this was on america's newsroom hosted by bill hemmer.ittle upset with this. >> what are you talking about? >> obviously it's unfortunate when any one loses their job. this particular case was a plant that was closed years after governor romney left the company. and to that point, if people had been in massachusetts under governor romney's healthcare plan they would have had healthcare. >> where do you begin? where do you begin? that was just not good. >> ann coulter, your buddy says fire her right now. >> not only is it andrea to come back to eric's point, mitt romney is talking about romney care in positive tones you know what we are going to have to do something about obama care becaui am the guy to do it because i know how to put together a healthcare plan. conservatives abore about to explode. >> the statement people were disheartened by it is because it was irrelevant to the point. your boss is being accused of a murderer when he hadn't been there for 6 years. he had health insurance this is an outrage and you have to have that resp

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bill: shoot me an e-mail, hemmer@foxnews.com and twitter, bill hemmer. bya, because you asked.ing about bob and andrea and everything else going on later today. they have spoken their minds. we appreciate it. thanks to both of you. patti ann: we have troubling new data on the health care law. a third of doctors say they will not accept new medicaid patients. we'll look what that could mean for millions of americans. bill: chris christie on a lot of short lists for vp but the outspoken new jersey governor saying that whether it comes to the other half of romney's ticket, who cares? >> do you really think that people of the united states yeah, i'm not sure about this obama guy but boy i love biden. i'm voting for him for that reason. i'm getting gray but kate still looks like...kate. [ female announcer ] nice'n easy with colorblend technology is proven to give more blends of tones. for color that's true to you. i don't know how she does it. [ female announcer ] with nice'n easy, all they see is you. ♪ [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps ] this fiber one 90 calorie brownie has all the

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. good morning to you. patti ann: i'm patti ann browne in for martha maccallum. bill: we are well above where we need to be as a country. you can see the numbers since the numbers started faltering. we need to be below that yellow line. we have been at or above that for 195 of the past 216 week. that's phenomenal. stuart varney, you are going through the numbers. down 6,000 now. what does that tell you? >> reporter: do not grasp at straws. do not take a 6,000 reduction as a positive signal. 361,000 new faces on the unemployment lines is still way too high. it still implies far too many layoffs in this economy and the bottom line is the economy is still weak. it's sluggish at best and these numbers suggest exactly that. bill: does it suggest that jobs are coming back to you or not? >> no, it does not. a rising unemployment rate at 8.3% and 360,000-plus people filing for unemployment claims, that's a grim picture. bill: how toss each side sell this number? >> reporter: they will both play with this number. i

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i'm bill hemmer, in tonight for shepard smith. good evening. the labor department reports today the jobless rate rose from 8.3% in july. that's up a tenth of a point from the month before. here is a chart he showing how the rate has risen over the years. you can see back in 2007, before the recession hit, the unemployment rate was under a%. but for the last few years, we have been holding steady at greater than 8%. in today's rise, in that unemployment rate came even as the labor department reports u.s. employers made 163,000 new hires last month alone. that's the highest rate that number has been in five months. the news sent stocks soaring today. dow was up 217. nasdaq gained 58 in the s&p 500 picked up 26 points. all of today's economic news is especially important, given how close we are to the presidential election and we'll have more reaction in a moment. from the obama and the romney teams coming up inside fox report. first though to the fox business network's rich edson live in washington, d.c. rich, good evening to you. so the economy

i'm bill hemmer in tonight for shepard smith. this is the fox report. better but not great.tion from economists of the july jobs number. the feds say employers added more than 160,000 jobs last month. that's the most since february but more than analysts were predicting. but it's not enough to make a dent in the unemployment rate. in fact, it actually jumped a notch. up to 8.3%. president obama saying that he agrees we need to do more but he says we are making progress. we have now created 44.5 jobs over the last few months. and 1.1 million this year. those are our neighbors and family members finding work and the security that comes with work. >> governor romney is focusing on a different streak. 42 months with unemployment above 8% mike emanuel is traveling with the romney team. what was his message there. >> in a campaign where the economy is the central issue, mitt romney hit it pretty hard calling the state of our economy a failure of leadership, a failure of policy. even a moral failure. after addressing a group of supporters in north las vegas, governor romney was ask

