herman cain will be joining us! last night was a very complicated night for the cable networks, but they did manage to successfully mount full team coverage of night one of the republican convention while same-sex couplely airing copious amounts of hurricane porn from your standard guy outside in the rain to women in rain burkas standing under the gutter of damocles to guy about to be sucked out to the sea. (laughter) to reporters so drenched they transform into water creatures. (cheers and applause) people, i cannot stress this enough at home: don't go chasing waterfalls. (laughter) mr. anderson cooper was there where he and an equally handsome rob marciano did not apparently realize they could just move from the spot where water was draining off the top of the tent on top of them to a drier place underneath said tent! (laughter) if you've got to waterboard one of your guys, cnn... (cheers and applause) huh? meanwhile, back in the corporations are people's republican of tampa the republicans faced the difficult cha

(cheers and applause) hello, herman cain, nice to see you. come and sit. >> how are you r you?n: nice to see you. >> thank you. thank you. >> jon: please have a seat. >> thank you, thank you. >> jon: herman cain, i'm going to tell you something and i mean this sinner is vie. >> yes. >> our delegates, our correspondents have gone over to talk to the delegates at the convention center. >> yes. >> jon: i have not, obviously, been over there because... >> you've been a little bit says. >> jon: i've been busy and i'm not allowed, obviously. >> i can hook you up, jon. >> jon: not with the restraining order. (laughter) these delegates still are more enthusiastic about herman cain than about mitt romney. now, that is a problem because herman cain from what i understand is no longer in the running. so what... (laughter). what do you say about that? there seems to be a real disconnect between their passion and their nominee. what is your thought? >> it's a difference of style. as you know, my style and personality is different from governor romney and a lot of people connected with me an

and this newcomer who streaked to the top of the polls before vanishing, herman cain. are you doing? >> i'm okay. if you would have told me you were not wearing a tie i would not have worn one either. >> reporter: caine gets mobbed wherever he goes here. >> this is terry's show, you know. >> reporter: he has no big speech, you aren't taking center stage here? >> oh, no, when i was a candidate and we were doing those debate, governor romney is one of the most likable people out there. >> reporter: you like him? >> i like him. >> reporter: so herman cain is on board, but not everyone is. >> we will get into the camp, believe me because we will become the camp eventually. >> reporter: ron paul spoke at the delegates but he will not engorse romney. there's one family spat tha >> reporter: what will ? to find out, we headed to convention floor. and here we are, the republican national headedo the convention floor. and here we are, the republican national convention. it's like it's always smaller in person than they look like on tv. roaming the floor, we kept meeting ron pau

van around boy it lays out building blocks for fiscal economic and banking integration but who is herman van rompuy exactly well you're not the first person to ask the question that i want to. get lost is who won't you. give you money in europe but. never the less. your friends and some elected leaders are trying to hold the currency union together as support fractures around them they're trying to hold it together despite protests bailouts the election of neo nazis the deflationary spiral down of the condom ease entered up of bond yields in places like spain and italy and nigel farage who you just heard from has been very frank about the possible consequences he fears take a listen this project could even the rebirth of national socialism in europe we'll. start prediction more on that later first does the leader of the u.k. and pendants party member of european parliament actually expect any earth shattering decisions to be taken during this summit does he expect anything of substance to come from it that can change the current dynamics in europe a rising borrowing costs for the periphe

herman cain is former republican presidential candidate he joins us now from atlanta. mr. cane your thoughts on this pick and the peaspeech today? >> i love the choice of representative paul ryan because the din nation of paul ryan and mitt romney says three important things renewal, restructure as well as repeal. this team suggests renewal of america rather than continued decline of america we are getting from this current administration. secondly, they both have been consistent about the need to restructure, program. paul ryan's program is already being attacked like in the statement you just read from the white house. it has already been attacked the demagogue. seniors are not stupid. they realize the programs need to be restructured in order to save them. the third thing is not only as governor romney and paul ryan is specific about the repeal of obama care but the repeal many of the regular story burdens they have placed on businesses that are hampering economic growth. >> you in your race talked about the big items. you seemed to think that america was ready for invi

