that's all the time we v. thank you for with -- for being with us. see you back here soon. >> good morning, it's saturday, august 25th. i'm alisyn camerota. eyes are on isaac. tropical storm barreling toward haiti. big question is will it make an appearance at the republic national convention. >> do you remember those back -- in-chains comments biden said. congressman charlie rangel has something. >> was he talking about slavery? you bet your [bleep] he was. >> wow, more from rangle coming up. >> does he have his own youtube channel now. >> is there a jersey brawl brews? cory booker set to present the

democratic platform. christie for the rnc. "fox & friends" begins right now. >> good morning, everybody. it's a big news days here with all the crazy weather. we're happy to have clayton back. how are you feeling? >> that's what the alert was for. >> i'm feeling much better. because of the pneumonia i lost so much weight. ali walked by me. >> then you turned to the side. >> pencil sticking out of my pocket protecter. >> we begin with extreme weather alert. tropical storm isaac bearing down on haiti right now. the republic national convention in tampa could be

next, aly. >> let's go to meteorologist maria molina. what's happening. >> good morning everyone. we are keeping an eye on tropical storm isaac which basically has already made landfall across western parts of haiti already reemerged into open water. it's first alert forecast continues to strengthen. right now the storm system does have maximum sustained wined 60 miles per hour. it didn't weaken much over haiti. we have tall mountains and we are hoping those will help weaken the storm system out across this part of the world of haiti. it hasn't done that storm system has stayed well intact and is producing a lot of heavy rain anywhere from 8 to 12 inches of rain, locally though in haiti up to 20 inches of rain will be possible. even though the center of the storm system has exited haiti. we will continue to feel the impact. maximum sustained winds of 60 miles per hour. possibly even stronger wind gusts. the storm system later on this afternoon is forecast to move into eastern portions of cuba.

still as a tropical storm system. we are going to be keeping an eye on that. and a lot of heavy rain will be possible there as well. up to a foot of rain locally. up to 20 inches of rain will be possible. especially along some of the higher elevations. head through florida. one of the biggest impact is rainfall. 10 inches or more across parts of south florida. up into parts of tampa where the republic national convention will be. we are expecting a lot of heavy rain across the city of pensacola southern parts of alabama and southeastern portions of mississippi. just a lot of flooding rain is first alert forecast out here across the southeast over the next couple of days. we have doo have tropical storm warnings in effect for the city of miami up into parts of jupiter. there is also a hurricane warning, just issued out across the southwestern coast of florida also including key west. and also the rest of the keys. basically that means that within the next 36 hours we could already start to experience hurricane force winds and just hurricane conditions out across this

part of basically southwestern parts of florida. so, again, keep this in mind. it's already time to start making preparations across the keys and southwestern parts of the state of florida. here is a quick look at the first alert forecast over the next couple of days. first alert forecast to make landfall across eastern cuba and track northward and intensify over open water as a category 1 hurricane. landfall is just to the east of the city desitin. >> did you call your family in miami. >> yep. >> they battening downtown hatches. >> yeah. we are ready for it. >> isaac or no isaac right now the rnc is expected to go on as planned. steve live in tampa. >> tell us about the role call vote we are hearing about. >> the actual nomination of mitt romney to be the nominee of the republic party. that's a process that traditionally happens later in the week with both parties. this time it's right out of the gate on monday. a couple of reasons the romney

campaign says largely it's a transportation issue they say in order to spare the delegates have having to be shuttled to a morning session and back for an evening session. necessarily what they are going to do is try to get it all done in a particular session. much of the media work. there is what whole issue of up locking campaign cash. have a listen. >> we have already been electing general election money. but as far as the law is concerned. he will accept the nomination and we will be able to start spending general election money. >> now, as far as the romney campaign is concerned. when they collect campaign cash. they collect it basically in two halves. you collect the money for the primary campaign season. which ends the moment that the nominee accepts the nomination. so once they are the nominee, they get to spend that other half of the money in part it's due to transportation and t

other half is getting to the money in the bank they want to spend alisyn? >> it's interesting monday night most of the broadcast networks aren't going to be covering the event that's when the role call will be held. we also heard ann romney's speech has been moved from monday to another night so she can get on that broadcast network; is that right? >> yeah. the romney campaign is hoping that the networks do the right thing and give prime time coverage to ann romney's speech monday night. when it became clear they wouldn't do that the campaign reluctantly moved her speech to tuesday night. the purpose of doing all of that is largely so they can get her up on prime time, suburban women are going to be a huge deciding factor in a lot of battle ground states. so they want to make sure that those folks get a chance to hear from the wife of the soon to be nominee -- what he they're planning on doing is having that role call vote

that we were just talking about. wrapping up and clinching the nomination about 15 minutes into their evening newscast. they will break in and get some time, they hope, in terms of that think are playing some games with the broadcast nets. >> that's what you have to do nowadays to get some attention with the convention. thanks so much, people. check back in with you. >> thanks, steve. t seems the closer we get to the convention they are going to try to personalize romney a little bit. it looked like a week ago it was going to be about the businessman. now we are seeing that his five sons, five daughter-in-laws, 15 of his 18 grand kids and, of course, that speech from ann. >> we are going to talk about this with our political guests that needs to be the goal for the convention, humanizing mitt romney up on stage. he still has 23 point deficit to it president barack obama in the likability scale right now. they need to my man nice him. >> one other person supposed to be in tampa but has changed is vice president joe biden.

he was scheduled to go to tampa on monday to steal some of the limelight. because of isaac that has changed. he said because ever the security detail that some police and first responders will be allocated to the hurricane. >> this is a good thing. you know any time one of these guys rolls into town you can't move. traffic at a stand still. the whole city gets shut down. hopefully you take them at their word the obama administration saying vice president biden not going there want all resources dedicated to storm preps. >> putting that imaginary piece of duct tape over joe's mouth. no gaffes. he still will be in florida during the week. plenty of opportunity for joe biden to say something else he will be in florida and saint augustine later in the week. just no tampa not taking away some of the attention. >> vociferous on controversial

comments biden made when he was talking about what happened what would happen if mitt romney and paul ryan were elected and put y'all back in chains. congressman rangel had his own interpretation of what that meant. let's listen to him. >> was he talking about slavery? you bet your [bleep] he was. was he using the vernacular? yes, he was. did he think it was cute because pause -- yes he did. was it something stupid to say? you bet your life it was stupid. it's something that if a black would have said it, we would have been laughing because we would know that that they may be beating the hell out of us but they ain't thinking of putting us in any chains. i would say if you want to win you have got to play this filthy obscene game. >> what charlie rangel is doing there is laying the groundwork for hillary clinton to step in as vice presidential candidate.

i think he has been saying this for a while. the ideal idea is that vice president biden is a drag on the ticket. he would be pulled aside and hillary clinton would somehow step in. >> that makes for interesting conversation but nothing more than speculation. clearly not going to happen. not at least if you look at what the president tweeted out on friday. making clear h his support is all behind joe biden, his vice president. he tweeted yesterday from his personal account today marks four years since i chose joe biden to be my running mate. here is to an astounding vice president and to a great friend signed b.o. those are the ones he personally sends out himself when he does sign out the b.o. >> that's right. but still shows the official push fissures. >> that's what you need to do. going so far as that's the game we have to play now.

>> and to the vice president's defense he did come out, of course, and apologized when he landed that next campaign stop almost immediately said it was a poor choice of words was not referring to it that way at all. more coming up about the war of words between these campaigns. >> let's get to your campaigns right now and tell you what else is happening. senior talabani commander has been killed by air strike in afghanistan. as well as other militants. commander was responsible for attacks nato forces and moving weapons and firefighters. the u.s. has stepped up pressure on militants near the pakistan border after the government there complained about militant attacks from afghanistan. six of the victims from the shooting at the empire state build having been released while three remain in the hospital this morning. the victims caught in the crossfire between police and 58-year-old jeffrey johnson who reportedly walked up to his former bows and shot him in broad daylight. police say johnson then tried walking away but was stopped, drawing his gun on officers.

>> when he pulled out the gun, then i guess he shot the cops, one of them. and the cops shot him back. one of the cops shot me in the arm. >> it's not known for sure if johnson fired any shots at police officers. it's believed that the victims were struck by police fire. neither johnson nor his alleged target. 41-year-old steve survived. new reports out this morning that newark mayor cory booker is considering running against chris christie for new jersey governor in 2013. right now booker is traveling the country campaigning for president obama's re-election. will speak at the democratic national convention next month. christie delivering the keynote address at the rnc. word is booker will make a final decision about the governor race in december. >> rescuing people from fires. >> that will be a very fascinating election if it happens. coming up, does president obama have a hidden agenda in

his healthcare plan? our next guest says it's secretly designed to boost big labor. we will hear how next. >> it sounds like a country song, a fight over a woman but it was actually reality for singer randy travis. we will tell you about the star's latest run in with the law. >> two weeks in a row. >> more political news determines that joe biden is seriously considering running for president in 2016. seriously, which is interesting because voters' reaction to that was seriously? [ laughter ] ise your rate 2-yea. ise your rate 2-yea. you can get a one-time rate increase if our two-year rate goes up.

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they have done it in 10 states already with home, healthcare workers and child care workers. >> wife would that be add van advantageous? >> well, every million new members is a billion dollars in dues for the shadow bosses the bosses running the government employee unions. see, they bask raid as helping workers and workers rights. but the fact is that they're out big bosses, thugs. >> you talk about this a lot in your book talking about how they have lined their pockets, they have fattened their wallets, the bosses, while conditions for workers haven't necessarily changed or improved. >> they are truly the 1%. they gave lots of money to occupy wall street. these government unions. but it is amazing the salaries they make. a secretary treasure of one of the unions makes 847,000. in a year and a half as after

the me spent 325,000 on private jets. >> oh my gosh. >> most of them make more than the president of the united states. >> those are being showing numbers. lead's talk about national security and what you have figured out about how much of our national security apparatus is now unionized. >> without anybody knowing it, our union label president has continued to unionize national security. homeland security is 40% unionized. you may have heard about t.s.a. being unionized. also border patrol agents, immigration agents. nasa scientists now 20% of our military, department of defense is unionized. >> what's the problem with that? >> first of all, let's take the department of defense. some of these unions file all these grievances. one filed a grievance recently which took lots of time and cost the government -- cost us taxpayers lots of money to defend. they raised the price from 50 to 55 cents at the soda

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>> it's a story about trauma and tragedy. a promising high school football player suffers concussion during a friday night game. two days later he took his own life. scientists say there may be a link between his injury and that death. one sports company is helping to keep players like austin safe. measuring the impact of hits in youth football and even the nfl with impact indicator. battle sports science and gill the father of austin whose middle son walker was saved by the device. good to see you beth. >> thanks for having me. >> this is an important device. if you could tell us about the technology, chris, behind the end carat. it's not designed to prevent a concussion, nothing can do that. what is it designed to do and how does it do it? >> real simply, it's designed to indicate when an athlete has us is shand an impact where threshold has been

crossed where head injury is more likely. >> the device if you can hold it up for folks, lights up every time there is a concussive type hit. you can't say 100% that this was a concussion but this may have been. how can this help young athletes. >> first of all, everybody has their own individual concussion threshold we are real careful as it relates to predicting or the device does neither of those two things. the device does what it's named. indicates when an impact has been felt by the athlete and they have crossed into the threshold where other studies have indicated that concussion is more likely. really our device is meant to pull a kid from the game so that the appropriate medical professionals on the sidelines can determine if that player, that child should go back into the game and continue to be impacted. >> unfortunately it cannot bring back austin. tell us about the son you do have that is with us, how it helped him and how it changed

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>> welcome back, tropical storm isaac there it is making philadelphia haiti overnight. heading toward the gulf coast, derail republic national convention in florida. >> rick reichmuth is in later today. maria molina in this morning with the latest track on where and how strong this thing is good morning, maria. >> good morning and good to see you. good morning, everyone. we did feel impacts across the overnight hours across parts of western haiti. and now the storm system where the storm system has moved over open water and head into water. once it's really over open water and just to the south of the state of florida. we are experiencing tropical storm force winds across basically this part of the caribbean. we are expecting them later on today across eastern portions of cuba. so just looking at some of that heavy rain falling right now across haiti. locally up to 20 inches of rain will be possible and, of

course, we know that there are still some people that are displaced and living in tents. so this is very comfort for haiti. otherwise a lot of heavy rain is forecast across southeastern parts of the u.s. specifically across parts of the florida panhandle and across parts of south florida. we could see anywhere between 8 to 12 inches of rainfall. locally higher amounts. that does include cities like miami, the city of tampa and pensacola florida across parts of the panhandle and southern wam and southeastern mississippi should be impacted by the storm system as basically we tuesday into wednesday. otherwise, tropical storm warnings are already out right now for parts of miami up and through the jupiter area. we also have hurricane warnings issued for southwestern parts of the state of florida and also across the keys. because we are expecting that we're going to start to feel hurricane conditions as early as tomorrow afternoon. so you already need to start doing preparations today. you need to be done today and tropical storm conditions will

be possible as early as tomorrow morning. keep in mind across parts of southwestern florida. we are looking at storm surge between 3 to 5 feet above normal tide levels across southwestern parts of the state of florida. get on shore flow from the tropical storm isaac but when it does to move to parts of the keys. we are expecting it to be a category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds at 80 miles per hour. important not to focus on exactly where the center of the storm system is. tropical storm force winds extend outward 200 miles from the center of the storm system. landfall is expected across parts of the keys as we head into early monday morning, late sunday night. stay over open water and intensify and make landfall late tuesday, early wednesday. important again not to focus on where the center of the storm system is. take a look at tamp parks florida, you are still in the cone of uncertainty. still that possibility that the storm system could go further east or further west.

