scott fitzgerald once said. clearly, he never met this guy. it takes some political chops to dismiss every republican economic argument ever made by simply using third grade math. >> republicans $24 million. democrats, $42 million. >> it was an encore worthy of an encore. so team obama, take heed. unleash the crackin'. let bill chill in the swing states and soon we'll be paraphrasing another literary master. the bell tolls for thee, mitt. [ bells tolling ] >> jennifer: the obama team has finally released

coaching, over half of them, i worked for jim fitzgerald.nd he's one guy who probably wanted me to be in the hall of fame more than anybody i've ever known. [ cheering and applause ] >> that's tomorrow night. >>> shaq o'neal will be in the hall of fame. but he said talking about playing again in the mexican league! he works again on tv, and he's pretty good, a good promoter. has comedy specials. he's in talks to play one or two games in the mexican league. pam, looking forward to that. me? stay home, shaq. >> kenneth, i'm gonna duck uptown and have lunch with my boyfriend. >> yes, ma'am. is that code for some kind of older gal medical procedure? >> no, kenneth. i really have a boyfriend. look. he's handsome and a doctor. >> a doctor? well don't get too attached. as soon as people realize his tonics don't work, it's on to the next town. >> hey, ken, you know what i have a craving for? >> jerk chicken from that place in mill basin? >> and some? >> catalog photos of expectant mothers in their swimming suits? >> you are my radar o'reilly, ken. n

the victims of september 11th, 2001, with kantor fitzgerald which was 158 employees that day. annual trading event everyday favoring $77 million. sandra smith is live where traders are working -- you did a great job. looks like fun. sandra: thanks. it has been a day of celebrities flowing and trade flying on the name of charity but the big day they saw at cantor fitzgerald. sandra smith just relayed afraid. we have it. here it is. >> you got more. 750. sell it. sandra: 715! . >> 67 b 3. >> don't make me say it again. >> oh. [inaudible] >> 50 -- sandra: 750. my thanks. >> that is a lot of coin. sandra: remember all that goes to trade. $1,750,000,000 trade and all revenues go to charity. many of represented by actors and sports stars. we talked to several including regis philbin and when the johnson. here are a few of them. >> to celebrate the lives, not just 2 more lots that celebrate the lives is important. >> being the history of the united states. >> we lost a lot of people that they in the buildings and lost a lot of guys since then fighting on account of that. i am here. d

your company, kanter fitzgerald lost 2/3 of its workforce, including your own brother.oward, let me ask you, how are you doing tonight? >> every year on september 11, and you know it's the toughest day in the world for us. we have a charity day. so we don't give away our profits that day, we donate all of our revenues, so today we donated all of our revenues and we ask all the new york related stars to come out and help us. last year we raised $12 million. this year, we haven't finished tallying it up yet, but it should hopefully be more. >> tell us why this way of commemorating, remembering what happened 11 years ago is so important for you and kanter fitzgerald. >> you can remember on september 11, what do i want to do in the morning? i want to curl up and grab a pillow and pull the covers back over my head. the only way to get up and really enter the world is to do something good. so all of our employees around the world, they all agree to waive their day's pay and all of our clients come to our aid and help us. we give to about 150 organizations around the world. we

he is ceo of cantor fitzgerald and bcg partners. >> my pleasure. >> how is today going?staying neck and neck with last year. our objective is to go over last year. we raised $150 million for chart around the world. >> your experience is like no other, you lost 658 employees, two third of your entire company. you lost your best french and your brother. what is the today like for you? >> well, obviously going to be a tough day for me. soyuzed, raise money for charity. all my employees, they donate all of their pay. they make no money today on the busiest day of the year to help raise money for others. what we try to do is turn the toughest of days into something extraordinary. you feel the energy here. you've been here all day. isn't it extraordinary? >> it is absolutely extraordinary. the money you're raising, howard, if you don't mind walk over with me. we're walking by howard's beautiful children. this is his son he picked up the morning the reason he wasn't in the world trade center this morning is kyle. >> hi. >> these are building homes for heroes soldiers. we have c

