joe said, alan colmes, that was embarrassing, school by lou dobbs. right, alan. i apologize later. >>neil: i am neil cavuto. you are looking live at presidential candidate romney addressing supporters in ohio, wrapping up remarks just after vice presidential paul ryan made a statement. this is coming at the same time we are seeing a storm bear ring down on florida. we will have the latest on the storm and the latest on the convention plan and the very latest on this gentleman, and how he is preparing for all of that. now, back to mitt romney in ohio >> we never know when speeches will pop up.

>> there is one more, champion small business. help small business. entrepreneurs. innovators. look, big business can accommodate all the regulations that get thrown on them because they have all the lawyers. they can sometimes handle the big tax rates, the highest taxes on the world on corporations because they have businesses all over the world. companies like g.e. paid no tax a career or two ago. that is because of all their operations they have around the world. if you are a small business, dry cleaners or a taxi business, the regulations and taxes are crushing to small business. the president wants to raise the taxes on small business from 23 percent to 40 percent. that's the income tax, and by the time you pay the state tax which is under 6 percent, you pay sales tax, gasoline tax, real estate tax, well, you find

out the government is taking well more than half of what you make! people decide, well, i am not begin my business. that is why we are at a 30-year low for new business start-ups in this country. i want to make sure we help entrepreneurs and innovators. i want did speak to women of america who have dreams and begin businesses in their homes. they should be successful. our campaign is about making it easier for entrepreneurs, women and men, to start businesses, to grow businesses. we will champion small business because we know that's where our jobs come from. we know if we get this economy going, with energy that is abundant, by getting the skills people need and opening up new trade and cracking down on cheaters and getting us to a balanced budget and being a champion of small business, america will surprise the world. we will standout as a shining zion the hill in part because of

our extraordinary economy. (applause). >> this is a choice. >> usa! usa! usa! usa! >> this is a choice. paul began by saying this is a vote about the soul of america. what kind of america will we have in we have laid out an america that is based upon the skill, the capacity, the dream of each individual. the government is protecting their rights and encourages them to realize their dreams. that is our vision. the president's vision is one of a lamber and larger government taking more and more and trying to provide more and more. it takes us down a road of europe, or, worse, california. just kidding about that. sort of. look, i don't want to become europe. i want america to remain

america. the hope of the earth. the shining city on the hill. we know how to do that. we will bring it back. we know how critical it is. look, this is important not just for us, but for our generation. it is critical for our kids. we cannot pass on trillions of dollars of debt to the coming generations for things we pay for, for ourselves. the president the go to the convention with all sorts of marvelous things to say. i can almost read his speech now. it will just be filled with promises to tell people how wonderful things are. of course, they have to contrast that what what they know they are experiencing. as he lies out the wonderful things heel do, people will say, but, wait, how do you do something different from last time? if they reelect them they get four more years of the say. listen to his action and his record. if they look at that, you will

take him out of office and put people in the office who will get america going again. (applause) so, paul and i, we made our commitment to you. with every source of our energy and passion, in becoming president and vice president, we will endeavor to make america stronger. we will endeavor to protect our freedoms and our rights, to encourage the dreams of individuals. we will do our very best with all of our energy to assure that america is stronger, stronger in our homes, stronger in our values, stronger in our economy, stronger in our military. military for america must be so strong no one would think of testing it. i love this country. i love what it stands for. we unique in the history of the earth because of our founding

documents and our commitment to freedom. well bring america back by reasserting and reaffirming and restoring the principles. we are not going to become europe. we will stay america. we will remain the shining city on the hill. ohio will help us win the white house. thank you is much. thank you. thank you. >>neil: you have been watching team romney and ryan making a pitch before the republican convention in the battleground state of ohio. welcome, everyone, i am neil cavuto coming live today over the next to hours for a special "cost freedom," where politics, storms and big developments at a company called apple, perhaps getting to be richer than it already is. all of this is happening, all at the same time, and coming even more signs in the democratic party over the comments of joe biden, now, two weeks ago. we have florida congressman alan west with us on what he makes of

