iowa is right there with the four cities in the top ten. is this going to be the mantra as we move forward about iowa, iowa, iowa? right now it is and it certainly tells you which is a big swing state. iowa now, new hampshire this weekend. paul ryan is going to be in florida talking about and going to be asked about medicare. so iowa, very important. president is there today. he's talking about the wind tax credit as well which mitt romney is against and republican governor in the state is for that. we're hearing mitt romney is going to be in ohio today and he's going to be talking about coal and hitting the president on that. so all about the midwest, the industrial midwest, certainly that's what the pick of paul ryan was all about. >> so i know that you, chuck todd, mark murray all sit around and make these concoctions of numbers from the electoral votes. as you bring up new hampshire, we know that the president is going to be in colorado. what's the latest chemistry project you guys are working on with the votes? >> well, you know, the easy thing is to shake up or looking at what is paul ryan mean? and i don't

iowa iowa. this event is about half an hour. >> chicago looks good. and all of you look good. >> ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday to you ♪ [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. it is true. i am now 51. [cheers and applause] michelle, you are, too. you look better than i do. michelle says i do not look a day over 50. there are a couple of people i want to acknowledge. first of all, thank you so much, d.j. thank you so much. my great friend, for all that you do. committee, thank you for the great job you do. now, we just had the olympics' closing ceremony, and we could not be prouder of our american athletes, bringing home the gold, conducting themselves as we would hope that somebody would conduct themselves representing the united states. they just did an outstanding job, and i know that all of you look like you are pretty smart folks, you were probably watching the olympics, and you probably also know we have a pretty intense campaign going on right now, and the reason this is such an intense campaign is because we could not have a bigger choice in front of us november. it is not just a choice between two candidates or two political parties. this is a choice about two different visions for the country, two different directions as to where america should go, and the direction you choose when you walk into that voting booth in november is going to make a difference not just in your life but in the lives of your children and the lives of your grandchildren. it will make a difference for decades to come. now, four years ago, we came together. not just democrats. we had republicans, and we had and dependents. which we had independence -- we had independents. if you work hard, you can get ahead. the basic idea that if you act responsibly, if you are putting in all of your efforts, you can find a job that pays the bills you can find a home that you can call your own. you can send your kids to college. you will not go bankrupt when you get sick. you can retire with dignity and respect, and most importantly the next generation can dream even bigger and do even better than we ever imagined. that is the core of the american dream. promise that made us the envy of the world, that made us the most that built the largest middle class in the world, that idea that here in america, you can make it if you try. now, we have gone through a decade in which that basic compact seemed it was not true for too many people. those at the top were doing very well, but for ordinary families people were working harder, making less, while the cost of everything was going up. jobs were being shipped overseas. we ran two wars on credit cards. -- on a credit card. we turn surpluses into deficits and it all culminated in the worst financial crisis since the great depression. now, we have spent the last 3.5 years trying to get us back on track. we saved an automotive industry on the brink of collapse. [cheers and applause] we worked with the financial sector to start doing things the old-fashioned way lending to businesses and families as opposed to engaging in reckless speculation. half a million manufacturing jobs and been treated the most since the 1990's. [cheers and applause] but, chicago we have all long way to go. all of us know friends, families neighbors who are still out of work or whose homes are still under water. too many folks are still burdened by enormous college's debts. too many folks still do not have a sense that tomorrow will be better than today and so the question in this election is which way do we go? do we go forward towards a new vision of america in which america and prosperity is shared or do we go back to the same policies that got us in this mess in the first place? you know, i believe we have to go forward. i believe we have got to keep working where no matter where you are, in a matter what you look like, no matter where you come from, the matter what your last name is, no matter whom you love you can make it here if you try. that is what is at stake in november. that is why i am running for a second term as president. [cheers and applause] now, the good news is even though there are no quick fixes to our challenges, we have got everything we need to make things work here in america. we still have the best workers in the world. we have still got the best entrepreneurs in the world. we have got the best colleges, the best universities, the best scientists the best researchers. we are a young nation, and we have got the greatest years of the of talent and ingenuity from every corner of the globe, witnessed in this room. it is an example of chicago and an example of what makes this country great. [cheers and applause] so what is holding us back is not the lack of big ideas or good plans. what holds us back is a brand of washington politics that says, "we are not going to compromise, no matter what." it is gridlock and stalemate and dysfunction and there is an idea propagated by the other side that somehow we are going to grow this economy from the top down and that people at the top are doing really, really well so everybody else is going to benefit. now, this kind of top-down economics is central to governor romney and is central to his running mate. just yesterday