mr. harris. now. >> during the trial, harris was incarcerated at hillsborough county jail in a housing unit for high-profile inmates. he was no more popular with the man who runs the jail than he was with the judge. >> mr. harris is, in my 25 years of law enforcement, probably one of the most manipulative, conniving, condescending people that i've ever encountered, in my opinion. he was difficult for the staff, no matter how much respect you afforded him, no matter how well you treated him, he found a way to try to turn it. >> but harris says is he simply misunderstood. >> i feel like everybody looks at me like a ted bundy type character, and i'm not. when i see myself in the paper, i think to myself, if people really knew who i was and how i really am, they would know i didn't rape anybody, i didn't kidnap anybody. the people that do know me, my friends, they know me. my family, they know me. so, it's surreal, it's heartbreaking, depressing, and i wish i could change things, but i can't. >>> comi

mr. harry reid, i see harry reid. efforts rosa delauro, i was eager. senator leahy from vermont.i see him. and i've traveled all over the country for each one of those people. i've been to california for george miller, and i think in because it was his committee who named the ledbetter, a law leadbetter. and i'm told that i am the only albanian with a law named for the. it's not. and there's less than 35 and a history. i will be going back to seattle law school in seattle, washington, next month, and they have, there's lived there that's been doing the research. so this is not a common thing to have a law, and it's like congressman miller said, we don't name them for people like you, lilly. he said we named them for ourselves. who ever drafted the bill. any other questions? [inaudible] >> talk into the mic. >> before you got that note, did you suspicion, did you have any suspicions that you were not being paid? >> common sense would tell me based on the treatment and so forth at a lot of other things that you will read in the book, commonsense told me that they were not paying me

harry reid. this began earlier in the week when mr. reid told the "huffington post," he didn't pay any taxes for ten years. he went on, do i know that is ue? well, i'm not certain. that is harry reid saying i'm not certain. so you would think that not being certain about the truth of an explosive allegation you would keep it to yourself? well, instead, harry reid went further with local reporters say saying he had a quote number of people tell me that, unquote. so it went from one person telling him to now a number of

. >> harris: mr. romney planning to preserve tax cuts for everyone. >> he has not said how he would pay for that plan a point that president obama's top campaign manager pointed out on fox news sunday. >> this week we learned that governor romney's tax plans would raise taxes for the wealthy-- cut taxes for the the wealthy, a windfall and raise on the middle class, that's not a prescription for getting ourcon. >> harris: and let's push in on this issue, steve centanni live with more. and mr. romney expressed an opinion on a possible move by the fed to stimulate the economy. what's his position on that? >> reporter: well, harris, he said he's opposed to that move saying such a massive program by the fed of buying government bonds to lower interest rates wouldn't help the economy right now. instead, he called for bold action without specifying exactly what it might be. >> now is the time for something dramatic and is not the time to grow government. it's a time to create the incentives and the opportuni

mr. dirty harry himself.e the speaker tonight right before senator marco rubio here in florida, and then of course, the man of the night, mitt romney. and it kind of got us thinking, what other celebrities do republicans have in their corner? we have a look at that here as we're looking at some of these live pictures on the convention floor, in the forum. we are, again, watching and waiting for clint eastwood. also, mitt romney. both should be swinging through this forum any moment now. be right back. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with a patented safety alert seat. when there's danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. inf

mr. harris: and they haven't even voted on a budget for 1,191 days. mr. speaker, this is a $3.5 trillion enterprise, and the senate voted today to adjourn. the democrat-controlled senate led by majority leader reid voted to adjourn for over a month so that when they come back it will be 1,240 days since they didn't vote on a budget. mr. speaker, the house did what it had to do. it voted on a budget. it voted to extend the current tax rates to all citizens, and we are here ready to work. we asked the senate to reconsider the decision, mr. speaker. that's what we ought to do and ask them to come back and work with us to finally pass a budget. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to ask unanimous consent, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. pallone: i listened to my republican colleague in disbelief because the fact