the race, and, particularly, that is going on in the battleground state of ohio. we will get to your state, florida, soon, congressman, but in ohio it is almost dead even the what do you make of the pitch this team is making before coming to tampa. >>guest: well, their pitch is about what the fundamental values of this country, especially fundamental economic values. we have to, again, have tax and regulatory policies and access to policies that say the united states of america is open for business for small businesses and the corporations. that is not what we see from the administration. when you talk about raising taxes on just the top tax brackets, right now, 33 percent, and it will go do 36 or 37 percent, and the 23 percent bracket that goes to 39.6 percent, that affects small business. you put on top of that, things coming from the health care law such as fines if you grow your business above 50 employees, we do not promote their success or

the expansion and growth of the start-ups of small business. when you look at what you get when you increase the taxes on the top two brackets, it is only $85 million a year with the spending frenzy you well know we have in washington, dc, that not only funds the government for ten days. it is a political gimmick. this thing about raising taxes, it does not do anything for this country. our g.d.p. growth in second quarter was 1.5 percent. that is anemic. compared to where ronald reagan coming out of that recession he was at 7.1 percent g.d.p. growth of the it is about the right tax policies. they know that in ohio. we know that in florida, as well. >>neil: congressman, you mention the numbers and the economic arts for -- economic art for romney and ryan. the thing that is good or bad, his likability.

it must explain why the president is even, despite all the economic concerns and the polls are indicating, 2-1, that president obama is the more likable guy. does mitt romney have to make a case on that front next week? >>guest: of course. it is very important he introduced himself to america and defines himself. if you feed a person a crap sandwich with a smile it is still a crap sandwich. that is what you see with president obama. he fed america a load you know what. it is increasing our unemployment, and increasing americans in poverty and increasing the food stamp roles. we are headed in the wrong direction. when you look at the budget he produces talking about a balanced approach reagans -- raising $1.9 trillion in new

taxes, it goes to growth of the federal government. so, it is very important we win the image war. there is no doubt about that. the personality, you have to define yourself. you also have to stay on message, on track. the american people are suffering under these failed economic policies. >>neil: do you think, and this is always talked about, the ticket needs to get a bump from the convention, at least five points, because of the closeness of the next convention in they do not have the wind behind their back, we hope not literally with the storm, but, then, there is the next convention. do you thin he needs to score a poll gain quickly and it needs to be substantially. do you agree? >>guest: if you want to put it in a baseball terminology, you have to go deep officer field out -- deep center field and overshadow the democratic convention in charlotte which, if it is focusing on war and women and

social issues and things of that nature, that is not what american people are talking about. they are not talking about mitt romney's tax returns or work at bain capital, they are talking about how they survive. you look at the fact that on inauguration day, gasoline pricesin america were $1.84 on average and now gasoline prices closetory $3.71, those are the simple type of things we have to be able to articulate, the right type of image, and say, look, this is the vision for our country, to make us, again, getting us to energy independence. to again talk about individual sovereignty and individual industrialism which promotes the entrepreneurial spirit that made this country what it is in 236 or 237 years. that is the important thing to articulate so we get way ahead of the democrats. they do not have a message it is failing. the liberal progressive socialism they are promoting,

that is taking this country to a failed situation. >>neil: and now to carl cameron where the republican presidential ticket and then on to florida. i heard a little deficit that "you did not build that," and about the economic art that the congressman raised. it is registering? the polls look even in that state. >>carl: it is resonating. there is no doubt. there are lots of polls indicating that since paul ryan has joined the ticket mitt romney has closed the gap. the race between president obama and romney has been tied for the last year and a half. never, in fact, never has the gap define president obama and mitt romney been more than seven points. it has been that close in the margin of error the entire time. so ryan has a lost enthusiasm. what we saw today, paul ryan opened up the speech and he got

the crowd going with, do you want more, four more years of a weak economy? do you want four more years of unemployment at 8 percent? do you want four more years of median incomes dropping? the crowd yield "no," over and over and over again. and then mitt romney repeated the same lines and got louder applause, an illustration of why the romney campaign, picking ryan for the time, said we will not campaign with him until the convention but today is the 4th time they have reunited since the ticket was unveiled. so, really, they see a lot of bounce from ryan and they will take it to the convention, trying to build up the hype. that is what the week is about: the economic message, preparing for the convention next week. >>neil: thank you, carl cameron, in ohio. isaac is moving in. workers on a lot of the oil platforms in the gulf of mexico are moving out. are the prices at the pump about to move way up?

