jim acosta, cnn, manchester, new hampshire. >>> romney's campaign advisers also tell reporters he will not be giving any speeches or making any major announcement while he's in europe, and that is in contrast to president obama's 2008 campaign, when he delivered a speech to a massive crowd in berlin. >>> well, this morning we're hearing heart-wrenching stories about some of the victims who died in the colorado shootings. for ours, the family of micayla medek did not know what happened to her. now they are trying to cope with the news. you'll hear from micayla's aunt. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, brave knights! as you

jim 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 b

thanks so much, jim acosta, reporting. president obama also is talking about romney's involvement with bain capital. listen to this. >> it is not that he is disqualified because of what he's done. it is, if that's your main claim, seasons he doesn't talk about the fact that he was governor of massachusetts for four years very much. >> or ran the olympics. >> then i want us to make sure that we know what your theory is about how to grow the economy. >> the president is on the road, obviously, once again. he's pouring attention on critical battleground states at the same time. let's go to our correspondent dan lothian. he's joining us right now. on this specific issue of romney, bain capital,o outsourcing, i take it the obama campaign thinks they have a winning issue? >> reporter: they certainly do, wolf. they're looking at polling out there and they get the sense that the american people are buying this message and certainly keeping romney guessing. and on the offensive, having to respond to these attacks from the obama cam

cnn national political correspondent jim acosta reports romney's campaign is shrugging off a string of diplomatic misfires in the british capital. >> reporter: the headlines here in london were not what mitt romney anticipated when he embarked on this overseas trip, but his campaign is confident he can clear the hurdles ahead. mitt romney hit the reset button on his overseas charm offensive during his lone public meeting of the day in london. he was asked by the leader of ireland about how he had to walk to the irish embassy due to the city's intense pre-olympics traffic. >> i see you had to walk from the hotel. >> reporter: romney's response? >> i enjoyed it. >> reporter: romney is walking on eggshells and eager to please after being blasted by british leaders for appearing to question london's readiness to host the olympic games. dubbed "the party popper" in "the daily mail," "nowhere man" in "the times of london" and more, he side-stepped the issue with piers morgan. >> you've been slightly criticism for dampening the british enthusiasm. are you feeling it now? >> well, i'm delighte

jim acosta traveling with governor romney. thank you. >>> in the u.s. the romney campaign hit a rough patch after florida senator marco rubio tweeted that his plane was forced to make an emergency landing in new mexico saturday. he ended up missing a romney campaign event in iowa but still delivered a speech by cell phone. rubio has been a key surrogate for romney and has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential choice. >>> the first full day of competition in london is in the history books. and for michael phelps, not a great day. ryan lochte captured the first gunman of the 2012 olympic games saturday. he soundly defeated phelps in the highly anticipated men's 400-meter individual medley. brazil won silver, japan took bronze. while phelps did not medal, coming in fourth. here's how some of the fans reacted to lochte's big win. >> ryan's the best swim, he trains hard, and he's awesome. very happy for ryan luchte. >> we thought phelps was going to be close. he fell apart. >> definitely thought phelps would have placed. but it was amazing to see lo

and jim acosta has been traveling with mitt romney, and he joins us by phone. mitt romney is due to give an address today and what do you believe that the focus will be on, jim? >> well, he is expected to say in remarks later today that the islamic republic facing an inevitable war with the west, and potentially israel if it does not give up the quest for nuclear weapons, and i can tell you that the republican contender wrapped up a visit to the western wall which is to be the jewish faith's most sacred sight. he was

jim acosta is joining us from boston right

jim acosta is live on the ground in london right now. probably not the quote that mitt romney wanted to see when he got on the ground in london. >> reporter: that's right, john. i mean he just touched down in long do london yesterday when the controversy greeted him. an unnamed romney adviser quoted it. the rest of the news media could not confirm. that it was interesting to see the aeb obama campaign seize on comments. a statement coming from vice president bide ben this. vice president biden putting out a statement through the obama campaign yesterday saying "not surprisingly this is just another feeble attempt by the romney campaign to score political points at the expense of this critical partnership. this assertion is beneath a presidential campaign." the romney campaign did put out a statement sharply rebuking the vice president basically. but then mitt romney sat down in an interview nbc's brian william. he was asked about it. the former massachusetts governor was a bit more guarded, did not go after vice president biden, only sai

