charlotte has talked about.the thanks that charlotte has talked about. most importantly, my great friend, steve. we have been pals for a long, long time, and i cannot tell you anybody i respect more and look to as a genuine friend. . [applause] i'm wearing a tie that ronald reagan gave me back in the primary days in 1979-1980, and it has a nonpartisan cinnamon on it. it says, "democracy is not a spectator sport." -- it has a non partisan sentiment on it. so get in. i have always felt that public service is a great privilege and a great opportunity, but no one serves more than the veterans served in the armed forces. particularly veterans who served in combat. so i think it is so necessary and so inappropriate to finally have this special memorial here in this place. in northern california area, there are more veterans than in 48 of the 50 states. so this is hallowed ground for veterans, right around here, and i think that adds to the appropriateness of this place. but look at the setting. city hall. symbolizes t

maybe that will be proved incorrect next week in charlotte.ink it hits at something that is real. the obama administration, they know they really don't like the republican plan. they're not quite sure what their support, and i even think in paul's piece what jarrod bernstein said was a bit of that too. and so i thought they made some real progress in making some strong arguments. >> what about, mark, the rest 6 last night, david touched on that. the ode folks who testified, did testimonials about what mitt romney-- i thought they were great, i thought they were quite effecting. part of mitt romney that would never see testimony given before. there were acts of just enormous kindness and generosity. the one question that was raised, it he is a legitimate one, is that he is enormously kind to people he can see. and acts of personal kindness and generosity of time. but policies affect all kinds of people you don't see. millions of people that he will never come in contact with. and so acts of personal generosity and thoughtfulness, while totally

i'm wolf blitzer in charlotte.ation room." >>> the political fireworks in tampa now are over. but spotlight shifting here to charlotte, north carolina, where it's president obama's turn to go on the attack and make his case for another four years in the white house. i'm here at the time warner cable arena, the site of the democratic national convention. they're getting ready for the convention to begin on tuesday. the podium has just been unveiled. and only days from now thousands of democrats will be gathering from across the country for all the excitement here. i'll be leading cnn's coverage of all the big events, the speakers among them, the first lady of the united states, michelle obama, the vice president joe biden and former president bill clinton. and of course the president of the united states himself. much more on the political story coming up. but right now i want to get to the situation in iran. there are reports it may be getting much closer to a nuclear weapons capability. the united nations' nuclear

it was good but it wasn't charlotte, north carolina, good. then finally vinnie delivered. >> i was in the army. >> yes. did you serve in iraq or afghanistan? >> i did two tours in iraq. >> are you gay? >> no. >> were you ever saved while serving overseas by a gay person? >> i could have been. >> he's perfect! >> close. >> it's not close! >> not it, close. >> it is it. this is the guy! he's the thing. >> i appreciate your work but i can do better. >> as i watched the d.n.c.'s last hope walk out of the door, i had to trust vinnie could pull off a miracle. >> i was born in los angeles. >> uh-huh. american born. >> i joined the marine corps. >> military background. >> i ended up going to iraq for most of 2007. >> served in iraq. ful chris, are you gay? >> yes. >> yes! yes! yes! congratulations, chris! you are america's next great political prop! you are going to charlotte! >> you're the best. >> the best! you're welcome, d.n.c. see you in charlotte. >> jon: wow, that was incredible. great job. i cannot believe in that amount of time you found som

blac follow the wings. >> brit: welcome back to charlotte. about it with the panel being but in the speech last night, there was not a mention, a single word about afghanistan. obviously there are tens of thousands, some 80,000 or more american troops on the ground still fighting in afghanistan. we're back with the panel. david, was that a major oversight, the obama campaign already hitting romney on that fact. >> i don't know if it was an oversight or not. i don't think it was a political problem. the fact that he addressed national security, that he addressed iran and the nuclear program got the job done in that regard. now, should he have mentioned it? in retrospect, i think it would have been proper for him to discuss afghanistan, but is it a problem, no. > >> brit: dan? >> i think it's a reminder that the romney campaign is so singularly focused on the domestic side and the economy in particular, but is it going to be a big problem, no. he should have talked about it. it would have been smart to do so, but i don't think it's going to cos