guys? >> changing by the hour. we are also in the cone of uncertainty right now here. marie a we will check back in with you of course throughout the show. >> phrase of the day. >> my favorite. get to the rest of your headlines. two u.s. embassy workers injured when police shot up suv. driving to training fittings when they encountered the police who were chasing criminals in the area. the police opened fire on the suv despite the fact that it had diplomatic license plates. the embassy workers are in stable condition at the hospital. meanwhile, mexican authorities are investigating the shooting and 12 officers are being held for questioning. we have some incredible video to show you. take a look at what you just happened there on that road. this is a baltimore woman and she dove from a moving car with her2 0 month old baby in her arms to escape a carjacker. the woman was at a gas station when a man forced himself into her car and took off. when they got on to the

highway the woman opened the door and jumped out. police say it probably saved both their lives. in fact, the woman and her baby only suffered minor injuries, the accident happened last jit july but the video the suspect pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping. he faces 40 years behind bars. scary. well, the house judiciary committee is accusing the obama administration cooking the books when it comes to immigration deportation numbers. it found the department of homeland security was including numbers from a program that relocates illegal immigrants without penalizing them. this means they can try reentering as many times as they want. the committee says the department then counts their removal each time as another deportation. the committee says the allegations are based on internal documents and the number of people being deported is actually down. more trouble to report this morning for randy travis. the country music star cited for assault after getting in a

fight in a church parking lot in texas where it is word is he was coming to the defense of girlfriend. he was arrested for public intoxication in a different church parking lot just a few weeks ago. -- oh that was earlier this year. also arrested about three weeks ago after crashing his car and drunkingly arguing with police who discovered him naked and napping on the side of the road. a lot of fodder for more song lyrics. >> heck of a country song, wouldn't it? >> it would. let's hope that's what he is working on. >> let's start more sports this morning. no longer contenders the boston red sox are now merely vendors. we are not talking peanuts here. the sox are poised to ship three stars to the dodgers. with them a quarter of a billion dollars in salary. yes. a quarter of a billion. sources say the dodgers and red sox could close the deal today on a blockbuster that would send gonzalez to l.a.

pitcher josh beckett would also be moved as would outfielder carl crawford who has been injured for a good part of the season just had tommy johnson jury. sent first base man to boston and promising young pitcher ruby. reports say the dodgers would take on most of the 261 million gonzalez, beckett and crawford are owed after this year. magic johnson and company spending some big bucks. talk about a 1 million shot. this is unbelievable. roberto castro on the 14th hole at the barclay's tournament. where did the ball go, ali. >> i don't know it was behind our lower third. >> it went straight in the cup. in bounce. this was a perfect swish. see even t camera didn't catch it they are not used to that. all bottom of the cup. that is unbelievable. i can't recall ever seeing that by the way day delete barclays today from black.

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food in coaches. and it just works out really well for us. >> do you have a big family reunion thing going on right now. >> we do. >> for the family motor coaches. >> indianapolis, indiana is our family reunion and motor home showcase. and fmca is well represented. road trek is there. there is a chapter in our organizations of road treks. >> we are going to look at a bunch of rv's this morning. road trek n 6 active. this is right up alisyn's alley because it's rving experience. technology inside. this is one of the big reasons people are getting into these now. >> fully self-contained vehicle. i call this the ultimate urban rv. it's got a microwave down here. it's got a sink. it comes equipped with a refrigerator. you can turn these seats around. and make beds out of them. >> i was just about to ask you. it's not just for sitting and playing poker back here. >> >> you don't. >> you can lay these down.

>> take this anywhere in the city. do you not need to toe -- tow a vehicle behind this one. >> you talk about it being inexpensive. people saving money. economical way of traveling. saving a bit of money on the family vacation. how so? >> i believe they are. see all the points between point a and point b. >> we have this canopy that opens up at the top here what does this do. >> folds into a bed area will develop into that area. and when they're not using it. the top obviously folds down. >> plenty of head room in here as well. you. >> these vehicle also be represented family motor coach convention which is now being held in indianapolis. it starts next tuesday. >> this is a smaller one i'm used to seeing. >> yes. >> full access to water and any of that other stuff that you would have in some of the larger ones, correct? >> correct. this is a great family vehicle for young people. >> web site people can check out this and others? >> yes, there are. every manufacturer has their own web site. family motor coach

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where are the shots coming from? if you do you could be the next person shot. >> if you hit the deck you can't run. aren't you supposed to run away. >> what's going to happen is you probably don't know where the shooter is, okay? best thing is hit the deck, okay? hit the deck and get down behind something. roll. you have got barriers like this all over the city. okay. you have got vehicles all over the city, you have got fire hydrants. okay? you have got telephone poles. get down and get some cover first. once you have got cover first, then you can assess the situation. see where the shooter is follow where the people are running away from. that's the area you know you want to go. >> i have got to tell you, i was a few blocks away from the empire state building yesterday. people were fleeing towards the scene. that's because we lived live in new york city. people saw the helicopters and people want to be near it police actually inadvertently shot some of the bystanders. how do you protect yourself from that? >> if you get caught between

the police and perpetrator, the only thing for you to do is get down on the ground like i did before and stay as low as possible. the glis are going to arrive quickly. okay? their main concern is taking that shooter out. okay? it's not you. so you are going to have to get down on the ground. hide behind a vehicle, hide behind a barrier like this. any kind of barrier that you see out there on the street. stay down, stay down low. don't get up until the shooting is finished until the police tell what you to do. >> the last thing you say is fight. that is if you can't escape or hide. you have to somehow take down the shooter? >> right. well, that's basically if you are inside a building. >> like the aurora tragedy or the sikh temple tragedy. obviously. >> correct. >> sadly we are seeing these. it seems like we are seeing more and more of this sort of silence. >> that's right. >> somebody has got to take out the shooter. how do you do it? >> basically what you have to do, if you can't hide and

barricade yourself. you have got to take on the shooter. you or them. if you don't put that in your mind, okay? the best thing to do is try to utilize something in the area. there might be something you pick up. if the shooter is finally out of bullets and he has to reload. that's a real good time to go after the shooter. get a couple other people, okay, to help you take on the shooter. that's the best thing to do. that's a last resort. that's if only it's either you or the shooter. >> got t. >> harry halk you are a retired nypd detective and a marine. thank you for the tips. >> thank you very much. >> all right, clayton, i guess we are -- more "fox & friends" in just two minutes. stick around the latest on what's happening down at tampa bay regarding the convention and isaac, where is t headed? ♪

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welcome back, 40-year-old lance armstrong giving up legal battle against the anti-doping agency. cyclist in the middle of arbitration process accused of using performance enhancing drugs. stripped of titles and banned from cycling philosopher. what could cause armstrong to give up fighting when he says he is innocent? here to debate this fox news contributors arthur aidala and joey jackson. good to see both of you this morning. >> a privilege. >> he has been fighting this now for six years. why we shouldenly stop and say that's it, i'm done. >> because it's a sham. here is what you have to think about. this court of athlete arbitration, 58 fleets went before this court of 60. 58 of 60, conviction.

what did they find? they find through the arbitration process small standard of proof that awful them are guilty. the reasoning has been so suspect. this is nothing more than a witch-hunt. when. >> a witch-hunt? >> federal bureau of investigations that exxonner rates you and no criminal charges. you don't have any positive tests. you take five or 600 tests. no positive tests. what are you doing to this guy? innocent as charged. >> coffee this morning. [ laughter ] >> talking about the mohammed ali, michael jordan and wane dresky of his sport. lance was the best of the best. for him to give up and say i'm not fighting this anymore even without anymore saying i'm guilty, it speaks volumes. here is the bottom line. even though he never failed a drug test. the quality of the people who are prepared to testify against. >> what quality? >> 10 former teammates those individuals have come forward and said on 60 minutes and other major news outlets have

said this is what happened. i was there in the morning when we do this. >> where's the beef? one of the best trial attorneys i have seen. >> lit me ask you this. they have two blood samples from 2009 to 2011 that's consistent with manipulation. what does that mean? >> consistent with -- you take 600 tests and you pass every single test and you have two samples which are suspect. but they say here is a guy -- let me answer your question, arthur, why would you give up? why would you give up? because it's a farce. >> it would be like giving up your law license. you would never do it. if you knew you were clean, you would never do it. bottom line is, my understanding is they would go train at high altitude places then pull their own blood out. which is now high altitude blood. high endurance blood. store the blood, then go to these competitions which are

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households chores. is that amount too high? let us know. "fox & friends" begins hour two right now chi ching. >> this is gill better god freed. you are watching "fox & friends." >> good morning, everybody. we do begin with an extreme weather alert for you at this hour because we are getting brand new individual know out of haiti where that tropical storm isaac has been delivering heavy rains and winds all night long as you can see. if looks like the storm could be headed our way next. >> yeah, 350,000 people in haiti still living under tarps from the round of hurricane and earthquakes that they dealt with, they can't get a break. >> still this morning. necessary, of course. the republic national convention all eyes on tampa. what's going to happen there? maria molina in for rick reichmuth. she has been tracking this storm for us. how does it look. >> good morning. good to see you.

isaac is a very large storm system with tropical storm conditions that extend over 200 miles outward from the center of the storm system. even if the center doesn't move over tampa which we are not expects it to do so we will still be feeling levy rain and strong winds as we head into the next few days across the city of tampa. especially during the national republic convention on tuesday. i want to zone in where it is right now. the center has already moved out of haiti. still experiencing very heavy wind, very strong wind right now. tropical storm force and also some very heavy rain. we could see up to 20 inches of rain across parts of haiti. mud slides is a concern. flash flood something a big concern out across haiti and the center of the storm system over across parts of florida. producing tropical storm conditions out there as well. hurricane warnings in effect for the keys. western parts of florida. we did have a hurricane watch in effect for scenario parts of the city of miami. meaning basically over the next 24 to 36 hours. you could experience hurricane conditions out across that

part of florida. otherwise, tropical storm warnings in effect for miami up into parts of jupiter and also tropical storm watches in effect forth of that the center of the storm system is first alert forecast to move over the keys as we head into basically later tomorrow and also during the overnight hours into early monday morning. so you are going to be experiencing hurricane force winds as early as tomorrow afternoon across parts of the keys. tropical storm force winds as early as tomorrow morning. so you need to be duke preparations right now and, again, the center of it will move over parts of eastern cuba later today. reemerge over open water and intensify, becoming a category 1 hurricane across the keys. led into late tuesday early wednesday dale morning another landfall across parts of the florida, panhandle just to the it east of destin, going to be slowing down once it does this. we are expecting a lot of heavy rain out across parts of the southeast. >> they have had crowds maybe they can welcome some of that rain. check back in with you with that track a little bit later. >> meanwhile the rnc is set to

go on as scheduled at least for the time being. steve brown live in tampa this morning. the site of the crengs with the -- convention with the very latest. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we are hearing a lot about the role call vote. why is is so significant in when will it happen? >> well, the "roll call" vote is when you get the nominee to be to become your official nominee. that cuts loose a lot of financial cash which is really important. because the romney campaign has raised a great deal of money. you only unlock it once you become the nominee. another point to take a look at on monday, in terms of changes, is that ann romney has gone from speaking on monday night to tuesday night. the coman really wanted her to speak -- campaign really wanted her to speak on monday night. moved it because the network broadcast coverage is only going to be tuesday. try to goad the networks into

giving that speech live coverage. >> three networks have decided not to cover monday. we're on optimistic that they will make the right decision and cover ann romney's speech she is a lovely lady and the love of mitt romney's life. >> she -- it helps among the important groups still likely to be targeted for the reps of the 73 days of campaign are women. women tend to break later as voters suburban women are a targeted group in a lot of key battleground states. they really wanted front and center a special occasion to have ann romney up on monday night. kind of broaden out their appeal for the republic platform. the republic ticket if you will. so, without that without the broadcast networks participating in that. they decided okay, we will move it to tuesday. new mexico's governor martinez will move her speech from

tuesday to wednesday. there you have it. >> steve, are you saying we will get alisyn to corroborate that women take longer to make up their minds is that accurate? >> still deciding on that. >> women are deliberative. >> thank you. >> take it very seriously. don't necessarily do things off -- you know. i'm married. i understand. >> thanks for the -- >> why is the iowa delegates not happy about what's going on at the convention? this is interesting. tell us about it. >> they are not happy and here is why. you remember on caucus night it was mitt romney by 8 votes. then after the canvassing it was rick santorum who won the iowa caucus. after the iowa caucus was done. who ended up with the most delegates ron paul. certainly had three winners. the rnc and the romney campaign really don't want that to happen again. what they're trying to do is change the rules is whoever wins on the contest night

would be guaranteed of getting most of the delegates. called link quhage they're referring to here. the folks in iowa say, at least some of them in the republic party including the state party chairman say this fund mentionly changes what it is that they do. they have taken that as a shot. it's important to note that a.j. speicher, the chairman is a ron paul guy. so, there is something of a ron paul, mitt romney camp sort of feud back and forth. there is an element of this. but the rnc wants that linked and the folks from the iowa delegates don't. there could be fireworks this weekend or maybe even monday when think try to approve that rule change. >> linkage, clayton. i know you got excited. >> two words of the day today linkage which we have more on that a little bit later and cone of uncertainty as it relates to the hurricane. >> you will connect them. you will link those somehow. >> linkage, there. let's talk also about tampa.

