often called her husband's greatest campaign asset, ann romney had one objective. how voters know her husband better. >> no one will work harder, no one will care more. and no one will move heaven and earth like mitt romney to make this country a better place to live. >> and ann romney tried to combat the notion she and her husband have lived a life of privilege. >> i read somewhere that mitt and i have a storybook marriage. well, let me tell you something. in the storybooks i read, there never were long, long rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. and those storybooks never seemed to have a chapter called "ms" or "breast cancer." a storybook marriage? nope, not at all. what mitt romney and i have is a real marriage. >> and as ann romney aimed to close the gender gap. >> it's the moms who have always had to work harder to make everything right. it's the moms of this nation, single, married, widowed, who really hold this country together. we're the mothers, we're the wives, we're the grandmothers, we're the big sisters. we're the daughte

and ann romney in her speech last night even played with that line. an tell you mitt romney was not handed success. he built it! [ cheers and applause ] >> bill: yeah, not only -- not only -- i want to point out first of all the way they are quoting this, the "new york times" points out this morning they are misquoting the president. they are making up what he actually said. >> that's right. in many ways the convention program was based on two lies last night. the first were whipping those remarks out of context when the president was talking about steps we could take to create a small business environment. he has cut taxes for them 18 times and has additional hiring proposals on the table right now. and they would allow states to move forward if they can prove that they would move 20% more people from welfare to work. so the entire premise of the convince had nothing to do with mitt romney. it was just attacks on the president. >> bill: then you get to the chris christie and the keynote speaker, and he was trying to make the case that for seniors how

i just want to make one more point about chris christie and ann romney. i know they were bunched together. i think the problem wasn't that chris christie was out there doing his freelancing stuff because the romney campaign clearly saw the comments beforehand and were happy with them. thematically it didn't make sense because ann romney was trying to trumpet this human side of her husband and christie turned the script and didn't talk about him at all. that's what was so jarring. it wasn't that he had done something to promote himself. it was that there was no fluidity to it. >> also, i think repudiation of love being this sort of narrative device single-handedly saying, literally everybody mentioned, ted cruz mentioned love, ann romney mentioned love, then chris christie giving the keynote says this isn't about love and it's not about acceptance which of course is a repuation of a lot of things mitt romney's done to win over whether it's members of his own base, win the nomination, is to capitulate to the loudest voice in the room in an effort to be loved

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but ann romney is, i would say, tte best advocate that mitt romney has. and what's interesting about that, you know, 1984, after he ran again john-- ted kennedy and was beaten in that senate race, somebody asked ann romney, "will you ever go through this again?" she said, "no away." she said, "you couldn't pay me to do this again." but if we are to believe what campaign tells us, when mitt romney decided to run for president, he asked her, and she said, "do you think you can make a difference?" he said, "i really do." and she said, "go for it." very much like laura bush who had made a speech until george bush ran for president. ynn romney has come to be a very good advocate. she's very good, and i think this convention expects a really good speech from her tonight. >> pelley: i had a chance to speak with her in michigan a couple of days ago and she told us she has done a lot of public speaking and has always written the speech itself and never used a teleprompter but the party insisted on having a speechwriter and insisted on her using a teleprompter beca

at one point he looked over at governor romney and ann rom nee. or romney looked a hill choked up to me. at the moment. the remarks and this moment for him and his family and just moments prior he'd been watching his wife saying prior to her remarks he was excited and in the end she said she wants to talk to us about love. we listen to three doors down she said she wanted to talk about love, for this man and ours for the country. appealing in working mothers saying working moms had to work a little bit harder and it's the moms who really hold this country together. appealing to working and stay at home moms and saying to those mothers this is a man she loves and explaining about why, and who he is, talking about how success was not handed to mitt romney saying he wasn't handed it, he built it. talking about from bain capitol. and how he doesn't like to talk about how he helped others because he sees it as a privilege not a political talking point. >> bret: five standing ovations for ann romney. we're live from the podium position on the floor. chri