. >> herman cain is a breath of fresh air. [laughter] >> i am not going to reassess him as he reassesses his campaign. >> herman cain is fabulous. >> newt gingrich -- i am going to get serious on you. newt gingrich is an error lobbyist -- uber lobbyist. barney frank talk about michele bachmann. he also called out newt gingrich and said he held him responsible for the demonization of opponents that has contributed to the atmosphere we live in today. i do think he came into the house. he slashed all of the caucasus and civility. we are seeing this. this is a man who a few days ago talked about education reform in the context of firing the janitors in schools and putting the kids to work. a lot of the media called that unconventional. [laughter] let's repeal child labor laws that we fought hard for in this country. bring in dickens to chronicle it. i do think there is the cruelty amidst the reality show debates we have been subjected to. who is running this, entertainment or news? there is a cruelty when people cheer that someone

>>neil: all right, herman cain, thank you. he comes back too fast for me.we are looking at fox pbs, true to herman's business past, we have rand paul, foster fries, and democrats remitted, as well, including james clyburn all night throughout the night to keep you on top of the most important economic election since the great depression. also, governor brewer will join us, from arizona. do you get the feel, they just love to sue that state? just sue. .. 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 us online to learn what makes our bank so different. >>neil: welcome back, everyone. this seems unthinkable where politicians have their schedules blown off but if this is an example of mitt romney time stickler for deta

herman cain was in tampa, remember, herman cain.eporter asked him if this reminded him of katrina, he said, i never even met the woman. >>> tonight, jay welcomes actress, lisa kudrow and musical act, owl city, and carly ray jepsun. >>> jay leno, weeknights at 11:00, on your local nbc section. >>> time for some entertainment news. who in america is the highest paid celebrity? forbes will tell you. their new list is out. oprah winfrey, who earned $165 million. bill, you just sneaked in. from may of last year to may of 2012, ryan seacrest is a good guess but despite her much publicized tv network problems, her syndicated shows like dr. oz and rachael ray and her syndicated magazine earned her the top spot. >> i need myself a production company. >>> lindsay lohan is now formerlily a suspect in the theft of $100,000 worth of watches and sunglasses. despite the fact that the owner of the hollywood hills home where the theft took place has suddenly recanted his authority and told authorities nothing was stolen, the website says police are

governor mary fallin and herman cain. back to today's other big story. michelle caruso-cabrera at cnbc headquarters with the latest on tropical storm isaac. >> it looks like you will be spared the brunt of the storm in tampa. tropical storm isaac is barrelling to the northern gulf of mexico. the weather channel has the latest. greg? >> thanks. right now isaac continues to move northwestward slowly across the northern gulf of mexico. it will be making land fall tomorrow morning. the latest advisory from the national hurricane center, winds were 70 miles per hour as of 5:00 eastern, 4:00 central. the pressure is now 981 milliba millibars. that's low for a 70 miles per hour storm. the winds will come up. later advisories tonight. it is moving northwest at 12 miles per hour. here are the expected impacts. we expectle people along the northern gulf coast to complete preparations today for isaac's impacts beginning to be felt late tonight. here is the official forecast from the hurricane center. by tomorrow morning, 7:00, it will likely still be offshore, the

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some of the biggest stars including sarah palin and herman cain were not speaking and not invited.at is questioning to see if they have been taken over by the gop or sold out. justin phillips is the associate director of teapartyorout.com. this was a power grab by mitt romney. give us an example of why you think that. >> it is simple. it is a power grab by the republican establishment that will take not only power, but influence away from tea party groups. when you have that happen, it is no longer a party of the people. it is a party of the elite groups. i compared it in a blog this morning to the old central committee of the old communist party of the soviet union. that's not why i signed up to are a republican. >> judson, do you think the tea party helped mitt romney get to this point? >> mitt romney did what he did on his own. through most of the election, pretty much ignored the tea party and conservatives. to this day, i will say -- i will give him a little bit of create the tea party rally sunday night, he sent a surrogate. there is a little bit there. mitt romney is doing h

