last for obama then we've got news that obama will accept the democratic nomination at the bank of america stadium and charlotte north carolina couldn't they have figured out a better place that doesn't have an optic that like literally says wall street owns washington i mean literally there is washington and wall street together in that shot i'm sure when i heard it was a competition between between bank of america stadium and citi field where the mets play in new york. yeah. the could be true for exactly this amount of point is the competition who is the bankers competing with each other for who's going to have more influence in obama's ear but the fact that the financial sector overwhelmingly supports it and i think they've given more money than mitt romney they've given more money to the ira way yeah i mean wall street owns the administration and the stadiums. even. delving in financial dirt so i mean even the firms that are supposed to be financial powerhouses in finance and for the national powerhouses to top it all off let's just leave you with this story and nonprofit company in iran wants

convention this week and noted the president will be delivering his convention speech at the bank of america stadium. it is the president stepping on his message a little bit by holding the speech in a view named for one of the companies that he has been railing against on the campaign trail along with other democrats? >> i do not think so. if you have to have a place that can hold all the people we expect to be there, i do not think he is walking away from his message for the party. i think he will open up on sunday at the motor speedway in charlotte. it is my understanding. it will not be an integral part of the convention. it is a big kick off for our events on labor day. for all of this, once again, these are symbolic things that bear little relationship to what is substantive. what the president says what he is in that stadium and what he lays out for the american people about our activities, that is what is going to be important, not where we are. remember, i always like to say, you do not just talk it, you have to walk it. i think that is what will take place in charlotte, a vision for the fu

convention this week, they noted that the present will be delivering his convention speech at the bank of america stadium in charlotte. t think the president is stepping on his message they're a little bit by holding his speech in the venue that is named for one of the banks that he has talked about on the campaign trail? >> i do not think so. i suspect you have to have a place that can hold all the people we expect to be there. i do not think he is walking away from his message or the party is. i think we're gonna open up on sunday at the motor speedway. that is my understanding. it will not be an integral part of the convention. it will be a big family day. it will be a big kick off. i think that' these are symbolic things. i think it is what the a president says in that stadium and what he lays out. that is what is going to be important. not just where we are. remember, i always like to say, you do not just talk it. you have to walk it. i think that is what is going to be taking place in charlotte. a vision for the future that most americans can identify with. i think most americans will respond very

then, it moves to the bank of america stadium while the president will accept his nomination. >>> a grand jury formally charged a man with trying to assassinate president obama. we're talking about oscar ramiro ortega hernandez. he was arrested a few days later in pennsylvania. now ortega says he will plead not guilty to all the charges. >>> congress is back in session and just like last year, lawmakers are debating about the debt ceiling and whether or not to extend that payroll tax cut. however, today some protesters tried to push their own agenda to the top of that list. >> lindsey mastis on capitol hill. members of members of the occupy movement came here to be part of occupy congress. >> occupy boston. >> people from across the country came here to make a point about congress. >> all of them have bought into the appropriate scheme. there's not a single representative in that building right now that is not taking corporate money. it doesn't matter whether you're a republican or democrat. you are taking the corporate money and part of the system that corrupted our democracy. >> they ar

said today the president will deliver his acceptance speech at the democratic convention at bank of america stadium in charlotte, north carolina. the speech had been moved according to democratic sources to a bigger venue, in part to accommodate big ticket donors who want the skybox treatment. but some are questioning the choice based on how it looks, because of the occupy wall street movement across the country and all the complaints aimed at bank of america, including the bank's aborted attempt to charge $5 a month to use a debit card that was criticized by the president himself. >>> out to the pacific northwest, seattle is a city we usually associate with rain, but tonight, it's snow and ice and wind and a lot of it. pacific northwest is getting hit with a big winter storm. it's already causing problems on the roads, and the seattle metropolitan area could get six inches or more tonight. that's, by the way, as much as they normally get in the whole year. it's all due to a big low pressure system coming ashore, bringing snow from the coast all the way to the interior of montana. they're expecting

