for them, obama's election in the economic meltdown are with that calls for white america. catalysts for the coming race war. they say white pride is their only defense in an insecure a changing world. >> america is in crisis. i am petrified whether i am working the next day or not. this is the last thing we got to stand on, manfred >> he is the lead singer of one of the most popular bands in the skin had market. he said they give voice to a silent majority who is really a free to speak about their fears. >> this world is full of sheep being led to the slaughter. >> that is a clip from "white power usa." mark potok, comment on that, but also, what has happened since president obama came into office? of these white parks proliferated? have they become more powerful? have they been making more threats? >> what has happened is an absolutely explosive growth of groups on the radical right in general. we have never seen this kind of growth. other kinds of groups, we still call militias in the 1990's, have grown at an unbelievable -- what we used to call militias in the 1990's, h

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. >> there is not a black america and a white america, a latino america, an asian america, there's the united states of america. >> reporter: but while the democrats never miss a keynote speech, the republicans had anyone in two of the last three conventions. >> they have to try to avoid the risk of someone saying something they're not supposed to say or could be risky to say. >> reporter: chris christie is different. he's popular because he's combative. he controls his story line. >> did i stay on topic? are you stupid? on topic. on topic. next question. >> reporter: 16 former keynoters have run for president. christie says he's happy as new jersey's governor, bristoliat suggestions his new jersey comeback story didn't make for a good keynote speech after the unemployment rate rose to 9.8% over the last three months. >> the plounemployment rate is survey, poll, of 1,200 people in the state. they're not out there specifically counting heads and jobs. that's not what it is. >> reporter: by the end of last week, his jersey comeback theme had gone away. >> there are three words that are n

that came out of it, spike lee and the artistic movement came out is very forward leaning into white america that didn't work because because of large financial resources. >> in the preview that was released today, written by rachel, his rachel out there? >> how are you? there is a part of the book that highlights that immigration do not have an eight system way. because perhaps, black people, the black community did not want to happen. they did not want integration. my first question towards about his was not your intention to actually be highlighted as a thesis for your book and the second question is, do you think that perhaps the idea of integration is what communities integrating into white communities is a coded term for assimilation? >> the first part of it, what was the first part? >> um... what was your intention? thank you. >> what came out of the book is that it was perfectly understandable. if you read about how black people were treated when they -- when they first moved to madison avenue, your first reaction is going to be thank you but no thank you, we took care of rselves for

the inner state highway let white people -- white america drive out to -- >> all government money?government money, government made that decision. we built vast public universities which we no longer build. we made that commitment, but people took it for granted and now act as though, we didn't have any help, so why should other people have help. i feel like the president and vice president are finally -- to some extent talking about that legacy of what we all did together that this is an american value. this isn't something that they're inventing this goes back to what our grandparents and great grandparents did for us that we need to do for the future generation. >> jonathan, the governor didn't stop without saying he wasn't going to lay out his specifics because of his opponents. he also said in an interview, another interview, though. that fact checkers had debunked his welfare claims. here's what he said. fact checkers on both sides of the aisle will look in the way they think is most consistent with their own views. now, i mean -- i thought fact checkers check facts. and the

america. it is time to end this era of absentee leadership and send real leaders back to the white house. ica needs mitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now. >> reporter: christy got them riled up but much of the week should be on reintroducing mitt romney to the public. romney himself will introduce the public on thursday. >> thank you, gary. in a few minutes, we're going to chat with bob urlich and his wife and they'll talk about tonight's big speeches. >>> today more than a thousand police vehicles drew a thin blue line across prince george's county. a funeral escort for a fallen officer adrian morris. family and friends packed the church to say farewell. >> adrian morris was more than a police officer. he was -- the police department is a better police department because of adrian. >> the prince george's county officer died last week when his cruiser crashed on i95 during a police chase. >>> we're learning disturbing new details about a 15-year-old high school student accused of opening fire on the first day of school yesterday injuring a classmate. tonight the 17-year-old

to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leaders back to the white house, americaitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now! >> reporter: also during yesterday's session the convention quickly approved a conservative platform that advocated tax cuts not government spending to stimulate the economy. >> it wasn't all smooth sailing before mitt romney was not nated right? -- was nominated, right? >> reporter: mitt romney was officially nominated 5:40 p.m. yesterday, the state of new jersey put him over-the-top. there was an argument earlier in the day among ron paul and his supporters over a rule change that unseated 10 paul delegates from the state of maine. in fact some members of the maine delegation walked out of the convention hall because of that. ron paul was on the floor earlier in the day shaking hands, taking pictures, signing autographs. many of his supporters were chanting, "let him speak" because he will not have a speaking role at this convention. >> t.j. winick, thank you. abc7 news political reporter mark matthews is also in tampa live reports