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>>neil: hurricane warning in effect for not just the florida keys, but a wider area, including the southwest coast of the state as isaac barrels to the united states. maria has the latest on its track. maria: we are looking at hurricane warnings in effect across the florida keys and across southwestern parts of the state of florida. we could see a storm surge of 5' to 7' above normal tide as the system approaches that area tomorrow and early tuesday morning. the center of the storm system has exited haiti. it could dump up to 20" of rain, and still producing tropical storm force winds across haiti. the center of it is 95 miles to the southeast of cuba. it is a large storm system. tropical storm force winds are

up to 230 miles out of the center of the storm. do not just focus on the center of the storm, but you will see tropical storm conditions in the west. we have a hurricane watch in effect for miami and south of that. otherwise, a lot of heavy rain, up to 10" or more, across south florida and the florida panhandle. >>neil: evacuations are underway in the gulf with oil companies tell the workers to get out. five major producers are clearing the gulf of mexico. drivers should take note. this has a psychological hit as prices go up. they have gone up. how long will that last? >>guest: well, it depends on the storm. fortunately, the companies have a very orderly process to safely shut down the wells, take care

of their staff, and leave the facility in a way they can start it up again, provided this is no damage, as quickly as possible when the storm passes. you are right. there is a psychological impact. people have known, in the past, that with a storm and damage from that storm, the infrastructure that supports oil and oil products all the way up the east coast from the gulf of mexico, really, to washington, dc, that infrastructure is quite vulnerable to the supply source. people tend to, in worrying about a storm, as they should, full intheir tank. as they fill up, they continue to drive normally, you will see prices go up. as the prices go up, people rush out to buy more before the price goes up further so we feed the fear and anxiety even when this could be no damage. if there is damage, it gets worse. then you get all kinds of spot short averages, even higher spikes in gas prices.

again, the system feeds on itful. we need people to understand the situation and a more redundant and more robust and more confident system of oil products throughout the country. >>neil: now, before this storm, we had oil prices running up, gas prices running up. we had a period of them, for a while, going back down. which is accurate? what happened the last 30 days? or what happened the 30 days prior? what will be the case for the reminder of the year? >>guest: well, as we get out of the height of the driving season, which is the summer, and people return to their normal lives in the fall, with school and football and the other things we all do, people are still, there is an ongoing demand for continued supplies of oil. if people are worried about whether the supplies are robust, they are going to see continued

upward pressure on prices. do not write off the fact that china is having a slower growth year. they are still selling new cars. the same with india. the whole world suffers decline in the production of oil each day. therefore, we need new oil. when you do not have a plan for the world's largest economy, when the administration has ignored the advice of experts for the last five years, even before they were elected, they ignored the advice, you get what you get. americans will pay more for gasoline than ever in their history thanks to the lack of concern about where our future energy is coming from. >>neil: we will watch closely. thank you very much. in the meantime, the obama campaign says the vice president joe bideen and his trip is off because isaac is barreling down. is that the real reason? >> the vice president said, and

he will put you all in chains, was he talking about slavery? you bet your bling [blank] he was. >>neil: and former virginia governor, doug wilder, is back, then with his thoughts.

>>neil: republicans could be dodging a big stock market when they kick it off on monday but that does not mean samsung will. did you hear what apple did? won a $1 billion judgment against them. that is how much a federal court jury demanded that samsung pay apple for ripping off apple. at least regarding the look and feel of ipad devices. that is a huge win, and potentially on monday, a huge

boost for the soaring stock that doubled the last year. if you are counting it has grown six fold since the meltdown in the financial sector four years ago. if the dow were to is done the same thing, it would be north of 40,000 today. we will keep an eye on all of this, from tampa, on monday. a we will not keep an eye on, is joe. joe biden. he was supposed to crash the grand old familiar party, but is that because of his controversial remarks going away. >> the vice president said he will put you in chains. was he talking about slavery? you bet your [blank] he was. did he think it was cute because he was in new york? yes. was it something stupid? you get your life it was stupid.

