this is shepard smith across the border in slidell. i am curious about your assessment of the coastal areas where we have seen a lot of flooding. >>caller: it is heavy. is this shepard? >>shepard: yes. >>caller: you have seen it. it is nothing like katrina. but it is remarkable yesterday was the 7th anniversary of katrina. we will have a lot of damage due to flooding because this water was much higher inland than we had anticipated. nothing like the 28' surge we had. over the last seven years we have raised houses up 23'. we have made sure that most of our public buildings can withstand 200-mile-per-hour wind. we have 1,500 national guard on site and conducted 70 search-and-rescue missions. we have only had one fatality. a wrecker driver was hit by a falling tree as he pulled a vehicle out of water. we feel good about our response. we think that the outer band is passing through. i am in hancock county, just coming through with just light rain and a little bit of wind. now we are concerned about macomb, mississippi, and getting this con

fox news is shepard smith is still there. thank you for joining us again. the levees held, god bless the people in new orleans. >> they did hold and we're in one of the lulls, sometimes it

i'm harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. governor mitt romney took a break from the campaign trail today to meet. so victims and heros of hurricane isaac. just hours after accepting the republic nomination for president, the governor flew to louisiana. he toured the flood zone. met with survivors. killed 6 people in louisiana and mississippi. death toll so far. thousands of homes and businesses still have no electrical power. the white house saying president obama will visit the gulf coast on monday. campaign carl cammeron with governor romney today. is he live tonight in new orleans. carl, the governor with a very

i'm harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. this is the fox report. today, we got our first look at the sky at the flooding in and around new orleans. this is the area around the hard hit plaquemines parish south and east of new orleans. a lot of homes there under 12 feet of water. rescuers saying they had to save about 100 people who were trapped inside their houses. boy, that sounds familiar from several years ago. today the louisiana governor bobby jindal says teams expect to have 70% of the water drained from the area. a bit of good news for a lot of people difficult week. casey stegall north in saint bernard parish. there was quite a scare at your location a little bit earlier. >> yeah, harris, a scare might be an understatement. we're on the line of saint bernard's parish and plaquemines parish. the line right behind me as the bend of the mississippi river goes there. basically, what happened a chlorine tank was seen

as shepard smith reports tonight.rtunities for creative minds in some of the most unlikely of places you will find. >> in the middle of brooklyn, not far from the crowds of shoppers and roads of brown stones, ted southern is putting on his space suit. >> once i get this far into the -- you really face commitment. >> it's a prototype of the suit he hopes to turn to the handful of companies planning to fly tourist into space. >> i concentrate a lot on the capsule and rocket. the space suit is often, you know, secondary thought. >> which presents and opportunity for southern and his russian business partner. >> i could develop space suit life. >> a man who claims to be the only person who test just about every space suit ever made. they work out of a small office in a non-disscript building designing a suit they tell us is more comfortable and affordable than those the astronauts have traditionally worn. >> must be the cheapest suit. and light weight. >> it's a start of a new era in space exploration. it's a very good de

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then we will go to shepard smith. been covering hurricane isaac now a tropical storm.ll be right back from tamp parks florida. these fellas used capital one venture miles for a golf getaway. double miles you can actually use... but mr. single miles can't join his friends because he's getting hit with blackouts. shame on you. now he's stuck in a miniature nightmare. oh, thank you. but, with e capital one venture card... you can fly any airline, any flight, any time. double miles you can actually use. what's in your wallet? alec jr? it was a gift. see alec jr? america the beautiful? then you belong at bass pro shops for big savings during our labor day sale. and stop by our hometown festival this weekend for free family activities,@ food and giveaways. bass pro shops. your adventure starts here. >> bill: welcome back to tampa, florida. we're waiting for the sunshine state attorney pam bondi to speak. shepard smith covering hurricane isaac in new orleans. have you been there from the beginning. what's the most interesting thing you saw in this storm sequence. >> the rain.