. >> pelley: and we'll talk to ann romney about the personal challenges the romney family has faced. >> what do you mean dark times? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting tonight from the republican national convention. >> pelley: good evening. it is a night of two big stories. moments ago, republicans nominated mitt romney as their candidate for president. but while delegates were counting the votes, six million people on the gulf coast were counting the hours before hurricane isaac makes land fall. romney's six-year quest for the nomination came to a successful end with the votes cast by the delegation from new jersey. >> the garden state, the proud home of tonight's keynote address given by governor chris christie. ( applause ) proudly casts all 50 of its votes for the next president of the united states governor mitt romney. ( cheers and applause ) >> pelley: and then the delegates nominated by acola maition congressman paul ryan of wisconsin as the republican vice president shall candidate. more from the convention in just a momen

>> ann romney's speech was aimed at painting bit romney as a family man. want traditional value. they want a candidate has principal. her attempt was to save that romney has a likability factor. you can see in a lot of polls obama is above him. stuart: in your judgment did ann romney's speech work to do what she wanted to do? >> i think she did a good job delivering on that aspect. it was needed. she had to deliver that kind of speech because mitt romney keeps coming under obama on personality. they look at him as not as likable. not as charismatic but now that she gave this speech, there is more to mitt romney. stuart: how about chris christie? pugnacious and to the point. you saw the speech. does that appeal to people in the middle? the undecided? do you reach out to them? >> the obama campaign attacking met romney saying going back to the george w. bush policies and what chris christie did effectively is said that we are a different time. we can point thing is that both parties. we have an issue here with our fiscal situation in this country. we can poi

. >>> at last night's republican convention in tampa ann romney introduced voters to the personal side of her husband mitt romney. mitt romney, father of five, husband of 43 years. now her message was aimed straight at women, a voting block recent polls show mr. romney struggling to get ahold of. our lesli foster is joined by mrs. romney live until florida. >> reporter: thank you for joining us tonight, mrs. romney. >> thank you. >> reporter: your challenge last night was really to give a speech to introduce americans to the mitt romney you know and love. do you think you accomplished that last night? >> i hope. so i really enjoyed. it it was a chance for me to talk about the personal side of a man that's been a rock in my life different get into specifics. there wasn't time to. i've struggled a lot with my health and when i have more time i go into how extraordinary he was and what a stablizing force he was in my life in my really darkest hours. >> reporter: you have as many would say an incredible love story and journey together as a couple. let's address something that all of us kno

that wasn't ann romney's job. sdwhat mitt romney say on thursday night?d offer it. >> i hope he takes some maalox because he didn't look too comfortable. >> great having you on set. >>> a navigation app for shoppers. cnbc's mandy drury is here with what's moving your money. a lot of stores are having these apps. you go in and put in what you want and it shows you where to go. >> absolutely. you don't need to like go around and around sfercearching for th ketchup because you only need your phone. walmart recently added a feature that displays the aisle number of its entire inventory. and later on this year, you'll be able to see floor maps as well. walmart isn't the only one doing this. others like target, home depot, walgreens. they've all got various helpful features such as floor layout plans and those aisle numbers in those apps. retailers traditionally have been reluctant to release detailed merchandising data, but it's kind of become a reality. and mobile apps have become such a huge sales channel. they've begun adding coupons. the prices of things,

the stakes were high when ann romney stepped out on that stage tonight. >> -- the united states, ann romney. >> reporter: she came to the podium cheered by delegates who cheerily adore her and understand how crucial she is to this campaign. >> florida, welcome. >> reporter: she had a story to tell them. a love story. >> i want to talk to you tonight about that one great thing that unites us. tonight, i want to talk to you about love. >> reporter: this was a strong, confident woman reaching across the big gender gap in this campaign with a direct appeal to the broad american sisterhood. >> we're the mothers. we're the wives. we're the grandmothers. we're the big sisters. we're the little sisters, and we are the daughters. i love you, women. >> reporter: the message of this speech was simple and unusual in politics. i fell in love with mitt, she was essentially saying, you can, too. >> he was tall, laughed a lot. he was nervous. girls like that. it shows a guy's a little intimidated. he was nice to my parents, but he was also really glad when they weren't around. >> reporter: ann romney

here is ann romney. n the romneys get from their charitable work. >> this is important. i want you to hear what i'm going to say. mitt doesn't like to talk about how he has helped others, because he sees it as a privilege. not a political talking point. we are no different than the millions of americans who quietly help their neighbors. their churches and their communities. they don't do it so that others will think more of them. they do it because there is no greater joy. give and it shall be given unto you. >> well, you know, chuck, i'm thinking about four years ago at the republican convention, seeing ann romney and her sons and grandchildren sitting up, just watching things go by, sitting back and relaxed. really is something when you get inside that bubble four years later, the intense pressure that they're under. and last night, inside that hall, she really stood and delivered for the delegates. >> she did. and i actually thought it was kind of endearing at the beginning. and i talked to a pretty hi

