the first with los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. chairman of the democratic national convention. and then with former governor pete wilson who is heading california's delegation to the republican national convention. earlier today, carla marinucci and i spoke with them from los angeles. >> welcome and thank you, mayor villaraigosa for joining us. the gop will have had their say and we're wondering what will be presented different coming from the democratic party. >> first of all, this will be the most accessabiliible conven in democratic history. they will start off on monday with a big event open to everyone. not just our delegates. we end off at the football stadium. the bank of america stadium there. 65,000 people. delegates and people from all over the south and all over the nation. it will be the most diverse convention in our history and, in fact, the most diverse convention ever. very different from the republican convention which is, you know, historically, is not very diverse. it will be mostly a lot of the rich and super r

joining me tonight is the mayor of los angeles, antonio villaraigosa.it is great to have you on "the ed show." i appreciate your time tonight. >> great to be with you, ed. >> you bet. after that litany of issues we just played where mitt romney has been in just the last 12 months. how in the world do latino voters warm up to a candidate like that, if at all? >> with great difficulty. you mentioned he was somewhere, i was thinking mars, when they think they'll get anything close to 38%, they're not. every poll i've seen, it's at least 2 to 1. sometimes as high as 70% for the president. never higher than 21% or so for governor romney. i just don't see it happening. and you mentioned why. he called chris coback a great american. he touted his endorsement. he called the alabama and arizona laws a model for the nation. the dream act, a handout, serving the military, going to college. the self-deportation of 11 million people. those 11 million undocumented have 5 million citizen children. he is saying they should leave their kids here in the united states. th

mayor antonio villaraigosa who launched race-base attack against the republican party.ned. ♪ ♪ >>> on a personal note, a little girl grows up in birmingham. the segregated city of the south where her parents can't take her to a movie theater, or to a restaurant. but they have her absolutely convinced that even if she can't have a hamburger at the woolworth lunch counter she could be president of the united states if she wanted to be and she becomes the secretary of state. [ applause ] >> dana: that was condoleezza rice last night at the rnc convention. i want to go to eric after this, listen to one other thing and tell me what was it like in the hall. i watched on tv. i want to hear what it's like in the hall. she is one of the favorite daughters of the republican party. listen to what else she had to say. >> we can only grow that there is no choice, because one of two things will happen if we don't leave. either no one will lead and there will be chaos. or someone will fill the vacuum who does not share our values. my fellow americans, we do not have a choice. we canno

. >>> demÓcratas como el alcalde antonio villaraigosa, dicen que hay una diferencia entre quien es romneynte, que el hombre no se define, o la mujer no se define por sus palabras se define por sus acciones. >>> este delegado latino de kentucky estÁ ansioso y listo para escuchar del candidato republicano y mÁs de su visiÓn para el paÍs. >>> como unificar el paÍs creo que el paÍs estÁ dividido con polÍtica. >>> y culminando con el discurso de romney, sea eficiente para convencer a la naciÓn que cambie de presidente. >>> y como ya dijimos, en unas horas. la esposa de mitt romney, ann, hablara a la convenciÓn y la naciÓn tenemos un adelanto de algo de lo que dirÁ, hablara de su esposo, como un padre de familia y hablara de su relaciÓn con Él a travÉs de los aÑos y las experiencias que han vivido. y tambiÉn, dirÁ a la convenciÓn de que ella estÁ segura de que su esposo no... si es electo presidente de estados unidos y que ayudara a levantar a estados unidos. josÉ, regreso contigo. >>> lori montenegro gracias, con esto nuestra primera pausa. en directo desde tampa, sede de la convenciÓn republi

we'll ask two convention chairs, republican governor bob mcdonnell and democratic mayor antonio villaraigosa. >>> and powerhouse roundtable. >>> and we remember an american icon. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >>> hello again. the roundtable is standing by with their reflections on neil armstrong, the humble man who leapt into the history books when he stepped on the moon back in 1969. hundreds of millions watched. we all remember where we were. >>> but we begin now with the latest on tropical storm isaac and the republican convention. the storm is expected to become a hurricane later today. the trek varies right now. it could land anywhere from the florida panhandle to new orleans. it should pass 200 miles west of tampa. republican officials are taking no chances. they have postponed the first night of convention activities and for more on that, let's go to jon karl. jon, when they made this announcement last night, the officials said that they can get everything done in three days. >> it won't be easier. the speeches will be shorter. george, they said that th