i'm harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. governor mitt romney took a break from the campaign trail today to meet. so victims and heros of hurricane isaac. just hours after accepting the republic nomination for president, the governor flew to louisiana. he toured the flood zone. met with survivors. killed 6 people in louisiana and mississippi. death toll so far. thousands of homes and businesses still have no electrical power. the white house saying president obama will visit the gulf coast on monday. campaign carl cammeron with governor romney today. is he live tonight in new orleans. carl, the governor with a very specific goal while he is there. >> sure. one of the things he said he wanted to do by coming here was to bring attention to the situation in order to encourage people to take part in the relief effort through volunteerism and charitable giving. he also wanted to get a briefing and learn and said that repeatedly. he got down here and had a whirlwind two hour race through new orleans. he also went to the town of la

my bet is that person is shepard smith. can you tell me your bet, too, on twitter, or just ask the man. >>shepard: i didn't call her. >>megyn: you did, too. >>shepard: i figure wherever we end up, the weather will be a problem. >>megyn: see you, shepard smith. >>shepard: the news begins anew on "studio b." he is staying. the republican congressman, todd akin reiterating plans to stay in the missouri senate race. the growing calls from his own party to get out already. this followed the congressman's comments on rape and pregnancy. we will have the details ahead. there is a new lawsuit that accuses the biggest travel webses of working with hotel chains to jack up prices. we will bring in the lawyers on that. the supreme court struck down all but one provision of arizona 's controversial immigration law but the battle is back in court today. a judge could block what is left of it. that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b" at 3:00 in new york city. republicans pressure one of their own to dro

and learning more with "studio b" and shepard smith. >>shepard: maybe we need to watch what we eat on planes more than we do. we are told another passenger got hurt by a needle inside an in-flight meal with air canada. we will get reaction from a former transportation official when he joins us. cops say this guy plotted to unleach a shooting rampage on teachers and students at a high school in california before burning the school to the ground. the details from graphic e-mails ahead. >> the gold medal at the olympics could come with a giant tax bill. you might get charged $8,000 if you win a gold. along with the prize money. we will breakdown what it costs to be the best unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b" today. first from fox at 3:00 in new york city, crisis at the united states postal service. the cash-strapped agency is on the verge of defaulting for the first time. it has a $5.5 billion bill due today. the check is not in the mail. it will not be there in a couple of weeks, even. a bigger bill is due in septe

shepard smith, always a pleasure to see you, sir. >> it is my honor, gerri. thank you.ri: for the very latest on tropical storm isaac, turn into our fox news channel. meanwhile, $1.5 billion. that is the latest total for isaac rampage on the gulf coast. joining me is doctor robert hartwig read bob, thank you for joining us tonight. you know, i think you and i have been talking about insurance coverage and hurricanes for seven years now. we just see these numbers get higher and higher. if the current estimates are right, they are going to be about the average of the flow of us is that happen every year, which is about 2.7 billion for this is to make about these losses and do you think they are on target? >> about $1.5 billion, hurricane gustav, that produced about $2.2 billion for private insurers. you could wind up from a billion or two more from the national federal insurance program, a federal program. most people in the new orleans area have coverage through the program. but we found out that a lot of storms since katrina, unfortunately they have not kept in place. b

>>shepard: i am shepard smith, and this is "studio b" at the bottom of the hour. a new warning we could face another recession in our nation. the congressional budget office today out with a report that projects the federal deficit for 2012 will top $1 trillion not four the straight year and warn we are approaching the first so-called fiscal cliff, when tax cuts expire at the end of the year. combined with cuts to spending analysts say we could enter another recession under the right circumstances, or the wrong ones, really, by next year. the numbers are providing plenty of fodder on the campaign trail. republicans have pounced on this report blaming president obama's economic policies. now, the white house is pointing fingers at g.o.p. saying and i quote, "they are willing to hold the middle class hostage unless we also give massive new tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires, tax cuts we cannot afford. it is the top story at the bottom the hour and ed henry is on this story, live on campaign trail. a reminder today there is a big mets back in your city, ed. >>