i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. new "washington post" poll says voters are divide but there is pretty good news for the duo. martha: before joining the republican ticket people were asked if he was vp nominee, what did you think, did you have a favorable opinion? 23% said yes, they did, for congressman paul ryan. since the announcement, that number shot from 23 to 38%. interestingly the die namics within the number, you have a pop with independents in that number, with women and perhaps most notably among senior citizens given the fact that will be a central part of the whole discussion because ryan's plans to revamp medicare. byron york, chief washington correspondent for the "washington examiner". what do you make of these numbers? >> good morning. first thing to say we're 72 hours into the romney-ryan ticket and it is too early to draw conclusions from it. people are just getting to know him. i think the results are fairly encouraging for the romney-ryan ticket. republicans like the choice. democrats don't like t

hemmer@foxnews.com. all oh on twitter @billhemmer. patti ann?atti ann: there are questions about the separation of church and state. could taxpayers soon be funding a church near you? bill: check this out from mars. there is a scientist saying it looks like a lot of places right here on earth. what that could mean for chances of finding a little bit of life on the red planet. cool stuff. and you will see more of that in a matter of moment. bill: another golden day for the u.s. at the london games. women's beach volleyball facing off in the finals. third straight final to end their careers together. they beat the americans on the other side. patti ann, i owe you a dollar. we bet on that game. u.s. victories across the board. allison felix winning the gold. check her out. bam! two-time world champion britney reese. watch her fly. in hoops we go. kobe bryant leading the u.s. team to a win over australia. le bron james doing this part with a triple-double. they are one step closer to gold. here is the medal count. the u.s. leading with 82. i told yo

bill hemmer and i will be on some high winds or high water. megyn kelly and bret baier, all of them down there on fox news channel. back to this story that we mentioned, janet napolitano is facing a major lawsuit over the president's new immigration policy. we will tell you why 10 federal immigration agents believe that they are being forced to violate federal law. and whether their case holds any water. and a new poll of likely voters. we will tell you which coveted voting bloc that they were very concerned about for mitt romney. it may be moving his way. the king of the cycling world is losing his crown. what about the story? the legal battle that is brewing over lance armstrong's seven tour de france titles. >> i chose not to interfere with what i was doing. i think that speaks for itself. martha: we have a fox news alert. breaking news moments ago out of mexico. the reports are that two u.s. government officials have been shot in an attack on a vehicle south of mexico city. chris stirewalt has been checking this out. what are you learning?

reach me at march that mccallum and bill hemmer.e'll be speaking to you through the next two weeks. >> bill: we're that cool. >> martha: we try. >> we are monitor ago news conference in this very serious element of what is going on now. bobby jindal will be speaking about tropical storm isaac. here is what he said moments ago. >> we have issued a state deck ligaments of emergency for the storm. we'll tell you about the parishes, also secondly i'm now calling on and we are contact with local issues. we are calling on officials who live in low-lying areas in the 15 parishes that are in the hurricane watch area of louisiana to go ahead and start voluntary evacuations today. >> martha: so the national hurricane center issued the updated storm track at the top of the hour. we are watching it very closely all the way through the pachb handle. >> bill: its quickly moving storm. if there is a silver lining, it is that. we'll see if it remains the case. our coverage continues from the republican national convention. we are live from tampa wi

bill hemmer and the heads of everybody else. i couldn't help but think about that mitt romney wanted his moment to happen four years ago. he thought his moment against barack obama would come the first time around. four years of his life he put into making that moment happen between. it finally has arrived. he will go head-to-head against president obama. tonight he has to tell his own story. bill: you think about walking out onto the stage for the first time. you know it's indelible in his mind already. he likes his speech. when you like your speech and you like your message you look forward with anticipation to deliver it. one person we saw last night who loved the message that she was there to deliver was condolezza rice. without prompter talking about her childhood and talking about the parents that made her believe she was capable of anything. watch here. >> on a personal note. a little girl grows up in jim crow birmingham, the segregated city of the south where her parents can't take her to a movie theater or restaurant. b