cnn's jim acosta is in warsaw. so far romney has had a much easier time in poland. he's getting ready for a big speech where he'll talk about poland's path to democracy and its economic success? >> reporter: that's right, john. mitt romney is going to try to get his campaign and this trip back on message with the foreign policy address here in warsaw. and as you said, he's going to be talking about some of the good things he sees here in poland, his aides have talked about how this economy here is roaring ahead of much of europe. that's something that the rest of europe, he says might want to take a look at. the other thing he'll be talking about, i think he'll be also honoring this country's commitment to the war in afghanistan. so we may be hearing some of that as well. but you're right there have been a few gaffes on this trip for mitt romney. the palestinians are very upset about what the gop contender had to say in israel at a fundraiser with some of his doans. let's put his quote up on screen that got the palestinians so fired up. he said culture makes all the

>> no, thank you, jim acosta. i like my television commercials with celebrex and all the rest i don't want to see all the campaign ads, they are nasty. >> you did hear mitt romney use the term kick in the gut. i would imagine he'll use it later today at this town hall in colorado. he's been talking a lot about the middle class and what he's saying in response to the message on the bush tax cuts is what the president would do is actually harm the middle class because it would raise taxes, he says, on people who own small businesses, and small businesses will not hire people as a result of this. you know, another interesting thing, ashleigh, that mitt romney said in another interview with a radio station in iowa. he started to lay out what his alternative would be to what the president wants to do with tax rates. he says that all of those tax rates should basically stay where they are for an indefinite period of time, is the fraszing he used, to put in a new tax system which would basically lower rates with all amer

jim acosta for us this morning. thank you for updating that story. >> he does. >> i bet he does. >>> interesting. a lot of pressure clearly, but at the same time it is a difficult sell to spin this as a successful trip. even the biggest cheerleader is going to have a hard time saying that london was a success, that some of the comments about the palestinians was a success, happening in israel, and that this thing happening right here in poland, and that's going to overshadow this trip. >> not to be too flip about it, but he's angered the american press, the palestinians, and all of the british people. that's what the take away from this trip is. that's what people are going to remember. that's what we've all been talking about. it wasn't a success. >> he did get some very positive comments, though, that were powerful. >> basically endorsed him. >> yes. and he is an extraordinary figure in the history of the freedom movement in poland. i thought that was a very good moment for him. >> although other polish leaders cr

jim acosta is in london traveling with romney right now. what's going on with the republican candidate? what happened? >> reporter: wolf, earlier today mitt romney told british leaders he's hoping to take in an olympic swimming event during his time here in london. but with no pool in sight he's making some waves of his own. as mitt romney chatted up the olympics in meeting after meeting with former and current british leaders, the london media were already off to the races with comments the gop contender made about the city's preparations for the games. >> you know, it's hard to know just how well it will turn out. >> reporter: in an interview with nbc, romney noted some of london's problems in getting ready for the olympics. >> do they come together and celebrate the olympic moment? that's something which we only find out once the games actually begin. >> reporter: it was that remark that drew a sharp response from british prime minister david cameron in the hours before his own scheduled meeting with romney, cameron put diplomacy aside a

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cnn's jim acosta takes a look at both accusations. the the mitt romney has said repeatedly that he left his private investment firm bain capital in 1999 ... but the filing with the securities and exchange commission according to public sources he was the ceo and president of the company in 2001 to years after he said he left the firm the a bombing campaign pounced on the document as proof that mitt romney has misled the public about his business career ... >>he misrepresented his position and bane to the securities and exchange commission ... and that's a felony or he has misrepresented himself to the american people >>the above a campaign believes that there attack ads are accurate and that these documents are crucial to prove it ... the romney campaign insists that the barak obama campaign is lying ... democrats say it is romney's campeau is lying ... an sec commissioner during the carter administration says the government documents to raise serious questions >>either the statements in the sec filing are untrue and i regard that as

