[audience booing]. >> 435,000 people out of work, in north carolina. you know what, north carolina?n do better than this. [cheers and applause]. >> help is on the way. [cheers and applause]. >> we feel as your fellow citizens, that we owe you a choice. a choice of two futures. we can either stay on the current path that we are on, a nation in debt, a nation in doubt, a nation in despair, a nation with high unemployment, where we are giving our children a diminished future or we can change this thing and get this country back on the right track. [cheers and applause]. >> now, historians often point to the key characteristics of a great leader. of a statesman, the kind of leaders that have changed things around. a person must have a bedrock of principles, a moral compass, a vision for their country and an ability to put that vision into place. the man who best embodies those things, the man who has the experience to be that kind of leader we need at this moment, is the man standing next to me, his name is mitt romney. and he's going to be the next president of the united states. [chee

lost in north carolina. [ crowd booing ] 435,000 people out of work in north carolina.now what, north carolina? we can do better than this. help is on the way. [ applause ] we feel, as your fellow citizens that we owe you a choice, a choice of two futures. we can either stay on the current path that we are on, a nation in debt, a nation in doubt, a nation in despair, a nation with high unemployment, where we are giving our children a diminished future or we can change this thing and get this country back on the right track. now, historians often point to the key characteristics of a great leader, of a statesman, of the kind of leaders that have changed things around. a person must have a bedrock of principles a moral compass, a vision for their country and an ability to put that vision into place. the man who best embodies those things, the man who has the experience to be that kind of leader we need at this moment is the man standing next to me, his name is mitt romney, and he is going to be the next president of the united states [ cheers and applause ] you know why?

>>shepard: that worked for you and you said so and north carolina is upset. >>guest: i tell people to eat meet and vegetables and in the state of north carolina that is against the law. the state of north carolina did a review of my website where they told me i could in the tell diabetics to do things such as reduce carbohydrates or tell them to stop seating grains and gluten and i could in the tell them not to eat certain vegetable oils. >>shepard: do you claim you are a doctor or you have training in this matter or do you make the claim you are sharing your own personal experiences? >>guest: i share from my own personal experience. i am not a doctor. i am not a dietitian. i am not a nutritionive. i have no medical training. if i can figure this out, why can't they? >>shepard: everyone has their own thing. some people just juice it up all the time. everyone has their own thing. i don't listen to half the people and probably wouldn't to you but i don't think cheetos are good. but i love them. >>guest: they are tasty. i have in the had any in three years since

i think i was campaigning for south carolina, because i know the politics in south carolina are very,ery dirty, they are money known to be dirty and the new guys, i think we all kind of figured out north carolina was more of a purple state, purple state, so that is why we chose it. >> rose: north carolina depends on who you talk to, but is, you know, is being contested, i mean the democrats think they can win and the republicans think they are likely to win. >> but the hispanic vote is what obama. >> it is growing, it is growing. >> yes. >> rose: he is spending a lot of time and the convention with is in north carolina. >> yes. >> rose: the convention is in north carolina. >> are you going? >> rose: oh, sure. you want to come dow and be my co-anchor? >> i think we can hang out at go jangles. >> bo jangles. >> rose:. >> rose: is the chicken good. >> it's better that chick-fil-a, let's put it that way. >> bo jangles lets gay people like me in. >> rose: one at a time. let's look at a clip, this is where a cam phone numbers thanks to a salacious voice mail to an unsuspecting family. >> it

they're going to be in north carolina. you got the detention convention inning north carolina.n they're there and the republicans are here in florida. >> what do you do if you're a republican leader here in tampa and tomorrow night, when this convention really gets going, there's a hurricane category 2 that hits the gulf coast, maybe new orleans on the seventh anniversary of catrkatrina. >> it's very difficult. they're in a tough situation. i was talking to somebody earlier and said do you think they called snow day too early, they could have had a convention here today and that would have benefited them to a certain degree if they had to cut it short at the other end? you don't like to see the pictures. and they're going to have to make a game day decision here and have to decide what toneton set, which is very important in this kind of situation. i think it's about the schedule, yes, but it's about nuance and it's about tone and getting the important things wrapped up as early as you can. >> well, and it's my understanding that not that chris christie is speaking tomorrow nig