morning his upon it shows his running mate, the ideological leader of republicans in congress mr. paul ryan. i want to congratulate congressman ryan. i know him. i welcome him to the race. congressman ryan is a decent man. he is a family man. he is an articulate spokesperson for governor romney's vision but it is a vision that i fundamentally disagree with. [cheers and applause] my opponent and congressman ryan and their allies in congress they all believe that if we just get rid of more regulations on big corporations and we get more tax breaks to the wealthiest americans it will lead to jobs and prosperity for everybody else. that is what they are proposing. that is where they will take us if they win. this is not speculation. it is on their website. it is embodied on the budget -- in the budget that the house republicans voted for repeatedly. the centerpiece of governor romney's economic plan is a new $5 trillion tax cut, a lot of it going to the wealthiest americans. this on top of the bush tax cuts. last week, we found that to pay for this $5 trillion tax cut, not only would we see them cut education investments, gut investments in science and research gut investments in things like building our roads and bridges, but it turns out that the governor romney plan would also raise taxes on middle-class families by an average of $2000 each. not to reduce the deficit mind you. not to create more jobs. independent economists have looked at it and have said "there is nothing in the governor romney plan that would create jobs right now." it would all be to give another 250 thousand dollar tax cut to people who are making $3 million per year or more. let me tell you something. they have tried this before. they have tried to sell us this trickle-down fairy dust before, and guess what? it did not work. [cheers and applause] him it does not work. it is not a plan to cut the deficit. it is not a plan to create jobs. it is not a plan to revive the middle class. it is not a plan to move our economy forward. we do not need more tax cuts for folks like me. we need to give more tax cuts to working americans and middle- class families for folks who are trying to raise their kids and keep them healthy and send them to college and keep a roof over their heads. that is the choice in this election and that is why i am running for a second term as president. [cheers and applause] four years ago i promised the people but i would cut taxes on middle-class families, and that is what i did. the average american family is paying $3,600 less in their taxes than when i came in office. and i want to keep income taxes exactly where they are for everyone making a certain amount. if your income is $250,000 or less your income taxes will not go up a dime. on the other hand, if you are lucky enough, like i am, to pay in the top 2%, what we have said is you can afford to do a little bit more so we can pay down our temasek and still help young people go to college and still make sure that we are investing in basic research to deal with things like alzheimer's and cancer. we are asking you to contribute a little bit more, and look. government is still going to have to do its part. we have already cut $1 trillion in spending, an additional $1.20 trillion. we can cut out programs that do not work to make sure we can invest in things that do. we can make government more streamlined, more efficient but if we are going to really be more serious, and for folks like me to go back and pay at the rates that existed when bill clinton was president when we created $23 million new jobs, when from deficit to surplus and created a whole bunch of millionaires to boot that is the right thing for america and, by the way the reason it is the right bank is because when a construction worker or a teacher or a receptionist, when they have got a little money in their pocket what do they do? they may be going out and buy that new car or buy that new appliance or go to a restaurant or heaven forbid they take a vacation once in awhile and said that means business as more customers, and they hire more workers. historically that is how our economy has grown not from the top down but from the middle up from the bottom up. when we. an opportunity for everybody who works hard to get ahead. this economy grows. that is the choice in this election and that is why i am running for a second term as president. [cheers and applause] now, that choice, you can see it in every issue between myself and mr. romney as when the automotive industry was on the collapse. governor romney said, "let's led detroit go bankrupt." i said with any with -- with an iconic american industry on the line, going to bet on them. and three years later, general motors is number one again. that is the choice. [cheers and applause] so now i want to make sure that high-tech manufacturing takes root not in germany but in the united states. i want to give incentives to companies who are investing here in chicago investing in pittsburgh. let's create jobs here in the united states hiring american workers, making american products selling them around the world, stamped with three words, "made in america." [cheers and applause] i am running to make sure that after a decade of war, we start doing some nation-building here at home. in 2008, promised we would end the war in iraq. we have ended it. i said we would go after al qaeda and bin laden. we did. [cheers and applause] now, we're beginning a transition in afghanistan making afghans more responsible for their own security and bringing our troops home. all of this is possible only because of the extraordinary men and women in uniform who protect our freedom every single day at great sacrifice to themselves. but the question now is what country are they coming back to? we want to give them a country full of opportunities. now, part of that means making sure that we are doing right by them, and as long as i am commander in chief they are going to get the benefits that they have burned because if you fought for america you should not have to fight for a job or a roof over your head when you come home. [cheers and applause] but it also means making sure the economy is absorbing all of these folks who are coming home which means i want to take about half of the money we are spending on war, and let's start investing in here in rebuilding our schools and roads and