mr. dirty harry, showed up looking old and it was sad to watch.u come on, be careful about your image and for heaven's sake use a tell prompter and stay on message and leave the ad libbing to tv reporters. >> i liked seth meyers response. did you see that? only response now from the obama convention would be for vice president biden to take his shirt off. that was the only appropriate response. next, harvard is investigating whether dozens of undergrads cheated on a take home exam last spring. are you surprised, john? >> not at all. i have been doing reporting at multiple colleges that where. thea.s bringing up this issue, they think there's widespread cheating at harvard and elsewhere and think they're ignoring it because it's embarrassing. if you're harvard you don't want that you're supposed to have the best and brightest students and a bunch of cheaters running around. >> alleged cheaters. >> there may be cover-ups going on. >> is there shock that students talk to each other about a take home exam? i agree. it's cheating but who's shocked? the

mr. romney and his campaign, harry reid put out another statement, this time in writing, a big long writtentatement, reiterating what he says. this anonymous source told him about mr. romney's taxes and just whipping mr. romney for not releasing more tax returns. it's understandable that this has focused on harry reid and this strange and seemingly reckless way in which he's made this accusation. he's saying, i'm assuming you're dirty. somebody told me that you are and it seems that you must be, so prove that you're not. it makes sense that people are focusing on harry reid, but there are two things from the public record of mitt romney's life as a public politician that should change or at least inflect the way that this is being discussed. and the first is that if you don't like the way harry reid is making this accusation, if you don't like the way it's being done, if it's unfair or unseemly, you should know that mitt romney himself has done this exact same thing that he is complaining is being done to him now. in 2002, when mitt romney was running for massachusetts governor, he would no

. >> birthday for the president and endorsement from dirty harry for mr. romney. david kerley, thanks. >> and the impact on this presidential race will be hotly debated on "this week" with george. and meantime, to london we go. for the olympics this was a super saturday. 25 gold medals at stake. michael phelps taking one of those. beaming after winning his 22nd olympic gold, his 18th gold in the 4 by 100 relay. he said it's his last race. we turn abc's jeffery kofman part of our own london team. >> reporter: michael phelps did it one final time with the japanese leading in the 4 by 100 medley, i he jumped in the pool and tore through the water like a power boat. securing another olympic gold for team usa, and his 18th olympic gold. the greatest olympian of all times insists this was the final race of his career. >> u.s. women also won gold in the 4 by 100 meter medley and set a new world record. team usa now has 30 medals in the pool for swimming and the future looks equally promising. the buzz is about katie ledecky. the 15-year-old american sensation in her firs

mr. eastwood, sir. me. i loved it. >> harrisnerve with the obama team to see them tweet back a response. >> they have been tweeting all week on pretty much every speech. >> mr. eastwood, sir. >> sir. >> thank you, jonathan. more than 100 nations support iran's nuclear energy program. that's according to iranian state media. those nations from africa that's a continent. asia and it makes up the largest voting group in the united nations and its members met this week in iran's capital of tehran. of course, iran claiming nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. western nations accuse of it of trying to build nuclear weapons. now the u.n. nuclear watchdog reporting iran has doubled the number of nuclear centrifuges and fortified underground bunker. iran suffered up a separate site to hide it at least one person is dead and thousands have been evacuated as a massive wildfire threatens upscale resort area. it's our top story as we go around the world in 80 "around 0 seconds." spain. authorities say the fire broke out late last night

harry reid. this began when mr. ital investor said harry said he didn't pay taxes for ten years. do i know that's true? well, i'm not certain. that was harry reid saying i'm not certain. not being certain about the truth of an explosive allegation, you would keep it to yourself, right? senator reid, the highest ranking democrat in congress went further saying hoe had a number of people tell me that. it went from one person to now a number of people and today he went further. >> so the word is out he hasn't paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove he has paid taxes because he hasn't. >> now this is on the floor of the senate. he is now saying the word is out. the word is out because harry reid put it out. when what he hasn't put out is anything that anyone can check. not the name of his source or anyone. here's what john mccain said earlier. >> harry reid on the floor of the senate reiterated this idea that mitt romney has not paid taxes for ten years. he said and i quote on the floor of the senate so the word is o

mr. david harris. david harris is the president and the ceo of the national jewish democratic counsel. the national jewish democratic counsel focuses on educating democratic officials and candidates to increase their support for jewish domestic and foreign policy priorities. david, we're happy to have you and we look forward to your testimony >> thank you so much governor. good afternoon my name is david harris and i'm president and ceo of the jewish democratic national counsel. the core mission is to maximize jewish support. the united states and the democratic party has been a strong support of the u.s. and israel relationship. democratic platforms celebrated this important relationship. like wise, president obama has presided over a foreign policy based no small part based on special nation and importance with america's ties in israel. our unique relationship isen breakable commitment to security and common interest. as the president said, israel is ready to defend itself, so has the democratic party's platform ear after year. this year should be to different. four years ago, this p