that's got the fingerprints of mayor antonio villaraigosa all over it. >> i think so. i can already see the right wing blogs, castro and hussein to speak. >> jennifer: you're so devious. >> it is a great choice. we know this keynote speech is like an "american idol" tryout. if you're there in 2004 for barack obama who very knew people knew, he electrified it just catapulted him. this is the possibility for -- as a mayor, he knows that. he knows he's got huge shoes to fill but antonio villaraigosa being the chair of the democratic convention also knows that this is the moment in which the latino vote can be solidified. they're already so heavily in obama's campaign. he needs them. mitt romney has little chance of getting that kind of block and this is going to be one more element to the drama in the democratic convention. >> jennifer: what's interesting about this, too is mayor villaraigosa, mayor of los angeles, he told yahoo news that he doesn't want to be president which is interesting because he's been an upand comer and somebody everybody has looked at. the job he

and antonio villaraigosa. that's our political coverage for the morning. >>> this morning, a country in the middle of a recession and prolonged war overseas. neil armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: neil armstrong's moment on the moon in 1969 united people back here on earth. 1 in 6 of the planet's inhabitants watched him utter these words. >> that's one small step for man, one jiechbt leap for mankind. >> reporter: he was 38 years old. they spent over 200 hours going through the lunar dust to hoist the american flag. >> came in peace for all mankind. >> reporter: neil armstrong was born in small-town ohio. took his first plane trip at age 6 and he was hooked. he flew missions in korea and then joined the space program. after his moonwalk, there were ti ticker tape parades. but, armstrong a quiet man, a self-described nerd quickly retreated to ohio where he taught at college, married twice and had two children and only rarely spoke publicly. >> there are great id

. >>> en representaciÓn del alcalde de los angeles antonio villaraigosa, asistiÓ gloria molina. >>>. extraÑada ella, pero nos deja una ensz snanz. >>> > *. >>>. >>> descanse en paz la actriz que ha dejado huella en una comunidad. >>> lupillo rivera esta contando los dÍas para regresar a los escenario tras la operaciÓn, estuvimos en la casa del artista los Ángeles, con lo Último sobre el estado de salud de Él. >>> muchas gracias, asÍ es lupillo rivera nos abriÓ los puertas de su casa un mes despuÉs de se operaciÓn, nos habla de su recuperaciÓn y como sus hijos lo han ayudado, vamos a ver la entrevista. >>> asÍ nos recibiÓ, lpillo mostrando las tarjetas que le han mandado con mucho cariÑo, deseÁndole una pronta recuperaciÓn. >>> hace un mes te operaron? >>> de quÉ? >>> me hicieron nuestro trasplante deten don? >>> si tuviste un planos pltras. >>> si porque el tendÓn lo pueden hacer de un mismo, pero tambiÉn lo pueden hacer de un da cadÁver, me casaron el mÍo y me pusieron el de un cadÁver. >>> como te estas rec uperando? >>>. >>> con mucho estiramiento ahora me pusieron hacer las pesas

governor bob mcdonnell and the head of the democratic national convention, the los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. and join us for our primetime coverage of the republican national convention, starting tuesday at 10:00. that's our political coverage for the morning. >>> this morning, a country in the middle of a recession and prolonged war overseas is mourning a man who gave us inspiration during another difficult time, neil armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. >> tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. >> reporter: neil armstrong's moment on the moon in july of 1969 united people back here on earth. 1 in 6 of the planet's inhabitants watched him utter these immortal words. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: he was 38 years old that night, and he and his crew mate buzz aldrin, spent over two hours tromping through the lunar dust to take pictures and to hoist an american flag. >> men from the planet earth first set foot on the moon, came in peace for all mankind. >> reporter: neil armstrong was born in small-town ohio. took his first plane trip

one of them joins me now, the los angeles mayor, antonio villaraigosa. chairman of the democratic national convention which takes place next week. thank you for talking with us. why are you in tampa? is it as simple as you want to j jump in and take some of the messaging away from the republicans? >> want to compare and contrast the candidate. let me just say our hearts and prayers are with the people of florida and the gulf coast and new orleans and obviously that's our priority and as you know the vice president has suspended his campaign activities here in florida because of that. prior number one is the safety and protection of the people of this area. >> while the convention is running simultaneously to what you'll be talking about. >> well, you know, we called this the preconvention convention. there is an effort to bring in madison avenue type ad people to remake governor romne and mr. r ryan. we want to set the record straight. it's important for people to remember what they said during the primary season, what he's done when he was in business,