bill hemmer traveled to stark county earlier and we're in wood county tonight.s the president up by five points. both sides are targeting the independents in the buckeye state. they make up a third of the voters here. independents wednesday for president obama by eight points last time. they swung hard to republicans in 2010. exit polls show senator rob portman who is believed to be under consideration for spot on the republican ticket captured 66% of the independent vote in the state. more on presidential politics in a bit. our top story is tragic one out of wisconsin. the man who gunned down six people at sikh temple yesterday was involved in the white supremacist movement. he was a veteran with a troubled record. senior correspondent rick leventhal has the story from oak creek, wisconsin. >> f.b.i. calling at it senseless act of violence and possible act of domestic terror. identifying 40-year-old veteran wade michael page as a gunman who walked in the temple and opened fire with .9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun. killing five men and one woman, and woundi

i'm rick folbaum in for bill hemmer.: i'm heather childress if nor marth for martha maccallum. four republicans considered to be on mitt romney short list. rob portman of ohio. tim pawlenty, marco rubio, and paou paul ryan. march mary catherineham editor at large for hot news.com joins us. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. heather: there seems to be two schools of thought. be careful or daring. at do you think he should do? >> here in washington of course in the political press we all have master degrees and tea leaf reading which is pretty much what this is. i would say the romney campaign has been pretty good about stringing us all along. it's an exciting storyline, people want to talk about it and they are very happy to oblige them by showing up on the stump with various candidates who might end up being the vp. there are two schools of thought. i think the interview he gave last night mentioning that he wanted somebody with a real vision, and communicating that he wants this to be maybe a contrasty hrebgs suggeste

bill: i'm bill hemmer. good to be back with you. martha: good to have you back.l: i'm on a bit of a delay but i'll catch up in time. martha: akin in a tight race under fire from members of his own party. mitt romney calling the comments inexcusable. the congressman made it clear he has no plans to step aside, saying he believes constituents would forgive him. >> i believe there are a lot of people that forgive in mercy, forgiveness and god's love. i made a single error in one sentence. maybe the democrats or certain people won't want to forget that or try to use that as a political weapon. i think the people of missouri are big enough to take a look at the overall package and say, hey, you know, this obama is about to break our country and claire m mckascall is a rubber stamp for him. martha: it seems to me that democrats and constituents in missouri maybe are not the people that mr. akin needs to worry about in this case. >> this is a nightmare for the republican party. they want to be talking about the economy, as does mitt romney and paul ryan. you have enormo

i'm bill hemmer, welcome back.doing. >> i'm patti ann browne happy to be in for her today. she made headlines when she claimed native-american heritage on university forms. and she was with the president on the you didn't build that comment. now this. >> we have bridges, roads in need of remayor and thousands of people in need of work. why aren't we rebuilding competitors. china invests 9% of its gdp in it's infrastructure. america we are at just 2.4%. bill: stev steven hayes, senior writer and fox news contributor. she is making an argument. >> the obvious question is where does the money come from? the reason she asks the question in the ad, the reason we are not spending more is because we're $5.6 trillion in debt and running annual deficits of more than a trillion dollars. these why we're not spending more on infrastructure. it's a simple answer to a simple question. bill: she is also running for senate in a tight race with brown. she was on camera complaining what the american miss owner more less owes the gov

if you're just joining us, i'm bill hemmer live here in new york city. dead as a result and we're trying to work through the facts and information and gather more as we go throughout the morning as our second hour of coverage continues here. jamie: well one good news that we are hearing there is a belief it is not linked to terrorism. charlie gasparino has a police source and more he has been talking to. you have new information, charlie. >> looks like the motive is changing. police initially believed it was robbery. as we're hearing from our police sources. as i say, this is murky situation. right now what we're hearing from police sources appears to be some sort of workplace violence where with the perpetrator got fired from his job and came back, according to our source. he put it this way. appears he came back and , aú?@@.g fairly tragic situation here. we're talking about this occurred, looks like the initial crime scene, and again, it is murky, 10 west 33rd street. that is west of 5th avenue. and then there was a second crime scene and 34th and f