go after the other guy and say he will do even worse. >> the president is launching tour thisto charlotte' week. on monday he will be checking out the response to hurricane isaac. wbal-tv 11 news. >> sally, we just saw all the republican big-name speakers. who were some of the big-name speakers at the dnc next week? >> first lady michelle obama will address the delegates on monday. tuesday night, former president jimmy carter. wednesday night, former president bill clinton is delivering the nomination speech and prime-time thursday night it is president obama. >> all right. thank you so much. >> denied the mayor of norland says the cleanup has -- tonight the mayor of new moreland says the cleanup was officially begun. -- new orleans says the cleanup has officially begun. he reminded the public that caution should be the order of the day. >> now is not the time to go back down. we're not finished in the city of new orleans. i will continue against a very difficult odds to urge caution and common sense. >> all right. it is reported it will take a few more days before the flood waters recede

charlotte was surprised by the test results. mother of 2 among the first people to be tested for a wide range of industrial chemicals. test revealed that her body contained mercury lead cosmetics. i felt violated charlotte reported. she was upset about the pesticide. i never used them in my house, never on my lawn. i bought organic whenever i could. her body contained several variations of organic chlorines designed to attack nervous systems of insects. i never bought it. isn't that trespassing. i tell this in my story of mary broon. mary never felt called to be an environmentalist she was nursing her 6 month daughter olivia and a story had been done by texas tech where they looked at breast milk samples, all were contaminated with rocket fuel. i was stunned, i thought breast milk was as pure as it came for food source. i was up all night thinking about it. i tell the story about michelle from california whose family was the first family to be monitored in the oakland tribune. it stunned even scientists. the tests found many of

but charlotte's dad said he worked with the can to get that service. not seemnation does right to him. >> good to know she got home safe. dirges county police have identified a motorcyclist was marlboro today. juan pena from silver springs. with aorcycle collided car. around 6:30 a.m. n ground station road. resides who live nearby heard a loud crash. a couple of medics rushed to help. he was lying on his back. were a bunch of cars around. i don't know. she was holding a sign, making it was not causing more injury. cpr.rted police are still just how this accident all played out. >> bags are packed and ready to it is hard to believe it is this time of year. tomorrow, thousands of children at prince george's county will head back to school. has 56 speed cameras has 16 more in october. caught -- its abetted nearly 4000 tickets. >> the founder of wikileaks his dand of president obama. what he isl you more likethe u.s. -- what he is demanding the u.s. stop doing. and what mitt romney and wikileaks founder julian assange spoke out in london. he was granted as

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make you stock up on plenty of that crappy wine i like in charlotte. >> i will. yeah party! david do something about those stains of our bedspreads before we get there. >> is there a bed woman in the bathtub. >> no it's not even up to the shining standard. >> stephanie: exactly. >> it's a black and white tv. >> stephanie: all right. 48 hours after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> you are a reporter or an opinion person? >> stephanie: it would never occur to me to think of myself as anything but a reporter. >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." (vo) ...after the premiere of joy behar: say anything joining us. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me, man. get irresistibly clean and fresh carpets in your home with resolve deep clean powder. the moist powder removes three times more dirt than vacuuming alone while neutralizing odors for a clean you can see, smell and really enjoy. don't just vacuum clean. resolve clean. (vo) this is joy. >>who the heck does mitt romney think he is? (vo) this is joy on current tv. >>if mitt romney treats

and so is steve handlesman, who joins us from charlotte. steve? >> reporter: thanks. good evening from the cable box, that's what the folks here in charlotte, north carolina call this time warner cable arena, which next week will be the home of the democratic national convention. it's here that president obama gets his shot to try to fire up his base and win over undecided vote serious like the republicans did last week. before splitting up to campaign, mitt romney and paul ryan put a positive spin on their republican convention. >> coming out of tampa, we have given or fellow countrymen a very clear choice. >> you listen to the last guy running for president. he was unable to do it. >> reporter: in his soaring speech last night, romney did not lay out specifics. >> i have a plan to create 12 million new jobs. >> reporter: nor did ryan wednesday on taxes, spending, medicare, as campaigning resumed, joe biden took a shot. >> congressman paul ryan has given absolutely clear definition to all those vague commitments -- >> reporter: a lot of buzz today is not about the ro