the vice president joy biden was supposed to be going down there on monday and possibly trying to steal some of the limelight away what was going on at the rnc. because of isaac that trip has been postponed or at least that is what the vice president's office is saying that always anywhere the vice president goes there is always security detail. always snarled, roads closed and that's what they don't need in tamp a pa. >> they are saying this and that is accurate. you know any time you are here in manhattan, driving down a freeway. they shut all the freeways down so that it a vice president or the president can go by. they say this they want fire resources emergency services to be focused on tampa. >> it's fair because when the president went to colorado springs wildfire time a lot on the right criticizing his presence saying it may have distracted in taking away some of the resources trying to fight those fires. probably a good decision there one storm headed to tampa. not two. how about joe biden's remarks? do you remember those remarks

about chains? i'm sure do you, in front of a largely black audience when the vice president alluded to most slavery what the republic plans were regarding wall street. >> yeah. so that has not blown over yet because charlie rangel was on a radio show that had a little video monitor as well as you are abou to see. he talked about what he thought the vice president was clearly referring to with those comments. >> was he talking about slavery? you bet your [bleep] he was. was he using a vernacular? yes, he was. did he think it was cute because [inaudible] yes he did. was t something stupid? you bet your life it was stupid. it is something that if a black had said it, we would have been laughing because we would know that they may be beating the hell out of us but they ain't thinking of putting us in any chains i would say

if you want to win, you have got to play this filthy obscene game. >> meanwhile some this morning are raising the question, the speck temperature of hillary clinton again for vice president. william crystal writing and saying charlie rangel is laying the groundwork. bad cop good cop so hillary clinton could come in and be the vice presidential nominee. >> i love a conspiracy theory as much as the next gal does. does he seem to be the plant laying groundwork or speaking off the cuff. >> he is speaking his mind. >> is he speaking his mind. >> obama continues to stand by joe bide be. that would be a white flag of surrender. get to your headlines and tell you what else is happening at this hour. six of the victims caught at the crossfire during that shootout at the empire state building yesterday have now been released from the hospital. three still remain there this morning. police say 58-year-old jeffrey johnson walked um to his former boss on the street and shot him. police say johnson then tried walking away but was stopped,

drawing his gun on officers. >> i guess he shot the cops. one of them and the cops shot him back. one of the cops shot me in the arm. >> it is not known for sure if johnson fired off any shots at the officers. it's believed some of the victims were struck by police fire. neither johnson nor his alleged target, 41-year-old survived. verdict is in. a jury has found samsung guilty of ripping off technology usinged by apple in some of its devices. >> here are what nerds were doing yesterday afternoon. samsung ordered to pay apple $1.05 billion. could go up to $3 billion. as part of the suit samsung pull most polar phones and tabloids off the market whole range of phone. you could be holding one that could be technically illegal. ruling will come at a later

date. samsung tried to counter sue for $399 million. that didn't happen. apple basically cleaned house. and samsung walked out of that courtroom with tail between legs. >> have to pay cash a billion dollars. >> a billion dollars. this will go through a number of appeals of course. looks like right now a lot of of the technology samsung has swiped from apple. >> that pinch in and out? >> all sorts of things it you would do with photos. >> that's contraband on the couch that you guys have? >> no, not the iphone. >> samsung. >> if is you v. a samsung device police might be coming. >> good i don't want to make a citizen's arrest before the show is over. >> i wouldn't mind be being frisked. >> find my phone? >> coming up, what do we really know about those hours when we are not awake? a new book offering eye opening look at what happens when we sleep? we guarantee this upcoming segment will keep you awake. >> a new poll finds zero

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angela mcglowan and tara dowdell. 94% about where i would figured it would be. 0? is that possible? do you buy this. >> i don't buy it during the chick-fil-a debacle reverend owens stood up. the chairman of the american coalition of pastors who said that obama was like judas was to christ it to black people that obama portrayed us dealing with same sex marriage and also the right to life. bush won four more years by getting 16% of the black vote in ohio. we do have the first black president. people going to go in and vote their conscience not culture. >> not to mention the african-american unemployment rate which is 14% almost double that the rest of the country. is this possible? 0% supreme courting mitt romney and while. >> i don't think it's possible. abel -- angela is here and she supports mitt romney. >> one. >> they didn't call me. >> but why? even if it's a slight error.

let's say the margin of error 2% to 3%. why such a low number. >> i think there is a low number for a number of reasons. number one black people by and large have never bought into the idea of trickle down economics from. a policy perspective we have seen it trickle up we have yet to see it trickle down. black unemployment double the national average since 19712 when they first started tracking unemployment. thison going trend that's problematic. >> you had the chairman of the black caucus who said impanel. >> that's not a financial issue. >> if obama was a white president, we would be marching on him because of what's going on in the black community. >> then we would be marching since 1972 because that's how long it's been. that's how long -- >> you mentioned the congressional black caucus. i want to ask you, tara, about a sound bite we played earlier in the program chaie rangel blasting joe biden's chains comments to a largely black audience saying yes, he absolutely was talking about slavery.

what's behind charlie rangel's comments here? is he just speaking his mind or agenda in your opinion. >> i actually agree that i don't think joe biden should have used the word chains. i'm not in a fan of rarnl imagery when the republicans talk about obama mat nazi. all of that stuff belittles the experience of jews and belittles the experience of black people. what is more offensive is donald trump, romney surrogate going around demanding the president's birth certificate. >> he is not a congressman. this is a sit being black congressman talking about the vice president and what's behind it. >> ranking member in the black caucus and hispanic caucus who has fought for civil rights issues. >> why is he doing it do you think? >> it was offensive. he was talking about slavery. tear rand awere talking about this earlier. charlie rangel has been on the outs dealing with the party since he lost chairmanship. to have the first black governor come out and say that this was wrong, he should not have used that, and i am so tired of liberals going before our audience changing their

cadence and saying y'all and speaking down to us. >> are you tired of the racism coming from the romney campaign. >> i haven't heard any racism and the birther issue how is that a racism. >> romney went to the naacp convention and he was not received well. he said it's because black people want free stuff. that's offensive. so if you are offended by. >> i don't know if that was the exact phraseology. >> he said they wanted free stuff and the only they there were black. that was offensive. >> i don't want anything free. >> i don't want anything free. >> coming up next, do you remember what you dreamt about last night, ladies? do you? >> yes. >> and even sleep walking. we explore the strange sights of sleep next. ali, snacking in bed not a great idea. >> breakfast in bed. i'm having breakfast in bed. wake up. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf.

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>> welcome back. we spend 1/3 of our lives sleeping. some of us much more. how much do we understand what happens after we shut our eyes. >> new book journeys into that largely unexplored territory dream land. adventures in the strange science of sleep author and reporter dave randal joins us now appropriately in bed. >> where we do most of our interviews. >> where we like to work david nice to see you. this is a fascinating topic. you say you got the idea for this because you were sleep walking. >> the idea almost literally hit me in the face. i started sleep walking ran into one of my hallway walls woke up with pain in my back. i have to find out how sleep

is effecting me. went to the doctor he said there is a lot we know and don't know. if it's affecting me like this how is it effecting everyone else. >> one of the things you found is men and women differently. so many arguments come out of sleeping in families, is this right? >> research has shown that sleep is one of the best predictors of happiness in marriage. men have more sleep disorders than women. women tend to sleep lighter. they have to deal with the sleep problems more than the men. >> if men are snoring on regular basis and they are light sleepers this can cause marital problems. >> women 50% more likely if she is not sleeping well arguments, other disagreements. >> of course we are at the timey if we are not getting sleep. of course, that makes perfect sense to me. what is the exact amount of sleep we need? is it different for everybody or is it 8 hours the standard. >> 8 hours for everybody. most people need one hour of sleep every two hours they are

awake. some people can go less than that but generally 8 hours. >> that's incredible. what about dreaming? how important is it for us to be able to remember our dreams very often, once every two months i will remember a dream. is that a bad thing? >> generally if you remember your dreams you are probably sleeping a little bit deeper which is a good thing. most dreams they found might be a way that our brains learn new information. it's t. figures out what's important. what it should keep in the long-term memory and what it can throw away. >> why are so many of us sleep deprived and having weird sleep disorders nowadays. >> part of it is we are tired and wired. all of us are drinking coffee and sleeping less than we should. most of us sleep less than six hours a night which is sleep deprivation which basically makes you act drunk. >> that explains our show. [ laughter ] finally an explanation. so less in sleep hours is sleep deprived. >> people going to bed with electronic devices or saying awake longer because of screens. >> when you see ipad or

iphone thinks it's sunlight makes it harder to fall asleep than later. >> what is the answer? did you find out the solution for our country? >> i wish i did. i mean i have a 2-month-old baby if i could sleep more that would be great. basically it's basic things. watch exposure to light and how much coffee you are drinking. do things that calm yourself before you go to bed. >> we always hear patterns are so important going to sleep. making sure you have a routine and pattern by, you know, not every night fluctuating. did you find that was true and accurate? >> exactly. you should try to go to bed at the at the same time every night and wake um at the same time every night. almost like a kid. helps to have a bedtime. >> be honest you have a 2 month old at home have you done what dave and i have done tune out method subjective hearing you hear the baby crying in the middle of the night you turn over a little bit or do the thing. >> hey i got up last time. one of those. >> negotiating at 2:00 in the morning is always a good thing. >> yes. >> good luck. you will obviously need a lot more sleep. >> thank you very much. >> the book is dream land

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get points you can easily redeem for your vacations, with chase sapphire preferred. >> we're back with extreme weather alert tropical storm isaac making landfall overnight in haiti. team coverage in this. we will talk to alex in key west, florida in a few minutes. get to meteorologist maria molina. maria, tracking the latest, it was not very well defined yesterday. is it getting more so? >> it is basically stayed pretty well intact. better than we an tis baited as it did move over parts of haiti in the overnight hours. storm systems maximum sustained winds 60 miles per hour and a lot of moisture with it. we are anticipating up to 20 inches locally over parts of haiti that, of course, will be bringing in some flash flooding concerns and also the concern for mud slides out across that part of the world.

otherwise, right now the center of the storm system is estimated to be 150 miles to the southeast of gahanna tan mole and cuba. tropical storm force winds extend out from the storm. relatively a pretty large storm system and dump a lot of heavy rain over parts of haiti, the dominican republic and also parts of eastern cuba. the as we head on to later on today. we do have a number of hurricane warnings in effect for parts of the keys, including key west, southwestern parts of the state of florida and also hurricane watch for southern parts of the city of miami. keeping an eye out between within the next 24 to 38 hours we could he be seeing hurricane conditions out across parts of south florida. this is monday 2:00 a.m. it could be a category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour very warm water out across the gulf of mexico. once it does reemerge over this part we are expecting it to continue to intensify another landfall really quickly i want to show you

across parts of the florida panhandle as we let into late tuesday, early wednesday morning as category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour. dave? >> thanks, marie a tracking the storm for us. now let's head down to key west where we are joined by alex, a situation there. joke in key west is that they like it, the locals like it when the storm hits because all the tourists go home in key west. is that what they are doing now or are they actually preparing? >> actually, we have talked to them a lot since we have been here. most of these visitors say they plan to stay. we are on devol street here in key west. if you have ever been down here you know this is the main drag. we just had a squall go through. you can see it's pretty wet. most of the visitors who are here are not out this morning. we haven't seen them obviously because it's early. they are on vacation still in bed. but we have a hurricane warning that is now in effect for the keys. visitors, again say they plan to stay.