that's how miss herman likes to hear you talk.to that point, miss 20-year-old, happy birthday, okay? that tells me that maybe, just maybe in your future, all of this will change. i'm hoping for you, okay? am i confident? no i'm not going to stand up here and tell you anything different. you have a lot to learn at 20 years old. a lot. your habits have not changed. they have not. you are doing in jail, according to this report, what you are accustomed to on the street. the behavior is the same. >> i mean, what the report says is that i was selling pills in the pod. which is not -- it's not true. >> i don't want to talk about selling the pills thing. close that new york mouth for a minute. seriously. i said it. you are qualifying every freaking thing that comes out of your mouth with an excuse, which means you're not owning it. >> i know. >> accept it as what it is. you have to change it, you. >> i took the whole being in lockup as a joke. >> i know you did. i knew you were going to end up here. >> i think being in lock, i've learned

: that was herman cain who we just had on the show talking to brian.'re off to one week before the convention starts. >> brian: we'll be there live in a matter of moments. dana perino, but first, the headlines. >> gretchen: fox news alert. new video in. race car accident, missouri state fair. at least five people were hurt after a car crashed through a fence right into a small crowd gathered in the center of the track. the missouri highway patrol is investigating the accident. there were also reports of a crash during an earlier race yesterday, injuring at least one person. >>> the hollywood heavyweight who directed "top gun" has been found dead. police say tony scott, the brother of ridley scott, jumped off of a bridge in los angeles, california, plunging 185 feet to his death. his car was parked on the bridge. investigators recovered a suicide note that he left behind. scott was one of the first directors to make the transition from commercials to features. in addition to "top gun," he produced "beverly hills cops 2" and others. he was 68 years old.

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this is goingbe to go down like herman cain is. two of the top stories. >> andrea: the present employer thought it was a good business decision for him to let the guy go. the negative media he was getting, he probably thought one, i don't want a guy like this harassing people working for me. it wonder if he was supposed to be in a meeting. if it happened in work hours. his boss has grounds to say you're supposed to do your job. it wonder if he might sue based on some kind of discrimination if he is in a state like new york. >> kimberly: wrongful termination. >> bob: if he was supposed to be at work, that's one thing. why did he get fired for -- it's terrible for what he said. if i got fired for what i said outside of work for or what i say inside of work. >> andrea: it's his right to let him go or keep anymore he wants to. they haven't let you go because they love you despite the things you safe. >> greg: rachel, you know, rachel is the star of this whole thing. i love it when somebody unintentionally is found to be a great person.

let's revisit that era of herman ca cain cane. you were talking about your 9-9-9 plan.it. >> no, no. you doing to pay the state sales tax no matter what. whether you throw out the existing code and pay that. that's apples and oranges. >> i'm going to get a bushel basket with apples and oranges in it because i'm going to pay both taxes. let me make this comment. >> i remember watching that moment. i remember that. >> yes. >> huge applause there. >> yes. >> do you think you would make a better president than mitt romney? >> i think both of us would make great presidents in different ways. >> who would be better? >> you can't say that and the reason is he has a different skill set although i admire his business experience and i have a different skill set. i think that we both could be equally good presidents. in fact, great presidents because of the fundamental similarities in our philosophy and business approach. mitt know what is a budget is. he's not going to try to run the united states without a budget. you can't succeed as a leader, as a ceo without a budget. we have

. >> sergeant sarah herman takes a personal interest in many of hillsborough county's female inmatesd wants to discuss her plan to get back on track. >> i'm ready for a change and ready to be with my babies and my family. >> how old are your children? >> my daughter's 4 and my other one is 3 and my son just turned 14 thursday. >> what is going to keep you other than your kids, from not coming here again? >> i'm willing to change. >> what's your plan? >> to complete my ged and finish school and find me a job to keep myself busy and occupied. that's the key, i realize. >> she didn't start taking drugs until she was 24 and addiction quickly took after her life. >> each day you have to choose and decide, what is sonya going to do today? if it didn't feel right, if you feel it in your gut, leave. run, run, run. and i'm happy you have your mind set on doing the right thing. >> i thank you and appreciate it. >> no problem. >> thanks. >> she had a five-year suspended prison sentence and was in a drug treatment program when she took a methadone pill and failed a drug test. >> i threw it all a