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romney himself told jim acosta the move is beneath the president. >> 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 are doing. it's disgusting. it's demeaning. it's something which i think the president should take responsibility for and stop. >> joining me now is cnn political editor paul steinhauser. paul, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, randi. >> why does it matter if mitt romney worked at bain capital after 1999. is this about the company and job losses. >> that's right. it sounds trivial. it's extremely important. there's a lot on the line as to when he left. for over two months now the obama campaign has been going up with campaign ads, t president himself and joe biden have also been speaking out against romney saying when he was at bain capital, bain capital took over a lot of companies, put some out of business and a lot of jobs were sent overseas, mitt romney was an outsourcer. randi, a lot of this happened between 1999 and 2002. if mitt romney was no longer at bain capital, wa

cnn national political correspondent jim acosta has a look at the accusations. these are getting nasty. they're getting ugly. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. the romney campaign is sticking to its claim that the gop contender left his former private investment firm, bain capital, in 1999. but democrats are pointing to government documents that appear to show otherwise. >> what a day. >> reporter: mitt romney has said repeatedly he left his private investment firm, bain capital, in 1999. >> i left that business in 1999 to help with the salt lake city olympics back on track. >> reporter: but this bain capital filing at the securities and exchange commission first reported by talking points memo in "the boston globe" and obtained by cnn shows romney as the coo and president two years after the gop contender says he left the firm. the obama campaign pounced on the document as proof romney has misled the public about his career. >> either mitt romney through his own words and his own signature was misrepresenting his position at bain to the s.e.c., which is a felony

one of them was our jim acosta, who joins us from warsaw. jim, what happened today that the romney team sounds upbeat despite all that's been going on? >> reporter: well, joe, a senior romney advisor told reporters here in warsaw that mistakes do happen out on the campaign trail. but when asked what mistakes were made on this overseas trip, that advisor couldn't name any. instead the campaign says the world got to hear from a candidate who they say speaks from the heart. it's the image mitt romney has wanted voters to see for the last week. the gop contender walking tall on the world stage here visiting poland's tomb of the unknown soldier and later praising the soviet black country for escaping the iron curtain. >> i and my fellow americans are inspired by

cnn national correspondent jim acosta is in london for us. jim, what's happening now with mitt romney? >> reporter: candy, mitt romney woke up to headlines he did not anticipate when he embarked on this overseas trip. but his campaign is confident he can clear the next hurdles ahead. mitt romney hit the reset button on his overseas charm offensive during his lone public meeting of the day in london he was asked by the leader of ireland about how he had to walk to the irish embassy due to the city's intense pre-olympic traffic. romney's response. romney is walking on egg shells 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, mitt the t

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,

. >> thanks very much, jim acosta. he's traveling with mitt romney in london right now. as you said, romney's next stop is israel. i'll be traveling to jerusalem this weekend for a one-on-one interview with the republican presidential candidate. you'll see the full interview with mitt romney right here in "the situation room." that will air on monday. >>> this week some of the world's top experts on fighting terrorism are here in colorado for the aspen institute security forum that's co-sponsored with cnn and "new york times." today i had a chance to conduct the first-ever public in-depth interview with u.s. navy admiral who planned the raid that killed osama bin laden. admiral william mcraven may not be a household name, but as you're about to see, he's a genuine u.s. hero. this is the guy who's sitting right here who had the guts to tell the commander in chief we should do it, let's do it. and when you ordered that raid and when you said -- you didn't even know for sure that bin laden was abbottabad at that compound about a mile or so away from the west point of pakist

jim acosta live in london this morning. jim, what's the reaction to the quote that comes from this unnamed advisor? >> well, soledad, as soon as mitt romney landed here in london for his overseas trip he found the controversy surrounding basically what has been hoped by his campaign as what they're calling a listen and learn tour. it has been sort of who said what in the last 24 hours as you mentioned that quote that appeared in an article in the london daily telegraph apparently or allegedly we might even want to say from an unnamed romney advisor and even though the international press could not independently verify whether or not that advisor even uttered those comments, the vice president and the obama campaign jumped on those comments and released a statement from vice president biden and put it up on the screen for you. he said not surprisingly in this statement this is just another feeble attempt by the romney campaign to score political points at the expense of this critical partnership, this assertion is beneath a