"studio b" with trace gallagher here for shepard smith starts now. >>trace: thank you, the baseball hall of famer cal ripken jr. spoke out about the kidnapping of his mother. cops release new surveillance video of the suspect. we are learning identity thieves may have stolen more than $5 billion from uncle sam last year by filing fraudulent tax returns. we will talk to an identity theft expert. new testimony in the trial of drew peterson. he is the former police officer who seems to keep losing his wives. today, a wife's sister said peterson threatened to kill her shortly before she turned up dead. that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b" but first from fox at 3:00 the new job numbers have we have mixed news. the bad news? the nation-wide unemployment rate went up in july. the good news? more people actually got jobs. we will explain both developments in a moment. employers added 163,000 jobs in july. that is higher than expected after three straight months of slow growth. the gains are not enough to make a dent i

. >>> shepard smith will anchor studio b live from new orleans on bourbon street.nd 7:00 p.m. eastern. don't miss it. >> republicans have less time to play with as they work to rework the schedule. that's a live look inside tampa director for the rnc is with us up next live from tampa. >> it is gidifficult to realize that to the day, the day we would recognize as being 7 years after katrina another hurricane is headed our way and has much the same similarities. >> [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it with modern technology. together you get quality services on your terms, with total customer support. legalzoom documents have been accepted in all 50 states, and they're backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. so go to legalzoom.com today and see for yourself. it's law that just makes sense. trick question. i love everying about this count! including pr

here is trace here for shepard smith. >>trace: bring your rain boots to tampa. the news begins anew. a former navy seal giving a first-hand account of the raid that killed osama bin laden. we will tell you what u.s. officials are saying about the tell-all operation. ought latest comment about congressman's comments about race and how it is paying off for the congressman in fundraising money against the wishes of party leaders. details of the mysterious new disease that looks a lot like aids. that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." first from fox at 3:00, florida's governor said his state will begin emergency preparations for tropical storm isaac which could grow to hurricane strength in the next day. it still is unclear what path the storm will take. all eyes are on tampa where the republican nationa to get underr days. here is where isaac is right now. it has weakened approaching haiti and cuba but the national weather service predicts it will regain strength over the next couple of days. early today at guantanamo bay in c

"studio b" with shepard smith who may or may not have a dog. >>shepard: good to see you, shannon. we now know who cops say is behind yesterday's deadly shoot rampage at a sikh temple. the suspect is a u.s. army veterans with a long history of hate and only on fox, the step mother of the suspect speaks out. we expect a live news conference from the hospital where victims are recovering moments away. >> a packed american airlines jet speeding toward a collision with a military cargo plane. the chilling new account of a near catastrophe. plus troubling new report on chemotherapy. a new study suggests the very treatment that is supposed to stop cancer can actually help it spread. that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. first from fox at 3:00 in new york city, another mass murder in america. investigators are calling it a "possible act of domestic terrorism." that's a quote. the killer, reported skinhead, targeting a house of worship where members had gathered for sunday service. police identified him as a 40-year-old army veteran. and he is described as a frustrated

>>trace: i am here for shepard smith in "studio b" today.ist of speakers for the counter punch to the republican party at the dnc. it will kickoff tuesday in charlotte, north carolina, with a speech from the first lady, michelle obama. there is no doubt the analysts will compare her remarks to those of governor mitt romney's wife, ann romney, the ones she made at the republican national convention. the d nc speakers list includes an address by the mayor of san antonio, and massachusetts senator john kerry, and the former white house chief staff, chicago mayor rahm emanuel. mike emanuel with the news, live for us in charlotte. mike, what do we hear from the democrats ahead of the convention? >>reporter: it is interesting because vice president biden picked the battle ground state of ohio and went to an economic bright spot in the buckeye state to push back. check him out. >> they said last night things weren't getting better. i guess they don't know what is happening in this valley. i guess they don't know what is happening here at all. >>rep

tracy: fox news's shepard smith covered katrina and the devastation left to the gulf coast.e is back in the path of the storm live in new orleans. shep, thanks for taking the time to join us. what is different this time to you? a lot of people are saying this is not katrina but this is still a wicked storm that is coming. >> it is a baby storm. there will be some wind with this storm certainly. the hope it doesn't get any stronger. the national hurricane center doesn't think it will get stronger if stronger at all. it is moving so slowly as january necessary was talking about, 36 hours of rain will beat you up. it will certainly beat up the pumping stations around here. there is some concern there will be some flooding. on local television radio stations, if you go through water don't create a wake because the wake puts water into people's homes in this low lying area. what we most have to worry about is the rain and storm surge, mostly along the coast. new orleans of course is inland. concerns about the rain, 36 to 48 hours. it will be wet, trace. david: i see a couple of c