but then bgc, which started several years ago from cantor fitzgerald, and you have been able to thriveyou've gone public in this environment, now you have over 8,000 employees worldwide. >> well, that's right. and that's because of the leadership and the vision of mr. howard rudd nick -- >> reporter: who we had on the fox business network earlier today. >> absolutely. and his vision and sense of giving and sense of leadership for our firm has everybody on the same page, working for the same common cause and giving back has got to be part of everyone's positive -- process. >> reporter: how about the market environment? obviously, it was a tough run immediately after 9/11, but the years since have, obviously, been very difficult to start and have a business thrive which you've been able to do. are you hiring in this environment? >> oh, absolutely. we're hiring on the bgc side, on the cantor side, and there is a need for services in this environment where you're adding value. and that's what we do here, we add value. >> reporter: and what about the actual markets themselves? they've been

fox 5's tom fitzgerald live at the pentagon. tom. >> reporter: brian, you know, this was a different memorial than we have seen in past years. president obama made his address, as you said, this morning to victims' families and pentagon officials, and the memorial itself remained closed until noon today. we can tell you that the size of the crowds we saw today were smaller but it is also true to say that the people who came here told us they still feel very strongly about this place and that day 11 years after 9/11. on a stretch of land just next to the pentagon sits 183 benches bearing 183 names, one for each of the victims that dade here on 9/11. >> i don't know, it's just a wonderful place to sit and reflect. >> reporter: marlene and don of iowa had a brother--law who worked in the pentagon. he wasn't here on 9/11, but they know others weren't so lucky. >> you see the importance of it, that we do honor all the people who died in the crash. >> reporter: these benches are laid out in the order of the victims' ages. julian was i

i've enjoyed your work all day out at kantor fitzgerald.what an investor wants to hear from mark zuckerberg today. and get the results from the exclusive fed survey. get the results starting early, 7:00 a.m. eastern. "halftime" is back in two. >>> all right. welcome back. let's get back to our top story. facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg is hours away perfect speaking for the first time since ipo. the shareholders demanding answers about the stock price and the company's future. bob peck is a facebook investor and president of co-rise llc. bob, welcome back to halftime. good to have you. >> thanks for having me back. >> talked to jeff sonnenfeld about the program what zuckerberg has to say. what do you want to hear? >> yeah, a couple things. i think we want to hear from the very beginning what is his true long-term vision for the company? at my company, co-rise, we think very much where our company can be in five, ten years, et cetera what does he see the future of facebook being in five years and how will it be different than today? more impo

tom fitzgerald has more. we know they moved the speech indoors have they worked out who is going in and who is not? >> the word came down that the delegates, attendees and those who had credentials for the convention were going to get into the building and they don't have enough room to accommodate the extra 60,000 people expected to attend the speech in the carolina panthers football stadium, scheduled for tonight and look at this. >> reporter: tonight at the convention, the foo fighters. president obama made his first appearance at the convention last night and following president clinton's speech and remains mostly out of sight today. the former clinton speech writer told fox 5 morning news that while bill clinton highlighted what was wrong with the economy when barack obama took office, tonight, it's up to the current president to explain where he will take the country from here. >> he has to embrace his own accomplishents. -- accomplishments. i think you have seen them like patrick and doing that, explai

tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> first lady michelle obama was in virginia thursday. her first stop, downtown richmond. she later spoke to supporters at the university of mary washington in fredericksburg. four years ago, president obama became the first presidential candidate to carry the state in four years. >> we still have plenty ahead, your weather, traffic and all of your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. starts now. >>> live look outside right now at the lincoln memorial on friday, september 14th. happy friday, everyone. welcome to fox 5 morning news. i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm sarah simmons. let's check in with tucker barnes and get the latest on the weather. >> can't check in until i arrive. >> if you say your name, you have to seat up. >> i know. fouling back into the 50s if you are outside the beltway. 54 at dulles. 56 at bwi marshall. we do have cloud out to the west. it should be pleasant with high temperatures once again top south in the low 80s, maybe 82, 83 for an afternoon high. we have to watch that cold front now east of chicago.