chris christie in charge of the hard sell and ann romney in charge of the soft sell. paign tweeted this picture of ann making welsh cakes. trying to break down the double digit gap. let's bring in ed rendell and babe buchanan. let me start with you. you have known the governor for a long time. what people perceive of him is not the real person they see. how do you explain to people that person that you and ann romney and his five sons believe mitt romney is? >> chris, your point is a good one. people who know mitt romney know him well. recognize him as a warm and charming man whose heart is big. very engaging. so it is unfortunate that he is the one that is very personal and private about his personal life i should say. it is hard for him to let you inside, if you like. there is no question. all people agree. once you get to know a person what he is like inside that home, that says a lot about his character. this is very important that the american voters recognize him. no one can do better than ann romn romney. she will do that tonight. >> we saw his sons around a lot

i think ann romney had to humanize mitt romney. tonight paul ryan has to humanize himself. >> speaking of ann romney, she spoke briefly this morning about her big speech. she was addressing a group at a victory breakfast. take a listen. >> i said last night, you can trust this man. i also said he will not fail. >> all right. so alice, your reaction to the speech. was that ann romney's finest moment last night? >> i think she did a fantastic job. and as tom brokaw said, she not only talked about her husband but why he would be a good president and did it with great compassion and a lot of women were brought to tears in the convention hall last night because it was a very heartfelt speech. what she also did, which was incredibly important, was she appealed to the women in the audience and across the country watching on television. she talked about how women have a hard job in this country. moms of this country, grandparents of this country. women get up earlier and stay up later to get their kids ready for school. and they worry abou

there is no better surrogate to talk about mitt romney than ann romney. n each other for 45 years, married for 43. they are a very good pair. i think you'll see that from the speech tonight. in terms of the vote governor romney has the opportunity to communicate the contrast between what president obama has done with this economy, which impacts millions of women, remember that there are 23 million americans that are unemployed, and millions of those are women. there are more women in poverty now than when president obama first took office, and that is a big deal. so when you look at the contrast of what governor romney has proposed versus the track that president obama has it on it's a very clear choice for women to see the kind of life that governor romney has led, what he has done in the private sector, what he has done in the olympics, and how he's lead his life as a father and a grandfather and a husband. martha: you know, i'm curious, the like ability issue. there was a pretty wide gulf in it in the polls for a while. we have numbers we can pull up as

ann romney, mitt romney's wife, and chris christie. the governor of new jersey.how christie described his preferred outcome. >> i think if the american people watch tonight, leave the speech by saying yep, that's him, who i heard about, then i think i will have done my job and if they say i like the vision he's laid out for the country and for his party for the next four years, then i will have done the job for my party and country. >> so, that is his job as he says it, our cnn political correspondent, jim acosta. when you look at these two speeches come up and there has been a lot of talk about who's going to get prime time, who would be more important? ann romney or chris christie, who's just such a fire brand and so exciting to watch and is very unpredictable and can make some big headlines. >> reporter: are you trying to get me to say who's more important because i'm just not going to go there, ashley banfield. ann romney is here to show the softer side of mitt romney. you saw that in the documentary that gloria borger did. she gives a more human element to r

i walked away saying if ann romney -- if mitt is good enough for ann romney, he is good enough for thet of us. she had the passion and charisma that made him looked at i think in a different way and to a certain extent people will talk about her speech way beyond this convention. no matter how great his speech is thursday night, how great paul ryan is and the rest of them are. her speech will be one of the highlights. people will look at this speech and think of him as a different man as a father, grandfather and speech. bill: you arspeech. >> whether i crown her or not she'll be the buzz. the majority of americans didn't know who she was. she is an attractive woman and she basically gave -- she is not a professional speecher. she gave a speech that articulated hot man was. at the end of the day he's going to be a good president because she knows him best of anybody and knows he always has risen to the occasion. bill: she did not mention president obama by name. chris christie did not mention him by name either. just said the president one time. but she said she with a real marriage. m