it is something that if a black had said it we would have been laughing because we would know they may be beating the hell out of the us, but they are not putting us in chains. >>neil: congressman rangel the latest democrat to slam biden's remarks and doug wilder, the former governor of virginia, was the first. thank you for coming in on a saturday. >>guest: thank you. >>neil: what did you thinks of comments of charlie rangel? >>guest: he will say things his own way but i was more intrigued by what you said relative to the dropping in on the convention by the vice president, to take the shots off, or the call for shots. that has been revised. one of the things that i think you have been speaking of, on a regular basis, and i think the american people want to hear more of it, that is money

problems of this nation, the economy, and how we get it together. whichever of these candidates and parties comes to address that, and not to assume that people are stupid, or assume they are fools or to assume they do not understand the rice of gas, joblessness, and other things that are affecting them, if they continue to believe they can feed them that they are the good guys and we are bad, the nation suffers. >>neil: is this ticket suffering because of joe biden? >>guest: it did not just start. i don't think it is suffering because of biden. i don't think biden brings that which you would like to have with the ticket. that didn't just start. you know that. there is no need to keep beating up on him as i said before when i was on your he and other shows. the president needs positive

positiveness. no party is going to be able to resolve the problems of this nation by itself. we have to work together. we have to come together. we have to resolve our differences. people are saying, well, we need to talk about what clinton did. what did clinton do? he worked with the republicans. he asked, how can we get welfare reform? how can we get the things we node do to reduce the cost of government and balance the budget? he could not do it by himself. that is what the ticket suffers from, not having someone to be able to reach out, across the aisle, and bring some degree of cooperation. >>neil: governor, i know you are a modest man, you a former governor and just an average citizen now but when you made the comments you did on your first appearance it became a dominating subject the next day in the white house press

briefing and it got a lost e-mails and commends to me and elsewhere, asking where are the more moderating voices in the democratic party? why did they take such a hard left to business or a hard left for taxes? maybe that wasn't the administration's intention, maybe it was, but the the appearance is what the appearance is. do you think that is the danger, that this antifat cat situation, going after the rich, that it is going to boomerang? >>guest: your point is well-taken. you are right. the responses i have gotten from appearing on your show, and particularly the last time, people calling and saying, for god's sake, let's hear reason. let's talk about americans working together. not this group of americans or another group of americans. you are right to the extent of saying that the menu for the

tickets, it doesn't ring as much as it should be, for the digestion and by the american people. i hope the ryan addition to the ticket will bring a discussion about money, a real discussion. whether his land is right or wrong, let's discuss it. or whether the president's plan is right or wrong, let's discuss it. what is good about one, bad about the other, what needs to be disregards. you are absolutely right, that is what the public is looking for, people who have spent enough to understand there are no good guys and bad guys in politics to the exclusion of some of us coming together to work together. >>neil: always a pleasure, governor. i look forward to seeing you at the convention, as well. governor wilder. without that gentleman, folks, you probably would not have a president obama. for good or ill, you can take sides on that. >>guest: for good or bad.

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>>neil: the storm before the storm is the latest we have. warnings and watches going out across all of florida as isaac packs 60 miles per hour wind. it is ready to slam into the florida coast. isaac will cross over cuba today and become a hurricane by tomorrow. the storm now is blamed for at least two deaths in haiti. tampa is the site of the republican convention could be in the path. hard to know. tampa police say at this point they are represented for everything. officials say they are preparing for a great event starting on monday. the stars of the g.o.p. convention, mitt romney and paul ryan appear ohio, a battleground

state. before the speech today there was this. >> one of the most important mentors to me was a man named jack camp, and his wife is here. it is really nice to see you. >>neil: as you might have heard, his dad is paul ryan's political hero and now jimmy concern says his dad would love do have seen what was created. paul ryan, protege of the late great jack kemp. good do you have. >>guest: i am well. how are you? >>neil: that is a great tip of the harassment i wonder if your dad saw what your dad has become, jack concern was bob dole's running mate, and i imagine paul ryan want as better result. what is it that your dad saw in paul ryan early on, do you