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom.". how are you doing. >> i'm patti ann browne in for martha maccallum patti ann: much of the establishment lined up behind the establishment candidate, david due hurst. bill: but it want even close. what is the outcome, mike. >> reporter: there is in effect a republican civil war. due hurst was tied with governor rick perry and in the end dewhurst gave his appreciation. >> i want to thank for my long-time friend, rick perry. i believed in rick and i went up to iowa and rick believed in me. i appreciate that. >> reporter: governor perry tweeted, quote, congrats to ted cruz and his organization. that was an amazing race. hashtag, stronger than garlic. god bless texas. there is talk of a blow this is to the texas governor. bill: garl lick can be strong. what are those behind cruz say were the keys to victory, mike. >> reporter: says the tea party is huge in texas. there is no question, former alaska governor sarah palin played a very key role and could be seen as a king-maker for cruz. >> h

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer.ates are not known for staying silent in town hall events that romney and ryan are holding today. they will focus on the alternative medicare pwhrapb thaplan that they say will not affect anybody over the age of 25. we are live at a college in new hampshire. carl, what do we expect here today? >> reporter: it will be a little bit of the medicare, mostly it will be the romney-ryan ticket arriving back here in new hampshire the first time for the two-some to be together. he held this in abeyance until this moment so he could introduce his candidate to the granite state. we'lcoming to new hampshire is symbolic for romney. he has a vacation home here. yesterday he was at his lake house and went to church. paul ryan by contrast was campaigning in florida, whethe where he went to the "villages." he brought his mom along to say that the obama administration is gutting medicare. the democrats say that is an out-and-out falls hooout and falsehood, because mr. ryan's budget would have cut that m

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom." good morning. patti ann: i'm patti ann browne in more martha maccallum. july hiring was the best since february. that was not nearly enough to show new strength in the economy. bill: not exactly the news the white house is looking for with three months to go to election day. we expect to hear from the president later this morning. right now we here from stuart varney, anchor, fox business network. how do you analyze this number for the month? >> the mostlyally important number of the day is the rise in the unemployment rate to 8.3%. three months to an election the president does not want to see the unemployment rate rise. we also had a rise in the so-called real unemployment rate from 14.9 to 15%. the other side of the coin is the number of new jobs created. that is another important number here. 163,000. if you look more deeply you will find the number of new jobs created in june was revised lower. so you've got a rise in the rate. 163,000 new jobs but fewer new jobs in the month before that. a ra

i was with bill hemmer, that is where we sat and made fun of greg for a while.sure. maybe we don't. that would be embarrassing. there we are. the key is i stood on the rail to make it look like i was as tall as bill. >> kimberly: good trick. >> eric: all right. i'm up next. a lot of people want the know what it was like to get here. happened to be on a plane sitting with none other, do we have pictures? greta van susteren. >> dana: that is not greta. >> eric: there we go. greta van susteren. maybe. yes. there she is. charlie rose was on the plane. stole a slice of our pizza. and started talking to us. look what happened. >> kimberly: that's flatte flattering. >> bob: what is going on? >> kimberly: frozen. >> eric: that was supposed to be kimberly and andrea sleeping. >> bob: but get picture of people when they're asleep and i think it's against the law. >> kimberly: it's creepy. we woke up and we found steve and eric hovering over us. it fully expected to be like greg gutfeld, but it wasn't. >> eric: you're up. >> bob: how did your face get puffy? >> eric: it's

i'm bill hemmer, in tonight for shepard smith. good evening.ment reports today the jobless rate rose from 8.3% in july. that's up a tenth of a point from the month before. here is a chart he showing how the rate has risen over the years. you can see back in 2007, before the recession hit, the unemployment rate was under a%. but for the last few years, we have been holding steady at greater than 8%. in today's rise, in that unemployment rate came even as the labor department reports u.s. employers made 163,000 new hires last month alone. that's the highest rate that number has been in five months. the news sent stocks soaring today. dow was up 217. nasdaq gai58

bill hemmer traveled to stark county earlier and we're in wood county tonight. the real clear politic average in ohio has the president up by five points. both sides are targeting the independents in the buckeye state. they make up a third of the voters here. independents wednesday for president obama by eight points last time. they swung hard to republicans in 2010. exit polls show senator rob portman who is believed to be under consideration for spot on the republican ticket captured 66% of the independent vote in the state. more on presidential politics in a bit. our top story is tragic one out of wisconsin. the man who gunned down six people at sikh temple yesterday was involved in the white supremacist movement. he was a veteran with a troubled record. senior correspondent rick leventhal has the story from oak creek, wisconsin. >> f.b.i. calling at it senseless act of violence and possible act of domestic terror. identifying 40-year-old veteran wade michael page as a gunman who walked in the temple and opened fire with .9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun.

