[laughter] >> colby? >> romney went all in with this caidate, and it is good it in the sense that the campaign will be run on vision. which team has the right vision for the country? it is not ing to be fuzziness there. that is the good part about it. the other thing is that i think paul ryan brings some intellectual heft to the discussion. >> evan? >> i think i.t. has a bold choice, and i was hoful that it was going toring intellectu heft to the discussion, but the discussion this week has mostly been scuffling around, lying to each other, accung each other of murder -- not directly but you know, the same o -- it is not an uplifting campaign. >> by putting paul ryan and eareigh and budget in the spotlight -- and the ryan budget in the spotligh d does it make romney the top of the ticket lolook week? >> you know, that is a concern. i saw one conservative columnist say, if only this ticket were reversed. that is the last thing you want to hear as the presidential nominee. i think that if anything, it shows

[laughter] >> colby? >> romney all in, and it is good in the sense that the campaign will not be run on vision, which team really has the vision for the country. there is not want to be fuzziness there. obama is clear about the role of government, the role the president should take, and romney is somewhere else. that is the good part. the other thing is that paul ryan brings some intellectual heft to the discussion. >> evan? >> i think it is a bold choice and i was hopeful that it would bring intellectual heft to the discussion, but the discussion this week has been scuffling around, lying, accusing each other of murder -- not directly, but. the same old -- it is down in the mud. >> by putting paul ryan and the ryan budget in the spotlight, to go back to what you said, mark, that romney does not look as well as he does with paul ryan and does not look as good alone, does it make the top of the ticket look weak? >> you know, that is a concern. i saw one conservative columnist say that if only this ticket o

[laughter] >> colby? >> romney went all in with this candidate, and it is good and the sense that the campaign will be run on vision. which team really has the right vision for the country. there is not going to be fuzziness between them. obama is clear about the role of it toment and the way to take, and romney is somewhere else. that is the good part of it. the other thing is that paul might bring some intellectual heft to the discussion. >> evan? >> it was a bold choice, and i was hopeful that would bring intellectual have to to the discussion. the discussion this past week has mostly been scuffling around, accusing each other of murder -- not directly, but it is not an uplifting campaign. >> by putting paul ryan and the ryan budget in the spotlight, going back to what you said, mark, romney does not look as good alone, doesn't make the top of the ticket look weak? >> that is a concern. i saw one conservative columnist say that if only this ticket were reversed. that is the last thing you want to hear

>> my name is colby.lby, you'd be from wisconsin. [ light laughter ] cheese reference, you guys. hey, we're playing pictionary, and here is how it works. we pick a clue, announce if it's an action, object, person or phrase and start drawing. 30 seconds on the clock per turn. leslie and i will each go once, sketching to our teammates. with one point for a correct guess. then we'll have a showdown. as our third and final round, our partners will be drawing the same clue at the same time. whoever wins that wins the whole shebang. ready? >> yeah. >> ready. >> jimmy: leslie, you go first. we'll go sit over here. colby, you can sit over there. turned down the cheese joke, man. [ light laughter ] >> so, go ahead -- is this the -- okay, ready? >> jimmy: oh, yeah, you can ask the audience for help. >> seven! >> seven? [ shouting ] >> jimmy: there's only two people suggesting numbers. >> what, oh, no. >> jimmy: yay. >> oh, no. >> yes! >> jimmy: you can say, is it an object, person, phrase -- you can say what it is.

colby? >> they have to go back and campaign and get ready for the elections in november. that is not a disaster. they also plan to come back after the election to address the problems that they are kicking and down the road before january. i don't think we will go over a cliff, because they know the consequence of that. >> businesses hate uncertainty, charles. >> uncertainty and terrible numbers. unemployment rising again. "the new york times" quoted the chief economist at credit suisse as a response to the unemployment, is, saying this is the worst recovery ever, including the recovery in the great depression. if that does not scare you, you are not paying attention. i think we have compounded the problem by the gridlock in washington and the fact that until election day, we are not going to know which way we are headed. the underlying economy is terribly weak, the recovery has stalled, and the administration has zero ideas what to do about it. even if the fed acted, it is pushing on a string. interest rates are essentially zero. where do you go when you are already in z