i'm shepard smith. thanks for being with us. all back on monday. harris in tomorrow neat "the fox report." mike huckabee live from iowa and rick santorum and others and "hannity" live and greta live. settle back, relax and enjoy. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. will >>> right now we need leadership. we don't need attack. we don't need blame. we need leadership. we need someone of principle. someone of achievement. someone of integrity. that man is standing next to me. his name is mitt romney and he is going to be the next president of the united states! [ applause ] >> mike: welcome to huckabee coming to you live from iowa. and what you have just been hearing, of course, is is the very extraordinary announcement that was made today in virginia. [ applause ] >> mike: and that was the announcement that mitt romney has selected paul ryan to be his running mate for the gop nomination. we have got a great audience here. there has been a big event and we kind of barged in on it it and we had a wonderful time hanging out with these good folk

i'm john scott in for shepard smith. we begin with concerns about an enormous sink hole that so far swallowed a 400-foot circle of swampland in louisiana. the associated press reports that state's governor declared a state of emergency west of new orleans and order -- new orleans examine order 150 families to evacuate their homes. >> all we can tell u.s. we still have bubbling in the bayou. we still don't know exactly what happened. some scientists pointed out to us that they could go from 200 feet to 2,000 feet real quickly. we don't know. >> that sheriff says he's worried the sink hole could be close to a well filled with more than a million barrels of liquid butane. if that were to ignite t could cause an explosion that people would feel for miles around. the fox report's chief correspondent jonathan hunt live in our news room. how big is this thing? >> 400-foot across is no small sink hole, john. but it's not so much the size of this thing that is worrying the authorities down there. it's not threatening to swallow u

i'm shepard smith. back tomorrow, noon pacific. 3:00 eastern. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight. >> obama is just as corrupt as anybody els. [bleep] obama. >> bill: last remaining occupy loons turning on president obama in oakland. we will report a story few in the liberal media about tell you about. >> i'm not going to respond to a dirty liar who hasn't filed a single page of tax returns himself. >> republic party attacking senator harry reid for saying mitt romney has not paid his taxes. we have a follow-up report on this very bitter controversy. >> why do you work for fox news? i mean, was it the first people that would hire you after your dad made a phone call? >> and jesse watters traveling across america to find places that despise the factor. >> it seems like a lot of people hate fox here. what's up with that? >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. hidden agendas that hurt you. that is the subject of this evening's ta

i'm john scott in for shepard smith.r" is up next. >> laura: "the o'reilly factor" is on tonight. >> romney pay 10% in taxes, 5%, 0? we don't know. >> laura: another vicious ad from the obama campaign. this time accusing mitt romney of not paying taxes. but are these attacks bound to backfire? we'll debate it. >> the other side will be spending more money than we've ever seen. you guy got these guys writing $10 million checks, you got these super pacs that are just going crazy. >> laura: after so many unfair and vicious attack ads against mitt romney, the president now says it's the conservative super pacs that are going crazy. we'll examine the outrageous hypocrisy. >> i work six days a week every day for four years for a 12-second race. the fact that they just tore me apart, it was just heart breaking. >> laura: olympic track star lolo jones gets emotional after the "new york times" accuses her of caring more about her image than her athletic performance. >> i don't think i should be ripped apart by media. >> laura: ca

our very own shepard smith is standing by in new orleans tonight. shep? >> shepard: sean, good evening. we're in the french quarter. the storm came ashore well south and west of hour about an hour and 15 minutes ago as a category 1 tomorrow, but the headline at this moment is isaac has taken a last-minute turn. isaac has shifted ever so slightly to the west. that means rather than the eye coming up toward the city of new orleans it looks at this moment like the storm's going to head more westerly toward baton rouge. that doesn't mean anything is going to be less severe from new orleans all the way east into mississippi and alabama, but nonetheless the eyewall looks like it's going to move more to the west than previously predict. the latest reports we have from southern louisiana. one parish president said they had a 74-mile-an-hour wind gust in one place and a 100-mile-an-hour wind gust in another. reports from grand isle, louisiana, from the parish president there as well, more damage than expected, but still not severe damage to property. in addition t

