekend, secretary of defense leon

acosta, cnn, houston. >>> mitt romney's campaign pockets are bigger thanks to dick cheney. there was a fundraiser near mr. cheney's home. he sat near romney as he spoke about america's thirst for new leadership. he then took the microphone and said romney is the candidate who could handle a crisis like 9/11. the event raised a whopping $4 million. >>> battle ground state of virginia has 13 electoral votes up for grabs in november, aiming to put those in his column, president obama starts a two day campaign swing through the state this afternoon. the latest poll of virginia registered voters shows a close rate. he has 47 to 42% edge, but the percentage of undecided voters is bigger than his lead. >>> okay. have you seen the olympic uniforms? some people say they look, well, like i don't know, like you should be playing crow kay or something, look european, not american. what's worse in senator harry reid's mind, where the uniforms were made. yes, they were made in china. and senator reid says we should burn them because of it. >> i am so upset. the olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves, be emb

acosta is there. >> mitt romney stuck to his pledge but drew big contrast with mr. obama. the may headline, his call for jerusalem to be the undisputed capital of israel. that's something no other u.s. president has called for. it could in flame tensions should romney become president. romney issued a stern warning to iran. should that country continue to develop weapons. here's a portion of the speech. >> make no mistake, they are testing our moral defenses. they want to know who will object and who will look the other way. my message to the people of israel and the leaders of iran is one in the same. we will not look away nor will my country ever look away from my passion and commitment to israel. >> after a bruising week for romney, romney and his wife visited the western wall here in jerusalem. that's one of the jewish religion's most sacred sites. he paused and left a note in the wall's crack. next up, he holds a fund-raiser before he heads off to the last leg of his trip, poland. jim acosta, cnn, jerusalem. >>> the colorado suspect linked to a shooting rampage in a m

mr. romney went on a media blitz today. something he rarely does. he talked with cnn's national political correspondent jim acostaor, thanks for joining us. let's talk first about this controversy over when you left bain capital. i'll put one of the documents in question up on screen. their sec filing stating that you were ceo at bain capital past 1999. when you say you left bain to run the olympics. why was your name still on these documents? and why didn't you clear this up sooner? >> well, i was the owner of an entity that is filing that information. but i had no role whatsoever in the management of bain capital after february of 1999. not that that would have been a problem to have said i was with the firm beyond that but i simply wasn't. i went out and

mr. romney went on a media blitz today. something he rarely does. he talked with cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta this evening. >> governor, thanks for joining us. let's talk first about this controversy over when you left bain capital. i'll put one of the documents in question up on screen. their sec filing stating that you were ceo at bain capital past 1999. when you say you left bain to run the olympics. why was your name still on these documents? and why didn't you clear this up sooner? >> well, i was the owner of an entity that is filing that information. but i had no role whatsoever in the management of bain capital after february of 1999. not that that would have been a problem to have said i was with the firm beyond that but i simply wasn't. i left to go out and run the olympics. i did that full-time. relinquished all management authority and role in bain capital after february 1999.

acosta is there. >> reporter: mitt romney stuck to his pledge not to criticize the president here in jerusalem, but he did draw some big contrast with mrobama. the main headline from the speech, his call for jerusalem to be the undisputed capital of israel. that's something no other u.s. president has ever called for. it's also a position that could enflame tensions in this region should romney become president. the other headline from this speech, romney issued a stern warning to iran should that country continue to develop nuclear weapons. here's a portion from romney's speech. >> make no mistake, the ayatollahs in tehran are testing our moral defenses. they want to know who will object and who will look the other way. my message to the people of israel and the leaders of iran is one in the same. we will not look away, nor will my couny ever look away from our passion and commitment to israel. [ applause ] >> reporter: after a bruising week for romney in britain, his campaign offered up a new optic to voters back home. that was of romney and his wife visiting the western wall here in jerusalem. romney paused to pray and left a note i