i think this is my fifth colby symposium. it is truly unique, my experience in terms of a publishing conference that focuses on the craft of military history that celebrates the achievement of servicemen and women, and that hopefully will guide policymakers through the experience of digesting our past. in this case the recent past as we discuss afghanistan. today we're going back deeper. i've written three books about the navy. three books about the navy in world war ii. the navy in world war ii union returned to the pacific because that's where the action was if you were a naval officer or enlisted man in 1942. "neptune's inferno" takes on a six month long campaign that i think most people i think the consensus has emerged that guadalcanal, the six-month campaign for guadalcanal is truly a turning point in the pacific. midway of course was crucial to the battle of midway thoughts to buzz before the marines went on shore that guadalcanal. blunted the japanese offenses push toward hawaii. for japanese fleet carriers were so, a

tanner colby for the new speedboat signing series. the fall exhibition opens up october 18, is entitled african american revolutions and beyond for the book signing will include three different books. the first will be our kind of people written by the great author. the second will be occupied. it was written about the black experience that will happen in august. and then we will have pat thompson here for the signing of her book. we have a lot of interesting books all related to this conversation we are having today. the questions i'm going to ask you will follow the trajectory that you just covered with your reading. we are going to start with multiculturalism in the '90s and education. we are going to end with hot topics that are happening in advertising from having to do with post- black gentrification and the idea of assimilation and what that really means. and visit another word that is synonymous with immigration. i went to high school in the south. i went to high school in macon, georgia. robbins, georgia, is 30 minutes south.

i am jamie colby. keep it right here on the fox news channel. most powerful name in news. >> government reporting. joblessness rate rising in all but six states. president obama is ordering to redistrict half billion in unspent earmarks to repair road and bridges . he said it will get americans back to work. but gary, will it work? >> brenda, it hasn't worked in the past. let's put it that way . so if the definition of insanity is bla, bla, blaand expecting different results that's what we have here . the associated press which is no friend in reality of the right studied the first 10 months of obama's spending on infrastructure and road highways and found zero gain in local employment. it was verified by independent economist. cbo and department of transportation has study today and congressional research service studied it and all found the same conclusion, brenda, infrastructure spending has no affect on unemployment. it might have a negative affect on employment. to think it is now going to work is silly and a waste of money. >> sarah, give

i am jamie colby.or developments to report out of sir yampt rebel fighters were reporting that the country's vice-president fled to jordan. the regime is denying all allegations . if it is true, it is the highest level of departure from president al-assad's regime. there are airplanes that are killing civils in residential areas. medicare is front and center on the campaign trail. president obama is landed in new hampshire where he will make two campaign stops. congressman paul ryan is in critical state of florida speaking in the villages retirement community. governor mitt romney is fund raising in massachusetts. i am jamie colby. we'll send you back to forbes on fox. all of the headlines and see you back at 1:00 eastern in america's news headquarters. >> welcome back. one bakery owner making national headlines in whipping up a debate on food statches. take a listen. >> it was a misuse of taxpayer fund and etb program and known as former foot stamp program was designed to bring nutritious foods to the

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wrapping up the key campaign stop at the sprawling retirement community the villages, hi, you'll jamie colby. >> kelly: welcome back, good to have you back, i'm killy wright. welcome back inside another hour of america's campaign headquarters. speaking in front of thousands of republican retirees, focusing on what's become one of the biggest issues on the campaign trail and that is medicare. and slamming president obama's time in the white house, chief political correspondent carl cameron is live at the villages where he had to chance to sit down with it, how are you. >> i'm well and so is paul ryan and his mom mrs. douglas. the villages was a piece of political back drop for republicans was an aggressive undertaking. it's the biggest retirement village they say in the world and in order to live here, obviously, you have to be a retiree, at one point, it seemed as though mr. ryan forgotten that, and how many of you folks are near retirement and said yes, and how many are eligible for medicare and seemed surprised by that and he got his bearings and remembered where he was, an important part