i'm shepard smith. thanks for having us in tonight. mr. bill is coming up. see you tomorrow.y factor is on tonight. >> it's like robin hood in reverse it's romney hood. >> bill: wants to take money from the working folks and give it to the fat cats. can that possibly be true? crawl and colmes will analyze. >> the feeling when people get when they hear barack obama speech i felt this thrill up my leg. >> favoring barack obama over mitt romney. how much will that effect the vote? we will tell you. >> if you ran into o'reilly at a cambridge cocktail party what would you tell him? >> i would probably avoid him. >> bill: jesse watters traveling to unfriendly factor territory. cambridge, massachusetts, home of harvard. >> are you an o'reilly fan. >> for comedy reasons, yes. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. factor begins right now. hi, i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. president obama and the american media that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. last night on the factor bernie goldberg said this about the political media

i'm shepard smith. we're back tomorrow -- somebody is here tomorrow.ill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight. >> chick fay lay values is not chicago values. >> we believe in freedom of speech and we are very proud of what we stand for and we love chick-fil-a. >> big victory says the traditional forces we will have the very latest. >> come on you coward, say the truth. >> what do you mean coward? >> bill: tonight we wind up our strangest moments in factor history series and barney frank tops the list. >> you start ranting and the only way to respond is almost to look as boorish as you. >> pearl harbor, the day of infamy. >> bill: also ahead, the great american news quiz the world war ii edition, how much do you know about a defining victory for america. >> bill: caution, you where to enter the no spin zone. the fact for begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. big victory for traditional forces in america. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. thousands of folks lined up yesterday to buy chick

i'm shepard smith. thanks for being with us. all back on monday.omorrow neat "the fox report." mike huckabee live from iowa and rick santorum and others and "hannity" live and greta live. settle back, relax and enjoy. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. will >>> right now we need leadership. we don't need attack. we don't need blame. we need leadership. we need someone of principle. someone of achievement. someone of integrity. that man is standing next to me. his name is mitt romney and he is going to be the next president of the united states! [ applause ] >> mike: welcome to huckabee coming to you live from iowa. and what you have just been hearing, of course, is is the very extraordinary announcement that was made today in virginia. [ applause ] >> mike: and that was the announcement that mitt romney has selected paul ryan to be his running mate for the gop nomination. we have got a great audience here. there has been a big event and we kind of barged in on it it and we had a wonderful time hanging out with these good folks with an ev

i'm harris faulkner in for shepard smith. and the news broke this morning, gunshots blasting outside one of the most recognizable buildings in all the world. right in the middle of manhattan. the shooting started just after 9:00 a.m. tourists and commuters everywhere and in a city where all of us still feel the shadow of tourism lurking in our past. immediate fears that this was never attack. within minutes we learned that was not the case. instead, investigators say the shooter was a guy who had been down sized at his job last year. a man who returned to his former work place looking for rejenning. >> he killed one person and at least nine other people were shot. and some may have been shot accidently by police officers who responded immediately and while confronting the suspect and fatally shooting him, unfortunately there may have been other victims as well. >> harris: police identifying the suspect as jeffrey johnson, a woman's accessory designer that is his body there on the street. they say he walked up to a vice presid

i'm jon scott in for shepard smith. this is the fox report.t in the race forever the white house. a brand new fox news poll shows governor mitt romney leading president obama by just one point. obviously that's a statistical tie. this is oour first survey of eligible voters who say they are likely to cast ballots instead of all register the voters so we cannot compare the new numbers to our previous polls. mike emanuel was with governor romney today in new mexico. mike, he was talking energy, right? >> that's right, jon. along the new mexico texas border. oil and natural gas are huge. so governor romney selected this is as the back drop to lay out his vision on energy reducing regulations allowing states to handle permitting for drilling or federal lands. also encouraging more offshore drilling. governor romney also criticized president obama's energy policy. >> sometimes i have the impression that the whole regulatory attitude of the administration is trying to stop oil and gas and coal that they don't want those sources that instead they wan