he will give his acceptance speech outside the bank of america stadium. the 74,000 seat stadium is home to the nfl's carolina panthers. the convention will only last three days instead of four. it is scheduled to open on labor day at the charlotte motor speedway. >>> some of the internet's biggest web sites have gone dark. wikipedia, the blog boing boing and the cheese comedy network have shut down in protest to the sopa, antipiracy bill critics say will end the internet as we know it. it aims to crack down on copyright infringement. if sopa passes, they would be able to complain to law enforcement officials and get it shut down. it could lead to americans losing access to thousands of sites across the web. >>> u.s. capital police say last night a smoke bomb was thrown over the fence at the white house as hundreds of occupy protestors massed outside the gates. no one was arrested but people inside the white house had to exit on pennsylvania avenue as the situation was being resolved. this is was taken when the group was demonstrating on the u.s. capitol. t

and president obama will deliver his acceptance speech outdoors at the bank of america stadium. >>> in wisconsin, governor scott walker will face a recall election. walker's opponents collected one million signatures, nearly twice as many as needed to force the recall. the recall effort was led by labor activists. walker, a republican, introduced legislation last year that ended collective bargaining rights for nearly all public workers. >>> coming up on the morning news, a grim economic outlook for the world bank. plus, where is wikipedia? the popular website goes dark today as part of a protest. first, though, scott pelley has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >>> another major corporation is closing a midwestern plant. meaning thousands of jobs lost. an 85-year relationship that the city feels has ended in betrayal. we'll tell you why tonight on the "cbs evening news.news." as. cut. cut! [ monica ] i thought we'd be on location for 3 days -- it's been 3 weeks. so i had to pick up some more things. good thing i've got the citi simplicity card. i don't get hit with a fee if i

dnc leaders announced he will accept the party nomination at the bank of america stadium in charlotte, north carolina. some critics are upset because the stadium is named for a bank that receives a federal bailout. dnc leaders said the venue was chosen because the 74,000-seat stadium allows more people to take part in the event. >>> 4:38. 45 degrees. still ahead on "news4 today," asking for your help. the person police are still trying to find after the death of an abandoned baby. >>> bracing for a lot of snow. the impact this major winter storm is already having on parts of the pacific northwest. >>> no snow here, but we are in for a cold day. (ringing) hello? this is the sea calling. the sea? yeah! (laughing) what's it like there? brrrrrrr! how do you deal with that? a coat, a hat. gloves. scraping ice off a car. (making scraping noises) i don't want to rub it in, but where i am, it's 82 and sunny. get me outta here! (laughing) >>> do you know what time it is? 4:41. good morning, time for weather & traffic on the 1s. i'm tom kierein in snowstorm center 4. right now it is cold, tempe

that anointed one will be give his nomination acceptance speech from none other than itself bank of america stadiumte, north carolina. it's well, let's not forget deeply troubled bank of america which is headquartered in charlotte was the proud recipient of $45 billion bailout during the financial crisis. as my next guest michelle malcolm holding it at 74,000 seat stadium will open the dnc fund-raiserers will give them special perks. but i thought this was supposed today be the people's convention hosted by 99%. the author of "new york times" best-seller "culture of corruption," michelle malkin. i'm trying to keep up with you. it's very hard. >> we're becoming twitter alcoholics. >> sean: let's start with the big announcement. president has to one of his lavish vacations but this is an important issue. when you look at the extravagance that is going on, big money people behind the scenes. appointment of this guy by the administration. how can they say they can make this argument anymore? >> it's really rich, isn't it? i mean really rich. you got the dnc, host committee down in charlotte drumming of

moving the final day of the democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina, to bank of america stadium in hoping of selling more luxury sky boxes to wealthy donors. bloomberg cited three democrats involved in fundraising saying planners are struggling to meet their $37 million goal. however, the dnc says it plans to hold the convention at time warner cable arena, adding any > earlier irginia elementary school defended a song performed by a group of third graders promoting the occupy wall street movement. at the time, school officials insisted the lyrics including "i'm part of the 99" and "they are the 1%" were written by the children. this week, the leader of the non-profit group that facilitated the workshops admitted to inserting those phrases in the song himself. and promised it will not happen again. finally, sunday, i asked rick santorum about his now signature look. >> the sweater vest. >> well, you know, maybe we should sell them online. do we sell them online? we start selling them online. so that's fine. >> bret: in fact, his campaign says it has made $100,000 off the vests. w