also, residents say they plan to stick it out here. but monroe county officials this morning are urging them to leave the visitors because they just don't know what this storm will bring. some schools here in monroe county are being converted into shelters today. and ahead of this storm they originally plan to open those shelters tomorrow, however they are opening them today because this storm is now expected to be a hurricane once it gets here. and with isaac, of course we are going to see a storm surge, a 2 to 4 feet. high winds, and even possibly tornadoes from those squalls that move through. so the keys right now is in the crosshairs of isaac. >> all right alex, thanks so much for the update. we will will appreciate it and keep an eye on this throughout the show for you to see what isaac plans to do. meanwhile, let's get to the rest of your headlines because authorities are investigating

why next can police shot up a u.s. embassy vehicle near mexico city injuring two american government employees. the workers were driving to a training facility in an armored suv when think encountered the police who were casing criminals in the area. the police opened fire on the suv despite the fact t had diplomatic license plates. they are in stable condition at the hospital. 12 mexican officers are being held for questioning in this investigation. we are learning more about two lavish veterans affairs conventions conventions in orlando. this is in florida, of course, combined it cost taxpayers $5 million. a list of expenses has been released for one of the conferences showing nearly $100,000 was spent on coffee break refreshments. that's like our green room. >> it's important. >> biggest expense was the $1.2 million spent on travel. this, of course, comes after this video surfaced of a patent spoof produced for that conference that cost $52,000

to put together. >> i could have done that for a dollar. >> you should have charged 50,000 just to be competitive it really does pay to be a kid. new survey by the american institute of cpa's finds that parents are giving $65 a month to their kids on average for an allowance. the amounts vary by age but that's the average. if you do the math. that ought to come out to about 15 bucks a week. it's enough money in a year for kids to buy an ipad and still have some money left over. >> all right. what would your allowance growing up. >> one dollar. >> one dollar. >> mine was $6 a week i had to mow the lawn to get the $6. >> i really want didn't have to do much. >> is that too much $65 a month? >> 15 a week. that's a lot of mope. here is the other thing that this surveyed show is that only 1% of parents see their kids saving it so it's not really teaching kids to save. >> i spent all mine on comic

books. >> i spent mine on candy. >> where did that get me? i'm glad i put all my money in savings. did you get allowance. >> i did get allowance. most of it went to baseball cards and candy; i don't remember how much i got. >> we need to hear from your mom and send emails how much you are paying your kids for alliance. >> thanks, guys, if you are just now joining us we have been talking about the fact that although gas prices are high. many americans still choosing to hit the roads in rv's. joined by family motor coach association ralph moreno. >> they don't think the fact that you can rent these very atowardably makes for great family vacation. >> absolutely. what they should do is rent rv. premier rental agency. take it out and rent it for a few days go to a campground and tour america with one.

>> obviously gas prices aren't as low as we would like them to be. >> they are more fuel efficient today. people can afford them. and they are a lot cheaper, i believe they are a lot cheaper than staying in a hotel or motel. your food is expensive. you cook your own food and enjoy the outdoors. >> this one here can be rented for around $200 a day when we tell you and show you how many it sleeps, you are going to think it's a great deal. step on inside, ralph. when you figure a hotel room on the road is at least $200 in most large cities. this baby can sleep six people or maybe even more? >> there is bunk here that will sleep two. >> that is up top? >> that's up top. >> where the front of the car is you can see the drivers seat and passenger? >> correct. this dinette will sleep two. >> the table goes down. >> the table goes down. the cushions come out like this and that will sleep people. >> so that will sleep another two. >> another two. >> and then if we go on back here to the back of this rv, we can sleep even more,

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card and they are up and running. >> sticker price of this one $78,000 but you can rent it for $200 a day which makes it a great bargain. nice kitchen in there and everything. let's mention more information on the 87th family reunion in indianapolis. the circle city august 27th through 30th. more info go to fmca.com, guys. i'm going to take a nap. >> okay. do that. we handle it from here. thanks, dave. kids across the country are enjoying the fleeting days of summer. they are getting ready to head back to school. but which snacks are the best options for your kids it's the eat this, not that kids edition next. >> i will be watching that. new report shows the middle class has suffered the worst decade ever in modern history. so how will this impact the vote come november? copd makes it hard to breathe,

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how will the presidential candidates appeal to that class. editorial board, here with analysis of these findings, hi, stephen. >> hi, ali, good morning. >> why has this decade been so hard for the middle class. >> first of all it sure has been tough for the middle class. almost no income gains for most middle income families. in fact, middle incomes are

down 7% to 8%. the real decline has obviously been during the recession, the great recession of 2008. what was most disturbing that i found in looking at this data that the census just came out with a couple of days ago is that even in the recovery period, al, of the last three years, there has actually been continued declines in middle income families. as you know, this whole presidential race is really going to be fought over this one issue. who cares more about the middle class and who can help the middle class most when you have got a $4,000 decline in middle incomes over the last four years that's a tough sell for the president. >> of course, if you consider yourself middle class it depends a lot lot where you live geographically in the country. let's define it for people household incomes that range from 39,000 to 118,000, if you live in a bigger city, it's closer to 118,000 you consider yourself middle class.

so, by the way we should also mention the income has plummeted from 72,000 on average down to 69,000. can't this work as an advantage for president obama even though the income has declined on his watch? can't he say the rich have gotten richer. the wealthiest among us are making more money. that's why i want to tax them more. mitt romney won't do that. >> of course, ali, you are exactly right. that's precisely what the president has been saying for the last six months. he is going it really ramp that up over othe next couple of months. the problem is what most middle class people care about is not how the rich are doing but how they are doing themselves. they don't mind if the rich are getting richer if they're also seeing a rise in their own income. that hasn't happened under this presidency. what's so unprecedented about this recovery is most of the time by now you would really start to he see some robust gains in middle incomes. that just hasn't happened right now. so i think it's really problematic. by the way, it's interesting to note that the group that has been hurt the most in this

last four year period in terms of their incomes has actually been black americans, they have lost 11% of their income in four years. >> fascinating statistic, stephen moore of course with the "wall street journal" editorial board. thank you for coming in and parsing all these numbers for us. >> all right, ali. >> you heard governor chris christie say he did not want to be governor mitt romney's running mate. he is not? he never said anything about a cabinet post until now. plus, sending your kids back to school. what's in their lunch box? bringing down the smartest snacks for your kids next. ♪

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>> back to schooltime alisyn, it's in the air. >> i can smell it no, actually that's the pizza were here. talking about what the best and healthiest snacks are as you get ready to send your kids back to school. they love snacks but a lot of them are not good for you as clint carter contributor of eat this, not that. >> thanks for having me on. i come with advice on snacks. kids are eating on average three snacks a day. making up a quarter of their total calories, this significant. >> start down at the end. this looks like something you would have when you get home from school at 3:00 in the afternoon mom and dad are still out for work. >> they look the same. >> stuffed potato skins and little pizza bites. >> navigating the aisle. good to know this is a reliable one. this is 180 calories, save you 100 calories over a lot of the

other options. kids won't know the difference. >> when you see something cheesy with bacon and potatoes move away. >> keep everything in balance. >> summer i would come home and eat a box of these every day. >> this is what you get right here. this beautiful physique right here. >> this is what you get, america. let's move on to these. putting in the lunch box every day at school. >> what's bad and good. >> the lesson here you can't trust elves who are trying to sell you cookies. oatmeal cookies, scant amount of oat meal in here. it's not significant. 300 calories. you can have two rice crispy bars and save 120 calories. this, again, this is going to be every bit as satisfying to a kid's sweet tooth but you don't have all the calories. >> you are suggesting they have fruit first. if you really want a sweet treat, you can go with this, not that. >> kids are fin nice eaters

not going to get them to it eat celery all the time. >> good. >> kids leave school campus we never did this as a kid or go off to mcdonald's. >> or off to soccer practice get something small. the snack wrap at mcdonald's misnorm. snack part of it. this is a meal. '30 calories. all of the snacks we are recommending are about 200 calories. that's what you get with the nuggets. saving 130 calories. what you are keeping is the protein that's what you want. that's filling. get rid of all the starch and carbs. >> good to know. i'm one of these people who think that drinks don't count. you don't count your drinks in your calories. >> couldn't be further from the truth. the drink calories add up really fast. >> what's the problem here? >> the problem here is that if you just go with the lemonade getting 54 grams of sugar. just a big cup of liquid sugar. >> that's what this is here. >> berry wendy's. >> now, granted it's smaller but every parent in america needs to know about this for

their kids and for themselves. this is the only way get a shake for 200 calories. >> someone hand me a microscope this is a junior frost from. >> most satisfying sip is always the first sip. >> good point. >> that's all you are getting with this. >> go back multiple times you don't get all your shake fill in one day. >> i came out here ali before the segment. you weren't out here yet. i started snacking on melba toast. >> that sounds healthy. >> he said you just ruined your morning. so what's wrong with these. >> they look identical when you have them in a bowl like this. one of these has a lot of transfat and it's the garr detective toe. if you are eating just this serving right here, you are taking in more transfat than you should take in all day. you are going to save a few calories going chex mix. that's the way to do it. >> always one of our favorite segments, eat this, not that thanks for coming in and explaining it to us. >> thanks so much. help herself to the chicken

nuggets. is there anything else you want out here, dave? anything on your gluten free? >> i'm thankfully gluten free. >> thanks, guys. coming up like a scene out of a movie. police led on a high speed chase forcing them to fire shots. let you know how this ended. and alabama, mississippi and the sunshine state all in the path of tropical storm isaac. what you need to know on the dangerous and powerful storm headed your way top of the hour. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more pcessed flakes look nothing like natural grains. i'm eating what i kn is better nutrition. mmmm. great grains.

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tropical storm isaac approaching hurricane strength. next target the sunshine state and the gulf coast. we have the latest oon isaac moments away. wild shootout takes place broad daylight. one eyewitness who saw it all unfold. >> you heard new jersey governor chris christie did not wanted to be mitt romney's running mate he never said anything about a cabinet post until now. "fox & friends" hour three starts right now >> good saturday morning, everybody. we begin with an extreme weather alert. tropical storm isaac. bearing down on haiti overnight. outer bands also bringing rain and wind the dominican

republic. now it's headed to the gulf coast and florida. >> so is tampa the sight of the national republic convention a potential target in it sounds like it. let's go to meteorologist maria molina no is tracking this storm for us. what are the latest models show. >> pretty good agreement that the storm system will eventually move through the keys as we head into tomorrow and eventually into the gulf coast of the u.s. northern parts of florida will be looking at landfall as we head into late tuesday and also early wednesday. good news is that the models are in very well agreement so we do have a pretty good idea of where the storm system is the bad news is that it is so big that tropical storm force winds do extent 230 miles outward from the center of the storm system so even if the center does not move over tampa, you could still be looking at very heavy rain and also some tropical storm like conditions with those winds gusting re strongly as we head into tuesday during the republic national convention. of course we will continue to keep a close watch on this

storm system. we did get a new advisory from the national hurricane center center is not much has changed with the storm system. we do have update on the center of the storm system. did has exited haiti and approaching cuba. to the southeast of guantanamo and cuba. hurricane warnings in effect for parlings of the keys and southwestern parts for the state of florida. hurricane watch is also including portions of miami because we do have the possibility of experiencing hurricane-like conditions out there as we head into tomorrow afternoon. a lot of heavy rain with the storm system up to 20 inches in the country of haiti. otherwise for parts of the southeastern united states, we could see locally 10 inches or more across cities like miami, tamp parks pensacola, florida and also southeastern pars of mississippi and southern alabama. we'll be seeing a lot of heavy rain. another big concern with some of those outer rain bands, you guys, we could see severe

weather in the form of tornadoes. fort meyers, fort saint lucy and also miami will be under the gun tomorrow. >> all right. thanks so much, marie a keeping an eye on the storm this morning. >> head live to the site of the republic national convention in tampa so far. expected to go on as planned. steve brown live in tampa with the latest. good morning to you, steve. what's happening? >> good morning, yeah. we're told that this is going to go come rain or come shine. certainly interesting to see how it goes out. preparations are almost done here for the rnc which convenes on monday. yesterday we saw the balloons that were used on thursday night after the nominee to be mitt romney accepts the nomination. those were filled and raised to the ceiling. we're told and assured that come monday, when all of this kicks off, that protesters will indeed be here come rain or come shine. some 5,000 of them promised to be filling the streets and making their voices heard

folks running the show rnc and convention are much more concerned about the weather. you heard the possibilities about heavy rain and some possible tropical storm strength winds. even if the storm is fairly well away from here. but as far as the governor of the state of florida is concerned, what he has heard is that all systems are go. >> they are very committed to making sure every delegate that comes to town is going to have a great experience and they are ready for all the delegates. we have no reports of any airports that are closed at this time.