i'm bill hemmer. shep is back on monday. the factor begins now. >> juan: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight? >> >> we support this company because it takes a lot of courage to be christian in this world. >> juan: the controversy over chick-fil-a continues as gay activists plan a kiss. in tonight we will talk to governor mike huckabee. >> the man who led for the chick-fil-a appreciation day. >> 23 million americans out of work or stopped looking for work or way under employed. this is an extraordinary record of failure. >> we haven't had to come back from economic crisis this painful since the 1930s. >> juan: new report out today shows even though the economy added more jobs, the unemployment rate went up. we will tell you what this means for you and for the presidential election. >> i want to be very clear to the gangs and members of those gangs. yoer in the city of chicago. >> violence continues in the windy city as a prominent african-american paper questioned president obama's silence on the horrific crime wave in his adopted hometown. we'll debate what it means. caution, you are

i'm bill hemmer here on a tuesday in "america's newsroom.".llum. he claims president romney's tax plan would take money from the poor and he goes so far to make this comparison. >> he ask the middle class to pay more taxes so i can give a $250,000 tax cut to people making more than 3 million a year. it is like robin hood in reverse. it is romneyhood. bill: well the romney team wasted no time on jumping on that. quote, there is only one candidate in this race who is going to raise taxes on the american people and that is barack obama. while he used taxpayer dollars to grow government and reward his donors. middle class americans seen fewer jobs, lower incomes and less hope for the future start varney. fox business network. break down the two tax plans. >> let's start with president obama. he wants to raise tax rates on those making more than $250,000 a year and keep the bush tax rates in place for everybody else. mitt romney goes the other direction. he wants to lower tax rates on everyone and eliminate or reduce tax deductions or loopholes for

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i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. good morning to you.e the numbers since the numbers started faltering. we need to be below that yellow line. we have been at or above that for 195 of the past 216 week. that's phenomenal. stuart varney, you are going through the numbers. down 6,000 now. what does that tell you? >> reporter: do not grasp at straws. do not take a 6,000 reduction as a positive signal. 361,000 new faces on the unemployment lines is still way too high. it still implies far too many layoffs in this economy and the bottom line is the economy is still weak. it's sluggish at best and these numbers suggest exactly that. bill: does it suggest that jobs are coming back to you or not? >> no, it does not. a rising unemployment rate at 8.3% and 360,000-plus people filing for unemployment claims, that's a grim picture. bill: how toss each side sell this number? >> reporter: they will both play with this number. i suggest president obama will say down

i'm will hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. >> i'm patti ann browne.tt romney and bain capital closed the plant i lost my healthcare. and my family lost our healthcare. a short time after that my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick and i think she didn't say anything because we couldn't afford the insurance. bill: he goes on to say his wife was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and died 22 days later. the fact checkers are out and the romney team is responding saying president obama's allies continue to use dishonest and discredited attacks. as it turns out the man's wife died years later and there are a host of claims that have been proved to be inaccurate. >> we'll ask our panel if this ad goes too far. and we'll get reaction from the romney campaign when his press secretary joins us. bill: you can count it, folks, on the calendar. 90 days to election day. two swing states president obama won in 2008 now spl

bill hemmer, would you get into the ring with rulon gardner? >> no chance.om losing his neck there, steve. >> steve: he was indeed. >> who knew that chick-fil-a would become a national issue on freedom of speech? more on that today. what happens when all these franchises across the country and herman cain is here to react. breaking news on the economy, if you missed it. the jobless number is just out. what does it tell about the american economy? what to do about the almighty issue of taxes, live from the hill on that. we'll see you in ten minutes on "america's newsroom" as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >> brian: one of the most talked about moments in olympic history when rulon gardner took home the gold in the 2000 u.s. olympic games. he beat russia, who was undefeated for 13 years. whatever happened to that guy? who cares? we got you here. >> dara: that's right. he kept winning the wins, coming in the 2004 olympics, taking home the bronze. then he stepped out of the spotligh