mr. romney's financial history is evidence of him using exotic, aggressive and in the case of this son of boss thing, occasionally illegal tactics to avoid taxes. tax avoidance as a lifelong hobby. since harry reid first made his unsupported hearsay allegation about mr. romney not paying taxes for a decade, no evidence has emerged to disprove that allegation. and the only evidence that has emerged frankly points the other way. and so the issue is not going away. and harry reid is making sure that it's not going away. one of his staffers last night continuing to stoke the fire by asserting and then partially retracting more tantalizing details about the supposed source of the hearsay. nate silver on the new york times tweeted today about the fact that all of these questions and the few pieces of evidence we have about mitt romney's taxes and finances are in a quantitative way leading people in general to ask more questions about mitt romney's taxes, to wonder about i, to try to find out more. the red line that you see there, the red line represents google searches over the past few months about romney and bain capital. as the red line drops, the searches have tailed off in receipt weeks, but

mr. david harris. david harris is the president and the ceo of the national jewish democratic counsel. the national jewish democratic counsel focuses on educating democratic officials and candidates to increase their support for jewish domestic and foreign policy priorities. david, we're happy to have you and we look forward to your testimony >> thank you so much governor. good afternoon my name is david harris and i'm president and ceo of the jewish democratic national counsel. the core mission is to maximize jewish support. the united states and the democratic party has been a strong support of the u.s. and israel relationship. democratic platforms celebrated this important relationship. like wise, president obama has presided over a foreign policy based no small part based on special nation and importance with america's ties in israel. our unique relationship isen breakable commitment to security and common interest. as the president said, israel is ready to defend itself, so has the democratic party's platform ear after year. this year should be to different. four years ago, this p

harry reid has offered no evidence for his heresy statement that mr. romney has paid no taxes for ten years. while that unsupported allegation lingered in the political atmosphere, it's also true that all of the real evidence we do have about mr. romney's financial history is evidence of him using exotic, aggressive, and in the case of this son of boss thing, occasionally illegal tactics to avoid taxes. tax avoidance. that's a lifelong hobby. since harry reid first made his unsupported heresy allegation about mr. romney not paying taxes for a decade, no evidence has emerged to disprove that allegation. and the only evidence that has emerged frankly points the other way. and so the issue is not going away. and harry reid is making sure it's not going away. one of his staffers last night continuing to stoke the fire by asserting and partially retracting more tantalizing details about the supposed source of the heresy. "new york times" tweeted that the fact that all of the questions and the few pieces of evidence we got about his taxes and finances are in

but "dirty harry" went rogue. >> i've got mr. obama sitting here. >> reporter: the 82-year-old actor spoke to an empty chair. the furniture was a last-minute backstage request. according to a romney campaign official he just asked a prop person to bring a chair out and the prop person thought he would just sit in it. instead, eastwood launched into an often rambling conversation with a phantom president. >> i think it's maybe time, what do you think, for maybe a businessman. how about that? (cheers and applause) >> reporter: in his act, mitt romney officials say it was totally improvised. eastwood imagined the president answering back. >> what do you mean shut up? >> reporter: eastwood also had the invisible mr. obama uttering obscenities. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. he can't do that to himself. >> reporter: eastwood was scheduled to speak for five minutes but ignored the red light to wrap up and spoke for twice as long. as traffic on twitter about the actor's bizarre speech spiked, the rom

mr. john harris. how are you? morning. >> you did exhaustive conversations with gop operatives in washington, asked them what they felt about the paul ryan pick. tell us what you found. >> three of our very best reporters, jonathan martin, alex burns, maggie haberman talked to nearly 40 or more political operatives in washington. the rhapsodic view that joe scarborough has is not shared among the republican operative class in washington. >> course not. >> reaction ranges from they find it excite but they're worried about it or they find it reckless and they're certain it's going to back fire in a dr dramatic way. they're worried about the back throw down the republican ticket. the consensus in washington is exactly the opposite of joe scarborough. >> thank good. we're talk the about the republican party not liking this pick. this is, after all, the same republican party that has run the brand into the ground and i think led to four pretty disas tour years. it's not playing it safe. they would have loved him to pic