is everything set now? >> we think so. although change is a constant in politics but ann romney not speaking on monday now speaking on tuesday. suzanne that martinez the governor of mexico not speaking on tuesday, speaking on wednesday. usually the role call vote for the actual nomination that's later in the week. that's in the front of the week. besides that everything else is the same. >> thank you, steve. marco rubio offered up his spot and he said no, we need you introducing mitt romney. >> >> oh, yeah. >> thanks, steve. >> meanwhile, listen to this very dramatic and deadly story it was a shootout in broad daylight. nine people were injured. two killed, including the gunman who opened fire in the middle of the street just outside the empire state building. >> yeah, many witnessed this horrific scene including our next guest who saw the whole thing unfold. joining us on the phone is john sullivant down there at

the time. john, what were you thinking? what did you see yesterday morning? >> i heard a shoot coming down from the hoist. we were on the seven floor waiting for the other hoist to pick us up. we heard a gunshot. 12 to 15 people on the deck. we looked over and we saw a man popping another shot. and then we seen a guy go down and he shot two or three more times. i'm not positive because i was in a little bit of a shock then we saw the man walk up fifth avenue. see saw people ducking all over the place behind cars. it was really crazy. >> john, it sounds terrifying. >> there are reports that the man pointed the gun at police and police started firing. did you see that? >> did i not see that i saw them -- he walked up towards starbucks. people were still running out of his way. he crossed going all the way

34th street from 33rd street we heard a bunch of gunshots and that was the end of it. >> right in the middle of new york city one of the most recognizable tourist spots on the planet the empire state building. i can assume there were hundreds if not thousands of people in the area, john. >> yes. people were scattering all over the place. you know, it was up on the deck just watching people run for their lives. it was very frightening. >> john, maybe clear up some information for us this morning. there had been reports early on from the mayor that there had been victims caught in the crossfire from some police bulletin. firing shots because they didn't know where he was going. go you see that? >> no, i didn't see any of that. that was all on fifth avenue. >> john, what did you think was happening when you heard all of these gunshots? >> i don't know. we just heard the shot and we looked over and then we saw a guy just shooting another guy. and we didn't know what was going on. it was very frightening. >> just change the way you go

about your day on a regular basis there now? thinking about this? >> it's new york city, you know, things like that happen in new york all the time. >> it's amazing. i could see that myself, john. people actually were running towards the scene. i was a few blocks away as they saw the news helicopters overhead. john sullivan glad to hear you are doing okay this morning. thanks for joining us on the phone we appreciate it. >> you got it. thank you. >> what a scene. and there was one victim who was shot. apparently if the reports are to be believed a disgruntled employee angry at former boss, his supervisor, he wanted to exact revenge on him and this is the victim here. >> this guy, of course, a designer and, of course you know had let him go a number of years ago. it seemed like two years had passed since he actually worked for this individual. by all accounts this guy was a loving guy. everyone who worked with him loved working with him. look at his myspace page.

reports coming out by myspace page surrounded by these fantastic people and people loved him so much. such a caring guy to work for. so sad that he was young, in the prime of his life. he worked out every day. really sad. >> working right in the midst of all of this times square bomber a couple years ago this way five minutes the other way. strange city to work in. >> it can be nerve wracking. in the meantime let's get to your headlines and tell you what else is happening. gay rights activists accused of shooting a guard employed not guilty. judge says floyd corkin is confident to stand trial and he will stay in jail until then. you will will recall that corkins allegedly said did he not like the group's conservative politics before shooting the security guard back on august 15th. corkins now faces more than 30 years in prison in convicted an out of control police chase in miami ends with shots fired. the passengers in this silver mercedes suv hit high speeds

and avoided police for about 22 miles. the suv crashed into a fence and the driver tried to flee on foot. police fired several shots, wounding the driver and hitting another passenger in the car. the two were rushed to the hospital. one in critical condition. the other in stable. four people were arrested in all. police are still investigating this incident. and new jersey governor chris christie said he had no interest in being vice president and now a cabinet post is also out of the question. the republic favorite telling reporters as disappointing as it is you are just going to have to live with it. i want to be here. i love this job. one thing governor christie has agreed to do deliver the keynote address at the republic national convention in tampa this upcoming week. >> imagine education secretary. just shredding the -- it will be interesting, if he runs against cory booker that will be a highly contentious race. >> jersey style. >> jersey. >> very dramatic we do things

there big. >> coming up, remember when the president promised hope and change and uniting the country? some say he has only delivered fear and blame. is that true or just politics as usual? we report, you decide. >> and from hot housekeeper to mayor. is tony danza the next celebrity to throw his hat into the political ring? i know when i said hot housekeeper you were thinking something different, dave. >> that's not what i had in mind. >> we have got the detail. ♪

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>> while the democratic party has won a great victory tonight, we do so he with a measure of humanity and

determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. >> on the night he was elected, president obama vowed to unite the country and bridge the partisan divide but four years later critics argue the president's campaign has been less than unified. >> vanity fair published an article on the millions of dollars mitt romney in tax hastens. >> did he put his money there to avoid paying u.s. taxes? we don't know. >> either mitt romney through his own words and his own signature was misrepresenting his position at bain to the sec, which is a felony -- >> this governor romney thinks he can operate under a different set of rules. he has a sense of entitlement. >> those are obviously some of the president's surrogates talking about mitt romney. next guest says the negative rhetoric is dividing the country. editor of commentary magazine and columnist for the "new york post." john, great to see you. >> thank you. >> it's sort of sad to tell

you the truth to listen back to the election night of 2008 because this was going to be a post partisan president or at least that's what people believed and when he said he was going to heal the divide. people believed that they were excited for that that night. >> if he had managed to put the country on a sound economic footing and if we were in the middle of a very serious recovery, i'm sure the president would be running a unifying re-election campaign. but he hasn't. the condition of the economy is parlas. 63% of the country thinks it's on the wrong track. he has got to win re-election somehow and the best way for him to do is to to-to-point fingers at the other guy. standard issue politics but does indicate that the president's continued insistence after joe biden said the notorious thing about how y'all going to put them back in chains, he said i don't think anybody would argue that my campaign is dividing the country, that's just ridiculous. of course it is.

>> it is standard practice politics to have surrogates out there blasting the candidate. what is the president doing specifically? are his words dividing this country? or is it just his surrogates? >> here is an interesting fact. so in the run up to the convention in 2004, 2004 being considered a pretty negative campaign. >> sure. >> bush going after kerry, kerry going after bush, george w. bush mentioned john kerry by name six times before the convention. >> total. >> and mentioned kerry twice in his convention speech. barack obama has mentioned mitt romney probably 50, 60 times in speeches and in press conferences and the like. this is a new thing for the president to go after his rival by name. because it was always presumed that the president should rise above it the president should sail above it other people can hit the other guy as he is going. in the 19th century presidential candidates never spoke. they didn't campaign at all. they never did anything and

surrogates were the only ones who spoke. the president has changed the rules. now that's fine. maybe he is being more honest, you know, it's not like anyone knew -- anyone didn't think george w. bush didn't want to go after john kerry's jugular. it is a different kind of tone. >> you have an interesting theory and that is that mitt romney has a natural convention advantage over the president. why? >> well, because people don't really know mitt romney. he has been running for president for five years and now been the nominee for six months. if you think about it, what percentage of the american people have heard him speak for more than 20 seconds in a sound bite he? not many. how many watch the debate-out republic debates? 4, 5, 6 million at the time. probably the same people over again. is he going to have an audience who have never heard him. so he has the advantage of novelty. he has the advantage of

introducing himself. barack obama has spoken before the country since 2008 you know, dozens of times in nationally televised addresses. he doesn't have the gift of novelty. people are familiar with him and what he he says. it's unlikely that he can boost himself at the convention but romney simply by the fact that he is he a new face relatively speaking can. >> that puts all the emphasis on that big speech by mitt romney and maybe his wife's speech as well introducing the man. not just the candidate. >> john, thanks so much for coming in and your perspective. >> it's a pleasure. thank you so much. >> is he terrorizing an intee neighborhood. if anyone kills this vicious owl it can mean jail time for them. we'll explain. >> and it's that time again. time to send the kids back to school. make sure they are ready to earn those good grades. some of the latest and greatest gadgets. clayton has got them all for you. >> he is back. he is feeling healthy. he has a gadget segment. let's check in with neil

cavuto to see what's coming up at 10:00 a.m. on a special live edition of the cost of freedom, neil. >> taking a look at obviously all these cross current at the same time. we have tropical storm. will it be a hurricane? how is it going to disrupt tampa you? have got noon that. we have doug wilder back with us. you might remember him. the former democratic governor of virginia who took a front and really went after joe biden whose chain and shackled remarks. charlie rack gel has done the pile on joe too he too was annoyed by that what is going on. talk to doug wilder about that get a gauge of how some other developments here including big development with apple you might not know much about but it could be big news going on monday. won a billion-dollar judgment. how that could shake things out on what stands to be a very busy monday next two hours 10 to 12 at least when we come on it will be a very big two hours as well. >> great. we will be watching.

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check out hex.com. >> we used to have all the pens and pencil slots. >> you don't need them anymore. >> let's get to the cozy part of the segment. >> some of the best gadget attire that you can wear. everywhere is going to wear a hoody on campus anyway. why not get them a hoody that has 13 pockets built into it with their smart phone and college i.d. stuff for mp 3 player. all of these are hidden inside of the hoody from scotty vest. >> i have one at home. throw on the keys right here. you can hold a camera inside and still zips up so nicely you can't tell that you have any of your gear hidden in your person. >> you don't look as geeky as you sometimes do with your pocket protecter. >> exactly. >> and the ladies, too. you are holding up one of the ladies brand one. purple and small size. >> i likey. >> ipad in this and hide the head phones through the. this you don't have to see this long string hanging out. >> go all the way through the

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force winds extend 230 miles out from the center of the storm system. it's important to not just focus on where the center of the track is but just keep in mind that you are going to be seeing impacts very well away from the center of the storm. otherwise, tropical models in agreement. parts of the keys head basically tomorrow and another landfall is anticipated across parts of the florida pan imagined to the west of panama city and east of destin in florida. we could being looking at hurricane 1 at this time. slow down over portions of southern alabama and a lot of heavy rain out here because of that further precipitation is forecast across the gulf. very warm. will provide the fuel that isaac needs to continue to intensify. official forecast from the national hurricane center by sunday, 2:00 a.m. the storm will reemerge over open water out of cuba and then become a category 1 hurricane before approaching parts of the keys. monday 2:00 a.m.

maximum sustained winds 80 miles per hour and then by wednesday, category 1 hurricane over the florida panhandle. >> all right, maria thanks so much for that update. rest of your headlines right now. we begin with stunning new details about the movie theater shooter. we are now learning the suspected dark night shooter warned a classmate that he wanted to kill people about four months before the rampage. newly released court documents also revealed james holmes threatened one of his professors at the university of colorado before being banned from the school in june. prosecutors now suggesting holmes' school troubles may have been his motive for the massacre. 24 counts of murders. he allegedly shot and killed. the house judiciary committee deportation numbers. after a review the committee said it found the department of homeland security was including numbers from a program that relocates illegal immigrants without penalizing them. this means they can try to

reenter the country as many times as they want. the committee says the department then counts their removal each time as another deportation. the committee says the allegations are based on internal documents and a number of people being deported is actually down. well, the giant owl seen in this cell phone video or not seen, oh, there he is. has been attacking residents in kentucky. but if anyone tries to harm the bird they can go to jail. the owl is protected under federal law. if people feel they are at risk they can look into getting the animal relocated. >> hoo? >> oh boy. could this hot housekeeper be our next mayor of new york city? take a look. [ laughter ] >> must i be the perennial fun meister who drags you out of your sullen states and leads you down that road to smile town? >> he is the fun meister. that's actor tony danza says

is he considering running for mayor of new york. he did not say which party he would run under. one thing standing in his way he said is all the scrutiny that comes withholding public office. >> that's just a minor thing. [ laughter ] >> just a mine little thing. >> those are your headlines. let's bring in governor mike huckabee this morning to it talk about that what do you think about that first of all is that a minor thing? that would be very interesting it would make for a very entertaining campaign. we shall see. >> housekeeper in charge of the nanny state? >> why not? >> anything can happen in politics to be sure. >> all right, governor, we want to ask you about what happened on friday. of course, there was a highly publicized shooting right at the empire state building on friday. 11 people were shot. the gun manned and one other person were killed. mayor bloomberg used this opportunity as he did after aurora to talk about gun violence. listen. >> new york city as you know is the safest big city in the country and we are on pace of a record low number of murders this year.