bridges. let's make sure that we are putting teachers back to worked. there is so much we can do with the savings that we have, and it will make america stronger. it will make america safer not just for the next five years or for the next 10 years but for decades to come. that is the america we want to build. that is the choice in the next election. i am running because i want to make sure we have got the best education system in the world. [cheers and applause] i want to help local school districts hire and retain the best teachers, especially in mathematics and science. i want to give 2 million more people the opportunity to go to community college and get trained for jobs businesses are hiring for right now and i want to make sure, building on the work we've already done that we make college affordable, not only to make sure that we continue to expand our efforts with the pell grants and student loans but also that we're making sure that colleges and universities are keeping their costs down, because higher education is no longer a luxury. it is an economic necessity in the 21st century and we have got to fight for it. that is the choice in this election. on every issue there is a conference. when it comes to home ownership. my opponent says, just let foreclosures bottom out. that is not a solution. i want to make sure that homeowners across the country can refinance at historically low rates, say $3,000. how many people here can use an additional $3,000? i want to strengthen the housing market and put more people -- more money in people's pockets. my opponent says we should go back. he wants to kill the affordable care act also known affectionately as obamacare. [cheers and applause] i believe it was the right thing to do for young people to be able to stay on their parent plants. 6.5 million young people have insurance that did not have it before. i think it is the right thing to do that people with pre- existing conditions are able to get health insurance. i think it is the right thing to do for seniors to get discounts on their prescription drugs. i think it is the right thing for people to be able to get preventive care, including women, you can have some control over their own health care decisions. when are not going backward. we are going forward. that is the choice in this election. [cheers and applause] we did the right thing to end it do not ask do not tell. we are not going backward. we did the right thing helping out kids. we are not going back. we are not going backwards we're going forwards. across the board on these issues all of these things, whether we are talking about manufacturing a fair tax code a strong housing market affordable college all of these things pitch together. it has to do with how to recreate security for middle- class folks, and how to recreate ladders of opportunity for everybody. that is how we have always grown the economy. that is at the heart of what we believe, that everybody who works hard has a shot, that everybody gets a fair shot. everybody does their fair share. everybody plays by the same set of rules and a belief that we are in this together that we are not all in -- not all on our own. that is the vision we put forward in 2008. that is the vision we are fighting for in 2012. that is the choice in this election and that is why i am running for president. [cheers and applause] >> four more years, four more years, four more years, four more years, four more years! >> we have got less than three months less than three months. that goes by quick. and as you get older, when you get to be like 51 as you will find out it goes by even quicker, and during this time, you will see the other side spend more money through the super pac's than we have seen ever. they are writing $10 million checks. if you live in a battleground states you cannot get away from their advertising. now, the reason they have to advertise like this is they know economic theory. they know, we did not get an nation. we remember trying what they are selling, and it did not work. so they are basically going to appeal over and over again -- to repeat over and over again that the economy is not good, and it is obama' s fox. it may be different but it is the same. it is not a plan to strengthen the economy. it is not a plan to revive the middle class. it is not a plan to make america stronger. it feeds into the theater that so many americans feel about washington but it is not a plan for hope. it does not capture america at its best a big, bold generous, optimistic america and so, so the good news is we have been outspent before. i have been counted out before. but what has always given me faith, given me faith giving me confidence is you. it is all of you. it is the fact that when the american people come together they cannot be stopped. [cheers and applause] when you guys are out there knocking on doors making things happen you cannot be stopped so i am going to need your help. we have gone too far to go back now. we have got too many teachers we need to hire, until many schools we need to rebuild too many students needing help for college, too much energy we have to generate too many people we have to bring home. we have got more doors of opportunity we have to open and that is what is at stake, so i am not just asking for your vote. i am asking for your work. i need your help over the next three months. i need you to knock on doors. i need you to make phone calls. i need you to talk to your friends. i need you to talk to your neighbors. i need you to load up and go over into iowa have got to get help. you have got to get involved in the election. you have got to make sure you are signing up. if you are as passionate and as energized and as determined as you were before then we will not lose and it is true that i am older and a little grayer but, you know and they promise to you in 2008. i said i would always tell you what i thought it and where i stood, and most important i told you i would always every single day every minute of every day, think about you and fight as hard as i knew how for you. i have kept that promise. i still believe in you. and if you still believe in me and are willing to get out there and work during the next 86 days we will not just win this election but we will finish what we started in remind the world just why it is the united states of america is the greatest nation