. >> colby >> well, you expect them to take time off. they have to go back and inpaign for election november. is not a disaster. they also plan to come back the elections to address the problems that they are to januaryn the roaoad tnk we will roll off the bank knowause the consequences of that. businesses hate uncertainty, charles. >> uncertainty and terrible numbers. "the new yorkimes" quoted the credit isset at to thesponse unemployment of this, saying worstthis is the wr recovery ever, including in n te in the e great depression. if that does not scare you, you attention. i think we haveompounded the by the e gridlock in washington, and the fact that notl election day, we are going know which way we're headed. but the underlying economy is terribly weak, the recovery has stalled, and this administratitn what to do about . ev if the fed acteded, i.t. is pushing on a string. interest rates are essentially zero. you are you go when already at zero? they cannot even pass a farm laden thing.st porork- the idea that they are going to do wi

. >> i am jamie colby. on the campaign trail congressman paul ryan hitting the critical swing state of the florida with side kick mom. he talked about medicare in the villages retirement community and mitt romney is fund raising in massachusetts and president obama landed in new hampshire where he is expected to boost his own medicare plan and talk about it and blasting paul ryan. and alarming new data on the job market. did you catch the numbers on friday. unemployment numbers rising in july including key states. nevada posting the highest un. the rate at 12 percent. rhode island trailing behind. i will send you back to cavuto on business. latest headlines on fox news.com. >> i am glad you are not here during the break. anyway, it started with this. >> mitt romney wants, he said in the first hundred days he will let the big banks write their own rules. unchain wall street. they are going to put y'all back in chains . then joe biden's comment blew up after former virginia governor wilder told me this on fox

colby rasmus, with a home run off of rafael soriano. his 23rd of the year.ue jays taking a 7-6 lead. go bottom nine. derek jeter, 0-13, against casey jansen. not anymore. and the yankees tie the game at 7-7. darren oliver getting nick swisher looking. the blue jays go on to win, 8-7. >>> the rays looking thr a win. evan longoria with a two-run to left. his seventh bomber of the year. bottom second, adrian beltre, see you later. six home runs in the game. the rangers down 2-1. bottom five, now. beltre singles to left. one hit away from a cycle. the rangers go on to win, 6-5. >>> that's going to do it for your "sportscenter" update. i'm jorge andres. have a great day. >>> up next, "the pulse." the white sox getting colorful. >>> and new research on what smoking pot does to a growing mind. some might say, no surprises here, dude. we're right back. i was living with this all-over pain. a deep, throbbing, persistent ache. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic widespread pain. lyrica is believed to

tanner colby presents his thoughts on the social, economic, and political factors, which according to the author of obstructed immigration in america. he is in conversation with jessica moore. a fellow at the museum of temporary africa dies a or really a. it's just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you for coming tonight. as she explained, i pulled the lever for president obama and about five minutes later said i don't know any black people. i started all my white friends in new york how many black people do you know, they're like two. that was the highest answer i got. i thought by going back and backtracking through my own life, my workplace and advertising and neighborhoods i would figure out why the stills were lily white 40 years after the civil rights movement, it might provide some answers as to where we took a left turn after martin luther king died when we tried to integrate. i wasn't going read from the real estate section. proi filed an integrated neighbor different but thrar to park green in kansas city to read about the uncomfortable black and where i went to high school

for "teen kids news," i'm jamie colby, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> if you've ever dreamedown business, pay close attention. we have some tips from a teen who really knows what she's talking about. veronique has the story. >> "teen kids news" first profiled maddie bradshaw shortly after she started selling her snap cap designs. >> how did you make these? >> now her company is earning more than $1.5 million a year, but for her, owning a business is about more than just getting rich. >> i get to incorporate my love for art, and i can also make a little bit of money at the same time. >> snap caps are necklaces and bracelets made with bottle caps that you can swap on and off with the help of a magnet. today, they're sold at more than 2,000 stores across the country, but they began as a simple decorating idea at maddie's school. >> then they all started off as locker magnets. >> this one's so cool! >> as a necklace. >> i love this one. >> because all my friends liked them so much, i decided to sell them, and it turns out a lot of other kids liked them, too. >> now maddie's offer