i don't think we made strides because the black president, but what cultivated by white america, and he was so much of a black president for the black people, then how come we're still -- not to make light of it, but last on the totem pole? looked out for the gay and lesbian community, illegal immigrants, and yet, we have the highest unemployment rate, all kinds of crimes committed towards us. look at the trayvon martin case, d.j. henry case, and other cases that young black men are killed like it's hunting season. we are -- anybody with half a brain cell can understand that mitt romney and paul ryan are not lookingous. >> host: did you vote for president obama in the last election? >> caller: no, i didn't vote for president obama because when i did my research about him, he has no idea what people like us are about. he basically has been, like i said earlier, cultivated by white america. >> host: are you voting this year in the presidential election? >> caller: not going to waste my time. both are debt detrimental to me. >> host: not connecting with o either candidates. >> guest: yo

but by him winning there, i think that said not just to white america, but it said to black america as well that he was a viable candidate, and people began to say, well, we'll take a second look at him. he also got some major endorsements which did not hurt as well. oprah winfrey early on decided that she was going to support barack obama and began campaigning for him. ultimately, jesse jackson, al sharpton, others came on. but i think, clearly, it was just a movement. it was a tidal wave, and people began to hear him, see him, plus there was the realization by many that this was an african-american who had a legitimate chance to win. and many people began saying i never thought i'd see this in my lifetime. so it was just, it was a wonderful time in american history. people clearly when i was going to campaign events and what not, i would begin asking people why are you here, people began thinking it was very historic, and there was an opportunity that this person could be the first african-american president. >> host: can you compare his 2008 campaign to the campaign that he's runnin

america's golden age. but the truth is unless you were upper middle class white male, america was likely anything but golden "leave it to beaver's" one. women earned just 58% of men did if they worked. only 23% of african-americans were registered to vote. only about 22% of all americans lived in poverty. it was not exactly golden then, and it's not so golden for everybody today either. to discuss that and more joan walsh is still with us in the war room. as i mentioned, she is the author of a new book "what's the matter with the white people people?--why we long for that golden age that never was." and the editor at large at salon. why do people long for the golden age that then was. >> because for many people it was golden. we came out of world war ii, and we made a decision as a country to raise taxes. we wanted to flatten income and equality, like what we're doing today when we're increasing it, and we put in place a series of programs that lift middle class. it worked for a lot of people. the g.i. bill worked. it sent people to college. it got people to buy homes. the new deal worked. we built roads th

hear to tell you it's time to end the era of absentee leadership and send leaders back to the white house. americaneeds mitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now. >> reporter: also during yesterday's session the convention quickly approved a conservative platform that calls for tax cuts not government spending to stimulate the economy. t.j. winick abc news tampa. >>> this morning president obama heads to charlottesville for a campaign event. the university of virginia declined a request from the president to speak on campus. dean said such a visit would be an extraordinary disruption to classes during the first week of school. instead the commander in creef will -- chief will deliver remarks at at wireless a vil hello,ion. >>> we want to show you a dray -- pavilion. >> we want to show you a dramatic sight. the news chopper covering the news became the news. we will show outemergency landing and tell yoi you what -- you what happened here. [ harry umlaut ] that's one creamy muller. [ sally umlaut ] it's greek-style yogurt. thick, scrumptious, and more protein than those regular yogurts.

to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leaders back to the white house. america needs mitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now. >> reporter: all of romney's former competitors except texas congressman ron paul had endorsed him. after arriving in tampa, mr. romney attended two fundraisers in the convention city. >> that was craig boswell reporting for us. we still have plenty ahead, your weather, traffic and all your topper toies. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. starts now. >> all right. livelike outside on this wednesday. a very busy morning, wednesday, august 29, 2012. we've talked a lot about what is going on down on the gulf with hurricane isaac. we'll get more on that coming up in just a second. our big story is hurricane isaac. this is alook at noarnlz as winds and rain slammed into the gulf coast. right now, more than 250,000 homes and businesses along the gulf coast are without power. it is happening seven years ago to the day that hurricane katrina devastated the gulf coast. >> good morning. -- this is a look at new orleans as winds