remember? >>guest: well, in 1993 when paul went to work with my father and bill bennett and jeane kirkpatrick, any young person who was around dad, whether it was on the hill days or at empower america they were attracted to his personality, and style of politics and his optimism for the country, and dad wanted young people to learn about what he called and what paul clearly learned very well "the american idea." at its root is the human idea for all people. >>neil: do you think what was a tough sell in 1996 when bill clinton was running to re-election, could be a better sell, or at least a more driveable sell in 2012? >>guest: well, the comparison, to make define kemp and ryan, frankly, jack concern is the

time of 1980. he was a congressman elected in 1970 from western new york. it was a pretty balanced district. it was not republican, certainly. that is similar to where paul ryan comes from, in wisconsin. he did not win in a republican district. paul learned how to speak to people regardless of their party. one of the lessons i think that dad taught paul, well, and you can see that paul really believes in this, there is a quote that my dad always used, attribute toddling link which happens to not be correct, but you serve your party best when you seven your country first. that's what all of us in this country want to see in our politicians. i think that in 1980 dad would have been a great vice presidential nominee. he was the leaders of the republicans in the house of representatives. that is what paul ryan is today. i think the time is really right for governor romney and

congressman ryan to lead this country into a bright 21st century that reestablished our american exceptionalism and the foundations on which this country was: >>neil: i guess i am expresses something to you, i loved your dad. and wrangle, too, loved him, during the middle of the meltdown when he was for the bailout of the banks and i was not leading to this famous exchange. >> however hellish it could be, jack, if the house -- let her rip. >>guest: let her rip? like what you called on monday? >>neil: why not. however hellish it could be, or tomorrow, if the house of representatives rejected it, let her rip. >>guest: let her rip? like the fit where you called it on monday? >>neil: is it a fit over the economy? i'm saying, jack, when you -- wait, wait, wait, when you cash

out with the markets, is that a mistake? >>guest: this is a market. the stock market is a market. a money market fund being pulled out and put in t bills is a market. the rice of gold going up is a market. people are concerned and congress should act irrespective of this bill being a bill that jack kemp or neil cavuto would have issued but it should be passed. >>neil: the question is whether free markets here were hanging up their standards in the middle of a meltdown, although the tape had a problem. i raised that question with your dad, i hope in a plight way and your dad said we understood do this. but, paul ryan was for that, as well. mitt romney was for that, as well the democrats charge that you are hypocrites. you say one thing when everything hits the fan, though, you do another thing. what do you say do that? >>guest: well, governing is difficult work the down in tampa we will have an empower america

reunion and as you recall, it was a shadow administration started in 1993 when clinton and gore took office. the ideas that conservatives believed in, well well representation but they did not envision the republicans taking office in 1994 and you had gingrich and lott, and they worked closely with dad in the late 70's and the early 80's. but, now, there was an interesting tension between the governing that had to take place and the ideology from the outside. frankly, it is easier for you to be on television and tell politicians what to do despite the fact --. >>neil: the apple does not fall far from the tree. >>guest: i am not trying to pick a fight. government has a role, and i

would agree and my dad would agree, free markets need flourish and government needs to reduce the limits to free markets to work. >>neil: i see that kemp d.n.a. and i will not mess with it. my best to your family. thank you very much. bracing for isaac, wantings and watches going up as the tropical storm is on the coast. we have michael brown, former we have michael brown, former boss of fema. this man is about to be the millionth customer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him and wifty thousand dollars. congratulations you are our one millionth customer. people don't li to miss out on money

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>>neil: with isaac ready to slam the gulf of mexico, michael bound, says residents should be getting ready right now. you remind me, michael, if you wait, you are risky. are we getting too blase.