, you have no roots in north carolina why did we let you in on this?> i don't know what they were thinking. and, you know,, we shot in new orleans, weirdly, which -- >> rose: new orleans reminds you of north carolina. >> they were actually great and they thought there was a campaign going on, they would see the car and say, oh, i heard someone say whose -- i oh i think he is running for congress, like people actually thought we were running for congress. >> rose: why north carolina? >> that was -- >> rose:. >> that was from the east coast because they both have roots here. i think i was campaigning for south know the politics in south carolina are very, very dirty, they are money known to be dirty and the new guys, i think we all kind of figured out north carolina was more of a purple state, purple state, so that is why we chose it. >> rose: north carolina depends on who you talk to, but is, you know, is being contested, i mean the democrats think they can win and the republicans think they are likely to win. >> but the hispanic vote is what obama. >>

north carolina. 435,000 people out of work in north carolina. you know what, north carolina, we can do better than this. >> now, for his part, governor romney in hashing back to president obama's now famous comment that if you own a small business you didn't build that told the audience here it, quote, runs counter to the american spirit. and while the presumptive gop nominee also faulted his fellow republicans for ballooning he didn't specify who and governor romney took a shot at public sector unions. >> our schools have to be the best in the world and not in the bottom quartile. we know how to do that. i won't go through all of the policy, but let me tell you this, it starts with a very clear that we put our kids and their parents and the teachers first and the teacher's union and -- union they go behind. >> that was one of governor romney's biggest applause lines. he could utter it with relative impunity in north carolina. in this state in 2011 according to the bureau of labor statistics only 2.9

[cheers and applause] . >> hello, north carolina! [cheers and applause]. >> when we were driving in here and we saw how many people were here, and we saw how many people are outside, that couldn't get in here, i turned to mitt and i turned to paul and i said, do you see that? [cheers and applause]. >> i said, they are here because they get it. they know... [cheers and applause]. >> they know that america is in trouble. and, these they're two guys that are gonna save it. [cheers and applause]. >> so, it is a thrill to be here, it is a thrill to have this kind of enthusiasm and this kind of -- just boost that gives us such a fight and a determination to say we're not going to take it anymore. we are taking the white house back. [cheers and applause]. >> so, i don't think i want to give the mic up but i think i tter let him. anyway, we love you, we love america, and we're going to get it done. thank you. [cheers and applause]. >> those are terrific laeshgdz i'll tell you that. -- terrific ladies, i'll tell you that. they are a lot bette

not bad today through the carolinas and georgia. storms in florida will continue. the only areas that continue to be unusually hot, especially most of texas, back through arizona and even interior california. that's about it. as i mentioned, besides the cool, cloudy weather heading through illinois and areas into indiana, it's a rather nice monday morning. that's a look at your national forecast. here's a look at the weather outside your window. tampa, florida, along with the rest of florida, your typical afternoon thunderstorms, but memphis, tennessee, you could see an afternoon storm as the storm system and cold front try to head through. still pretty warm day in oklahoma. overall, looks like a quiet week weatherwise. >> nice summer. >> no complaint from me. >> me either. >>> gas prices soar, tablet prices heat up and retail therapy to cure your case of olympic withdrawal. >>> plus, what goes up must come down. "the dark knight's" rise at the box office ends. >>> a sparkling debut for andrew luck. chad johnson's nfl career is in jeopardy. quite possibly, the catc

the national convention kicking off on monday in north carolina's largest city where party leaders are hoping to make more inroads with southern voters. president obama narrowly won the state in 2008. the first democrat to do so since 1976. now the campaign hoping for a repeat polls showing the president and mitt romney running neck and neck in north carolina. mike emanuel with the news. putting on a national convention we know we just saw it obviously a huge undertaking. is this group ready? >> harris, they seem to be. they are making the final touches as are our technical experts who are going to allow us to broadcast it live. officials say it was a huge job. it took seven weeks for the work crews to transform the

the carolina defender pulls down his arm, there it is right there. that, my friends, is the definition of pass inference. the no call causes vanderbilt to win big, they win 17-13, vanderbilt has to score more than 13 points, can't blame that on one call. and houston taking on rice. brett hunley beating out the seniors, first snap of his college career making a pretty fw impression, weaving through the rice defense for a touchdown, all the way. 72 yards. ucla rolls, 49-24, not such a great moment for one college football player, check this out. kent state, punting to tolleson here, nice job, except -- he picks it up, and runs the wrong way. you're going to wrong way. why -- he tackled him, i'll never know. he didn't end up in the end zone for a safety, brought down by the players, but he rumbled 58 yards the wrong way, pretty impressive. by the way, the officials got this one wrong, too, the ball should have been blown dead when he touched it. wrong way, there it is. the a's, they are hot. winning their sixth straight, beat the indians 12-7. josh redd