tom fitzgerald has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: at first it appeared to be an out of control demonstration by muslim protesters in libya upset over a movie they claim mocks muhammad. but the demonstration may have been a cover. its been indicated islamic extremists used the crisis town leash a premeditated assault on the u.s. symbol on the 9/11 anniversary. >> the united states condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack. >> reporter: speaking in the rose garden president barack obama condemned the attacks and killing of u.s. ambassador chris stevens. >> we jean all efforts to denigrate -- we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, but there is absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence. >> reporter: the president then went to the state departmento mourn with employees while his secretary of state said the libyan government was not involved. >> a free and stable libya is still in america's interest and security. and we will not turn our back on that. >> ambassador stevens died trying to get staffers

fox 5's tom fitzgerald has more on tonight's speech. >> good evening.led speaker himself and he seemed to connect tonight with his democratic audience in north carolina. the question, though is did he connect with the independent and undecided voters in this country who still have to make up their minds? the president took the stage at the convention shortly after 10 p.m. highlighting the differences between himself and former governor mitt romney. he defended his decisions to push his healthcare reform law and focused in on national security records such as ending the iraq war and killing osama bin laden and the president took issues with differences he says expressed in the democratic convention in charlotte and the republican convention last week in florida. >> now our friends down in tampa at the republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with america, but they didn't have much to say about how they'd make it right. they want your vote, but they don't want you to know their plan. now i won't pretend the p

now in midtown. >> this is 200,000. >> reporter: the cantor fitzgerald relief fund led by edy lutnik has helped raise million of dollars for the 9/11 policies. and she also wrote "unbroken bond." >> that's 4.5 million people who saw what appears to be a random listing of names around two waterfalls. >> reporter: what's behind the delay? well, there's plenty of blame to go around. the city says the port authority which is controlled by governors christie and cuomo suddenly stopped construction nine months ago and the port said it's the city-controlled memorial that owes tens of millions of dollars. >> the museum was supposed to open this year. and we understand that it has to happen. >> reporter: memorial and museum president joe daniels tells me if construction resumes soon, the museum could open in a year. >> we want it done as soon as possible. >> reporter: until then, visitors peeked behind the glass at steel beams and other artifacts that will one day be exhibits. >> i think that's the one that was affected. i think it would be a more rewarding experience to see details that woul

fox 5's tom fitzgerald spoke to the democratic spokesperson tonight. what did she say? >> reporter: democratic officials spent the better part of today trying to clarify exactly what governor o'malley said and didn't say despite a detailed economic of the economic hardship the president inherited, that explanation left open to interpretation whether the country was really better off under president obama. governor o'malley was askedn face the nation yesterday if the country of better off than four years ago and answered no. since then democrats have been scrambling to get on the same page with an answer that begins with the word yes. appearances in ohio and michigan is where both the vice president and president pressed their case for a second term today. tonight we have dnc spokesperson at the convention, why there was a disconnect with the campaign's message and what surrogates are saying on their behalf like governor martin o'malley. why did it take 24 hours for the dems to seem to have to get -- democrats to seem to have to get their story straight on answering what