time to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leaders to the white house. americads mitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now. [cheers and applause] we have to tell each other the truth, right? listen, there is doubt and fear for our future in every corner of our country. i have traveled all over the country. i have seen this myself. these feelings are real. this moment is real. it is a moment like this where some skeptics wonder if america's greatness is over. they wonder if those who have come before the before us had in the spirit and tenacity could not to look around and say not me, but to look around and say yes, me. i have an answer tonight for the skeptics and the naysayers, the dividers and the defenders of the status quo. i have faith in us. i know. [applause] i know we can be the men and women our country calls us to be tonight. there's only one thing missing now. leadership. you see, mr. president, real leaders do not follow polls. real leaders change polls. [cheers and applause] and that is what we need. that is what we need to do now. we nee

white. this is what america's racial composition will look like in 2050, according to the census bureau. 50% white. into a nation already realing from a total crisis of authority, a cascade of institutional failure and a stalking, corrosive decline, they managed to get elected, the first black man to run the country in the nation's history, one of the chief paradoxes of his time in office, despite the fact that the economic misery produced by the crisis and resolution, has fallen disproportionately on people of color, they are more optimistic than the future than white people are. barack obama was elect on a promise to soothe the gaping wounds of slavery, rape, listening, discrimination, that have marked our body of politic from its birth. today, it's a wound if no longer festering quite so openly is scarred over in such a way it cannot be scrubbed away or excised or covered. part whof we are. the turn at the 20th century, w.b. dubois preticketed that the problem of the on 0th century is the problem of the color line. 12 years into the 21st century, on the eve of a nominating convention

. >> there is not a black america and a white america and latino america, asian america, there's theerica. >> reporter: while the democrats never miss a keynote speech, the republicans had none in two of the last three conventions. >> they have to try to avoid the risk of someone saying something their not supposed to say or risky to say. >> reporter: chris christie is different. he's popular because he's combative. he controls his story line. >> did i stay on topic or are you stupid? on topic. next yes. >> reporter: he's happy as new jersey's governor at his jersey story didn't make for a good keynote speech after the state unemployment rate rose. >> the unemployment rate is a poll of 1200 people in the state. it's not like they are counting heads and jobs. >> reporter: by the end of last week his jersey comeback scene has gone away. >> there are three words that are not in my speech or tuesday night. the jersey comeback. >> reporter: he's saving his new story line for the party faithful. >> here is some fun trivia. 16 keynote speakers went onto n fo president. president obama, 2atn

sales that she would have been unstoppable but by him winning fair, i think that said not just to white americaan to say, we need to take a second look at him. he also got some major endorsements which do not did not hurt him. opera went very early on decided she was going to support barack obama and began campaigning for him. ultimately jesse jackson, al sharpton and others came on but i think clearly it was just a movement. it was a tidal wave in people began to hear him, see him plus there was the realization by many that this was an african-american who had a legitimate chance to win an any people began saying, never thought i would see this in my lifetime. so it was just, it was a wonderful time in american history. people clearly, when i was going to campaign, i would be asking people, there was an opportunity that this person could be the first african-american president. >> can you compare his 2008 campaign to the campaign that he is running now? >> you can compare it because there is still a lot of similarities although some things have changed. clearly, at that point, we had for for t

tonight time to end the era of apathy leadership in the oval toice and centiliters back the white house. americaeeds mitt romney and paul ryan right now. [applause] >> also during yesterday's convention called tax cuts and not government spending to stimulate the part of their platform. all eyes on paul ryan tonight. is it more important for him to sell america on paul ryan or mitt romney? >> i think mitt romney. paul ryan has converted the conservatives in his party e.s they are excited about him. he really needs to get the romney.ited about mitt even though people across the country are not as familiar with as these folks are, get the baseto about mitt romney. try to clear up a huge mess on northbound 95 after an oil tanker lost control of his , tipping it over and killing him. brianne carter has the latest details >> . we have a number of closures and in ther of delays parkway,ounty interstate 905 corridor. behind you can see the blue trucks are. that's the ramp onto interstate 95. is where the accident happened. the accident continues at this hour. all happened about 2:00 this morning. virgi

this is about saving black people and a color blind public safety agenda is because no white community in america would tolrate this kind treatment in the name of public safety in its communities. you couldn't go to an east side apartment anywhere in new york city and start asking 17-year-old white boys for i.d. when they were out in their pajamas because their political power in the city and other parts of the country is sufficient to get a politician to question whether or not that is the america that we want to live in. when it comes to black and brown people today as was true 100 years ago they are subject to certain criminal justice policies. those lasted way into the civil rights era and informal practices have been going on for over 100 years. >> you have written a biography of an idea here. and the idea you are writing about is how blacks came to be singled out nationally as an exceptionally dangerous people. >> think about it this way. there is no moment in time where races not a primary factor in the treatment of black people. and so the crime issue if you just equate crime or criminali