there is a strong thunderstorm and western carolina county. a tornado warning is in effect for western carolina county intel 6:15. west of denton is a storm system that is showing strong rotation and the possibility or tornado could touchdown and western caroline county in the next hour. if you are on the western side of the county, should be taking shelter now. there could be or tornadoes associated with that thunderstorm to the west of denton. the warning goes until 6:15. a look at our map. there is a warning in effect for parts of queen anne's, talbot and west of denton. we will check out how much more rain we can expect in the 7 day forecast and a couple minutes. >> the high winds and heavy rain prompted officials to close the maryland state fair today. that is not the only thing being affected. if there is around 6000 power outages reported. we have more on the damage around town this afternoon. >> in the 2300 block of east monument street. the department of public works have been working on this thing called, but now because of the rain

senior in ohio or even in south carolina. and then obama's ad is a projection of what may or may not come from a romney presidency. so it's speculative. i would run from the past if i were on their side as well. i mean, the really tough ads are yet to come. for example in south carolina went out and cut a spot that said in 2008 we elected him. we had 6.5% unemployment in south carolina. today we have 9.6. that's 50% increase. everybody understands the unemployment rate. dohow does dick sit there and look south carolinians in the eye and say he deserves another term when we have had unemployment go up 50%. see that throughout the country in swing states, north carolina, florida and ohio. >> laura: dick, you can answer that look i think obama is a master politician, i have thought that from the very beginning. i think is he brilliant, masterful at commanding the stage and so forth. but he does have a record, does he not? he said if you are not better off than you were four years ago that's an important barometer. he said that f

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in the fields of eastern north carolina, this is what they call topping. hidden cameras follow the workers down the roads of tobacco. documenting the skill it takes to quickly and effectively take the flower off the top of the plant. >> you do it without gloves? >> yes. >> how old are you? >> 14. >> like all the young workers we followed in north carolina and california during our investigation, we're not revealing this teenager's real name or the exact location of where she works. and in this case, for extra protection, we're hiding her face to prevent retaliation. later, the teen changes her story, reveals that she's actually only 13 years old. then, there is this girl who we'll call maria. maria described how her mother first prepared her to talk tobacco all to help out with the family's finances. >> she told me -- don't yank the flower off. stuff like that. >> farmer families typically follow the harvest. >> the association of farm worker opportunity programs has been following working families in agriculture all her life. she was once a migrant child

>> i think north carolina is primed to go republican.e have been working with the grass roots, registering voters, calling voters, identifying who needs a ride. i think north carolina will be moving to the red state category, and i am looking forward to it. >> will you be able to convince your fellow tea party supporters to go to the polls? >> around the state, as a matter of fact, i am coordinating one in about 10 days, some state groups to come together to start working together to make this happen, so i am sure and confident that north carolina will be red at the end of this convention. >> you are also going to charlotte. tell me about that. >> michele bachmann, on the first day of the democratic convention, set up in responses to vice president joe biden, so we are looking forward to going peacefully and showing who we are and that we are here to stay and that we believe in this country. >> last question for you, and that is that this is your first convention. how supportive have the members been of you as a member of the tea party?

but she is. >>> a controversial rally in asheville, north carolina. second annual go topless event to champion women's rights. >> it's not against the law to go topless in north carolina. some cities and towns have passed local laws to ban the act. after the weekend rally, some in asheville say their city should, too. >> on that note, enjoy your breakfast, everybody. >> have some flap jacks. your local news is next. you won't run into deals this big just anywhere. head to sears labor day event right now. get up to 30% off appliance. plus, use your sears card and save an extra 5%. this is worth running into. this is sears. you won't run into deals this big just anywhere. head to sears labor day event right now. get up to 30% off appliance. plus, use your sears card and save an extra 5%. this is worth running into. this is sears. >>> next, tropical storm isaac picking up steam over the gulf. we'll have the latest on the storm track. >>> petaluma's baseball hero are coming home today. we'll have a live report. >> mike is following the weather. >>> here a

carolina. 435,000 people out of work in north carolina. you know what, north carolina. we can do better than this. help is on the way. >> and good morning, every. i'm jaime colby. >> and i'm eric shawna. welcome to another hour of "america news headquarters" for a sunday morning. they are heading to congressman ryan's home state this afternoon. it is the first time since being chosen as the vice presidential candidate, and our steve brown is live in brookfield, wisconsin with the latest. steve, the ryan pick took a lot of people by surprise. they were able to keep it under wraps until the last moment. they did that with a little dancing with the media. how did they do it? >> as we understand it, ryan's house was being staked out by a lot of members of the media because many organizations, fox included, were planted on various candidates that seemed to be in line to be the potential vp. ryan lost all of them by slipping out of the back of his house to catch up with a driver who took him to an ai