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tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> more than 100,000 people in louisiana and mississippi are still in the dark this morning herely one -- nearly one week after hurricane isaac ripped through the area. >>> we still have plenty ahead. your weather, traffic and all of your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. >>> good morning. it is tuesday, september 4th, the first day of school for a lot of students out there this morning especially over there in virginia. we'll be checking with traffic, of course. we know terrible traffic tuesday is what we call t you will want to prepare and get out the door a little bit earlier today probably. good morning, everyone. welcome from summer. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time to talk about what is happening in the weather department. >> you said welcome back from summer but it still feels like summertime. if anything, it feels worse. we'll be back in the 80s, lots of humidity, showers, storms, always a possibility. ever-present possibility in this air mass. >> it loves us. >> it is in no hurry to g

fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the story. >> on a stretch of land just next to the pentagon sit 183 benches, clearing 183 names for each of the victims that died here on 9/11. >> i don't know. it's just a wonderful place to sit and reflect. >> marlene and don of iowa had a brother-in-law who worked in the pentagon. he wasn't here on 9/11, but they know others weren't so lucky. >> we see the importance of it that we do honor all the people that died in the crash. >> these benches are layed out in the order of the victims ages. julian was in high school on 9/11 and spent much of the last ten years in the u.s. army. >> it was a catalyst to the things that inevitably happened after i joined the military. so i deployed to iraq and support of operation iraqy freedom. so yes, i think i probably be a different person and probably not be standing talking to you today. >> memorials tend to be places that are timeless, but it's been four years now since the pentagon memorial is dedicated and you can trace the passages of those years, especially many trees that were planted here. >> for me, the hearts

of us, all of us, rededicate ourselves to keeping burning the golden torch of promise which john fitzgerald kennedy set aflame. [applause] and let none of us stop to rest until we have written into the law of the land all the suggestions and then let us continue to supplement the program with the kind of laws that he would have us write. [applause] tonight we offer ourselves on our record and by our platform as a party for all americans. and all american parties are all american. [applause] this land of reasonable men has no place for any partisanship or previous prejudice. [applause] the need of all can never be met by a party of the few. the needs of all cannot be met by a business party. for a labor party. -- or a labor party. not by a war party or a peace party. not by a southern party or another in -- or a northern party. our needs will meet our needs only if we are served by a party that serves all our people. [applause] we are members together of such a party. the democratic party of 1964. we have written a proud record of accomplishments for all americans. if any ask what we have do

>> and fitzgerald made a call and it's been moving up. it was above the 700 mark and this all the way down, it's been crawling back, closer and closer to the all time high, but these are the highest levels it's been at since 2007. >> thank you, nicole. be back in a little bit. time is money, and here is what we're watching for you today. president obama was supposed to ride into washington d.c. and clean up the political mess and even he admits that did not happen. and can it ever. we'll ask steve forbes. and the tea party is a voting block, will it get mitt romney in the election. and a crisp new environmental regulations, we'll be talking to the leader of the state's republican party. we want to hear from you, send your e-mails right now to varney@foxbusiness.com and we're going to read them live on the air as they come in. and now next up, seven early movers, designer michael kors raised the profit guidance. up 3 points. western asset mortgage capital more than doubled its quarterly dividends and those are shares up up nearly 2 points

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. >> reporter: he was among the employers at cantor fitzgerald killed in the 9/11 takens. >> without a museum this memorial doesn't teach you anything. it doesn't tell them anything about what happened on that day. it doesn't tell them anything about the people who were murdered there. >> reporter: 11 years later the bond trading firm that lost more employees than anyone is again thriving. now in midtown. >> this is 200,000. >> reporter: the cantor fitzgerald relief fund led by edie lutnick has helped raise millions for 9/11 families. she also wrote "an unbroken bond" about the politics behind delays at ground zero. >> to me that's a missed opportunity because that's 4.5 million people who saw what appears to be a random listing of names around two waterfalls. >> reporter: what's behind the delay? there's plenty of blame to go around. the city says the port authority, which is controlled by governors christie and cuomo suddenly stopped construction nine months ago. the port says it's the city-controlled memorial that owes tens of millions of dollars. >> the museum was supposed to ope