i live an hour and a half from debut -- iowa. -- dubuque, iowa.e of you -- you may be vikings or bears fans. we are united. i won't hold that against you. i see packers hats. but at the end of the day, we are americans. america is special. [applause] america is the only country founded on an idea. that is the big difference here. what is unique about america is that we recognize the points and facts, the principles that our veterans fought for. our rights, they come from nature and god, not from government. [applause] that is who we are. that is what we believe. and if we reapply those principles we can get this country on track. help us do this thing. help us bring this state to the mitt romney column. we saved it for our kids, our grandkids. thank you, everyone. have a great -- [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [applause] [no audio] [no audio] >> you are welcome. >> several live events to tell you about this morning -- the new head of the nuclear regulatory commission

chuck grassley, like him or not the republican senator from iowa iowa brought it up beauty.stock act left the senate and went to the house eric canter, world class crook pulled out the part that would have stopped the sale of political intelligence--it would not stop it, but people would at least have to registered as lobbyists and tell who they're telling this information to. he jerked it out. the reason why was because he has a whole bevy of contributers who are getting rich in this billion dollar industry. and it's legal. of course, the system that allows it to be done is criminal. of course, you know, eric canter took the house version, and went to a different section of it and exempted his wife in the famous spousal exemption move. i mean, it's unbelievable that people can get by with this. last thursday night in the last vote before recess he had gotten caught. so what he is it was then he removed the spousal exemption. the reason he did it at that time was so he could get out of town and not answer to the press for what he did. and it's a shame. you know, i started ou

corn is grown in iowa. iowa is a very important state. corn is going up in rice and farmers are doing well because of the mandate, because of the shortage. >>guest: it is safe to say there are a few swing states involved where, obviouslies we saw corn prices sell off today on speculation that the epa might do something about temporarily or permanently lifting the mandate. this could be a big drag on con prices and it could be a politically unfriendly thing to do right before an election. this is becoming a very hot topic for the election. >>stuart: thank you. now a new report showing just how dependent we are on the government. 100 million people in america now said to be receiving some form of federal welfare assistance. that is mostly food stamps and medicaid. the numbers grow as the jobless rate stays above 8 percent. reaction, now, from former presidential candidate, mike huckabee, the host of "huckabee," here on fox. that doesn't seem like the america i have come to know. i have a question: has america changed fundamentally? >>govern

will be heading to iowa, the iowa state fair on monday and perhaps by chance he might even be running into the president who will be beginning his three-day swing through the state of iowa come monday. we're going to continue to watch the tour, the bus tour, of mitt romney and his running mate, paul ryan, and bring you the very latest as they continue to make their way to -- on to their third state after making their way through north carolina. we'll have much more on their tour and the president's plans for this week as well in about 30 minutes. join us in the "newsroom." i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> we're going to take you to "the next list" already in progress. >>> so what happens next then? the idea has gone through that community. it seemed like it shows some promise. what happens? >> we start sketching, start doing some research. we'll do everything from industrial design to mechanical engineering to picking the colors, materials and finishes. our expert team here does a lot of work but at the same time the community has a say and impact in every step of the process. when people hear about working on the service, they're like it's just a bunch of young kids lobbin