he's being treated at north carolina hospital. he was also hospitalized last november for pneumonia. a spokesperson says he's in good spirits, resting comfortably and felt well enough to watch his grandson preach on television this morning. >>> football star chad ocho cinco johnson is out of jail in florida. released this morning on bond. johnson's accused of head butting his wife outside their home. he told police she actually head butted him. police say the fight started when his wife found a receipt for condoms. she's a star on the show, basketball wives. johnson faces a maximum penalty of a year in jail. right now, he's not allowed to coact his fe. >>> a company set out to find out where are all the honest people? they're conducting an experiment and comparing findings from 30 cities across the u.s. derrick ward was in dupont circle today as they tested shopper's honesty. >> reporter: you're looking at a social experiment where people could -- >> it's the honor system so see whether someone would pay a dollar or take a bottle

mitt romney and his new running mate, paul ryan, are sturming in the battleground state of north carolina. they just wrapped up an appearance at a furniture store. tonight they fly to ryan's home state of wisconsin for a rally in the congressman's home district. and then the team splits up. ryan heading to iowa and romney flying to florida to resume his battleground bus tour. at every stop so far -- the economy has been the big focus. >> i've got good news for you, and that is that this nation is going to come roaring back. there are some who are fearful that if we stay on the track we're on, we're going to end up like greece and we're going to have like europe has, the chronic high unemployment and the low wage growth and fiscal calamity right at the door. that's not the path we'll take us down. i see our president making us more and more like europe. i don't want to be like europe. i want to be like america. >> we feel, as your fellow citizens, that we owe you a choice. a choice of two futures. we can either stay on the current path that we are on, a nation in debt, a nation in doubt, a

north carolina's 14th district, one of the last to call it. opponent marty huggins did the craziest stunt to date. >> wow, you know what's scary? >> you're in it way too much. >> i can do that like i believe it. >> i know. that's what's so good about it. >> excellent. >> jay roach, your director who did "game change" and "recount," he's great. he knows his political theater really well. >> he does, he does. and he's also -- he's responsible for the austin powers movies and "meet the parents." he's kind of unique where he knows how to do the big broad comedies but he's well-versed in politics. a perfect combination. >> let me ask you a serious question. i watched the movie with my two boys. they're in their 20s, one just turned 30, and i'm thinking, is this helping young people vote? yes, will ferrell. >> what did they say? >> i'm going to encourage it. although one of my kids is to the left of obama, which i have to work on a little bit. he's mad about gitmo and things like that. a lot of people are. are you worried when you see a movie that i

that is in charlotte, north carolina. and what a weekend it has been. that does it for us. >> have a wonderful day, everybody. we will send you to washington where the news continues. take care. >>> the romney camp is hitting the reset button and trying to recharge its campaign. will the paul ryan pick be enough? we will ask sara palin for her thoughts. and is the ryan budget now the romney budget? and a counterpart on chris van holland weighs in. and just who is paul ryan? we will look at the vp candidate's life and career. america's news headquarters starts right now. >>> they are pitching themselves as america's come back team with the addition of wisconsin congressman for the ticket. governor romney is trying to position himself as the one who can turn things around in our still struggling economy. with now all of the players in place and three months to go until election day, the race for the white house kick that's high gear. as political junkies talk about what ryan brings to the ticket, he welcomes to the fray. in a faceoff how do the men in the

tim scott add of south carolina. -- out of south carolina. you have to and scott, alan west, on any given day, this guy just goes off the rails. is that what it takes to be a black conservative? you have to say outrageous stuff like this every other day. >> i can only speak for me and in 19 -- 2008, i had people accusing me of being a senator obama supporter because i would not slam him. consider the fact that i voted for impeachment for president clinton, but it was not a personal vote. i voted based on the facts and a lot and the constitution and what we were dealing with. i do think we have to strike a more civil tone in our public policy discussions. i happen to believe -- i remember when the senator or the house member from south carolina called president obama and a liar on the floor of the house. i was on the national show and they were asking me what i thought about it. i said, i disagree with it. i think it was wrong. both sides were wrong for what they did and how they handled that. i think there is a discourse in our public policy

i was not aware that our parliamentarian was from south carolina. i now feel like a jersey sandwich with south carolina bread. >> if i may, mr. chairman i think all deposition recognize voters need to be identified but not in a way that is oppressive and suppresses the constitutional right of every american. >> we see this as a sin confidential attack on the -- cynical attack on the report is rights. there is very little evidence of veteran fraud. this is in many ways an attack on students, elderly and poor and i appreciate your making sure we do this the right way. on that i would very much like to have a vote here of can i have all those in favor to give a loud, loud, loud so every state hears your aye -- we want it to fail. i want the loud no. and if you are from jersey you may say heck, no. so, are there any ayes? no ayes. all right. n now, for every state to hear this august body gathered together may i hear the nays or nos? >> nay. >> thank you music to my ears. are you satisfied? >> yes. >> thank you very much. >> you bet. [applause] >> now w