colby rasmus goes second deck off raphael soriano. yankees needed one more out.hree-run home run gives the jays a one-run lead. derrick jeter trying to answer for the yankees. he drives one the other way, just enough to get over the wall and ties the game at seven. so we go to extra innings. still tied in the 11th. how about a ground ball at third? out at first. the runner from third going to try for home. the throw to the plate not in time. the go-ahead run scores for the jays. they bead the yankees, 8-7. mark teixeira left the game with a calf injury. he is expected to be out at least a week. red sox taking on the royals until cody ross smacks one off the top of the green monster. red sox takes the lead there. james loney, just over from the dodgers has been hot and delivers with an rbi single puts the red sox up, 5-1. daisuke, beloved daisuke making his first start since coming off the dl, sharp, six strikeouts over seven innings, his first win in over a year. red sox roll, 5-1. red sox starter pitcher making his first start. an outing that made red sox nation

i'm jamie colby, great to have you here, this is a brand new hour inside america's election headquarters. but, first, according to the new report, iraq is helping to keep cash flowing through into iran through a network of financial institutions. and oil smuggling operations. the new report citing sources inside the white house on that and peter doocy has more information live in washington. good morning, peter. >> reporter: good morning, jamie. just to set the stage here the last american troops left iraq on december 18th last year and on july 31st, a little more than 7 months later, president obama approved an executive order imposing new sanctions against the iranian energy sector and, at the time he said the treasury department had also imposed sanctions on the islamic bank based in baghdad, because they, quote, facilitated transactions worth millions of dollars on behalf of the iranian banks, that are subject to sanctions for their links to iran's proliferation activities. but the "new york times" is reporting now, that in baghdad, the iraqi government is letting companies operate i

for "teen kids news," i'm jamie colby, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> say you're driving atstracted driving is so dangerous. but what exactly distracted driving? >> distracted driving is... >> when you're doing something else while you're driving. >> anytime that our mind is, like, diverted from the road. >> talking on the phone. >> or texting while driving. >> texting. >> texting. >> not even texting anymore -- like, looking on apps. >> people eating while driving. >> and i've seen someone driving with their knees and eating a hamburger. >> or, like, changing the song on an ipod. >> seeing a beautiful woman on the street, you turn your head. that distracts you. >> i know a friend that would text and drive and, like, use her keyboard while she's driving -- like, put it on top of the steering wheel and text. >> too many kids in the car. >> a lot of people drive when they're upset, so that's definitely a distraction. >> people that mess with their girlfriends while they're driving. >> the most outrageous thing i've seen so far while on the road is a woman breast-feeding her ch

. >> live from the fox news world headquarters in new york, i am jaimie colby. we are expecting a long awaited announcement by governor mitt romney. in just a few moments, the presumptive republican presidential candidate will name paul ryan as his vice presidential running mate. paul ryan is the congressman from wisconsin considered a rising star in the republican party and chairman of the house budget committee. we are expecting that announcement and a minute and joining me for more is fox news chief washington correspondent james r. rosen. >> good morning. >> it is a date that was long awaited. we are hearing from carl cameron. what does paul ryan bring to the ticket? >> congressman ryan was notified on august 3 that he would be governor romney postelection. it has been about a week in the making. he brings a lot to the ticket, principally energy. he brings intellectual energy, particularly in his capacity as the chairman of the house budget committee. and to the budget plan he has authored which was passed by the house along party lines earlier this year. al

going to go up against spain for a place in the final for russia's men's volleyball team up against colby area with when the going for it for gold medal game so plenty to look forward to in russia that man lived up to full place in the middle table but they're got a lot of work to do if they're going to catch britain are in third place but only three days of competition remaining. hopefully to r.t. london. staying in the british capital the first world record of a flat six olympic championships came in the men's eight hundred meters david rudisha became the first human being to run the distance and one minute and forty one seconds they can run a favorite in the final and set a blistering pace from the start and went on to smash world's best achievement by exactly one tenth of a second edition loken incredible time of one minute forty point nine one seconds the race was so quick the ball eight finalists sat so best season times seventeen year old marge imus of its won it came second or so while another can intimidate the two completed the forty. thanks. to the mean time the hard and separa

. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby, if you were looking for enthusiasm, it is with nascar without a doubt.elcome, everybody to a brand new hour, inside america's news headquarters. it was around this time yesterday that our nation was first learning of governor romney's choice for vice president. ryan coming out swinging when it comes to president obama's track record. listen: >> president obama cannot run on this record. it is a terrible record to run on. and he didn't change. i served in congress, this whole time. he didn't tack to the middle. didn't do things that were sent tryst. he stayed hard left. so, if he can't run on his record, if he didn't moderate, what has he got left? he's going to divide and distract this country to win an election by default and, you know what? we will not fall for that. >> jamie: powerful words already. chief washington correspondent james rosen is joining us live in north carolina. first of all, james, welcome. we enjoyed talking to you yesterday, about what is going on and there seems to be already so much excitement. what is happening there? >> well, i

just number four in the medals table it's the most generous when it comes to rewards artie's katie colby has all the details. the olympics is now over for the winners they have a permanent reminder of their victories a big shiny metal but what can the champions expect in financial terms when they return to their homelands well that depends on the individual and national olympic committees who award their own sports stars the u.s. was a country with the most gold winners and the victorious that these can all expect a bonus of twenty five thousand dollars when they get back to the states in total that is one point eight million dollars that the u.s. government will be dishing out china hasn't revealed its official bonuses but it is gold winners will reportedly get a fifty one thousand dollar prize for u.k. athletes there's no extra cash to be won but there is a privilege of getting your head on a stamp so it depends what you consider to be more valuable russia has promised out these one hundred thirty five thousand dollars for gold but some athletes can expect even more the russian judo go

author of "there and back," he thinks of the 2012 colby writers symposium in northfield, vermont. this is just over an hour. >> want to welcome you all to the colby symposium's book presentation this morning. this morning we're going to be hearing from barrie dunsmore. and like many of you, i think that we know that if there was another era of newscasting in this country that goes back several decades when we received all of our television news from just three networks. and it was more or less the same. everyone had his or her particular favorite, but we all appreciated anchors in the those news programs who we trusted and were solid in their reporting, long serving types like chet huntley and david brinkley and tom brokaw and john chancellor at nbc, peter jennings, harry k. reasoner -- harry k. smith, excuse me, and -- excuse me, harry reasoner and howard k. smith with abc. and walter cronkite with cbs. and we also respected greatly the correspondents with those programs, the likes of the brothers marvin and bernard kalb, sam donaldson and one of the best, barrie dunsmore. as ted

but it has a fire beef patty, sliced jalapenos, three alarm colby jack cheese, jalapeno propers, some aged cream cheese stuffed with habaneros. >> and then the burger. >> just take the bun away and i'm ready for this one. >> andrea has no taste buds. >> no i do. >> that is wicked hot. >> mike's a guy. he understands this. >> weatherwise, a couple of storms this afternoon. again locally heavy downpours, 88. fewer storms the next few days, we are going to heat up, mid 90s through the weekend. a front comes early next week. >> reporter: a quick look over at sky 9. an accident involving a tractor trailer in laurel near powder mill road avoid the area, if you can. >>> cbs will have new presidential poll numbers and they are looking at the olympics. >>> howard and i will be back in 25 minutes with a look at traffic and weather >>> put a little spice in your life. we'll see you tomorrow starting at 4:25.

i'm jamie colby. >> eric: i'm eric shawn. you know, yesterday, congressman ryan had his mom, betty, with him and put the personal spin on the medicare debate and put president obama's re-election team on the defensive. the president spent his time attacking the republican position. sorting it out is steve centanni. >> reporter: this weekend, a tight focus on medicare. both mitt romney and president obama vow to save medicare. but they have very different ways of doing that. vice-presidential candidate, paul ryan, author of a budget reform medicare, appeared alongside his 78-year-old mother in florida, adding a personal note to a heated political debate. he says his family has benefitted from medicare, his mother and grandmother and everybody should enjoy the same promise. democrats came back with this message today. >> if he wants to protect medicare for his mother, he should thank, first of all, president obama for what he has done to extend the life of the medicare trust fund, to help seniors with prescription drug costs, t