alex, we're watching ann romney practice her speech for tonight. s going to be the most important speech of her life. >> it is indeed. prime time ann. we are going to monitor the latest developments from hurricane isaac but first, rain on the gop's parade. we'll discuss the republican party's identity crisis and governor romney's big chance to define himself. plus, romney's economy. we ask laurence o'donnell why the governor's economic message hasn't resonated and mark halperin explains why team obama remains quietly confident. >>> and the feminine mistake. how the rnc's platform isn't helping the party with women. we'll talk with cecile richards and sandra fluke when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. i've worked hard to build my family. and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges, or the worry my pipes might leak get in the way of my busy lifestyle. that's why i take care, with vesicare. once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to treat overactive bladder with symptoms of fre

and what you see with ann romney is dealing with a struggle. mitt romney is a data guy. bring me the numbers. do we invest in this? no. send the money, no. m.s., there is no cure. monday you're good, tuesday you're okay, thursday you're bad. so, he has had to struggle is something most people don't think. they think he's the spoiled rich kid. that's what the obama campaign has spent the spring and summer saying. >> candy, how big has ann romney become? early on, you didn't see her introducing mitt romney. but then she started to and it seemed to work. >> she did. it's nice she introduces him. people say oh, your wife, the kids. but it just helps to have a spouse on the trail. we've seen it back in many, many candidates. tipper gore livend up al gore. gave him some energy. laura bush sort of calmed george bush down. certainly ann romney humanizes and relaxes mitt romney in a way that when he is out there, i think he's more relaxed when she's around. the beauty of the story is exactly what john is getting to. she tried to kind of do this a little bit clumsily early on when

ann romney had quite a tax. ch was meant to reintroduce mitt romney to voters show his human side, the husband and father that may not come across in a rough and tumble campaign. >> i know this good and decent man for what he is. he is warm, loving and patient. >> reporter: also aimed at women voters considered key to the election. americans may be familiar with the family's wealth, photogenic family and their relationship that began in high school. i read some where we have a storybook marriage. >> reporter: mrs. romney said their life hasn't been a fairy tale and the family has been through challenges. >> the storybooks never have chapters called ms or breast cancer. >> reporter: the speech comes at a critical time. a new abc news/"washington post" poll found romney has the lowest personal popularity at the time of the convention of any major party nominee dating back to 1984. a recent poll found among women those numbers are even worse. the campaign hopes ann romney can change that. >> i love you, women! >> re

certainly ann romney humanizes and relaxes mitt romney in a way that when he is out there, i think he's more relaxed when she's around. the beauty of the story is exactly what john is getting to. she tried to kind of do this a little bit clumsily early on when they were talking about they don't treatment to anybored they don't understand anybody like me. she said, i know what it's like to face this illness. she said it humbly when she did it. she did it beautifully this time. nobody wishes this sort of illness on anyone, but having said that, this is something most everyone can relate to. >> right. mitt romney's likability numbers are underwater right now. so he needs something to soften him up, to humanize him, i guess, in one word. everybody knows that mitt romney believes he's a fixer and he can fix the economy. the question is, you know, presidential votes are very personal and people have to think that they can trust you if they're going to vote for you. how are they going to know that they can trust you? >> we started to see more of mitt romney's personal side. reporters were allo

also ann romney the wife of governor romney will deliver her speech tonight. she will share with america the kind of man, husband, father and leader mitt romney has been. the keynote speaker is chris christie who will explain why having 4 more years of obama is not good for the country. we will talk about what we can expect for the republican convention. >> i think governor romney has an opportunity to basically reintroduce himself. talk about his values and his plans to fix our economy. the economy is the number one issue. why? because the american people are still asking the question where are the jobs? >> that is the narrative of this republican convention as we are see throughing the eyes of house speaker john boehner. governor romney is planning to come to tampa today in time to see his wife give a speech. although it has been kept a mystery whether he will attend the convention before his address on thursday night. back to you, patti ann. >> kelly wright. thank you. >> time to look at who is talking. paul ryan is talking about his convention speech. >> t

larry, john was saying earler ier that maybe ann romney's speech is the most important because she's e one who can raise the likability factor and personality factor for mitt romney. did i get it right, john and larry? do you agree? >> i do. i think her speech is in many respects, more important. i think ann romney's crucial to sort of telling the the story of her husband as only ann romney can. >> john, you heard part of her speech earlier. >> well, we have gotten the text or excerpts of her speech. it is pretty well written. has the potential to really connect. she talks about speaking from my heart about our hearts. trying to connect the qualities of mitt romney as a husband, a father, as a grandfather, with the american family and challenges we face. that's the kind of personal connection mitt romney needs if he's going to reach some of these undecided voters, especially women. women are the key target of this convention. white women particularly that the republican ticket has been trailed badly to president obama. the key to getting over the hump is going to be approving their ap