iowa caucuses. he won the iowa caucuses for a second. the iowa republican party, that night of the iowa caucuses announced mitt romney as the winner. but then a little while later, they tried to announce that actually it had been a tie between mitt romney and rick santorum, but shortly after that, they eventually admitted, no, both of those were wrong. turns out rick santorum won, but ultimately, when it came down to allocating the delegates that are what you win when you win the iowa caucuses, the delegates that go to the convention next week, in iowa, it turned out the winner was neither romney nor rick santorum, it was ron paul. republican presidential nomination process this year started in chaos in iowa and got weirder from there. i mean, just about the only guy who didn't win iowa was rick perry. remember poor rick perry? he was almost the favorite at the start of the process. he got into the race late to tons of acclaim, tons of excitement, and to he tried very hard. it wasn't like he was fred thompson or rudy giuliani. rick perry really t

iowa state fair president obama campaign the in another part of the state. four years ago the president launched his hope in change campaign to victory from iowa. now he is fight to go keep his job by trying to define governor mitt romney and congressman ryan as decent men radical ideas for america. >> their main recipe for solving america's problems is getting rid of regulations on big corporations and big banks and giving more tax breaks to the wealthyest americans and their theory is somehow that's going to lead to jobs and prosperity for everybody. >>> and again as i was mentioning earlier paul ryan the congressman paul ryan the vice presidential candidate will be in colorado later today to discuss his approach to creating more jobs in the energy sector. later he will travel to nevada where he will discuss housing. >> all right kelly wright live in washington. thank you. >>> time to look at who's talking. paul ryan is the big talker. >> hannity calling it a perfect fit saying it was a smart pick to quote trick democrats. >> i think paul ryan is the perfect pick. i didn't see it until romney did it. i said and trust romney he will make the r

iowa. launched an attack, the president did, on ryan, dealing with the drought. an attack that fizzled. chief white house correspondent ed henry is traveling with the president. >> iowa put president obama on the road to victory four years ago. today, he opened the new frontier in the bat to keep his job by trying to define paul ryan as a radical. >> this weekend, my opponent, mr. romney chose as his running mate the ideological leader of republicans in congress. >> the president using the worst drought in 50 years as a weapon to charge ryan and house republicans holding up legislation to give farmers relief. >> i am told that governor romney's new running mate paul ryan might be around iowaext few days. he is one of the leaders of congress standing in the way. so if happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and the rural community. >> one problem, house republicans pass a farm bill nearly two weeks ago. say they are waiting for senate democrats to pass theirs. yet, nothing will stop the obama camp from keeping a laser-like focus on ryan and their new favorite target. >> trying to fire up senior citizens by hammering up ryan's efforts to reshape medicare. with a web video featuring democrats in florida where they think their chances got brighter. >> it doesn't make sense to cut medicare. it will be avoucher plan. >> ryan emphasizes the plan will affect nobody over 55. on cbs "60 minutes" noted his own mother is a medicare senior in florida. >> our point is we need to preserve their benefit because government promises them to organize retirement around it. to make sure we can do it, we have to reform it for those of white house are yo

iowa. because you understand this state so well, iowa is going be a critical swing state must-win state for whoever is going be president. what are the keys for mitt romney and paul ryan winning, iowain november? >> i think show at least some understanding towards agriculture. it is a very important industry in our state. you don't have to pander the farmers of iowa but you at least got to show an understanding of it. i think secondly, show the people what you are going to do about the economy and jobs. now, that isn't any different in iowa than it is the rest of the country. if fact, maybe a little less so because only 5 and 2/10% unemployment here. but the economy and the jobs are the most important thing. and show people how you are going to do that. and be very clear in it. >> mike: huh frustrated are you as a member of the senate, harry reid has not allowed a senate budget bill to come on the floor are since april 23 of 2009. do you sometimes just wish that you could see something brought to the floor and how critical is it to get a republican senate to work with the administration? >> the best way for me to answer your question is what senator mcconnell our leader has said to

iowa. paul ryan, who began his first solo campaign trip since he was tapped as the running mate of mitt romney. he is at the fair at the iowa -- he is at the iowaaw. then mitt romney with marco rubio in miami. >> there are still wolves in the woods and we saw this. we saw this when saddam hussein invaded kuwait. our energy supply may be held hostage, but we did what was right. and we did what was necessary and destroyed a threat, and we freed eight people and we locked a tyrant in the prison of his own country. >> tonight, 10 million of our fellow americans are out of work. millions work harder for lower pay. the incumbent president says that unemployment always goes up a little before the recovery, but this only has to go up by one more person before a real recovery can begin. >> c-span has aired every moment of every party convention since 1984. watch the group -- watch the republican and democratic conventions live on c-span. >> the reform party nominated their presidential and vice- presidential candidates this weekend in philadelphia. army veteran andre barnett is running for president with ken cross running for vice president. they spoke