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. >> you told me he will -- you are on to charlotte. >> we will have a very robust situation in charlotte. when they go to charlotte, we will be there in force. we have got a really large team. some of our surrogates will be there. we will be trying to make sure our story is heard while they are trying to tell their message. >> so far? >> we have seen a lot of good polls, nationally and the battleground states. wisconsin, the home state of ryan, it was carried by now- president obama in 2008. we are now neck and neck. that is extremely encouraging when you look at adding wisconsin to the map. this administration is clearly on defense. looking at a state like iowa, we are there, also florida and north carolina. we feel good in the battleground states coming out of this convention. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> let me follow-up on one of the questions. is this a united republican party coming out of this convention? >> not exactly. you have some that are not happy with the direction of the party. they want to see some of their views included in the platform, and they want romney to do some

there will be multiple surrogates going to charlotte. republic loomaries from around the country not only rebut what the democrats and president obama and joe biden say but also take part in an aggressive sort of positive assertion of the republic agenda as -- republic convention in tampa. there will be -- democrats wouldn't seize fire. [audio cutting out] >> probably answer back as much -- >> harris: all right, we are losing a little bit of carl cammeron there as it is live television and technical things can happen. carl, we appreciate your report. we're going to move on. today two years ago president obama announced the end of operations in iraq. today he went back to fort bliss to mark the milestone. he said this was official visit not a campaign trip they say. signed executive order to expand mental health services for troops veterans and their families. he made this pledge to america's armed forces. >> in a world of serious threats, i will never hesitate to use force to defend the united states of america or our interests. at the s

thank you very much. >>> join us monday as we kick off a power-packed week in charlotte.e minority leader nancy pelosi, the democratic leader joining us on monday. bo biden, north carolina governor purdue, melody barnes, california senator barbara boxer, and former new mexico governor bill richardson. all that and more next week. >>> up next, trail mix. we check in with our reporters following the candidates on the campaign trail today. as attention turns to the democratic convention, msnbc is airing an hour-long documentary on president obama monday night, the premiere of "barack obama making history" hosted by chris matthews, monday at 10:00 on msnbc. and tonight at 10:00, encore showing of "mitt romney the making of a candidate" hosted by our friend, chuck todd. we have big dreams. one is for a clean, domestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to saf

if you're stuck in charlotte where do you receipt? >> conventions aren't just for those delegates and friends of the president. they also serve some purpose don't they? >> no, not anymore. not anymore. there's no mystery. there's nothing about this proposed convention that means anything. it's a television show, not nearly as good as the olympics. the performers are not equally as quality so therefore you really don't -- you have a paid for opportunity to do wonderful things if you are the mayor of let's say san antonio and you're the key noter. you have an opportunity if you do a bill clinton retrospective or jimmy carter retrospective or any other exliving penalty or relatives of living presidents with that it's a reality show from that stand point but it is boring. >> we've got two conventions the republican on monday. it's really a story at this stage of not only who's presenting themselves, rising stars and the team of leaders, but who was excluded, herman cain perry bachmann, knut is doing a university. >> don't you think if you