arthur herman's book, "freedom's forge," shows that none of that common wisdom is true. ultimately what saved america and save the world was not the government finally getting it right, but the private industry and all of the innovation and creative animal spirits that had been herded into the corner for the previous decade that came roaring out to save ourselves and save the world. let me introduce arthur herman that is a noted historian and the author of how the scots invented the modern world, "the new york times" bestseller and gondhi and church of the epic riflery which was a pulitzer prize finalist. we can only hope that "freedom's forge" brings so much critical and commercial attention. okay. [applause] >> thanks for coming out. the weather has been should we say less than cooperative. benign glad to see so many faces, many of them familiar, many of them new to my audiences. i also want to thank our host american enterprise institute for all of their health, not just this event but also the work and research that is done for this book, "freedom's forge" coming in

various candidates the republican presidential candidates and we have michele bachmann rick perry herman cain new grudge rick santorum each of them has enjoyed their time in the limelight and you see mitt romney has kind of had this consistent following but not that kind of surge that we've seen for the others the other candidate that also has had a consistent following is of course ron paul christine can you describe and of course they are the ones with the loudest presence over there now how can you describe the difference in the supporters over there in tampa those that support romney and those that support ron paul. well it's such an interesting charla's and with any political contest it's almost one of those situations that if you combine all the best qualities with each of those candidates you'd have your perfect candidate people you know loved loved how rick perry shot straight and talked to people like you know they were his neighbors they loved michele bachmann and some of her conservative arguments and some of rick santorum is conservative arguments we did hear from him last ni

we'll talk to herman cain out of atlanta next hour of "america's newsroom." john roberts watching that out of atlanta. patti ann: new details on a shockingly close near-miss at reagan national airport. three us airways jets carrying nearly 200 passengers coming within seconds of a head-on midair crash. peter doocy is live in washington. hi, peter, so how close did these planes come to each other? >> reporter: 12 seconds, patti ann, is all that separated a plan that had been okayed to land from the first of two planes had just taken off and was flying straight for it. all three planes were operated by us airways. at about 2:00 on tuesday because of bad weather and wind, air traffic controllers in warrenton, virginia hour away told the controllers at rage gan airport to have a bunch of plane coming from the north, turning over mount vernon to turn in from the south in rosslyn, virginia. means planes would land in the opposite direction. they didn't tell all the planes in the air with about the new plane. the first plane taking off came within 500 vertical feet

i bet you can sing that one, herman. >> i can't sing that. >> gretchen: come on!so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? yeah, maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. v8. what's your number? for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venture card. fly any airline, any flight, anytime. double miles you can actually use. what a coincidence? what's in your wallet? [ all screaming ] watch the elbows ladies. >> brian: last night speeches at the republican national convention across the street focusing around a single theme, quote, we can change it. >> so you have one candidate who understands the success comes from working hard, competing, and taking risks, and you have another candidate who believes that success comes from government. which one would yo

what about herman cain? also former congressman jc watts. colin powell.condoleezza rice and congressman allen west of florida. the twitterverse, well, it was equally incredulous. this tweet from kara davis, quote. if a black conservative shouts in the nbc forest, does anybody hear? and this tweet from one black republican, i am the 0%, according to the liberal media. and obama. i simply don't exist. we want to talk more about that because it was so jarring to see that. joining me now are cnn contributor and democratic strategist and will cain. come on, will cain. 0%. is that possible? >> no. it's highly improbable at the very least, right? and you just pointed out a few that do exist. so, yes, let's go with impossible more than improbable. the poll conducted i think a survey of 1,000 people. if you looked into the poll, it said 12% of their respondents were african-american. that means 120 people they polled. that fit the profile there. and if zero of 120 said they would not support mitt romney, i don't know. can you project that out and make a generaliza

