griff jenkins, of course, is live at the journey concert. griff?reporter: greta, we are back in the party zone and journey, the band that has spanned generations, started in 1973, is rocking the convention. i am not the only person who is back here. do you know who is back tonight? the house majority whip kevin mccarthy. he said, this man is of my generation, i'm loving it. people are going crazy. they are absolutely -- we had people holding up iphones as if they were lighters, they are playing a ballad song. one important thing about this band that you need to know is that the singer is a young filipino, he's bringing it down. another person we ran into, former secretary of energy, spencer abraham, up in the v.i.p. section, having an absolute blast. as you can see, we have lots of fans here. they are enjoying the show. i mean, i don't have to speak. what's happening on this stage up here. the scene is unbelievable. >> i promise you -- there is a lot of air guitar. >> can you dance a little bit? >> reporter: i will put the mike down. it's an ai

griff jenkins talk to the owner in wisconsin. >> reporter: here's the owner here at the italian house's favorite foods. how long has paul been coming here? >> i would have to say, at least 20 to 25 years, since 1988, the year we opened up next door here. he has been coming over to eat with all of his high school friends. there is a high school right next door to us. we set up kids every day and paul ryan would be here, running to grab a quick lunch, it was about $2, now it's up to $5 a lunch. paul to this day coming over and gets the food that he grew up enjoying, something unique, something different. that representatives janesville, tremendously. >> reporter: you have all the famous folks that have eaten here, paul ryan is here. his brother toby here. tell me, when the ryans come in, this is a congressman, does he get bothered? is heaise celebrity? does he like to keep hotohis own? >> absolutely. paul ryan and his family are very, very much loved in janesville. it's a small community. so everybody knows everybody. and so when paul comes in to eat in here, for example, we would tell

griff jenkins, of course, is live at the journey concert. griff?reporter: greta, we are back in the party zone and journey, the band that has spanned generations, started in 1973, is rocking the convention. i am not the only person who is back here. do you know who is back tonight? the house majority whip kevin mccarthy. he said, this man is of my generation, i'm loving it. people are going crazy. they are absolutely -- we had people holding up iphones as if they were lighters, they are playing a ballad song. one important thing about this band that you need to know is that the singer is a young filipino, he's bringing it down. another person we ran into, former secretary of energy, spencer abraham, up in the v.i.p. section, having an absolute blast. as you can see, we have lots of fans here. they are enjoying the show. i mean, i don't have to speak. what's happening on this stage up here. the scene is unbelievable. >> i promise you -- there is a lot of air guitar. >> can you dance a little bit? >> reporter: i will put the mike down. it's an air

griff jenkins takes you to another big event >>> congressman paul ryan now officially the vice presidentialg.o.p. nominee. he's made his mark as the budget guru. you've seen him go on the record many times. >> we need leaders willing to put up ideas. and we pass our plan showing the senate and budget here is how we want to fix the problem. let's see your ideas. and they have decided not to put their ideas on the table so you can get to the table. >> america does not deserve a debt crisis. in 2008 we had that economic crisis that, caught us by surprise, if if they knew about a bad time, knew when it was coming and how to stop it but didn't do so. what would you think that have person? >> last year, last time with obama john mcyain stopped campaigning here so obama kind of ran up the score. >> there is a last election we took two house seats we feel like we have a good chance as republicans and i think mitt romney is in the best position to win states like ours. and this is what it doesn't do, it doesn't fix our problem. he doesn't pretend to fix our fiscal problems so i would call it america

hammering congress, and there are taxes and issues and drought relief and more, before today's vote, griff jenkinstol hill. >> congressman with so much unfinished business should congress be leaving town now? >> yes. absolutely. and i don't take vacations. >> and there has been an august recess, that is a very, very important function of congress is to do that. >> we should not have unfinished business because we've had opportunity to finish it. >> we're going to stick around and stand for the constitution, and american people. when we get our work done, we can go home. >> the senate hasn't done anything all year when we've been in session. i'm not sure whether being in or out right now makes a difference. >> we've got a lot of problems there are taxes about to come into place. people want us to get get rid of obama care. we should be here. >> i don't think we should be leaving until we do everything we're doing. i was on the floor this morning and at least we're getting drought legislation. there are many things we need to be here, doing. but that is the schedule. i don't run the place. >> greta:

griff jenkins takes a look. >> reporter: the countdown is on.runningmate? serious contenders are joining his bus tour, others have been fiercely campaigning for him elsewhere. here's our short list of folk who is might be willing to answer the call. is it rob portman? two-time cabinet member under bush? six-term congressman and senator from the battleground state of ohio, sounding a lot like the runningmate. >> we gave the ball to barack obama because he promised he was going to turn things around and promised to solve big problems. we gave him the ball... and he fumbled the ball. it's now time to give that ball to mitt romney. >> reporter: or former minnesota governor, tim pawlenty, a former primary candidate who bowed out early with a very approachable, down-to-earth style and he's been vetted for the job before. >> you know, it's an honor to be considered. simply to be an honor for anybody to be considered. but it also, i have some deja vu qualities since i have been through it before. but the main issue here isn't the v.p. process who is goi

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our own griff jenkins took part and he's here to tell us about this.ou're an expert surfer. you lent your talents to the event, i understand. >> well, i'm not an expert, but i did participate. i didn't even advance past my first heat, but the real important part, shannon, was the heroes heat. wounded warriors from all across the country came to this longstanding surf contest to benefit kids with cancer. they showed off and participated and inspired all of us who were watching on the shore. >> we're all here today to have a good time and get out in the fun and sun and surf and enjoy the healing powers of the ocean. >> their injuries range from missing limbs to missing eyes to traw mawctraumatic brain injurye surf was no challenge for them. >> ryan, why are you doing this? what's happening today? >> well, today is actually a surf contest in honor of brendan, my husband's brother who died of pediatric cancer. they've been doing this for 22 years, and we wanted to find a way to bring the travis manning foundation and the brendan borek foundation together.