that is ann romney now taking to the stage at the republican national convention. just hours after her husband, mitt romney, became the gop's official candidate for president. let's take a listen to what ann romney is saying right now in tampa, florida. >> how hard it is to get ahead now. you know what, i've heard your voices. they said to me, i'm running in place and we just can't get ahead. sometimes i think that late at night if we were all silent for just a few moments and listen carefully we could hear a collective sight from moms and dads across america who made it through another day. >> that is ann romney, mitt romney's wife talking to the delegates gathered there at the republican national convention. we will have much more coming up for you tonight at 10:00. >>> traffic along highway 4 in contra costa county was busy after an suv caught fire. take a look at this iphone video. it was taken moments after that suv caught fire. crews had the films distinguished within about 45 minutes. >>> federal investigators are now looking into whether sulfur and the crud

what does ann romney say that opens the -- >> that's what this con krenven is all about. is is about taking advantage of the audience we have and tell us the story about mitt romney, about who he is as a person, a father, a husband will, a grandfather. his business experience. experience as governor. >> this is the state of florida which is a dead heat where we are tonight. he leads among men. we see this just about everywhere we go. a gender gap in his favor among men will, but a deep divide. he needs to change those numbers. why? >> this is not unusual, but and you are right. we need to do better among women voters. once he gets introduced on our term, we'll make inroads. and it's not just on character, but on policy. ic the obama economy has not -- there's been a war on women, but the war on women has been president obama's economy. that's what's hurting these women. >> in the end that's what this is about. you're polling for the governor across the country. we have 237 roughly either solid if they're dark blue or light blue leaning the president's way, 191 solid red or

and ann romney is the right person to deliver it. that message gets lost in this convention i believe it will be a failed one. if her message gets out and they successfully reposition romney as someone who will fight for you. not just the rich. she can undo the caricature and create a new narrative. that's what they need to start doing here. megyn: thank you both so much. see you soon. he's making headlines at the republican national convention. at 17 he's the youngest delegate here. too young to even cast a ballot in november. what got him so interested in politics while he was still in medical school? the teenaged delegate joins me live next. so, what's the problem? these are hot. we're shipping 'em everywhere. but we can't predict our shipping costs. dallas. detroit. different rates. well with us, it's the same flat rate. same flat rate. boston. boise? same flat rate. alabama. alaska? with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. dude's good. dude's re

you see ann romney dealing with a struggle. mitt romney is a data guy, bring me the numbers, invest in this business? send the money? no. ms, there is no cure, study the numbers all you want, monday, good, tuesday okay, thursday, you're bad. the fact he had to struggle most people don't think. they think he's the spoiled rich kid and what the obama campaign spent the spring and summer saying. >> how important has ann romney been to the campaign. early in the primary you didn't see her introducing mitt romney and she started to and it started to work. >> it's nice she introduces him. people say, here's his wife, here's his kids. it helps to have a spouse on the trail. we've seen it back in many, many candidat candidates. tipper gore livened up al gore, gave him some energy, laura bush sort of calmed george bush down. and certainly ann romney humanizes and relaxes mitt romney in a way that when he is out there, i think he's more relaxed when she's around. the beauty of this story is exactly what john is getting to. she tried to do

for example, look at ann romney who has her big speech tonight. omney tour going in today is 49 out of 100. that means out of all of the opinions expressed on twitter about public figures, ann is doing better than almost half. good snore the rough and tumble world of the twitter verse. today she is four points below the average score. new jersey governor chris christie score. he is there 47 out of 100. but seven points behind today. democrats sounding off before the rnc party kicks off tonight? but a solid score. republicans are voicing their support. the score should rise. but how much it rises is what they should do. go to www.twitter.com. log in. they don't need a hashtag or a special code. just go to twitter and say the name of the person and assess their opinion. good, bad or other. >> we will have results and track it. >> go to foxnews.com and we can take your e-mail and put the chat in. go to politics tab. you'll love it. >> bret: no grapefruit. when we come back, jeb bush on the family, the convention and his future. direct rates side by si