fox 5's tom fitzgerald joins us with some of the finishing touches being put in place to president's big week. >> that's right, shawn. the olympics posts both of these conventions together later than usual, so the calendar is compressed and democrats tonight are getting ready to meet in charlotte just a few days after republicans dropped their balloons in tampa. first lady michelle obama got a first look at the convention podium she'll be speaking from tuesday. president obama stayed on the campaign trail. >> i've got one piece of advice for you about the romney/ryan game plan, ohio. pump it away. it won't work. >> reporter: at a labor union rally in toledo with auto and steelworkers the president said a mitt romney presidency would hurt the middle class. >> you could choose to give massive new tax cuts on folks who have already made it or you can choose my plan. >> reporter: the labor message continued in michigan as vice president biden kept up the anti-republican attack in detroit. >> they view you, the working women and men of america, as the problem. we view you and know you to

tom fitzgerald is following this full day of campaigning. everyone was there today. >> reporter: they sure were. all four candidates, the democratic and republican tickets were out there trying to drum up votes and with them was the new jobs report out by the labor department and good news or bad news, depending on which campaign rally you were listening to. >> reporter: as bruce springstein blaired through the arena, president obama accepted the democratic nomination on thursday and the boss was still blaring on friday. the president made his first post convention appearance to new hampshire talking about jobs. >> we know it's not good enough. we need to create more jobs faster. >> reporter: the august jobs report found unemployment fell from 8.3 to 8.1%, but critics tag the numbers disappointing because there is -- a bigger drop was expected. republicans blasted the president's record on jobs but he told supporters the numbers are moving in the right direction. >> today we learned that after losing around 800,000 jobs a month when i took o

brandon fitzgerald says out of 50 bushels, he only got 2.5 dozen jumbo crab and until recently, most of the larger crabs have been coming from louisiana. >> a lot of crap vendors in the area sell louisiana crabs -- allot of crab vendors. >> we are getting them from louisiana. we were having a decent supply, but after the hurricane, we only got a couple of boxes from the truck yesterday. >> crab lovers do have something to look forward to. maryland crabs don't get really big until late september, october, and december. >> are you looking for a bargain on some one-of-a-kind antiques? you might want to visit the clearing house consignment in timonium. the store is gearing up for its annual sidewalk sale. we are told that 100% of the proceeds will go to the house of ruth, which helps women and children who are victims of domestic violence. >> they can find anything from a nice mahogany dresser for $100, we have lots of rugs they can get for $50. we have a great variety of jewelry, anywhere from $1 to $10. everything is half of the ticket price. you are getting a tremendous deal. \ cheere

in the newsroom tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> you've heard of tebowing. now there's eastwooding. it's become an internet phenomenon after eastwood's gop speech where he talked with an invisible president obama by a compare on stage. >> how do you handle promises you made by running for election and how do you handle it? what do you say to people? do you just -- you know, i know people are wondering. ring. >> since last night's speech eastwooding pictures like this have popped up all over the internet. >>> we're talking redskins football next. the team made its final round of cuts before the season begins. we'll tell you who's in and who's out coming up next. anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure the money goes... where it's supposed to. but none of it will happen unless we vote for... question seven this novem

tom fitzgerald was there. so fitz, what happened? >> reporter: well, will, this occurred at the beginning of his remarks to a group of supporters at a park in the city of fairfax. now the republican nominee arrived shortly after noon and greeted by hundreds of enthusiastic support hes. romney said he had intended to begin the rally with a moment of silence for chris stevens and the three others who died in libya but that is not what happened. as he began to talk about those deaths, a heckler in the crowd began shouting over romney, accusing the nominee of politicizing the libya killings and demand that he, romney, apologize. >> we've lost four of our diplomats across the world where we are thinking about their families and those that they've left behind. what a tragedy to lose such a wonderful. [ overlapping speakers ] >> wonderful people who have been so wonderful and we appreciate their service for the country. >> reporter: now the crowd quickly began to chant usa and the man was eventually removed from the event. after the brief i