the republican candidate spoke to jim acosta about this controversy. >> there's no question but that his campaign is putting out information that is false and deceptive and dishonest and they know it and ought to stop. >> left any role at bain capital in february, '99. it's known and said by the people at the firm. it's said by the documents offering document that is the firm made about people investing in the firm. i think anybody who knows that i was oufull time at the olympics would understand that's where i was. i spent three years running the olympic games. after that was over, we worked out the retirement program for bain capital and handed over the shares. there's a difference between being a shareholder and owner, if you will, than being a person running an entity. i had no role in managing bain capital of february, 1999. this is an effort on part of the president's campaign to divert the fact the president has been a failure when it comes to reigniting the economy. we have had 41 straight months of unemployment above 8%. he's trying to find a way to attack me other than talk

jim acosta is standing by in the hall right now. jim, show our viewers, tell our viewers, what happened in houston. >> reporter: wolf, naacp leaders told cnn they praised mitt romney for showing what they called courage in coming to this convention today. but safe to say mitt romney did not hide his positions on issues that are dear to the civil rights group. and members of the naacp did not hide their feelings about mitt romney. >> honorable mitt romney this morning is our speaker. [ applause ] >> reporter: at first the applause for mitt romney at the naacp was polite. but that did not last long. when the gop contender pledged to get the national debt under control in part by repealing the president's health care law, the crowd let him have it. >> and so to do that i'm going to eliminate every non-essential expensive program i can find. that includes obama care. and i'm going to work to reform and save -- >> reporter: the boos lasted 15 seconds. the most sustained negative response romney has received in this campaign. the chair of

jim acosta is covering the visit there. i understand romney going to london for the olympics and on to israel and now poland. why poland? >> well, hi, carol, we landed here in poland with mitt romney. he just finished up a meeting with the country's current leader. later on today, he'll meet with lack luwaunza, who a lot of americans know is a hero of the post soviet era here in poland, but the reason he's meeting in poland is simple according to his advisers. they say, one, that the poland has an economy that is performing better than a lot of the rest of europe. mitt romney trying to get back to the economy as often as he can and trying to do that in poland. also, they point out poland was a significant force when it came to troops on the ground in afghanistan, and he wants to honor that as well. so each one of these steps along this overseas trip, carol, has been all about keeping ties and relationships up with nations they consider to be strong allies of the united states. >> before he got to poland, he had tough words

. >> we'll play a little bit of what mitt romney said to jim acosta about his taxes. >> i've indicated that -- first of all we've complied with the law. the law requires us to put out a full financial disclosure, that i've done. and in addition to that, i've already put out one year of tax returns, put out the next year of tax returns as soon as the accountants have that ready. that's what we're going to put out. >> doesn't he have a point, he's done what he has had to do and two, gop strategists would say, if you put up five, they are going to ask ten. if you put out ten, you really need 15. you could be doing this forever and it's part of a game. >> first of all, i think understand that george will yesterday said something along the lines he doesn't understand how when john mccain lost in 2008, mitt romney knew he was going to be running for president and it seems he would have figured all of this out. he offered many, many more years of his tax returns apparently when he was being vetted for vice president four years ago. and i just think again, just get it out there. let people loo

jim acosta is live in london. you got through the traffic. great to see you. >> i did, yes. s traffic is brutal here. london has done something interesting to move the traffic along. traffic is brutal here. london has done something interesting to move the traffic along.traffic is brutal here. london has done something interesting to move the traffic along. the basically shut down the lanes for everybody else. so if you're in a taxi, you're with everybody else so not easy to make the live shot. but, yes, mitt romney is waking up to pretty brew hutal headlin. i know you're a big beatles fan. or at least i think you are. nowhere man romney loses his way with gaffe about the games. that's one of the headlines here in the "times." this other one, i hope we can say this it on american television, who invited party pooper romney. that is the headline in the "daily mail." so it just goes on and on like that. so a tough 24 hours for the gop contender. all of will started when he gave the interview when he said we don't know how the games will it turn out, some of the problems have b