king's piece, the heart of the modern republican coalition is much more in blue collar than white collar america. they run best among older whites and blue collar whites. they get over 60% of their votes in 2008. each of those groups. the tension is that those voters while generally anti-government in polling are clearly resistant to changes in entitlements that benefit the middle class, particularly medicare. and the ryan budget as wolf noted, that has not polled well with the blue collar and older whites who romney will need overwhelming margins among. and has been generating overwhelming margins among. so i think the tension is within the republican coalition and among those down scale independents that have been trending republican in resend years, will they stay with this ryan budget? >> in terms of the choices that romney had before him, if you look at the short list, you had governor pawlenty from minnesota, you had senator portman from ohio, and then they picked the congressman from wisconsin. wolf, do you think that they were dead set, the republican, on trying to go after a blue collar

people lifted out of go toes and barrios and poor white america.ere is a military factor in a mass shooting crime, the mainstream media goes positively orgasmic. i served in the military before i chose to become a writer. in those 22 years i never ran across a neo-nazi or white wing hate group of any kind. but if you want to see a hate group just check out the pac that's accusing governor romney of causing a woman's cancer. shannon: there have been investigations into whether there is a problem with extremists in the military and whether they founding each other and are supporting each other. is it fair to take a lether thes whether the military would want to get rid of these folks and whether there exists a problem within our current force. >> there is no problem within our current force be none. of course, the military investigates it. across the last decade there have been a couple dozen who have been put out of the military. several million people have served in our military over the last decade. i mean, the military on the whole does a much be

to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leaders back to the white house, america romney and paul ryan right now! >> reporter: kristen, back to you. >>> if you can hear me, before you go, things got somewhat heated on the floor with ron paul supporters? >> reporter: that's right. it was before mitt romney was officially nominated. by the way that was at 5:40 p.m.. it was new jersey that put him over-the-top for the nomination. there was a bit of a contentious moment when the rule changes unseated about 10 ron paul delegates if the state of maine. some members of the maine delegation walked out of the convention hall in protest. earlier when ron paul was on the floor behind me, he was signing autographs, taking pictures. many of his supporters were chanting, "let him speak." he does not have a speaking role this week at the convention. >> not a national convention without a little drama, thank you for that. reminder to stay with abc7 news mark matthews will be reporting live from tampa all this week and streaming live coverage of today's events on abc7news.com begin

end the era of ab sen see leadership in the oval office and send real leaders back to the white house. america needs mitt romney and paul ryan and america needs them right now. >> we will have more on the rnc in a moment but first an update on hurricane isaac. category 1 storm bearing down on the gulf coast right now. we have live team coverage for you. in a moment we will go with phil keating live in theodore, alabama. >> meteorologist ma roa molina right here in the extreme weather center. but first we go to jonathan live in new orleans where isaac has been hoovering all night long. jonathan? >>> johnathan can you hear me? a windy situation as isaac makes land fall. >> in new orleans you can see we are experiencing heavy rain, heavy winds with hurricane isaac coming ashore. governor jindal and other state officials preparing to deal not only with the onset of the storm but also the aftermath. the governor issuing several executive orders, one of them authorizing registered emt's from other states to come into louisiana to assist if needed. the governor is also mobilized 4,000 national guards

to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leaders back to the white house, americaromney and paul ryan, right now! >> reporter: also during yesterday's session the convention quickly approved a conservative platform that calls for tax cuts, not government spending to stimulate the economy. t.j. winick, abc7 news. >>> remind , mark matthews reporting live from -- reminder mark matthews reporting live from tampa all this week. you can follow mark on twitter for instant updates or go to the abc7 news facebook page. we'll be streaming live coverage of today's convention events on abc7news.com and that begins at 4 p.m.. >>> president obama is traveling to charlottesville, virginia today the last stop on his two-day trip to counter the gop convention message and appeal to younger voters in college towns. he held a rally with students yesterday the event had shades of president's last campaign. many of the students in this crowd were not old enough to vote in 2008, as he did back then, president obama wove a theme of change into his speech. >>> man accused of murdering mor