moving the final day of the democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina, to bank of america stadiumre luxury sky boxes to wealthy donors. bloomberg cited three democrats involved in fundraising saying planners are struggling to meet their $37 million goal. however, the dnc says it plans to hold the convention at time warner cable arena, adding any decisions, "are driven by engaging more people in the process, not by money." at least one political analyst says the move could come at a price for president obama. "the stigma that is attached to bank of america and the issues of the economy really are going to step on any kind of message that he wants to get out." michelle malcolm conservative site joked "better run it by occupy wall street first." >>> earlier in month we told you a virginia elementary school defended a song performed by a group of third graders promoting the occupy wall street movement. at the time, school officials insisted the lyrics including "i'm part of the 99" and "they are the 1%" were written by the children. this week, the leader of the non-profit group that f

president obama will deliver his acceptance speech at the bank of america stadium. the 74,000-seat home of the carolina panthers football team. four years ago, he gave his speech in denver. he hopes to mobilize voters. the same way his 2008 speech energized colorado voters. we'll be right back. >>> we're back. incredible images from italy of the cruise ship, the costa "concordia." it ran aground near italy. five bodies were found on board bringing the death toll to 11. an american couple from minnesota still remains missing. the ship, carrying 4200 passengers, hit rock as it sailed off course, supposedly to show off the boat to the homeowner of a head waiter of the craft, a favor from the captain. after the impact, the captain turned it around and beached the vessel. transcripts between the italian coast guard and that captain, francesca schettino, tell the haunting story, a captain who left the ship, giving excuse after excuse why he won't go back on board while passengers struggle to survive. that captain was placed on house arrest today, charged with causing the w

filling bank of america stadium in charlotte to try to repeat in north carolina. >> president obama and democrats will not cede any ground in 2012. >> reporter: back in south carolina, romney defended his record at bain capital, saying 10,000 jobs were lost in takeover deals, but many more were added. >> we created 120,000 jobs. very simple, four companies created 120,000. >> reporter: gingrich too talked math to anti-romney conservative voters. >> consolidating into a gingrich candidacy would guarantee victory on saturday. >> reporter: so far no sign of perry voters. it's the same vote split that helped romney win iowa and then new hampshire. >> steve, thank you. >>> republican presidential contender rick perry lost another battle to get his name on the ballot in virginia. a federal appeals court rejected his request for an emergency order to add his name. the fourth circuit court agreed with the federal judge who rejected perry's request last friday, saying the candy wait had every opportunity to challenge the ballot environments, at a time when the challenges would not have disrupted

will accept the democratic party's nomination for a second term at charlotte's 74,000 seat bank of america stadiumsting the democratic national convention from september 3rd to the 6th. we send out a congratulations to t the first lady. >>> welcome back, here is a look at other stories topping the news right now, we go to seattle, and they are preparing for possibly their biggest snowfall since 1985, 18 inches is expected in the area before it all ends tomorrow, travel will be dangerous or even impossible. portland, oregon is also bracing for heavy snow as well. >>> the english language version is going to be suspended tomorrow on wikipedia. >>> you may want to things twice before walking and wearing head phones or keep the volume lower, the people seriously z lly inju killed while walking has jumped to 47 between 2010 and 2011 f you were hoping to buy the life-like steve jobs doll, you are out of luck. the company that was producing it decided not to produce it after pressure from the family and apple, it was dressed in clothes similar to what he wore. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 11:p on -

filling bank of america stadium in charlotte to try to repeat in north carolina. >> president obama and the democrats will not seed any ground in 2012. >> reporter: romney defended his record at bain capital, saying 10,000 jobs were lost in takeover deals, but many more were added. >> we had 120,000 jobs. very simple. four companies got 120,000. >> gingrich too talked math. >> consolidating into a gingrich candidacy would guarantee victory on saturday. >> it's the same conservative vote split that helped romney win iowa and new hampshire. i'm steve handlesman, news 4. >>> several protesters were arrested today as they took part in the so-called occupy congress movement today. a spin-off of occupy wall street. protesters marched down pennsylvania avenue this morning. then about 1 thorks demonstrators rallied outside the capitol. members of the occupy congress movement said they're protesting economic disparities and the influence of corporate money in politics. house lawmakers returned to the hill today after their winter recess. >>> president obama met with his jobs council today and sa