soledad. >> jim acosta for us. thank you. i should mention in a few minutes we'll be speaking with florida's lieutenant gov, jennifer carol, the first african-american elected statewide in the state of florida. other headlines first. christine romans has a look for us. >> good morning, soledad. joe paterno's legacy a reputation of a beloved university hanging in the balance today n less than two hours former fbi chief louie frooe will release his report commissioned by penn state university on the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. it will detail whether the head coach and school administrators could have done more. yesterday a seven month old letter surfaced from the late joe paterno in which he defended the integrity of penn state saying, quote, this is not a football scandal. a live report on what to expect inside the freeh report coming up in less than ten minutes. florida's state attorney plans to release fbi reports later today that could explain whether race played a role in the shooting death of trayvon martin. it incl

but i want to get right to cnn's jim acosta. he's covering mitt romney today delivering some major messages of his own in this race for the white house. jim acosta is joining us from boston right now. what's going on on this day as far as the republican presidential candidate, jim, is concerned? >> reporter: wolf, the back and forth in this campaign right now is all about four words the president said nearly a week ago, the words you didn't build that. the comment has the romney campaign building a new line of attack that is resonating with republicans. republicans hope it's a sign mitt romney is back in business. >> when the president said that, if you got a business, you didn't build it, come here and talk to brian. and you'll learn that in fact he did build this business. >> i take umbrage at the suggestion that people don't start and build businesses. >> now, i'm know some people that think what the president said was just a gaffe. it wasn't a gaffe. it was instead his ideology. >> reporter: on a day he was expected to stay

acosta was in the room for that. i don't know how loud the boos everb rated. he got some moments of applause. how is camp romney responding? >> it was very interesting to watch. you played the boos that came after mitt romney talked about repealing the president's health care law. that booing went on for 15 seconds. if i'm not mistaken and i asked a lot of reporters who covered the campaign that is the most prolonged negative response mitt romney has gotten to one of the lines in his speech that we have seen so far in this campaign. it was a pretty severe response. he did receive applause at other points. he talked about defending what he called traditional marriage, a hint at his opposition to gay marriage. that is an issue that has divided the naacp. he did get cheers from evangelical leaders. this was not the best reaction that the romney campaign probably wanted. they did talk about it afterwards. reporters went up to tara wall, ahead of outreach to the african american community for the romney campaign. she said

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the republican candidate spoke to jim acosta about this controversy. >> there's no question but that his campaign is putting out information that is false and deceptive and dishonest and they know it and ought to stop. >> left any role at bain capital in february, '99. it's known and said by the people at the firm. it's said by the documents offering document that is the firm made about people investing in the firm. i think anybody who knows that i was out full time at the olympics would understand that's where i was. i spent three years running the olympic games. after that was over, we worked out the retirement program for bain capital and handed over the shares. there's a difference between being a shareholder and owner, if you will, than being a person running an entity. i had no role in managing bain capital of february, 1999. this is an effort on part of the president's campaign to divert the fact the president has been a failure when it comes to reigniting the economy. we have had 41 straight months of unemployment above 8%. he's trying to find a way to attack me other than ta

cnn national political correspondent jim acosta has a preview. >> reporter: mitt romney will be busy when he goes overseas. he is scheduled to leave for his foreign trip on wednesday and aides to the gop contender say this trip is really an opportunity for him to listen and learn, but also make what they're calling a clear and resolute stand with nations that share american values. now in the uk, romney is expected to meet with prime minister david cameron and former prime minister tony blair. of course, the timing of this trip is no accident. romney is set to attend the opening ceremonies for the olympics in london and look for romney in turning around the salt lake city olympic games in 2002, a story his aides say the public hasn't heard enough of. he is expected to head to israel for meetings with benjamin netanyahu and israeli president shimon peres. the republican contender will make a concerted effort to, quote, lock arms with israeli leaders and to draw contrast with the sometimes tense relationship between netanyahu and president obama. after israel, romney heads to poland wh

our national political correspondent jim acosta had a chance on friday to interview romney. it was an excellent interview. >> thank you. >> and there were some real nuggets that we got out of it. >> that's right, wolf. the main issue we wanted to get to was his role at bain capital and when he left that private investment firm.

