and debbie wasserman schulz has hit the campaign trail. and now peter has the other side of the trial. >> oat bough ma campaign has had -- the obama campaign has had a full day to contemplate the full ticket romney-ryan. and axle rod thinks the congressman is a good person, but his ideas are very harsh. jay you know, it is a pick -- >> you know, it is a pick meant to thrill the most stria dent voices in the republican party, but one that should trouble the middle class, the seniors, students. because of ryan's record, he is a right wing ideolog. >> about four hours after ryan was revealed, we saw president obama on the south lawn of the white house heading to chicago, but he kept his opinion about the vice presidential candidate to himself. his campaign manager though wasn't so show saying "as a member of congress ryan rubber stamped the reckless bush economic policies that exploded our deficit and crashed our economy. now the romney-ryan ticket would take us back by repeating the same catastrophic mistakes." the obama campaign rolled out

florida is a state where there is a concern i'm sure about medicare that is something that debbie wasserman-schulz talked about on fox news sunday. how important was florida and how are they poised to take florida. florida is a huge state and a big prize and a lot of electric for rail votes. and it is an expensive state to run a campaign. the one thing about the ryan pick, it was a political savy decision for governor romney, but the one thing about the ryan pick is the budget. it proposed mead changes to medicare. this would affect florida obviously very old population. we can tell you what the polling shows. it shows this is unpopular of -- with seniors. florida may be a new problem for that time right now. >> would marco rubio made a big difference? if you get wisconsin because he is a hometown guy, and some of the other states where they are obviously going to spend time and attention, will that make up a difference? >> that's what is so interesting about the ryan pick when you look at the map. governor romney has essentially shifted the battleground from the south, from florida to these midwe

debbie wasserman schulz, chairman of the democratic national committee. good to see you. good morning. >> you too, matt. thanks so much. >> let mel quote, no one on romney's short list of contenders that they, meaning the obama campaign, wanted to run against more than the chairman of the house budget committee paul ryan. do you agree with that assessment? do you think paul ryan's addition to this particular is the best thing that could happen to president obama's chances for re-election? >> well, i think what paul ryan's selection by merm to run with him for vice president is is the worst thing for the middle class and working families. i'm a mom and i'm raising three young kids and i serve on the budget committee and had a front row seat for paul ryan's approach to slash and burn deficit reduction, a budget that increases taxes on the middle class by an average of $2,000 for a family with children. a middle class family with children. to pay for budget busting tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, someone who would end medicare as we know it. >> i've been hearin

debbie wasserman schulz was to provide this.ou will hear from her and others during the live programming starting at 6:30 p.m. eastern time. we wanted to show a little bit of what it is like inside the forum today. christina will walk you through the experience of what it is like inside the arena. they will begin on the concourse level. let us watch this a little bit. she is providing as a bird's eye view of the inside of the convention center there were mostly the alternates will be .itting watching th the stages of to the right-hand side of the screen. preparations are underway for the first official wanted to the session. a lot of people inside the arena. they're using these last couple of unexpected hours to finalize preparation. a bird's eye provided to you as though your a delicate. tomorrow we want to get as much as a field to being there. in addition to the gavel-to- gavel coverage, we also have a second screen experience on the internet available called "convention hub." we will streamed the convention life. it is also

they include major garrett, debbie wasserman schulz, and john sununu. you about a conversation at happening right now. earlier today, the republicans had a very brief session on the floor of the convention center the debt clock. they were counting down the debt as it accumulates. we have posted a picture on our facebook page, and we will talk about whether the emphasis on the debt matters to you. you are most welcome to join with your comments if you would like. and some of those comments -- there are a few we can show you on our facebook page. if not, we will come back to them with our next program. next, we have cindy mccain at the 2008 republican convention in st. paul. here she is making her presentation to the delegates on the convention floor about why her president -- why her husband should be the next president of the united states. let's listen in. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. before i begin, i would like to introduce you to the seven reasons john and i are so happy as a family. this is meghan mccain, in the mccain, cindy mccain, the mcc

debbie wasserman schultz. i'm shannon bream. thanks for watching fox where more news is always on the way. >>> for reaction from democrats we are joined by congress woman debbie wassermanner areman schulzhe chair of the democratic national committee. came down from new hampshire this morning. >> and back to florida today. >> you came out with strong kitcriticism of congressman ryan saying he has been called a serious person but he like mitt romney has seriously flawed ideas for the economy that that have only failed us in the past. >> as a member of the budget committee i had a front row seat to witness the architect of the romney-ryan budget paul ryan embrace extremism and suggest that we should end medicare as we know it and shred the safety net for senior in healthcare that we had in place for more than 50 years. turn medicaid into a block grant and send it to the states which to jeopardize seniors in nursing homes. potentially take 10 million students off of pell grants. cut healthcare. cut education. paul ryan has embraced an extremist proposal and goes not only too far but really according to every independent economist asked cuts so much that it would risk slowing or even stalli

wasserman social security schulz. and nbc news political correspondent. >>> we are back, our speciediti from tampa. joining me, chair of the democratic national committee, debbieermanschultz. and our friend, republican strat ji and columnist, mike murphy. chuck, i think we should start with some news. we're talking about the weather, we're talking about potential delays. what are you learning? >> i think they're pretty determined on tuesday. they have to do some business at the convention. but i've been talking to individuals who indicate a tone change, if you will. what tuz that mean? they know that they're in the middle. as of right now, they'd see 90 pvnt certain going on. >> the business of this convention, a lot of these like a really big opportunity for a candidate and a party to con nekt their vision with a much wider audience. romney is thinking about a much bigger mission vmt. >> if you're running for president, there are foreign powers that count. one is the acceptance speech. so, yeah, this is prime time. it is key that romney refrain himself. it's a good opportunity to get through the filter. there's a joke going around that the tuesday night theme