the "charlotte observer" reports that the speech will take place at charlotte's bank of america stadiumome of the carolina panthers football team. >>> today it's back to work for some members of congress. here's a look at capitol hill this morning where members of the house will return today. awaiting them is a list of key issues that could make 2012 just as tense and divisive as 2011. here are some of the small things or the big things i should say lawmakers will tackle. first, the payroll tax cut. congress extended the cut before leaving for the holiday, but only for two months, which mean they'll have to decide whether to extend it again by february. likely to be included in the debate are unemployment benefits which were extended by stopgap measures through 2011. and paying for both measures will be a topic of heavy date. lawmakers are still looking for more than $1 billion in cuts in order to reduce the budget deficit while still keeping programs that will encourage spending and economic growth. >>> now, congress comes back to work with an all-time low approval rating. a new cnn po

i know, why doesn't he sing the national anthem at the bank of america stadium next summer when president for the obama administration. >> kimberly: i think -- >> dana: "dinah blow your horn." all right. bob, i don't know how bob saves himself from something. we'll come back with one more thing. our last segment. we love it. coming up next. ♪ ♪ p@?ñm Ñoy÷h>óñc>ó you've felt like this before, right? 2:30 in the afternoon, a lot to do, and you've hit the wall. but you got to get stuff done. so take 5-hour energy. just open it up, knock it back, and roll up your sleeves. 5-hour energy is faster and easier than coffee. man, does it work. you'll get that alert, energized feeling you need to get stuff done. a lot of stuff. wow. look at you go. 5-hour energy. when you gotta get stuff done. ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: that special time of the show. time for one more thing. miss dana, what do you got? >> dana: i had a chance to see juan williams, part of "the five" group here. he is part of a great organization. well, a lot of movements on national school choice, which would allow parents to be able

the convention committee announced that the president will give his big speech at bank of america stadium the dnc is shortening the convention by one day to allow a day of family oriented events. >>> and after a month of vacation, congress is back at work and they will say they were on recess. they have a lot to get done this session, after last month's political disaster over the payroll tax extension, how are they going to accomplish everything on their to do list. >> kelly, first to you, the new washington post, abc news poll has an 84% disapproval rating. it cannot get worse than this. 3% had no comment on congress. that is what they are fighting as they figure out whether to fight each other or get something done. >> and some people are saying who are the 13% and see how closely they are paying attention. really only on capitol hill can you say happy november. some of the members are on overseas trips to afghanistan, but there's a long to-do list much of it is bit familiar to us, issues that have been left over, pieces and parts that were not resolved. of course the big payroll tax c

i know, why doesn't he sing the national anthem at the bank of america stadium next summer when presidenttration. >> kimberly: i think -- >> dana: "dinah blow your horn." all right. bob, i don't know how bob saves himself from something. we'll come back with one more thing. our last segment. we love it. coming up next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually se arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammatio plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. a celebrex is not a narcotic. when it comes to relieving your arthritis pain, you and your doctor need to balance the benefits with the risks. all prescription nsaids, like celebrex, ibuprofen, naen, and melocam have the same cardiovascar w

accept his party's nomination on the last day of the democratic national convention at the bank of america stadium north carolina. bloomberg reported last week that convention planners were struggling to meet the $37 million fund raising goal. the new venue would allow for incentive, such as luxury exciboxes to attract -- sky boxes to attract wealthy donors. occupy wall street weighed in saying it's part of a broader problem and says it "reflects the tendency of the democratic party and president obama in particular to prioritize the interest of financial institutions and wealthy donors over working class families." >>> finally a british police officer reportedly left documents about security arrangement for this summer's london olympics on a train. they were given to a british tabloid that in turn gave them back to the police. authorities downplayed the incident saying the papers were not operationmly sensitive. but it is the latest in a string of security breaches in great britain involving classified documents being left on commuter transportation. ♪ >> bret: our top story at the bottom of the