. >> well, if you have an out front strategy, jim acosta pushed him on issue of tax returns here on cnn. i wanted to play what jim got him to say. >> i've already put out one year of tax returns. we'll put out the next year of tax returns as soon as the accountants have that ready. and that's what we're going to put out. i know that there will always be calls for more. we're putting out what is required, plus more that is not required. those are the two years that people are going to have. that's all that's necessary for people to understand something about my finances. >> okay. made it very clear you're only getting two years. by the way, i, everybody, have the tax returns. everything that we have. it is a big stack. but homany months does it take? the guy's running for president. it's been three months after tax day. where are they? >> also, there's a precedent actually set by his father of 12 years of tax returns to really put it all out there. kill people with kindness. put it all out there. rather than dragging the feet, two years, and it makes it look like you're hiding something.

jim acosta is in london traveling with romney right now. what's going on with the republican candidate? what happened? >> reporter: wolf, earlier today mitt romney told british leaders he's hoping to take in an olympic swimming event during his time here in london. but with no pool in sight he's making some waves of his own. as mitt romney chatted up the olympics in meeting after meeting with former and current british leaders, the london media were already off to the

thank you, jim acosta, thank you for the update from jerusalem. cnn's wolf blitzer is also in israel with mitt romney, and he will be interviewing the candidate in 30 minutes from now and be sure to stay tuned to cnn and as soon as we get the interview in house here, we will bring it to you. >>> and a poll shows that many more people like barack obama and then mr. romney, and the approval ratings may have plummeted and despite recession, an unpopular health care law and string of fights with congress, an overwhelming majority say they like him. here are the results from the gol lup poll. they score him 60% likability and the republican rival gets only 30%. >> i want to leave you with two things and one is that if this coward could do this with much hate, imagine what we can do with this much love. another thing if you are putting your dreams on hold, you stop that right now and you chase those dream, because you don't know how long you have here. >> that is the brother of the colorado shooting victim jessica ghawi. friends and family remember this

jim acosta was here. >> the headlines in london are not what mitt romney embarked on when he prepared for this overseas trip, but his campaign is confident he can deal with the hurdle. he was asked by the leader of ireland about how he had to walk to the irish embassy due to the city's intense pre-olympics traffic. >> so you had to waublg from the hotel. >> romney's response? >> not bad at all. i enjoyed the walk. >> romney is walking on egg shells and he eager to please after he was blasted by british leaders after questioning lopped's readiness to host the olympic games. dubbed mitt the twit in the sun, romney side stepped the controversy in an interview with pierce morgan. >> you've been slightly criticized. are you feeling it now? >> i'm delighted to see the kind of support that's been around the torch, for instance. >> the city's mayor taunted romney in front of 60,000 people in a precelebration. >> there's a guy called mitt romney who wants to know whether we're ready. he wants to know whether we're ready. are we ready? yes, er. >> rmny is taking heat for disclosing that he visi

. >> well, if you have an out front strategy, jim acosta pushed him on issue of tax returns here on cnn. i wanted to play what jim got him to say. >> i've already put out one year of tax returns. we'll put out the next year of tax returns as soon as the accountants have that ready. and that's what we're going to put out. i know that there will always be calls for more. we're putting out what is required, plus more that is not required. those are the two years that people are going to have. that's all that's necessary for people to understand something about my finances. >> okay. made it very clear you're only getting two years. by the way, i, everybody, have the tax returns. everything that we have. it is a big stack. but how many months does it take? the guy's running for president. it's been three months after tax day. where are they? >> also, there's a precedent actually set by his father of 12 years of tax returns to really put it all out there. kill people with kindness. put it all out there. rather than dragging the feet, two years, and it makes it look like you're hiding somethin