i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour.the top of the news. and uncle sam is going for the gold in the london olympics. word today that american athletes who win big have to hand over cash to the tax man. that comes from the national taxpayer's union which describes itself as nonpartisan taxpayers it reports that a gold medal and the cash prize that comes with it can cost american winners up to nearly $9,000 depending on tax bracketd: even the bronze can cost -- that's quite a tax bill for michael phelps. president obama. but if michael phelps paid the tax man and paid the max on those 19 medals at the current rate, he would be on the hook for 150 some thousand dollars. of course we don't know what his tax bracket is and his endorsement deals likely mean he is not hurting for cash. those taxes can really add up for some lesser known athletes. we talked about it on "studio b." here listen. >> okay. kimberly rhoads is a skeet shooter. gold medal on the hook for $9,000 to uncle sam. pretty interesting. it's a u.s. specific thi

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shepard smith said ththey saidt board wasn't finished right?well, in both cases of investigation there was wood from madagascar and then wood from india. the wood from india was endorsed by the ford stewartship council. we have an environmental third-party ngo that comes in and certifies that we are doing everything right. and so it was shocking that the government would seize on something that was the whole pint of this that we were being investigated under. so, you know, there was nothing wrong with it. and the government's case revolved around something that is a nonlegal issue which is the tariff code that was applied to the finger boards. and in our settlement they agreed there was no problem with importing wood from india nor the way that we were doing it and they are returning the finger boards they seized. >> mike: so basically after all of this time, guns ablazing in your face and everything they have done to virtually scare the daylights out of your employees, a year later they say well, nothing is really wrong but you end up having t

here is shepard smith. >>shepard: the news begins anew on "studio b." police are saying the three men you will see here have possible ties to al qaeda and may havemented to conduct terror attacks using drones or other small planes. they already had enough explosives to blow up a bus. we will get into these characters directly. >> defense attorneys call for a mistrial in the case of drew peterson, the ex-con who keeps losing his wives. doctors could have a new way to monitor patients' vital signs through a small device that you swallow. that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b". from fox at 3:00 in new york city the fighting continues in syria the man in charge of the peace deal has quit and is slamming world powers for failure to come up with a plan. the special envoy, former united nations chief, handed in his resignation today effective the end of the month after months of failed diplomacy. the situation in syria has been spiraling out of control for a long time. opposition claims 20,000 people are dead in the fight

we have important news from the gulf with shepard smith. >>shepard: afternoon from new orleans where it has been raining. they are waiting for isaac. it is 3:00 on the east coast, 2:00 in the central time zone. isaac is category one hurricane is on the way. welcome to bourbon street. it's empty. the hours before hurricane katrina at this same sort of time, this street was still bustling and the stores were open and everything seemed like a party day in new orleans. not today. most everything is closed. there are local bars and a couple of restaurants here and there and the hotel where we are staying, it is open. looking down the street, as you pan to the left you will see bourbon street. you can see the beads so the party was here. it is gone for now. it has been raining for the last hour. the worst is supposed to hit the coast when it comes ashore in louisiana tonight. new orleans is many, many miles north of it and it will get to us probably tomorrow morning or midday. we will check with janice dean in the fox extreme weather center. it se

eliot: coming up, the unrest in syria continues but first, colbert re-creates olympic gymnastics, shepard smithsn't seem to appreciate appreciation day and the real reason mitt romney won't release his tax returns. when it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> we now know that the romney campaign will not release anymore of the candidate's tax returns. ♪ >> receipts. the receipts, where are they? i know they're in this closet. >> mr. romney, please show us your returns. >> the taxes. and 2001 to 2010, the taxes. where are they? i know they're in this closet. >> it is 3:00 a.m. >> put this off long enough. >> why governor mitt romney is refusing to release all of his tax returns. >> the american public can't find out. i can't show my old tax returns because i can't remember where i put them. help me, ann! >> washington is abuzz about if thinking there's something terrible in there. >> i can't find my tax receipts. >> because we don't pay taxes. we're rich. >> oh, that's right! >> supporters of the restaurant chain chick-fil-a flocking to establishments all across the country