i need more herman cains. i don't need family men. and john edwards back in this race. >> or maybe donald trump. >> donald trump says he has a big surprise in store for everyone at the republican national convention. >> senator john mccain said it would be rise for president obama to drop joe biden from the ticket. >> reporter: speaking of the vice president. >> president obama said he is sticking with joe biden as his running mate even though biden made a series of major gaps this week. joe biden says this is [ bleep ] great. >> president obama called mitt romney and asked mitt if he would fire biden. true story. >> reporter: makes you wonder why anyone would ever run for president. >> it's the worst job in the world and you have to run. you have to beat yourself up before you get in to take over the worst job in the world. would you be surprised if nobody ran for president? >> i wouldn't be surprised. i got a gig at dairy queen. that's where i will be. >> better offer. >> i'm not running for nothing. >> late night comics will have a

ponte ban captures international attention protests are going on throughout the bay area at justin hermanza in san francisco. this afternoon and outside the russian consulate in san francisco demonstrators dressed like band members. >>> my friends would not come here and support me they're afraid they are afraid they'll reach out for us and i'm a little bit afraid >>> celebrities like paul mccartney and madonna call on the band members to be free the women have been jailed for five months and not clear if they will get credit for time served. the white house said it was disappointed by the verdict saying veep sentence is harsh a poll says pugh is popularity has dropped 12% his lowest rent redding ever juliette goodrich cbs 5 >>> i risk sex offender escaped from a mental health facility on the peninsula on the loose derek sanders has a history of offenses and a sex offense against a minor he was reported to this in morning missing from the health facility in redwood city authorities believe he escaped through an elevator shaft last seen wearing a red polo shirt and blue jeans. >>> this wee

that is not making firm presidential candidate herman cain very happy. boy, it would be nice to get a five week vacation every couple of months. >>guest: i wish i could. look, that was the g.s.a. planning that next get away. look, i got a new acronym to describe congress "a.i.r.," arrogance, irresponsibility, and we are headed for a recession. how about that? they go on a five-week vacation and they keep kicking the can down the road. we are not in a recovery. these numbers prove it. you know that blip up in the stock market? you know and i know that is the stock market anticipating companies predicting they will make their quarterly profit numbers despite this government and despite what is going on. they are kicking the did down the road. we already are talking, we have one more month in the quarter and all of the companies they measure if that stock market thing, they are saying, yes, they will make their numbers despite what going on in washington, dc. >>eric: i noticed one of the strongest sectors in jobs report was restaurants and bars. >>guest: ye

herman cain, always good to see you. for coming in. >> my pleasure. >> shannon: the home of the republican convention and florida is a swing state this time. up next, we have more on the former florida governor, charlie christ is endorsing president obam a. and more on the twitter coverage. stick around. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more [ russian accent ] rubles. eh, eheh, eh, eh. [ brooklyn accent ] 50% more simoleons. [ western accent ] 50% more sawbucks. ♪ [ maine accent ] 50% more clams. it's a lobster, either way. [ male annncer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus, it's the card for people who like more cash. [ italian accent ] 50% more dough! what's in your wallet? >> shannon: as isaac strengthens to what is expected to be a hurricane, politicos are pushing back the official first day of the rnc. many are woshdzing if the schedule will be compressed even more. florida governor rick scott cancelled his speech and activities tomo

moving the southern border to herman street was a big improvement, and really want to thank you for holding that. that keeps our commercial corridors all in one district. one more request is to consider moving 55 laguna into district five. the reason for that, first of all there's no population change would occur with that. and the second reason is we have been working many hours, working with the developers and mercy housing on including affordable housing, and right now we're working on an issue making sure that intergrates well with our community. there are some design issues that we're working with. already, in the last few months we've met twice, we continue to be working on this, and really the issue is to really intergrate that property into our neighborhood. and into our community. and therefore we feel that it is part of our community and it would be great to include that in district five. >> rita evans, rose hillson. >> thank you very much for this opportunity to speak today. i have lived in the sunnyside neighborhood for 26 years and shortly after moving there became aware of the