. >>> they're also spraying in south carolina. and in albuquerque, leaders say they're doing everything they can to get rid of those mosquitos. >>> and turning to politics and the tax return questions which keep nagging the romney campaign. now, romney has revealed more information about what hepaid. >> and his running mate is also making some revelations. abc's paul beban has the details.orr:>> mitt romney's running mate, paul ryan, has blasted presid obama's imulus plan for years. but when asked by abc station wpco about a report that he requested money for wisconsin in 2009, he denied it. >> i don't ask for stimulus. i haven't seen this report. i can't comment on it. i oppose the stimulus because it doesn't work. >> reporter: in a statement late thursday, ryan admitted his office sent the letter. and defended them as constituent services. meanwhile, after weeks of pressure to release more than two years of tax returns, mitt romney admitted he had gone back to check his returns. >> i did go back and look at my taxes. and over th

even live in south carolina anymore.y are now citizens in another state. 37,000 of them are deceased and had not been taking off the voting rolls. 950 chose to vote in elections after they were deceased. that may have been dead voters, voting fraud, or it could have been an error by the poll watchers. we are looking at those numbers. the opportunity for fraud exists. you look at statistics. georgia, our sister state, in 2007, they implemented the photo id law. in 2004, from 2004-2008, minority participation went up. people say that was because we had a special election, our first african-american president. let's go to 2010. minority participation went up 44%. hispanic his nation went up 66%. caucasian voters went up 11%. it went up across the board but statistically higher with minority groups. in no court case has some one been able to prove or show that there is actually someone who has been disenfranchise or had their right to vote suppressed. in south carolina law, you do not hear this talk about a lot, but if you s

they are still in north carolina.nd president obama is soon to arrive at this art center south of chicago, i understand. he will be trying to appeal to his supporters there and trying to collect a bit of money at a number of fundraisers scheduled before the president heads off to iowa tomorrow. people from paul ryan's hometown are reacting to news thereat he is on the republican ticket. athena jones has that. >> reporter: folks here in jamesville, wisconsin are reacting to the big news. >> i think he is an excellent candidate. >> reporter: the congressman who comes from a prominent local family is well known in this town of 63,000 people southwest of milwaukee. he attended school here, his brick home on a quiet street sits near the home of extended family. >> we have spoken to him in the neighborhood. just a down home kind of guy. he is in the labor day parade with his kids and his daughter was selling lemon nade. >> reporter: at a water ski tournament voters expressed hope that he will help win the traditionally blue

that will spin because of a low pressure system off the carolina coast. 76 right now. a bit of light rain around the area. i think that will be the story through the evening. i do not think the orioles game will be a washout, but there could be rain delays. >> stay informed any time severe weather strikes. download our apps. it is all free and available for your iphone, ipad, and android devices. wasowner of nacho mama's killed this weekend while riding his bicycle. he was a beloved man in the city of baltimore. not only for his business. for the person he was. george is live in canton. >> he was easily one of the most beloved people in baltimore. he was considered one of the pioneers of canton. he had successful restaurants that were driving forces behind making the square a popular destination in the city. the square has turned into a memorial of sorts. there are flowers and mementos in front of his restaurants. he was killed in ocean city last night. about 8:30, he was riding a bike along the coastal highway. he collided with a city bus. the exact circumstances are

>> are we going to win north carolina? that's right we are. >> reporter: but while history holds that voters ultimately pull for the name atop the ballot, ryan's selection is romney's vice presidential pick is driving a clear wedge how republicans and democrats hope to change the country's direction. >> we owe you a choice. a choice of two futures. we can either stay on the current path that we are on or we can change this thing and get this country back on the right track. >> reporter: though a member of congress 14 years, ryan was a virtual unknown until two years ago when republicans won back the house in a wave of tea party support and he took over as chair as the powerful budget committee. >> the hearing will come to order. >> reporter: ryan's so-called road map for america's future, a proposed federal budget of sweeping cuts appears to be a destined to be a lightning rod evidenced by this morning's head loons and sunday talk shows. florida congresswoman -- >> paul ryan embraces extremism, suggests to end medicare as