cheyenne hopkins, thank you for coming on this morning. coming up next, reid wilson of hot line joins us to look at the 2012 senate races. and then we look at a new trend in higher education, offering courses online. first, this news update from c- span radio. >> checking in on the campaign trail, there is a new television ad out today from a super pac supporting president obama. the ad, sponsored by priorities usa action, criticized the governor from the's business decisions at bain capital. it features a former employee who lost his job and health insurance when the capital closed his plan in 2001. the man says he does not think mitt romney "understand what he has done to people's lives." meanwhile, a new mitt romney ad criticizes president obama's position on welfare, and accuses the president of cutting welfare reform. he says he simply wants to pass out checks without the work requirement adopted in president clinton's welfare overhaul. governor romney is on the trail today in illinois, while the president is in washington as work con

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good we will be joined tomorrow by a bloomberg growth corridor c -- by the bloomberg reporter cheyenne hopkins. we will take your calls, and then the conversation on online courses. live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> sunday, thought look for our q&a with andrew nagorski. >> my correspondents were diplomats in berlin. i had not spent a lot of time thinking what it would be like to be a correspondent in the 1920's or the 1930's. how would you have operated? what would you have noticed? how would you have reacted? >> sunday at 8 on c-span's "q&a." the political parties are holding their hearings with democrats voting on final recommendations in detroit. republicans start their process at the tampa convention site. c-span complete coverage begins monday, august 27 with the national convention in tampa and the democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina star thing tuesday, september 3. >> the democratic platform drafting committee met in annapolis in july. ted strickland is responsible for an initial draft that will be considered this weekend. this part of the first day is two