we are not immune to the national problem of gun violence. >> wasn't just the mayor. there were other politicians. are you one of these people who thinks that it's too early in the aftermath to talk about gun volume or that is exactly the right time to talk about gun control? >> well, for people who believe in gun control it's always a great opportunity to exploit a situation like this. the fact is the guy was violating law already. so you going to pass a new law you think someone who doesn't respect the laws we have are going to respect the laws we are going to create? that's nonsense. interestingly i was on the radio and geraldo show yesterday just after this happened with ed rendell who was immediately saying we have got to ban these assault weapons and stop semiautomatics. it wasn't assault weapon or semi semiautomatic. those are terms assault weapons, a pencil is assault weapon if you use it against a person. it's all the language, all the way that we just have this knee jerk thing. the fact is and i know this is a shock to people. but that kind of gun violence

is actually down in america. not up. everyone thinks we have more mass killings and more mass murders, we don't. we have fewer. >> one area ed rendell, philadelphia is a hot bed of murders. >> yeah. >> people taking to the streets and protesting saying enough is enough. when i lived in philadelphia the number of gun related violence was all related to illegal guns. >> that's the part of this. most of the gun crime is criminal on criminal. the greatest level of it is people using illegal guns to start with also, look at cities like washington, d.c. and chicago. they have the strictest gun control laws in america. they are the most unsafe cities when it comes to gun violence. why? because the criminals know they are the only ones armed. it's just, again, the myth, i think the attention we put on these things create almost a false sense of panic. i'm not saying in any way to minimizes horror of what happened in any of these crimes. whether it was the sikh temple, aurora.

yesterday. i was two blocks away. just minutes after this happened getting out of subway and headed over to penn station. i understand it scares the daylights out of you. the answer is not automatically let's go out and ban all the legal responsible gun owners. >> neither candidate is talking about gun control. it has been a very negative tone. needless to say through the this campaign. and as a result now, rick warren who hoed a very interesting presidential forum four years ago. you know rick very well the saddle back church between john mccain and president obama. this time around he has canceled it sighting the negative tone that exists in this campaign. what do you make of this? >> it's sad. rick is a deer friend of mine. he and i were actually in school together back in seminary. 35 -- long time ago. let me just leave it there. what rick felt was you just don't have the atmosphere to have this sort of civic engagement that he had four years ago which i thought was the high point of the entire

campaign. far better than any of the debates because it was thoughtful conversation with these candidates. and i'm sorry it's not going to happen. >> do you think that's the right decision. >> i trust rick and i believe that he feels that it can't be done with that kind of spirit, then it doesn't need to be done at all. >> here is what rick had to say about it, pastor warren, i have never seen more irresponsible mean attacks, slander attack ads i don't expect that tone to change before the election. it would be hypocritical to pretend civility for one evening only to have the name-calling to return the next day. that's really the heart of the matter. that forum would be thoughtful and interesting. and they would go back to. >> i do think that's the point of it, you see these political dinners whether it's the gridiron or various things in d.c. i quit going to the gridiron and the press thick because it was so phony. you have all these people who act like they like each other for two or three hours and they hate each other up. one day chopped liver sit

around in finest and chitchat and act like they are having the agood time and next day be back at each other's throats. let not not play like we like each other that's ridiculous. >> governor, stick around. coming up we will talk more about this. is the mainstream media in the president's pocket? how hard are they working to reelect him? shocking new poll numbers about that get the governor to weigh in on this. >> following the attacks of 9/11, he is celebrated in the streets of his country cheering the deaths of americans. why is this man now getting a grand welcoming from american politicians? we will get a reaction from a father who lost his son on 9/11. hello?

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based media companies time, comcast, everyone had given 20 times more to obama than to romney. is anybody surprised by this? what even makes that news? >> it's interesting because there is also a story this week about the waning power of the reporters to media to shape elections in years past when walter cronkite would get up and there say something people would pay attention to it messages coming out of the campaign and social media do you agree. >> i totally agree. walter cronkite would say that's the way it is. it's not the way it is anymore. people have direct access to information because of the internet and blogs. most younger people don't get their basic news from the newspaper and/or the network newscast in the evening. they get it from cable and smart people get it from fox news. that's what they do and twitter. >> is it getting any better than 2008 in terms of a liberal bias? >> no. of course not.

but, you know,. >> some feel it has been a little more critical of the president today. >> well, in that regard i do think that there is a little bit more scrutiny on barack obama than there was four years ago, no doubt about it. in part because he has goaded them on by not answering questions there is a point at which they are journalists and they feel offended that they don't get straight answers to their questions. >> governor, we want to ask you about congressman akin because we understand you held a conference call last night supporting congressman akin? >> let's be clear, i didn't hold the conference call. i was invited to speak to a group of pastors, i was in on it for five minutes. really what i'm trying to do is to make people understand that the issue ought to be not about one congressman who made a statement for which he repudiated and apologized. the real issue is this incredible contrast between republicans protection of life and democrats position which is basically abortion at any time for any purpose under any circumstances. that's where we need to have the focus. i want this to be turned away

from this one issue and let's talk about the bigger issue. republics have many many views within the family of pro-life. >> do you think he should stay in the race. >> you know, that's his decision to make. it's not mine. but, you know, a candidate works really hard to get the nomination. you don't just instantly because of a few people say get out disappear. >> we hear a lot about this at the rnc not about akin but the party platform. >> i don't think so. there is no news to it the republicans have been pro-life every year since 19 0. pro-life blank in the platform this is not new. the focus has to be on the difference between mitt romney and barack obama on all the issues. that's one of the issues at which they are very different. but the economy is still the issue that is going to drive the convention and drive the election. >> we're looking forward to your show. 8:00 eastern time. also your speech at the republic national convention. >> it is going to be on monday night. that's why the networks aren't going to be televising just so you know. >> we will be watching.

>> thanks, governor great to see. >> you listen to this story. following the attacks of 9/11. he celebrated in the streets of his country cheering the death of americans. why is this man getting a grand welcome from american politicians? reaction from a father who lost his son on 9/11 next. >> then, mitt romney taking a crack at the birther issue, perhaps? now the obama campaign up in arms. getting bent out of shape over nothing? we will ask carl rove about mitt romney's comments coming up. road trip buddy. let's put some music on. [ woman ] welcome to learning spanish in the car. you've got to be kidding me. this is good. vamanos. vamanos. vamanos. gracias. gracias. gracias. ♪ trece horas en el carro sin parar y no traes musica. mira entra y comprame unas papitas. [ male announcer ] get up to 795 miles per tank

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>> i think it's a disgrace, after 9/11. son was dead. 3,000 murder derdz americans. people celebrating. i knew they did this in the middle east.

i didn't know san salvador. 3,000 people who all they did was go to work that day. >> the fact that now these new york communities, local communities on long island have this man here, in particular, and are telling him that he is a sauber done person of the year. how do you explain that. >> i can't explain it at all. i can't understand how the politicians would actually take pictures with him. give him the key to the city person of the year. is he here to run president. get votes. our politician should take a backbone and stand up to all these people around the world who are going to bash america and stick up for america and people who were murdered that day. >> you were surprised to see peter king among the politicians who took a picture with this man because, of course, is he on the homeland security committee. here is his statement from peter king. >> i met with sauber done vice president behind closed doors as i often meet meet with foreign leaders ohio disagree. during the meeting i made it clear that many members of

congress including myself strongly oppose fmln policies of allying with chavez and giving judicial power to the nic rag grawn controlled central american court. those are different issues than the 9/11 celebrating. do you think he should have said something about that you can meet with them behind closed doors i don't care if you meet with mawbleg or anybody. i can't see taking a photo op. with him and -- he said he made a face when this came about. that doesn't hold with me. have a backbone. stand up. you may lose some votes. but, you know, do the american thing in the right way. my son is dead. murdered that day. you don't have to take a photo op. with him. talk with him behind closed doors. i think they should cut the aid to a lot of these countries who bash america and, you know. they they are knocking us. my son was murdered. theyen celebrating. that's wrong. don't take a picture with them. >> even if you are trying to appeal to the salvadoran vote.

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>> it's saturday. august 25. i'm alisyn camerota. isaac approaching hurricane strength. the big question remains, will it make an appearance at the republican national convention? >> does it have a ticket? and presidentntial candidate mit romney says he was just making a joke. letting everyone know where he's from, michigan. >> no one has ever asked to see my birth certificate. they know this is the place that we were born and raised. >> now that joke causing fierce reaction from the left and from the president's campaign. is the obama administration overreacting? >> it sounds a lot like a country song.

a fight over a woman who is actually reality for singer randy travis. we'll tell but the star's latest run in with the law, twice in two weeks. "fox & friends" hour 4 starts right now. we promise no more singing from dave brigs >> dave was bummed this week, i saw on twitter you you were bummed when you saw randy travis showed up naked somewhere? >> yeah. i love randy travis, man. he hasn't had a string of good luck. but it would make for a good country song. >> i'm sure he's just doing research. >> right. more on that coming up. >> in the meantime, we begin with an extreme weather alert. tropical storm isaac bearing down on haiti overnight, now moving toward cuba, with winds up to 60 miles an hour. hurricane warnings in effect for the florida keys and parts of

southwest florida. tampa also in the cone of uncertainty, clayton. >> i love that, phrase. cone of uncertainty. >> officials with the republican national convention now monitoring isaac closely. as of right now, they say the convention will begin as planned on monday. let's get to the rest of the headlines. six of the victims caught in the cross fire at the shootout at the empire state building have been released from the hospital. the three still remain in the hospital. 58-year-old jeffrey johnson walked up to his former boss on the street and shot him. police say johnson then tried walking away, but was stopped and he drew his gun on officers. >> i guess he shot the cops, one of them, and the cop shot him back, or one of the cops shot me in the arm. >> it's not known for sure if johnson fired shots at officers. it's believed some victims might have been struck by police fire. neither johnson nor his alleged target survived.

the verdict is in, a jury found samsung guilty of ripping off technology used by apple to create a number of the devices. explain this. >> so last night this all came down as we were waiting three days for the jury to return the verdict. samsung has been ordered to pay $1.05 billion in the case. it's church change for them really. it's part of the suit, apple had demanded that samsung pull its most popular phones and tablets off the market. a ruling on that will come at a later date. right now you could still pick up some samsung devices at stores. >> samsung had tried counter suing apple for $399 million. that did not happen. so none of which apple will have to pay. they say apple tried to infringe on their ipad rights. that did not happen. so right now it all comes down to the software. if you have an older samsung technologies, court ruled, jury says, they ripped it off from apple. >> interesting. now a story that dave is following closely. more trouble for randy travis.

can i have music with this? ♪ . >> thank you. >> real music, please. >> cited for assault after getting into a fight in texas. he was coming to the defense of his girlfriend, is the word. you may remember he was arrested for public intoxication in a different church parking lot earlier this year. he was also arrested about three weeks ago after crashing his car and drunkenly arguing with police who discovered him naked and napping on the side of the road. ♪ if you wonder how long i'll be faithleful ♪ ♪ . >> those are your headlines. >> meanwhile, ahead of the national republican convention, mitt romney and running mate paul ryan are making a stop in ohio. >> not singing this morning is our own carl cameron. >> not yet. >> we don't know. we'll see if he is. it's a little early. in powell, ohio, this morning, good morning, carl. >> good morning. what do you mean not singing?