>>guest: to complicate this situation this is a national special security event so the lead agency in charge behind the scenes is actually the united states secret service. you put them in charge of doing the overall msse planning, and with the hurricane coming, obviously, fema will be the lead with the coordination of state and local officials, i would say from all the model i have seen, it could be a category i, so 80 miles per hour wind, a lot of rain, but the engineering reports on the convention center, those all look good, that could be good for security purposes in the sense that the occupy wall streeters may not want to be out in 80 miles per hour wind. >>neil: there is that. but i remember with katrina and you had to deal with and everyone pointing fingers, we had multiple agencies competing

for time, attention, and authority. homeland security, what was the role of fema, later on the fbi and the secret service. on and on and obligate do we have a clear chain of command if everything hits the fan? >>guest: i don't think we have a clear chain of command. what we do have, we have a clear understanding between the secret service because of my dealings with them, there is a clear understanding that the secret says when it comes to doing evacuations, for the contingency plans of how to evacuate, we are going to turn that over to. if the manure hits the fan, the secret service will say, look, fema, do you your job, we will do our job. that kind of coordination will take place at the grass roots level. >>neil: if you were looking at what is going on with your old fema hat, as we gather if tampa, would you advise caution? would you just be saying get

ready for a lot of rain and have a good show? >>guest: well, i would advise caution but i, also, we need a balance. a few days ago all i heard from the mayor of tampa was we need to cancel this things we need to get ready to postpone it. i'm looking at cone of sun certainty thinking, wait, i'm not sure that is necessary. it is that thing, on the one hand, cancel it and on the other hand this is no big deal. that cause as problem. this could be a category one, the worst we have seen so far, let's prepare for that and be ready for that and cut out the b.s. of how this is the end of civilization or that it will just be a rainstorm. >>neil: we will talk to the mayor with that. thank you, michael brown. good do have you again. he does and it now he is belting it out, the ohio small business owner taking on the president as mitt romney and paul ryan take on the buckeye state this

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>>neil: isaac is moving in, set to hit florida by tomorrow. the republican convention, as you may have heard, will start on monday in tampa. at 8:00 p.m. through 11:00 p.m., or later, each night every night, you name it, we will be there, a power filled week with the biggest players converging on tampa. all the others saying this is the most consequential election, when you see them, they are filled with commercials and running reruns, you will know how much those networks mean it. we mean it though.

>> you work hard, do well at school and make the honor role, and to get to school you had to get on a school bus, when they make the honor roll, thank them, don't thank the bus driver. >>neil: mitt romney and ryan are rallying the folks in he, railing against the "you did not build it," which still has karl steaming. you are not forgetting that, are you? >>guest: i am not. i tell you, the comments that the president made makes you mad at first. now that i am happy he made the comments because he showed his true color. he was talking off script he was talking from his mind and heart. you look at his position on

small business and combine that with obamacare and other things they can dust and fill off the shelf and another administration with card check and cap and trade, it makes it frightening for small business owners in today's economic climate. >>neil: you probably heard that the president said he was taken out of context, he was not bashing guys like you but that in this country and the infrastructure of this country and thanks to the things we have and the support network, guys like you did what did you in this country because of the support network. what do you say? >>guest: well i say to that, neil, the entrepreneurs are the ones that provide the jobs for the taxpayers. i'm not taking anything away from our employees. they are the greatest asset we have. the entrepreneur in business, we support other businesses.

we pay the taxes. they pave the roads. we buy the oil. we buy the gasoline. we pay the taxes on that. we biological supplies from our suppliers, our cardboard and other supplies. we are perpetuating business. when you look at the taxpayers in this country, it is the higher percentile, they are the business owners in business that are paying their fair share to pay for the infrastructure improvement. >>neil: as we look at the crowds in ohio the president says, all right, maybe not about you, specifically, but you are in the auto parts business so he can speak generally, thanks to the rescues and the rescues of the hurting oil companies, you though longer are hurting. what do you say to that? >>guest: well, president obama visited my hometown in ohio to boast how well ohio was doing

and the economy was doing. he flew into the airport that houses the 179th air district, which if he had his way, he would shut down. ironically, he also flew into a town that housed a general motors stamping plant that was one of the most prominent stamping plants in the g.m. empire. thanks to the government takeover that factory is now closed. it was more of a boondoggle him coming into mannsfield, i think, and trying to take credit for economic situation that he was talking about because of the automotive bailout. that is not the case. it is the good work of our governor, john kasich and the lt. governor. >>neil: i will put you down as a "maybe," on the president. thank you.

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