america's sweetheart, the devil's magenta? (laughter) you know who else wore purple? hitler. (laughter and applause) that's true, you don't see that because it's in black and white most of the time. i mean, where is the patriotism? sure, after the race 400 meter gold medalist sonia richard roth ran around with the flag over her shoulders but if she really loved america she would have carried it during the race! (laughter) and, yes, bronze medalist d.b. trotter had red, white, and blue glitter on her face, but that washes off. it should be something permanent like a face tat of reagan's

america above and beyond all partisan politics. i am proud to be an american whether republican or democrat is in the white house. america is the land where no man or woman is king. america is the land where liberties protected by the constitution. our liberty is in doubt to each of us by our creator. it is not enough to proclaim america's greatness. we must understand the clear principles that have created this wonderful country. we must be proud of our historic ability to create wealth, and the scum and generosity. as the president campaigns against those who have succeeded and vilifies those employs millions, he condemns the system that made america great. there is a war going on for the heart and soul of america. it is a war between those who believe in the american dream and those who cannot grasp what makes america great. there is a war going on between those apologize for america's success, capitalism and profit and our exceptional history, and those who would defend america has the greatest experiment in freedom and prosperity ever known. there is a battle going on for those who respect the constitution an

and who feel incredibly enough that white people in america are being subjected to a genocide. you know so that is essentially where they're coming from. you know, and that has driven many of these groups out of their minds. >> finally, do you believe this shooter knew that these were sikhs or did he believe they may be muslims? did he care? was it a fact they were just nonwhites? what do you imagine may have been given what you know about his background, his motivation? >> my best guess is he's a fool. he mistook sikhs for muslims and thought he was murdering muslims. when you look into the propaganda of the white supremacist world, as we do every day, you virtually never see writings or rantings about the evils of sikh people. of course the radical right is absolutely thick with propaganda about muslims and posting sharia law in this country. muslim brotherhood infiltrating our government. on and on. i feel pretty certain this man mistook sikhs for muslims. it's certainly true these kind of white supremacists view all people of color, as they would say, mud people, as enemies

here to tell you it is time to end this era in the oval office and send leaders back to the white house. americaeeds mitt romney and paul ryan, and we need them right now. now, we've got to tell each other the truth, right? listen, there is doubt and fear for our future in every corner of our country. i've traveled all over the country. i've seen this myself. these feelings are real. this moment is real. it's a moment like this where some skeptics wonder if american greatness is over. they wonder how those who have come before us had the spirit and tenacity to lead america to a new year of greatness in the face of challenge. not to look around and say not me. but to look around and say, yes, me. i have an answer for the skeptics and naysayers, the dividers and the defenders in the status quo. i have faith in us. i know. i know we can be the men and women our country calls on us to be tonight. i believe in america and her history. and there's only one thing missing now. leadership. it takes leadership that you don't get from reading a poll. you see, mr. president, real leaders don't follow polls.

to tell you it is time to end this era in the oval office and send real leaders back to the white house. america needs mitt romney and paul rye and we need them right now. >> time for tough choices chris christie says. >> and that's the theme this year. ready to fire obama. that's the message that the gop wants to deliver. it took 17 minutes to mention romney and ryan. >> it was a long time. and also the chris christie speech started so soon after ann romney may have cut off what would have been the praise and applaud for maybe the more impressive speech of the night. all right, jessica, we'll talk to you throughout the morning. paul ryan speaks tonight. a lot going on here. thousand black now back to you talking about the hurricane. >> and i do have an update on hurricane isaac. it makes a second landfall. just getting this information here. reports from an air force hurricane hunter aircraft and noaa radar say isaac has made a second landfall along the coast of southeastern louisiana around 2:15 a.m. central time. so we'll continue to monitor the situation to give you an update on what exactly

to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leaders back to the white house. america needs mitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now! [ cheering and applause ] now, we got to tell each other the truth, right? listen, there is doubt and fear for our future in every corner of our country. i have traveled all the country and i have seen this myself. these feelings are real, this moment is real. it's a moment like this where some skeptics wonder if american greatness is over. they wonder how those who have come before us as spirit and tenacity to lead america to a new year of greatness in the face of challenge. not to look around say, not me. but to look around say, yes, me. now, have an answer for the skeptics and naysayers the dividers and defenders of the status quo. i have faith in us. i know we can be the men and women our country calls on us to be tonight. i believe in america and our history there's only one thing missing now. leadership. it takes leadership but you don't get from reading a poll. you see, mr. president, real leaders don't poll polls, rea