we're here. rahrah. romney-rally here in powell. it's the first time the two are appearing together in ohio. it's all part ramp-up to the republican convention next week. there has been an awful lot of buzz in the last 24 hours about mitt romney's joke about his native born residency in michigan and whether or not anybody is actually been able to verify and authenticate the president's birth certificate. as a consequence of his remark which he said was not a swipe, but only a jest, not meant to question whether the president was a citizen of the united states, he says it was just a reference to his own status as an american being from michigan in yesterday's rally. there was a plane flying around here a little while ago that said america is better than birtherrism. the obama campaign pumped out an ad and bit end of the day, they treated, bruce springstein's born in the usa song, point how

long they think mr. romney is out of bounds with this particular tweet. but it is in the context wherein mr. obama has been teasing mr. romney in recent weeks for years and years and years ago once putting the family dog in a cage on the roof as they went on a family vacation. making light of that sort of stuff is exactly what mitt romney was presumably doing yesterday when he says he was not taking a swipe, but just talk being the fact he was from michigan. >> yeah. maybe everyone needs a bit more of a sense of humor in this whole thing. carl cameron live in ohio with the -- he wasn't singing, but did he have his rally flag. >> thanks, carl. let's replace carl with a different carl, karl rove. let's bring him in right now. obviously fox news contributor. nice to see you. >> good morning. >> good morning. please, please, promise me no more dave briggs singing, no. please, please. >> we'll make it a mandate right

now. >> hasn't the american public suffered enough? we want to do ask you what you thought of mitt romney, what he says is a joke. let's play it for a moment and get your reaction. >> i love being home in this place where ann and i were raised, where both of us were born. ann was born in henry ford hospital and i was born at harper hospital. no one has ever asked to see my birth certificate. they know this is the place that we were born and raised. [ cheers and applause ] >> the crowd loved it and got a good laugh. i said throughout the campaign, there is no question about where he was born, in the u.s. this was about us and coming home. humor, you know, we got to have a little humor in the campaign as well. this is all about being home in michigan, the place we were born and raised. >> so karl, mitt romney not known for making humorous jokes, maybe he liked that when he got a rousing ovation from the audience. is the dnc and obama

administration making too much of this or just a joke? white board please. or was this a bad joke? >> first of all, he got a good laugh. but this is full outrage on the part of the obama campaign. there was a period of time for basically the better part of a year and a half when all these people, rick perry, donald trump and others were saying, barak obama not born in the united states. the obama white house was completely quiet about it because they just wanted to egg the republicans on, these republican sort of out there on the fringe to say these kind of things because it was so self-discrediting. the one guy who consistently said dismiss this and defended the president as having been born in the united states in the middle of a primary was mitt romney and the white house never said thank you, governor romney, for acknowledging this and for defending president obama, but let him make a funny joke that was more about himself than president obama and the white house sort of bristles up and the campaign sort of bristles up and they send out mr. la bolt to

say shaman. this is full outrage. we ought to it for what it is, the president's campaign is hypocritical. this is not what they were doing a engineer a half ago -- year and a half ago when people were pushing this line and they never gave any acknowledgment, never gracious to the one guy who stood up and said, this is all b.s. he was born in honolulu. we all know that. that was mitt romney. >> humor is not his strong suit. i don't think there will be a whole lot of jokes in the speech this week at the convention. what will be the most important thing for mitt romney? will it be selling those business credentials or kind of introducing people to the man, to the husband, to the father and getting them to understand who he is, not just what he's done? >> well, a speech can't just accomplish one thing. your convention speech is a big deal and it has to do several things, but, dave, despite your bad singing, you got a good insight there. the first and most important thing is, you got to share who you are, which is uncomfortable

for a lot of people. there was a piece this week in the "wall street journal" where mitt romney was expressing how uncomfortable it is for him to share who he is. i happen to work for one of the worst naval gazers in the history of american politic, george w. bush, but he understood that people need to do know who he is, what the values were in his heart, what the art of his life was like, who he was, in order to hear what have you accomplished and what do you want to do? those three things together is what that speech has to do. >> interesting, because his likeability factor is 23 points down. we'll ask you about some of the undecided voters coming up next 'cause karl will stick around and dive into some of these numbers. 73 days left until the election. many voters still don't know who they'll vote for. which candidate does that help? we'll find out from karl. >> what's a fair allowance for kids? some kids are raking in $65 a month for doing basic household chores. that's the national average. is that amount too high?

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>> according to the major national polls, president obama and mitt romney are neck in neck, but new survey from usa today shows that president obama is way ahead among unlikely voters. among people who don't plan to vote, obama leads romney 43% to 20%. romney still holds a slight lead among dead voters. but why are they polling voters who aren't going to vote? well, there is no way i can vote. i'm too busy participate not guilty surveys like this one. >> very important demographic. 73 days until the election,

brand-new poll shows many americans are still undecided about who they will vote for in november. take a look at this surprising poll. according to the a.p., 23% of recommend sterred vote railroads still up for grabs and are considered persuadable. >> here to discuss the importance of the undecided is fox news contributor karl rove. he's not persuadable. what do you think about these numbers? we're hearing mitt romney's likeability index is 23 points behind president obama. yet off you will these people out there who are persuadable. do you buy those numbers? >> let's go into that just a little bit. first of all, before we do that, let's talk about an important demographic, left handed lutherans who play golf on alternate thursdays, the race is very close. look, if you take a look at the most polls, between 6 to 8% of the people say i'm undecided. i'm not picking between romney and obama. and that's not unusual.

typically it is just a little bit larger than that, this race is a little smaller number to undecideds. i haven't made up my mind. but we also hear this number of 23 to 26% persuadables. what that is, is if you ask people, are you for briggs or are you for morris? you'll get a certain number. if you then say to the undecideds, well, if to do make a choice, would you lean more towards briggs or morris? that squeezes that number down. you get the lower number of undecided. but that larger number of people who if you initially say are you for briggs or morris? those are people who might be persuadable. another way to go at it is say, after you make your choice how likely is it that you might change your mind? now, that's where you get this number that's roughly just around a quarter of the vote. my sense is in reality, looking at this over the years, if you got 6 to 8% undecided and 23 to 26 who say i could change my

mind that, that puts to 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15% of the electorate that's really up for grabs, one out of six voters. >> that's my demographic, the dead voters. >> you're not on the fence. you got to pick briggs. >> exactly. here is one of the key numbers we don't pay enough attention to. president obama, you saw, for example in the gallup daily tracking, 46 obama, 43 romney. obama is the incumbent. to be safe, they need to have they're number over 50% for the incumbent because at the end of the day, it tends to be the case, not always the cakes but it tends to be the case that the undecideds, given a choice between the uncouple bent that they can't bring themselves to sir and the challenger, either stay home tore break fort challenger. so president obama's, the number that we need to be looking at here is the president's number because there is a greater

resistance for people to be for him. the natural tendency is to be for the incumbent. so if you can't get over 50%, that shows you got difficulty getting the bulk of these people or winning the bulk of these people. >> nice use of the white board this morning. dave has his own. he's now campaigning, i believe, for himself. it says, pick me. >> subtle. >> too late to get on the ballot, dave. you should have thought about this earlier. if you wanted to run, you should have thrown your hat in the ring when you could have got on the ballots. >> it's better than the sign i put on your back earlier, which said kick me. >> it hurts, too. >> karl rove, have a great weekend and a great end of your summer. >> you, too. >> thanks. >> remember those put you back in chains comment joe biden made? charlie rangel has a thing to say about those comments. >> what's he talking about slavery? you but the your (bleep) he was.

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>> welcome back. he sold over 11 million records, won five grammies and known for high energy shows. his cd is called "i on it" which becomes available august 28. >> joining us is tobymac. great to have you. >> thank you. >> you guys are rocking it out in the studio this morning. you sound great! >> it's obnoxious, it's so loud in here. >> five grammy, the amount of followers you have, over millions on facebook and twitter and all of this. this is your network television debut this morning. >> it is, i'm here. >> is that possible? >> for this record. >> you say you want to write about things, quote, upset me, move me, hurt me, and haunt me. like what? >> life. coming at you hard. i got five kids, man. >> is it the noted change in tone and why? >> i try to write about each record, whatever has affected me -- it's like a snapshot of those two years. and sometimes it's great and sometimes it's tough.

>> you have five kids? >> i do. >> how did that happen? >> how many of those did you squeeze into the last time you were on our show? >> maybe one or it more. >> wow. >> oh, my gosh. >> how important is it, you do a lot for so many artists looking to impact the world, a lot of people when they're learning how it play a guitar, they say i want to write a song that means something to people of the how do you encourage young people to get involved in music? >> the way i encourage young song writers i say write from the song that you're going through. like, the song we're going to do, "me without you ," it's really about my own spiritual journey and how i figured out i'd be a mess without god. if you write from your heart, the things you're going through, you know, it tends to connect with people's lives. >> you also do a lot with racial reconciliation. that's really important right now. >> absolutely. it's been important my whole lifetime. i love to reach out to all people. if you look at my band, we're diverse not only in the color of

our skin, but socioeconomic levels. we come from different places in the united states, different denominations. our bus is a beautiful place. i think there is a richness in hanging out with people that don't think and look like you. >> and the song he just mentioned "me without you" you will perform live in just a couple minutes. we're looking forward to that. >> stick around for that, it will be great. >> up next, what is a fair allowance? how much do you pay your kids? some kids are rake not guilty $65 a month for doing basic household chores. is that too much? >> it's a storm as big as texas. tropical storm isaac hitting the dominican republic. updates. the next targets look like alabama, louisiana and florida. we'll have a live report from the keys coming up ♪

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welcome back to "fox & friends." extreme weather alert as tropical storm isaac strengthening as it moves toward the gulf and southern florida is now under a hurricane warning. >> alex joins us now live from key west with the latest on the storm. how is it looking? >> well, it's deteriorating a little bit this morning. this is duval street in key west, the main drag. if you've ever been down here,

you can see it's a little slick this morning as several showers have moved through the keys this morning is under a hurricane warning. monroe county officials are urging all visitors to leave the island chain this morning. we talked to some visitors who say they plan to leave. others plan to stick and ride this thing out. here in the keys, we're expecting a storm surge of a couple feet, as well as high winds and in fact, it is windier this morning than it was before the sun came up. monroe county officials are also opening three shelters at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon. they will simply be places of shelter. they are not anywhere where they will be feeding people. just somewhere for people to go. they don't have any other place to go. key west airport also is expected to stop flying at 7:00 o'clock this evening, so it is a deteriorating situation here in key west even though the rain

has stopped for right now. that's the story in key west. now back to you. >> thanks so much. as people batten down the hatches there, one of the most popular stories this morning on twitter for our show has been people responding to how much allowance is the appropriate amount of allowance to give your kids. >> what's the answer? >> there seems to be an average. right now it looks like the national average is giving out $65 a month to kids. that's 16 bucks a week. >> this comes from a cpa agency that did research and a survey into all of this. so that's what parents are paying out. interestingly, only 1% of the parents that are shelling out $65 a month on average actually see their children saving. >> or doing any of the chores. that's the other thing. maybe it's just a handout. are they doing any chores? that's what i would like to know. >> there was an interesting survey, parents aren't discussing money with kids as much as they are as eating habits, drugs and alcohol, even the right things to wear and

hygiene. money is down the list on things of parents want to discuss with their kids. why? >> because we only have so much time in the day. >> shouldn't that be on the top of the list? >> i would throw out hygiene. i'm going to throw it out. >> you give them a handout now? >> no. they're seven and five. i still buy their stuff. >> at what point do you make it important for them to learn the value of a dollar? do you make them earn it, with a chore, like i had to earn it by mowing the lawn. >> yeah, ali, make your kids mow the lawn. >> let's hear from parents who know what they're doing, like angel. >> we don't believe in allowance. we believe in commission based on chores. if you work, you get paid. you don't work, you don't get paid. i like that system. >> that's an allowance. >> right. but you got to show initiative. like hey, mom, i'm going to mow

the backyard or today i'm going to vacuum, then you'll get paid. >> shear what pam says, our ten-year-old gets one dollar a day. he must save 10% and is docked if he doesn't do his chores. he's learning the value of money and good work ethics. so are you paying him in dimes? otherwise how are you -- >> tweet from brent, my three kids all get $5 a week. they save their money for three years, pulled it and paid for a trip to disney world in may. >> no way! >> my sister was all good saver. i was terrible. i would buy comic books. >> next time maybe those three kids will bring their parents to disney world. i like the fact of them just going off. >> keep them coming. >> let's got to the headlines because senior pakinstani commandser has been killed by an air strike in eastern

afghanistan, as well as several other militants. he was responsible, reportedly, for attacks against afghan and nato forces and for moving weapons and fighters. the u.s. has stepped up pressure on militants near the pakistan border after the government there complained about militant attacks from afghanistan. tech company offering to buy solyndra's former manufacturing plant and headquarters in free month, california, for $90 million. well, the problem is, the obama administration paid more than three times that amount to build the facility. solyndra, one of several government-funded green energy projects to go bankrupt in recent months, received a total of 535 million taxpayer dollars. democratic congressman charlie rangel teeing off on joe biden over his now infamous back in chains comment. >> what's he talk being slavery? you bet your (beep) he was? you bet he was. was he using a vernacular? yes, he was. does he think it was cute

because he was in new york? yes, he did. was it something stupid to schnee you bet your life it was stupid. >> rangel made those comments yesterday on the perez notes radio show. the congressman says biden's comments would have been different if they were said by an african-american. country star keith urban could be the latest to join the "american idol" judges table. sources say he's agreed to take the seat on the panel for somewhere between 3 and $4 million. dave briggs would have done it for like 50 bucks. >> give me the allowance. >> sources also say rapper nicky minage is close not guilty on an $8 million deal? so far sipper mariah carey is the only official new job, reportedly agreeing to $18 million fort gig. is it really that hard work? >> i love keith urban, but together, do you like that? you need chemistry. we can speak from experience, the curvy couch has a little bit of that. but do you like the three together? >> i think i do. i think i do like that.