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 airport who flew him to a meeting with mitt romney in which romney asked ryan to be his vp. and ryan said this. >> it was pretty helpful. i love this country dearly. i feel like we have an opportu

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the 2012 colby military symposium held annually at the university in vermont. this is just over an hour. >> i want to welcome you to a symposium but presentation this morning. we're going to be hearing from buried tons more. like many of you, i think that we know that there was another era of miscasting in this country that goes back several decades. we received all of our television news from just three networks. it was more or less the same. everyone has his or her particular favorite, but we all appreciate acres in business programs who we just did the number solid in reporting, long serving. peter jennings, harry k. smith. abc. walter cronkite was cbs. and we also respected greatly the correspondence with those programs. one of the best, as ted koppel says, we gave american television viewers will without the need to know, not necessarily what they would have selected for themselves. that era is largely gone. we have good sources of news today, but they no longer provide a common starting point for our national dialogue. we are very fortunate to have mr. du

our next speaker, tanner colby. >> i don't use that term lightly. >> author of a biography of the late john belushi and the chris farley show a biography in three acts he is also the author of some of my best friends the strange story of integration in america. [applause] >> thank you. >> so, as you can probably tell from that introduction i come from a slightly different background than the rest of the panelists. i sat down i will cut about four years ago when we first elected a black president and realized here i was enthusiastic about having a black president and i didn't have any black friends. and so i felt i was awed and i decided to write a book about it because i figured if i come out pretty typical standard middle class american white guy i don't know any black people and we have had 40 years of school buses and affirmative action and fair housing programs to supposedly bring us together if i don't know any black people them clearly something went wrong, we took a left turn somewhere. so i set out to sort of investigate the various areas of my life and to see why they were not

. >> at 21 minutes past the hour i'm jamie colby, this is your fox news minute.irgin island bracing for torrential rains as tropical storm isaac whips up waves of high as 10 feet in the caribbean. it is packing winds of 40 miles an hour already. it is on track to take it to florida next week, just in time for the republican national convention. heavy rain is also causing problems in the southwest. there is a search resumed for missing las vegas teens. 17-year-old boy fell into a flood channel in henderson and quickly filled up after heavy rain. phoenix driver and her disabled passenger had to be pulled from a van that became stranded in a flooded drainage wash. an indiana farmer whose cantaloupes are linked to a salmonella outbreak voluntarily ceased production. chamberlain stopped producing and selling melons after the fda alerted him to a possible health risk. two people have died and the fda is trying to track down the source of the problem. that is the news from the fox news network. back to ashley and lori. ashley: thank you very much, jamie in. authorities

for example, i remember when congressman jim colby who is openingly gay, some members of one of the delegationsre are symbolic protests but it sounds like the paul contingency is getting ready for more than symbolic protest. we'll see how it goes. sg soun >> sounds like it. thank you for that. one note to pass along. we're now hearing about a former long time u.s. senator, senator arlen speckter is battling for his life. a source says he has a serious form of cancer. the 82-year-old has overcome a number of serious illnesses over the past two decades including a brain tumor and liymphoma. >>> the man who holds a the office, we'll talk to robert gibbs about why the heck he's here in tampa in the first place. at usaa, we believe honor is not exclusive to the military, and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. with our award winning apps that allow you to transfer funds, pay bills or manage your finances anywhere, anytime. so that wherever your duty takes you, usaa bank goes with you. visit

jamie: i'm jamie colby filling in for martha today. they are in a virtual tie. the romney-ryan get getting 45% the vote and team obama-biden, 44%. bill: when it comes to issues on voters minds americans say they trust the republican ticket to improve the economy and create jobs. even that is neck-and-neck. 45-43. naturally governor ryan and president obama both say they have the better plan to get america moving again. >> they don't really have a plan. [cheers and applause] and the plan they have got won't work. >> one out of six americans has fallen into poverty. the president's policies have not worked. bill: steve brown now. steve brown live in tampa starting our coverage of the convention 72 hours a way. how are things shaping up, steve? good morning. >> good morninging bill and good morning, jamie. things are being built out. fences are being put up and barriers. we're sure everything, weather permitting will be a go monday night. they're changing things up this go round with a couple things happening later in the week happening earlier. they will take care