now let's check in with bill hemmer.hem? >> brian: i will see you later on radio and we can discuss it. >> i very much look forward to having an hour of battle with you. i'll see you then. brian, how much money is your government wasting? that's the focus of a major house hearing this morning. some of these numbers will blow your mind. the tea party scores again. we'll tell you where. is the white house trying to hide planned defense cuts? that's the charge. and a new map on how the battle is playing out for number. ed rollins on that today. we'll see new ten minutes on "america's newsroom" [ female announcer ] granola thins. from nature valley. crispy granola, layered with creamy peanut butter or rich dark chocolate flavor. 90 calories. 100% natural. and nature...approves. granola thins. from nature valy. nature at its most delicious. granola thins. from nature valy. thank you, nana send money to anyone's checking account with chase quickpay. all you need is an email address or mobile number. you're welcome. take a step

i'm will hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. >> i'm patti ann browne. that ad from a super pac features a man who says he just lost his job. >> when mitt romney and bain capital closed the plant i lost my healthcare. and my family lost our healthcare. a short time after that my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick and i think she didn't say anything because we couldn't afford the insurance. bill: he goes on to say his wife was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and died 22 days later. the fact checkers are out and the romney team is responding saying president obama's allies continue to use dishonest and discredited attacks. as it turns out the man's wife died years later and there are a host of claims that have been proved to be inaccurate. >> we'll ask our panel if this ad goes too far. and we'll get reaction from the romney campaign when his press secretary joins us. bill: you can count it, folks, on the calendar. 90 days to election day. two swing states president obama won in 2008 now split between mr. obama and governor romney. 50% to 45

should me an e-mail, hemmer@foxnews.com or @billhemmer. need one line because you asked, bya.ther: baloney up against a meat grinder. there is a line. no baloney here. republicans and democrats set to descend on their host cities for their summer conventions ahead of the presidential lech unshchlt now we're getting word for top speakers of the republicans. does it give us any hints who mitt romney could tap for the vp slot? bill: good question. new study how much health care costs are changing next year and who will pay. heather: welcome back. fox news now confirming part of the lineup of speakers at the republican national convention in tampa. the scheduled packed with some of the biggest stars party including south carolina governor nikki haley, new mexico governor susana martinez, former secretary of state, condoleezza rice, florida governor rick scott, arizona senator john mccain, former arkansas governor mike huckabee and ohio governor john kasich. byron york is the chief political correspondent for the "washington examiner" and joins us now. he is also a fox news contrib

good morning from tampa, i'm bill hemmer. how you doing, martha? martha: i'm doing just great. it's a bit windy and wet this morning in tampa and the big concern is for the going. the storm is starting to strengthen. the keys taking a pummeling over the weekend. isaac forecast to make landfall in new orleans as a category one 7 years to the day since katrina. the warning is issued for the panhandle all the way to new orleans. rick leventhal is in mobile, alabama. what are the conditions? >> reporter: conditions are fine right now but they expect things to deteriorate the next 24 hours. there is a hurricane watch in effect and the governor has issued a state of emergency and they are issuing mandatory evacuation orders. this is mobile bay. it relies heavily on water:born commerce. you can see a lot of the container ships have been secured and other ships have been moved out in anticipation of this storm. evacuations are beginning. anybody in noble and baldwin counties in what they call zones one and two year the water living close to any of the four rivers. anyone in low-lying a

bill: i'm bill hemmer. finally. we're calling it day two only because yesterday lasted only a few minutes. the convention will kickoff at 2:00 eastern time. governor romney touching down a bit later in tam path. we wil tampa. we will watch that plane touchdown and is wife is expected to speak tonight which will be one of the highlights. martha: one roberts joins us with a preview. he is live in the convention center for us this morning with a look at what we can expect today. >> reporter: we've just been listening to "three doors down" one of the featured performers tonight. volunteers are getting together all of the booklets and 4600 delegates and alternates are going to need to make it through the convention. there will be a reading of the rules and that all important role call where mitt romney is expected to get the 1144 delegates he needs to become the official nomination of the republican party, which he will accept on thursday night during his big speech. of course, there are a lot of big speakers tonight as