>> interesting mix. i don't know. clayton, what do you think, my friend? >> i think that would be an interesting mix. sort of reminds me of the conan o'brien mixing of the faces together to see what the child would look like. >> yeah, if they made it. >> yeah. if they made it. that's the name of the segment. thank you. if you want to fix up your home, why not do a personal style reflection makeover of your home? start with this inexpensive project like a mirror makeover. it's simple to do. dave from home depot was here to show us how. good to see you. >> good to see you. it is a reflection of your own personality. you got the first one in. >> these are really simple to do. >> yeah, this is really a cool project. how many of us have, in our bathroom, a mirror that looks like this? i mean, it's a single mirror, glued to the wall, and you really want to dress your bathroom up. you don't want to take the mirror off necessarily 'cause then you might cause yourself to have to do repair work. so this is an easy way to dress

that mirror up without having to tear the wall up or use too many construction materials. so first thing you want to do -- watch out. >> we're dancing. >> of that great, too, by the way. just take measurements on your mirror just to see how wide and how high it is. then you want to go shopping examine go to the store and pick out some molding that you think reflects, again, your personality. >> a lot of older homes that have bathrooms similar to this, maybe '70s, '80s, where they just stuck the mirror on the wall with an adhesive glue. >> that's what happened here. rather than get into taking that off and it might break, we're going to use the existing mirror. i picked out some casing. this goes around doors and windows, but it looks nice. we thought this would be a nice way to frame up our mirror. i'm look at this and saying, it's going to look pretty good. i got my measurements and i'm going to overlap this because i want it to be sort of -- i want it to work with the size of the framing. so you can sort of pick and choose about how far back you want your frame. then get your measurements and

you'll have to do a little cutting. if you have a miter box or saw. we're going to cut 45-degree angles. if you want to take a whack at this one, i'll hold it. you get on this side, be very careful. there you go. i've got my -- fantastic. i should have made you wear my safety glasses. now that you've got 45-degree angles, right, you're going to be able to put this frame together. it's pretty simple. we'll put glue or adhesive on there. we'll use construction adhesive. you can put that on. i'm just going to do a quick job here. you push this together and you let it set. it's going to be nice and firm. you can also -- i don't know if you can see that. >> might be in people's way. then you can tighten it up. >> you can actually put these staples in the back to hold it together. >> one great thing i should mention is if you don't have a

miter saw at home, home depresident obama can cut yourself for you. if you get your wood, you can grab a guy in an orange apron and say cut this down. >> or get a hand miter box. so we've created our frame and just like i said, we've let it set up. now, what i did was i put a couple of small screws in the very top, at the distance that i want this to overlap the mirror. the reason why is this will help hold the frame up while the adhesive dries. next step is going to be grabbing our adhesive. we'll run this around the edge. we're not using any kind of nails on this. again, this is a simple process. >> no nails. just sticking it on the wall. >> exactly. i'm kind of making a mess here, but we're going quick. you get the idea, right? we're going to put the adhesive all the way around and you're going to use a strong construction adhesive. once that's around there, we're gog turn that around. these little screws are going to lip over the top of the mirror

and help hold it on while the adhesive sets up. how am i doing over there? >> a little higher. there you go. >> i had some marks i made on the outside to keep everything level. once you do that, you can even put a little painter's tape on it to hold it down. look how nice that looks. >> turning a 1970s or 1980s mirror into a matching mirror. great tips at home depot.com. all the do it yourself videos that you can do it yourself. thanks. >> now you can sit back and kind of get a frame of reference about everything else in your bathroom. >> i'm going home. love it! >> ding, ding. he brings it every week. >> thank you, dave. he does. coming up, is there a jersey brawl brewing? new reports that newark mayor cory booker might be look for a new job. it happens to be chris christie's. >> plan on skipping school? then you'll have to pay up.

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truancy fine? let's hear from both sides of the debate, cynthia, a former member of the texas state board of education, and assistant professor of law at liberty university. she's with us from lynchburg, virginia. michael mcshane, a research fellow for education policy at aei. he's with us from kansas city today. thanks so much for being here. michael, what do you think of the policy? >> you know, i think it's part of a broad tradition we have in the study of economics, dating all the way back to adam smith that human beings respond to financial incentive. more recently, behavioral economists looked at incentivizing specific behaviors with cash rewards and it found that provided the program satisfied two basic criteria, they tend to be successful. one of which is that the goal is attainable. and the second of which is that the path to get to the goal is straightforward. so if you think about it, if you were to say that you were gog pay me a million dollars to dunk a basketball, i'd say, there are certain physical limitations

that are going to prevent me from doing that. it's not attainable. the incentive probably won't mean anything. similarly, if you told me i had to coach a basketball team to the dc city championship, the path to get there would be extremely difficult and would have to intersect with other people. so a financial incentive might not necessarily work. >> i got you. but let me hear from cynthia. hold on, michael. what he's saying is cash is a good incentive, therefore, a fine is also a good incentive. cynthia, do you agree? >> well, generally speaking, i hold too closely to the reagan ideology that the most frightening words are i'm from the government and i'm here to help. the problem is that the government is seeing a problem and they're trying to fix it by more government regulation and intrusion. there is so many problems with this ordinance from potential constitutional due process concerns, we're going to have a nightmare as far as enforcement because we're talking about fines potentially for children as young as six years old.

beyond that, it is government intrusion of parental rights and jurisdiction. i know that in today's society where we have a government that doesn't trust us to even choose whether or not we're going to buy health insurance, it's not surprising that they're not going to trust us to parent our own children. i just don't happen to think the state can do a better job. >> we have to leave it there. we have breaking news. thanks for coming in for the debate. we want to go to governor mitt romney who is speaking live in ohio. >> he keeps leading ohio to have a bright future! and get josh man dell to help news washington as well. he's going to help ohio and help our country! you know, i happen to hear this faint sound in the distance. you may hear -- it actually reminds me a bit of the president's address four years ago speaking to the convention in denver because he was speak

not guilty front of those greek columns, remember that? this is kind of like the greek chorus in the background. everything they do reminds us of greece and we're not going to greece. we're going to get america back to being america! [ cheers and applause ] you know, i happen to pull out his speech last night. i'm not kidding, i pulled out his speech that they gave in denver. it's really a brilliant speech. he says marvelous things. he just hasn't done them. [ laughter ] my guess is that a few weeks from now, he'll be speaking at the bank of the american arena, he won't call it that. he'll be in charlotte. he probably won't put greek columns behind him. he won't want to remind us of that either. but he'll have all sorts of promises to offer again. he'll tell you how much better things are now, but you know, this time we have more than just the words. we have the record and we understand the big gap there is between what he promises and

what he hopes, what he actually delivers. that's why this november the people of ohio are going to make sure we get a republican in the white house and take back america. [ cheers and applause ] now, interestingly, in his speech the first thing he said was that he measures progress differently than do people like us. actually as i listened to how he measures progress, i measure it the same way, so he was wrong on that. but he said number one, he measures progress by whether people are able to get good jobs. but under this president, 23 million americans are out of work or stopped look for work or can only get part-time jobs. it's a travesty. he said he would do one thing, he did another. we'll put in place someone who actually knows how to get the job done. [ cheers and applause ] see, my record was a little different. i was able to get unemployment down to 4.7%.

wodn't we like 4.7% again in this country? [ cheers and applause ] your governor is on the right track. he's doing here in ohio the exact things that have to be done to get small businesses to grow and thrive and big businesses to expand and hire more people. this is about more jobs and more take home pay. it's not about rhetoric. it's about getting the job the american people need and we will do just that. [ cheers and applause ] he also said he measured progress by whether incomes were going up. our incomes are going down. well, he lost that one, too. guess what's happened over the last 3 1/2 years? just as paul indicated, incomes in america for the average family have dropped by $4,000! with the median income in this nation of about $50,000, $4,000 reduction is enormous! think about costs for gasoline and utilities and food and

health care. he also said, by the way, he'd bring down the cost of health insurance. this year, by $2,500 per family. have you seen that? >> no. >> as a matter of fact, the average family has seen health insurance prices go up by $2,500 a family. this is a president who says one thing and can't deliver. it's finally time to get a president who can do what he actually says he'll do! [ cheers and applause ] >> mitt! mitt! mitt! mitt! >> our greek chorus is chanting four more years. do you want four more years of high unemployment? >> no! >> do you want four more years of declining wages? >> no! >> do you want four more years of home values in the basement? >> no! >> do you want four more years of the big banks getting bigger

and small banks getting smaller? >> no! >> do you want four more years of barak obama? >> no! >> neither do i. you guys, we have a very different vision for this country. the reason the president failed in doing what he said he would do is because his basic and fundamental belief about america just doesn't square with the america you and i know. he doesn't understand what it is that makes america's economy so powerful, so unique in the world. i've had the thrill over the last couple of years of going across the country and meeting people across america, small businesses, big businesses. i met a woman who has her own upholstery company. i said, how did you get in business? she said, my husband lost his job and he took a class in uppollsterring and she being the business mind in the family, she started a company and hired him as her first employee.

then she went on to hire 40 more. now she has a successful business. i met another woman a couple of days ago, couple of weeks ago rather, high point, north carolina. she has a furniture business, tough competing with china in furniture when they cheat on their currency as they do. and she had to try and find a way to save her company and save the jobs of the people that work there. she found a way. she makes a very special kind of furniture. hospital waiting room furniture. now she dominates that. and by focusing on something so narrow, she's been able to keep her business together and her employees together. by the way, just a word to the women entrepreneurs out there, if we become president and vice president, we want to speak to you. we want to help you. women in this country are more likely to start businesses than men. women need our help. [ cheers and applause ] i saw another entrepreneur.

this guy's name is jim. jim comes from southern illinois. graduated second in his high school class. second from the bottom, that is. he concluded that the college wasn't part of his future, but he convinced his dad to give him a loan and they would split the business he would start 50/50. he wanted to make a food business and deliver it to people of the he went out to buy a hamburger grills and rollers that make the hot dogs and the hood that takes out the smoke. way more money than he had. the only thing he could do with the money he had was make sandwiches. so he set up some tables in the garage and made sandwiches and delivered the sandwiches to people at work. now jimmy john's has 1500 restaurants and employs 60,000 people! that is kind of how america works! [ cheers and applause ] you see, it's individuals like those, well, melanie, the woman

in north carolina. jim gee john, it's people like that who take risk, who work hard, who start businesses, who hire other people, these individuals in this country we celebrate them. we acknowledge their achievement. we love their success. we don't attach success in america and we will never apologize for success abroad. [ cheers and applause ] but as paul said, the president has a very different view. he fundamentally believes that government is the source of our great strength and economic vitality. look, we value our government. we value the people who work in government from the bus drivers to the police and teachers and people who even work in bureaucracies. they're essential to keep our country going. don't forget, we pay for them as well. but we do value them. but we also recognize that what makes america unique is not just that we have a government with government workers and bureaucrats, but we have free people and the job of government

is to protect the freedoms of the people so they can build a brighter life for themselves and for their communities! [ cheers and applause ] when the founders wrote that declaration of independence and said that the creator gave us our rights, they were both inspired and brilliant, in my view. those rights included life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness! in this nation, people are free to pursue happiness as they choose. so for hundreds of years, they've come here with dreams, hopes of building a better future for themselves and for their children. and some succeed brilliantly, like jimmy john and melanie. and others succeed in other ways. others succeed at work hard and getting a promotion at work and save money for their kids' education. people succeed by working hard and getting on the honor roll as a kid. if your child gets on the honor roll, works hard, studies, does well on a test, makes the honor

roll, i know that to get to school, he or she had to get on a school bus. but when they make the honor roll, congratulate them. don't say thanks to the bus driver! they're the ones that accomplished the achievement! [ cheers and applause ] this is a nation that celebrates individual initiative. people seeking greatness, people who have dreams. look around the world. it's here where the dreamers come. not a lot of dreamers in north korea, are they? the dreams they have there are just getting out. not a lot of dreamers in cuba. they wish they could come here with relatives in this country. this is the land that promotes dreams and the vision of individuals and it is the freedom of individuals we will protect and reignite america's economy. i'm convinced that you're going to see, by virtue of our administration, this economy come roaring back! great jobs are coming back! [ cheers and applause ]

there are five things -- >> mitt! mitt! mitt! mitt! mitt! >> there are five things we're going to do. there are five things we're going to do that are really going to get this economy going. and i think you know what they are. number one, we're going to take advantage of our energy, our oil, our coal, our gas, nuclear, renewables. none one, take advantage of energy. [ cheers and applause ] we're going to do what the president said he'd do, which is we're going to get america, north america, independent for energy within the next ten years, america is going to be energy independent. number one. [ cheers and applause ] number two, we need to make sure that our workers have the skills they need to succeed and that our kids are given the skills that will allow them to succeed. it is inexcusable in the nation that invented public education to have our kids performing in

the bottom quarter. the president just can't do what he knows he should do because his largest contributor is the teachers union. if we are president and vice president, we will put the teachers and the kids first and the union behind. [ cheers and applause ] there is a third thing, number three, we're going to take advantage of trade and make trade work for america. we're productive. we can compete with anyone in the world successfully. i want to open up new markets, particularly in places like latin america where there is a growing middle class. it's huge opportunity for us. we speak the language, we're in the same time zone. so we have opportunity there. but at the same time, i want to make sure that people in trade who cheat recognize there will be consequences we won't stand for it, china has cheated. i'm going to put an end to it!