the cantor fitzgerald relief fund, led by edie lutnick helped raise millions for 9/11 families. about the politics behind delays at ground zero. >> to me, that's a missed opportunity. that's 4.5 million people who saw what appeared to be a random listing of names around two water falls. >> what's behind the delay? there's plenty of blame to go around. the city said the port authority, controlled by the governors, suddenly stopped construction nine months ago. the port said it's the city controlled memorial that owes tens of millions of dollars. >> the museum was supposed to open this year. we understand that it has to happen. >> memorial and museum president joe daniel tells me if construction resumes soon t museum could open in a year. >> we want it done as soon as possible. >> until then, visitors peek behind the glass at steel beams and other artifacts that will one day be exhibited. >> it's more a rewarding experience to see details that would be a more fulfilling visit. >> an echo of what 9/11 relatives say, without a museum like the sky scrapers around them, the experience

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and i want to get to the great work that you and the other people at cantor fitzgerald has done. cantor lost disproportionately so many people in the attacks. >> that's right. >> i want to start on a question based on a theme we have heard about in the election in the election, are we better off than four years ago. are we as new yorker, americans, better off -- >> in one way, we have safer than the attack that happened on september 11th. airport security is much better between the bush and obama administrations. we have thank wart over 40 attacks. on the other hand, there are areas where we are safe. we haven't done as much about port security, allowing iran to become a nuclear power that concerns me greatly, not just because they might attack with missiles, but because they are the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world and it would be very easy for them if they were a nuclear power to hand that material off to terrorists, have them ignite dirty bombs and then just lie about it. so, there are areas in which we are safer, areas in which i think it is much more dangerous

we get more from megan fitzgerald from affiliate kusa. >>> one thing lead up to another and life spiralledeporter: life is about choices. >> two suspects, black males, just down at the end of the row. one hostage. you clear? >> reporter: the decisions we make -- >> i was in a bad situation. everything went through my head definitely. >> reporter: friday morning, tavon williams says that he and michael annan walked into a radio shack. >> i don't know if i was desperate for money -- >> reporter: police said they had guns and went to rob it. it quickly turned into a six-hour standoff with police. the manager was caught inside. >> and i put him in a bad situation, too. and i'm sorry that he had to even experience that. >> reporter: now in jail, tavon says he's sorry things went as they did. the two walk into a courtroom to hear charge they face because police say they put a lot of people's lives in danger. >> i lived my life and have to deal with the consequences. >> reporter: a decision he says will change his life and the lives of many others who were impacted. >> that was megan fitzgerald o

we have stuart campbell who fought against the amendment and tammy fitzgerald, you helped to pass it? why did you want in this? >> is important for the people of north carolina to define more and -- marriage. not the courts. john: you thoughtthe judge would decide? >> it has happened in six days. the people of iowa never thought that what happened. massachusetts, connecticut predefined marriage. the attack has been through the judicial system. john: what do you mean the attack? that expands. it is audacious for society to think they can define it. so for the government to impose the cotte artificial definition is interference. >> we are trying to join an institution but there are 1100 benefits over married couples? [laughter] are you against gays? >> this is not the anti-gay movement. >> it is about protecting the definition of marriage of the man and woman. government has no right to define. john: a people say i consider myself married? >> they do that already. there was the parade of horribles after the amendment was to be passed but it didn't have been. it was to hurt child custody

fox 5's tom fitzgerald following this. this was a concern in july. why didn't it get done? >> congress decided to go on vacation for the month of augustin stead of attending to a laundry list of things that needed to get done. the big question now are over whether or not to extend these bush tax cuts. that falls in line with this government funding bill, but hanging over all this are these cuts that could affect the defense industry and will kick in automatically unless congress finds a way to avoid them. it was back to work on capitol hill, but a looming crisis could put d.c. area defense works are out of their jobs. -- workers out of their jobs. >> it would be bad for the entire washington metropolitan area including both the district and maryland, but worse i think it's bad for the country. >> reporter: at issue are automatic defense cuts called sequestration. what they really mean is the pentagon could face $500 million in automatic cuts because congress' supercommittee couldn't reach a deal to shrink spending and cut the deficit. >> we're still waiting to hear from omg