mayor antonio villaraigosa who is the chairman of the democratic national convention in charlotte and will see you there as early as tomorrow. thank you, mr. mayor. >> thank you. >>> all right. wall street waits to hear if ben bernanke plans to bring another round of easing. the market rundown is next, and the democratic score, a big win in texas, one of the toughest new voter i.d. laws in the country is getting wiped off of the books. >>> and the trivia question, since 1948, how many winning republican presidential candidates lost the state in which their party's convention was held? e-mail me at chuck todd@dailyrundown, and we will have the answer coming up. >>> the markets are all waiting to hear what ben bernanke will say at a much anticipated speech in jackson hole today moments away from the opening bell. let's get the market rundown and with that my friend becky quick is here. i have not seen you all week virtually that is. so a, good morning and b, what are we going to hear from mr. bernanke? >> well, that is the $64 million question right now, chuck. we have the opening bell

gentlemen, i want you to watch aif conversation i had a while back in the summer, by the way, with antonio villaraigosa, the mayor of los angeles, also, of course, the chair of the democratic national convention this summer in charlotte, north carolina. let's watch what he had to say. when the democrats write their platform this summer on same sex, will you endorse a state by state approach to this or a federal law that guarantees the right of people to marry someone of the same sex? will it be federal or state by state the party will support? >> i think that i made it fairly clear. i think that marriage equality is a fundamental liberty that the federal government and our constitution ought to protect. i've made that very clear. you're not nailing me to anything, my friend. i believe in that. i think it's about family values. i think we ought to keep families together on the immigration side. but, also, when someone wants to marry, they want to have a loving relationship, the federal government should not be interfering with that right. >> should the federal government support the right to a same-sex

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joining me now, los angeles mayor and chairman of the democratic national convention, antonio villaraigosan tampa on your way to charlotte. >> i think where republicans and democrats agree is on this, that job number one right now is to the public safety, the health of the people of florida, louisiana and all of the gulf coast. i think whether you're a democrat or republican, you take off your hat and you put your country first. i know that mayor landrieu in new orleans is getting ready, so is bobby jindal in louisiana and fema and the federal government are a lot more ready than we were seven years ago. >> you think the president and joe biden should suspend all campaigning during this emergency? >> as you said, joe biden's already suspended what he was going to do, the president's schedule's in flux. i can tell you all of us are focused on making sure people are safe in this very serious weather condition. >> that may be only a brief respite in a really nasty campaign. here is mitt romney on fox this sunday talking about his perception of the way the democrats and the president have been

i'm here with the mayor of los angeles, antonio villaraigosa.ing to be severe weather. they got a prediction. severe weather warning. they responded. they said, oh, my god. people could be hurt. they took appropriate, prudent measures. please do that. my advice, do that for the whole country. not just your convention when it comes to climate change. four years ago you had a leader on climate change, john mccain. he wasn't afraid to say the word and talk about the solutions. right now the red states are being destroyed by this drought. you've got wacky weather across the country. 40,000 record days of heat across the country and not a word from the republican party. my advice, be as concerned about weather for the country as you are weather for the convention. that's my advice. >> i love that. >> i think the difference, van, is that you don't have to negotiate a probably unenforceable treaty with the chinese government in order to cancel the first day of the republican convention. >> wu ybut you can talk about i >> let's look at all the science.

. >>> more now from virginia governor bob mcdonnell and by los angeles mayor antonio vi villaraigo villaraigosa. thank you for joining us. governor mcdonnell, let me begin with you, you heard jon karl on the weather right there, how kmpbd are you that this is really going to disrupt the convention? >> they have to be dealt with. we'll have to be more productive. it's a concern for the reasons that you mentioned at the top of the show, george, competing with a major weather event. i think the voters tuning in now will want to see mitt romney and paul ryan speak. >> you got a big surprise this morning from another independent, former republican governor of florida, in tampa bay times endorsing president obama. he said an element of their party has pitched so far to tex dream right on issues important to women, immigrants, seniors and students that they've proven incapable of governing for the people. and he's referring to todd akin. >> you're the chair of the platform, how do you respond to former governor criss. >> i would say that governor crist's endorsement in florida adds one more vote. i do

on the left you have gr -- villaraigosa and the mayor of san antonio.ro. >> kimberly: keynote spea speaker. >> eric: la raza founders are people. it's interesting. clearly both campaigns, both the right and left are going after the hispanic vote. me personally, i like marco rubio. put him up against villaraigosa, i take rubio. the guys are, they are tea party. they are small got. they don't want to -- small government. >> bob: they're going after the hispanic vote for republicans get to 30%. the chance of that is like you flying to mars and back. >> kimberly: this guy is a rising star. obama was propelled, i was there when he spoke at the dnc and gave the rivetting speech. people were like he is a future star of the party. now castro is a keynote party. and part of george w. bush's inner circle. >> dana: what i like about the cruz race, people decided on the merits about the younger fresher energy. principles, you have people, republican split on both sides. like in indiana, today, lugar and murdoch come together. try to unite the party. that happened.