so i began this really with a very personal thanks to harry and the whole ong family. kathy and mrs. ong are here as well. thank you for letting us celebrate a wonderful life in contribution to our own american history. the name here is not only embedded on the walls here, but we have that time capsule that we did in september so that in future generations, many people will hear about this name, hear about why it is important to remember the ong family and betty and her heroic efforts to save lives. but we also have generations of children of a family that will be here that will know the reason why we need this important institution in our community after someone who sacrificed her life and was a hero to all of us. with that, if i may present to the ong family -- my personal privilege and on behalf of the whole city, the board, police department, community organizations, i would like to proclaim today, in recognition of this event, the center and the naming of it, betty ann ong chinese rec saturday in san francisco. [applause] -- betty ann ong chinese rec center day in san francisco

the republican party chairman called harry reid not just a liar, but a dirty liar. mr.d, of course he had paid taxes. he said he had paid a lot of taxes. but he also said, we had to take his word on it. trust him. and everything we do know about mr. romney and his taxes, both in his business life and his personal life, does show rather heroic efforts to avoid paying taxes. but he says he will not show his taxes to anyone. we just have to trust him on it. and so, everybody has just kept wondering what the deal is with mitt romney and his taxes. then, as of one minute after midnight, friday night into saturday, mitt romney picked wisconsin congressman paul ryan. paul ryan! the budget guy with the blue eyes and the ripped abs. now everybody would certainly talk about that! right? talking about paul ryan and not mitt romney and his taxes and his tax returns. it did not work out like that. >> how many years of tax returns did you turn over to the campaign? >> well, it was a very exhaustive vetting process. it's a confidential vetting process, so it was several years, but i'm

. >> on harry reid mr. arty member that i respect, but at least harry reid is doing something. however, poppy says, bill you are as clueless as harry reid. liberalism is a mental disorder. left wing liberal progressives is what is ruining this once-great country. you are right, man. we are in charge, and you better watch out. become a liberal or get the hell out of here. >> this is the bill press show. no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these things? fuggedaboud it. this is new york. hey little guy, wake up! aw, come off it mate! geico. saving people money on more than just car insurance. >> give us a call at 866-55-press. the speculation is getting crazy about who mitt romney is going to choose as his vice presidential running mate. insiders say it's boiled down to three boring white men: rob portman and tim pawlenty and paul ryan. come on mitt. jazz it up. we need somebody with some

applause] ♪ >> following his remarks in las vegas, mitt romney spoke to reporters about harry reid's recent comments that mrromney had not paid his taxes. he was also asked when he would announce his pick for vice presidents. this is 15 minutes. >> good morning. sorry for the extra noise. if we did not have the air conditioner on, you probably could not stand here. i turn to you for any questions you might have. please. >> with the jobs added last month, are we still in recession? >> we still have 23 million americans out of work. you'll see job numbers that bounce around. there is no question we have 42 months with unemployment above 8%. this administration said, if they got there stimulus, they would hold unemployment below 8%. they said the measure and have not been below 8% since. with this number of middle-class families struggling, it is clear these policies have not worked. his team said that by now we would have unemployment at 5.5%. it is still above 8%, 8.3%. i am not going to look at every monthly statistic. but this continues a pattern of american families really struggling, having hard times. t

mr. romney, is p populism. the same we got from andrew jackson and harry truman and democrats since anyone can remember. t used to it. now to your crowd, a word is in order for the words your fond cotillion has been employing. it wasn't the democrats woo brought up the church the republican candidate attends. it wasn't the democrats who attacks the background of the republican candidate, mr mr. romney. it was the cackling mob on the right that continues even now to question the president's american birth without a single demerril from the republican candidate. he never says he was an illegal immigrant who snuck into the ru country after his birth to run the white house. you never hear a democrat mention the fact of romney's americanism, never a peep, but by do romney and his verbal henchman love bringing it up in their verbal slurs about the president, about how foreign he sounds and thinks, how he doesn't know what it means to be an american. that's what they call it. we have heard it all, the ugly rant from high and low, that never seems to end. and so my fellow americans on the right, get this, before