. >>> let's take a deeper look noat some of this, fox 5's tom fitzgerald up. michelle obama four years ago, the country didn't know her. she had to done accusations about her patriotism. how different this time around four years later after being first lady? >> starkly different. earlier we spoke with the deputy campaign manager for the obama campaign and she agrees with that point. she says look, back in 2008 michelle obama was an attorney, a mother, a blank slate to many americans and it was barack obama who soaked up most of the good press out there. this time it's much different. michelle obama comes into the race with popularity that is viewed by the obama campaign itself as their not so secret weapon. tonight you're seeing a lot of that on display as the first lady in essence trying to vouch for this president spending some of her own political capital on the president. listen to this. >> back when we have first came together four years ago, i still had some concerns about this journey we'd begun. while i believed deeply in my husband's vision for this c

tom fitzgerald has more and looks like the president's big outdoor stadium is indoors. >> reporter: citing thunder and a rainy forecast, they have plans to have president obama accept the nomination outdoors at the football stadium of the carolina panthers, instead, he'll be delivering that indoors at the 20,000 seat arena where the convention is held. president obama arrived in charlotte this afternoon after watching the first lady's speech at the white house last night. this is going to leave a lot of people out of the area here. the bank of america stadium holds more than 70,000 people and time warner holds 20,000. in addition to president clinton, the 2004 presidential nominee, john kerry will be speaking tonight. republican presidential candidate paul ryan was on the road telling supporters in iowa that he expects-- expects clinton's speech to focus on the economy from 20 years ago, which he citizen worse today. from vis van -- chris van holland said president clinton will urge voters to stay the course. >> anyone with acknowledging the president's to do that and we need to make progr

tom fitzgerald has been monitoring this all night. the main theme seems to be things are worse now than when he was president. what do they get out of it? bill clintof how bad things are >> this is a remarkable performance. you heard the phrase vintage clinton so many times. what he is doing appears to be twofold. bill clinton knows that for whatever personal failings may have dodged his own presidency, history judged him as an effective, almost masterful handling of the economy. clinton's point tonight is the economy barack obama inherited is much worse off than the one bill clinton inherited when he was president. he spelled that out in terms quite clear tonight and used the republicans own convention down in tampa as an example. listen to this. >> in tampa, the republican argument against the president reelection was actually simple. it went something like this. we left them a total mess. he hadn't cleaned it up fast enough. so far, he put us back in. >> there are sharp words from mitt romney tonight. much of his comments, though,

kolb to larry fitzgerald. beast mode. the eagles, they never competed in this game. cardinals win easy, 27-6. >>> let's take a look at the standings. there are your boys, 1-2 at the bottom there, but still a lot of football left to be played. dallas 2-1, giants 2-1, philadelphia 2-1 as well, but they can't be happy with that performance in the desert this afternoon. we're not done yet. baseball coming up on the plus. the nats looking to lower that magic number. milwaukee says, heck no, we're in a playoff race, too. we're going to talk about it right after this.

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and tom fitzgerald is following this. there are other big names taking the stage tonight? >> you're right, brian. you ran through some of those at the top here and this stands to be the most maryland and virginia-centric night. in addition to the first lady, tonight you have heard brief words from maryland governor martin o'malley. he'll be back later with extended remarks and we have heard from the house senate, house minority leader steny hoyer and later on in an hour, we'll hear from former virginia governor ed you can rant -- current u.s. senate candidate tim kaine. debbie wattserman schultz gaveled -- debbie wasserman schultz gaveled in the convention about 5:00 tonight. the president himself, meanwhile, is appearing in norfolk, virginia. he hammered his officerral mitt romney's economic plans and continued to drum up support in anticipation tonight from michelle obama's speech. with the delegates in the country first heard from the first lady, four years ago it was under much different circumstances than her appearance tonight will be. the deputy obama campaign manag

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