what are the democrats doing in charlotte?'t think they ought to waste the city's time. >> they have bad speakers. i saw barney frank, chuck schumer and andrew cuomo was shut out. the clintons see him as a threat in 2016. he won't be speaking. cory booker is an interesting speaker although his city is still a mess. the knockout punch is bill clint clinton. he'll say tax cuts and deregulation. we have heard it before, it doesn't work. that's one reason why romney was careful not to emphasize tax cuts. >> there is a rumor biden's going to tampa. he still thinks it's going on down there. >> mark, the key point about bill clinton is he's going to give a great speech about bill clinton. you know that will happen. >> remember, nobody wants obama defeated more than bill clinton. he'll give a phenomenal speech and a week later in an interview do something to screw it up. >> jonathan cowan, i will concede one thing i don't like. some of the republicans are going to charlotte to cause trouble. there are 50 of them. some of the names her

both charlotte and an drea did as well. charlotte at 15 years and joe airna and i 15 years. that's how we got in this program. we practiced very hard. very, very hard we practiced everyday and we have been been in india practicing 8 times where our teacher is from. yes. >> yes. >> well there are similarities all of southeast asia. we performed in bali with a group. it's a story from the [inaudible] and so the indian epiics actually the indian epiics for very common in cambodia and bali and thailand and there is a different aesthetic. all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has

the time warner arena in charlotte is almost ready. both this state, north carolina, and florida, are ballot ground states, where both campaigns will be carefully looking at the polls to see what kind of convention boost romney got from the rnc. at the site of the dnc, time warner arena in charlotte, i'm steve handelsman, notiews4. >>> more now on the moment, the monolog from actor and film director clint eastwood. the 82-year-old appeared as a surprise guest. during his remarks, he used an empty chair to conduct a mock interview with president obama? he criticized the policy in afghanistan and performance on the economy, but he did say he was moved to tears during president obama's victory speech four years ago. >> i thought, this is great, everybody's crying, oprah was crying and i was even crying. and then finally i haven't cried that hard since i found out that there's 23 million unemployed people in this country. >> as for the empty chair, president obama's reelection team was clearly watching the seat. they went out a picture wit

we have the latest. >> good evening from charlotte, n.c.. this is time warner cable arena, the site next week of the democratic national convention where president obama will take his shot at firing up his base and trying to win over undecided voters like the republicans just tried to do. paul ryan and mitt romney tried to put a positive spin on the republican convention. >> we have given our fellow countrymen a very clear choice. >> if you listened to the last guy running for president. he laid out what he was going to do. he was not able to do it. it is time to give someone new a chance. >> in a soaring speech last night, romney did not lay out specific. >> i plan to care -- a plan to create 12 million new jobs. >> campaigning resumed and joe biden took a shot. >> congressman paul ryan has given it absolutely clear definition to all those vague commitments. >> a lot of the applause today is not about to run the speech, but clint eastwood and his chat with an imaginary barack obama. >> people were wondering -- >> viewers saw that instead of

. >> harris: democrats getting set for moment in the spotlight next week in charlotte. 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

in charlotte, i think they are really going to go after romney and ryan.se are the worst guys in the world. >> what's he been trying to do for the last couple of months. did it effectively in the month of july not so much in the month of august was to define mitt romney as this cold, uncaring, finance guy who all he wants to do is make money. they are trying to change that narrative this weaning. the obama campaign made a lot of inroads in july. particularly because romney wasn't fighting back. watch for them to go very hot, very heavy. >> interesting to see if that tone is negative in charlotte. who have we got up there right now? let's take a quick break. we're awaiting awaiting rob portman. we're going to take a break. we're going to keep the guys here. maybe we have time for watters world. we don't know. but you'll know when we come right back. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ but we've got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be safe. thousands of jobs. use the most advanced t

larry is gracious enough to join us in charlotte next week. i have told him to pre-order that ice cream. it is a long story, i will detail that for you next week. forget the good and bad and try the down right ugly, the liberal s over clint eastwood taking stage at republican national convention. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. he cannot do that to himself. you are absolutely crazy. you are getting as bad as bide bideen. if you have copd like i do, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd iludes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiva helps corol my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell yr doctor if you have kidy problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you ta, even eye drops. sto

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