it will be at bank of america stadium charlotte, north carolina, home of the panthers football team. the white house says the president wanted another big venue so as many people as possible could be there in person. 70,000 it will seat. the president meeting with his jobs council again today. he says he has already taken action on most of the panel's recommendations. but there is word the president may not agree with his own council when it comes to just one suggestion, ed henry with the details on that from the white house tonight. that has to do with this keystone pipeline that everybody is so fired up about. >> that's right, shep. it would run from canada right through the u.s. down to texas, oil and gas pipeline. maybe create thousands of jobs. there is a hot dispute about exactly how many jobs. interesting because the president's outside council here, jeff immelt of g.e., other business executives is not binding. sort of an outside group. the president has embraced a lot of their agenda, put out a new report today. they did not mention keystone but they did say this about energ

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bank of america stadium. awkward!g as bank of america hasn't exactly been good for democrats or the administration so it's weird to say the big guy is getting recrowned for a place named for the big bank, well, critics say the bank displaced thousands of homeowners and has a horrible relationship with debit cards and it's probably not the best home. and for the president not remotely close to a home run or a touchdown. you get my point. leaving aside the debit card mess, the occupy wall streeters hating anything having to do with b-of-a mess, does the administration really need or want this mess? apparently the "charlotte observer" reporting that the president wants a big crowd to match the outdoor crowd he had four years ago when he spoke at denver invesco field. no wonder some democrats are praying for bad weather. they are convenient north carolina in the middle of the hurricane season, after all. why risk going outside in a stadium? all the more so when you consider the name on the stadium. we're going to be out t

going to take place at charlotte's bank of america stadium, not exactly the name the obama campaign would like to have on all these programs, 73,000 seat venue is home to of the carolina panthers. as the president prepares for his third state "state of the u address, next week, a new "washington post" poll shows americans are divided over his record and deeply pessimistic about the economic recovery. more than half, 52% say obama has accomplished not much, little or nothing as president. over 9% believe the economic recovery has been strong and by a 2-1 margin, they say they are worse off than believe they are better off financially. a couple notes on the convention. by the way, now that we've gone from four to three, political conventions probably starting in 2016 will never be four days again, number one. the tv ad rate, this would be the earlier than president bush in his re-election or bill clinton although you can argue bill clinton did do some testing of tv ads back in '95, when they were having the budget shutdown and you can argue whether those were campaign ads, a very early enga

the democratic national committee announcing that bank of america stadium in charlotte, north carolina president obama accepts the nomination. the dnc hoping the stadium, the carolina panthers call home will be filled with supportest just as -- remember 2008 -- mile high stadium in denver? that was packed with people. the stadium has a lot of blue seats. >> it provides more opportunity with 74,000 wonderful blue seats, by the way. not that we wouldn't have been here if the seats were red, but the blue seats helped push us over the top, but it provides an opportunity with 74,000 seats to include carolinians and americans from all across the country and the region to come here and witness a great moment in history when we renominate the president. >>> it's slated to start september 3rd in charlotte. >>> speaking of the president, he could soon go head to head with republicans over your taxes. that bite, we're talking about it again, both sides facing a deadline before cash disappears from your paycheck. jessica yellin is next. .. medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one o

carolina, on september 6th has been upgraded from the time warner cable arena to the 74,000-seat bank of america stadium. this will be the president's second open air stadium presidential nomination acceptance speech. sources close to god report that he was inundated today with republican prayers for rain in charlotte on the evening of thursday, september 6th. also today, republican front-runner willard m. romney spent the day talking about taxes, as republicans are want to do, but not in the way republicans want to. >> in the prior races for president, the tradition has been the nominee releases his tax returns in tax season, in april, and i know that if i'm the nominee, people will want to see the most recent year. so they'll want to see the tax returns that come out in april. so rather than sort of have multiple releases of tax returns, why, we'll wait until the tax returns for the recent year are completed and then release them. >> so romney is talking about releasing only his 2011 tax return, which has not yet been written. that means he can write that tax return with political convenience in mind.