you don't get any better, especially for independent voters, than dirty harry, than mr.is a great visual. it adds a quintessentially american voice, celebrity star power. that just kicked it up another notch today. >> and clint eastwood did an ad during the super bowl, on the chrysler ad. he appeals to independents and appeals to mainstream american republicans. always have trouble with celebrity. now we've got it this time. >> all right. margaret hoover, john avalon, guys, thank you. how about that? clint eastwood. make sure you watch cnn tonight for all the speakers. >>> coming up, health officials, they are already saying this could be the worst year ever for the west nile virus. will the flooding in louisiana and mississippi make it all worse? dr. sanjay gupta, he's going to join us next with what you need to know to stay safe. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice

mr. david harris, president and ceo of the national jewish democratic council.the national jewish democratic council focuses on education democratic officials and candidates to increase their support for jewish domestic and foreign policy priorities. david, we are happy to have you and we look forward to your testimony. >> thank you so much, governor. my name is david harris. for 23 years, njdc's mission has been to maximize jewish support for democrats around the country. the united states and democratic party have long been advocates for and at supporters of a strongly beneficial u.s.-israel relationship. is based on shared values and shared interests. likewise, president obama has presided over a former policy based and in no small part on the special nature and importance of america apostatize with israel. as he has said, "ours is a unique relationship, and unbreakable commitment to israel's security, anchored by our common interests and deeply held values." as the president has steadfastly supported israel and israel's ability to defend itself, such as the

harry reid. this began earlier in the week when mr. reid told the "huffington post," he didn't pay any taxes for ten years. he went on, do i know that is ue? well, i'm not certain. that is harry reid saying i'm not certain. so you would think that not being certain about the truth of an explosive allegation you would keep it to yourself? well, instead, harry reid went further with local reporters say saying he had a quote number of people tell me that, unquote. so it went from one person telling him to now a number of people and then today, he went even further. >> so, the word is out that he has not paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove that he has paid taxes, because he has not. >> and now on the floor of the senate he says the word is out, and the word is out because senator reid put it out. not anything that anybody can check, such as the name of the source, but this is what john mccain told us today. harry reid said on the floor of the senate reiterated this idea that mitt romney has not paid taxes for ten years and i quote o

harry reid. this began earlier in the week when mr. es for ten years. he went on, do i know that is true? well, i'm not certain. that is harry reid saying i'm not certain. so you would think that not being certain about the truth of an explosive allegation you would keep it to yourself? well, instead, harry reid went further with local reporters say saying he had a quote number of people tell me that, unquote. so it went from one person telling him to now a

make good on his promise to go back and check harry reid's assertion that he hadn't paid any taxes in the last 10 years. well, today in answering that question. mr never paid taxes, less than 13%. watch. harry reid's charge is totally false. i'm sure waiting for harry to put up who it was who told them had what he says they told him. i don't believe it. every year i have paid at least 13%. and if you add in addition the amount that goes to charity, well the number gets well above 20%. >> romney has been trying to get -- put the tax issue, as well as bain capital and all those other things behind him. this medicare debate that's now raging across the country as a coincidence seems to have for the most part eclipsed that. >> shepard: carl cammeron on road in cleveland tonight. white house is responding to republicans who say the president should dump vice president joe biden. the other day in virginia the vice president told a crowd that included african-americans that governor romney wants to, quote, put y'all back in chains it was ad-lib and off the cuff he remark. vice president biden says he was responding to a republic comment or series of th

mrs. romney pay any income taxes at all. senator harrythat they haven't paid income taxes for ten years. mitt romney, like his wife, is very careful to never, ever, ever use the phrase, "income taxes" when he talks about them paying taxes. the romneys are so careful not to use the phrase "income taxes," so lawyerly coached on that, that they have now entered a zone of reasonable suspicion, that their accounting shenanigans have really left them paying nothing in federal income taxes, nothing in the tax returns that mrs. romney just angrily promised to continue to hide. >> we pay our taxes. we are absolutely -- beyond paying our taxes, we also give 10% of our income to charity. >> i'm sorry, but i don't believe you, mrs. romney. i don't believe you give 10% of your income to charity. what income? your gross income? your net income? as defined by you or mitt or your adjusted gross income? i don't believe you give 10% of your income to charity. and the only way you can prove you give 10% of your income to charity is by releasing your tax ret