iowa state fair is known for the array of deep fried things available to eat there. i think the congressman and the new vp choice will find it difficult to find something to eat at the iowa state fair. >> if you haven't had the iowa twinkies at the iowa state fair you haven't lived. president obama will be in iowa tomorrow too. steve brown, always good to see you. >> i have seen steve at that fair. a little background on paul ryan. he was born and raised in wisconsin. he graduated from joseph craig high school in 1988. the town's population was at latest at 63,000 with the median household income from 2006 to 2010 about $48,000. the most recent unemployment rate topped 9% up from 8.4% the previous month and above the national average. governor romney and congressman ryan are visiting three key swing states this weekend. first it was virginia, the site of the announcement. today it is north carolina as we showed you in our prior hour. you can see some pictures there. they are wrapping up a rally north of charlottement tonight the pair heads to ryan's home turf of wisconsin. those states are among the 12 that are poised to play a major role in who wins the white house in november november. in november. let's bring

iowa. iowa helped launch then senator obama's 2008 bid for the white house. six electoral votes up for grabs there, all those votes count very much. for the number twos today, they are getting a lot of attention. jon: they sure are. jenna: there is a lot of new headlines when it comes to the number twos. joe biden holds a campaign event at virginia tech. paul ryan holds a rally at his alma mater of miami university in oxford, ohio. that's where we find chief washington correspondent james rose an. paul ryan is focusing today on young voters. what exactly is his pitch to the youth? >> reporter: good afternoon. representative ryan will likely pivot from the fact that just last month, in the month of july college graduates age 20 to 24 suffered an unemployment rate of 11.5%, that is more than 3 points higher than the national average, more than three points higher than it was four years ago. ryan will try to make the case why he and governor romney wou do a better job than president obama at creating jobs for them. ryan will also note that student loan debt has surged under president obama. according to federal statistics like 36%. the obama biden campaign counters that under the ryan budget nearly 10 million students would see pell grants cut in 2014. they say president obama has doubled the funding for pell grants. paul ryan is the youngest vice presidental candidate in almost 30 years, and today's miami university students might relate to him a bit if only on the basis of what he reveals about himself in the newest issue of people magazine. the magazine asked ryan, quote, what is on your workout play list. i grew up in the 70s and 80s, i listen to classic rock. acdc, zepplin. what are you reading for fun. i read policy. biographies, i listen to lectures in the car. i enjoying studying the even tightenment which is 18th century debate. any low brow pleasures like the real housewives? i don't have time. i like movies, the good, bad and the ugly is on my eye bad. listen to people to suss out these kind of details. i like to think of people as the masterpiece theater of celebrity magazines. jenna: he lost me there on the real housewives. he could have picked at least one group. let's get back to the issues. this really hasn't been about young voters this time around especially with the announcement of paul ryan overt weekend. over the weekend. it's been about the elderly and medicare. how does that come inch ta play. >> reporter: on both of those issues we are seeing the campaign of accusing each other of rank disonnes dishonesty. the romney-ryan ticket is determined that before december 6th every senior in america will have heard their charge that president obama is looting $716 billion from medicare to pay for obama care. the obama campaign says those cuts are being made to medicare providers, insurers and doctors not to medicare seniors, and the president's campaign released a new video on the subject today. >> the paul ryan medicare plan turns medicare into a voucher system. >> the cuts in medicare that he's proposing, to replace medicare boy a voucher system would in the end mean that tens of millions of older americans would not be able to afford essential healthcare. >> if you look at the ads described and the devisiveness based on income, age, ethnicity and so forth it's designed to bring a sense of enmity, and jealousy and anger and this is not in my view what the americans want to see. >> reporter: i asked a romney campaign aid about this. the 716 billions in medicare isn't coming from the seniors, it's cuts to the insurers, and the doctors. th-pb the romney aide says that is a distinction without a difference. the providers pass those costs they are going to bear onto the seniors in immediat medicare. jenna: a people magazine subscription on the way to you james rosen on the campaign trail. >> reporter: awesome, can't get enough. jon: now this fox news alert for you right now, nearly 50 wildfires are raging across the west. one firefighter killed in the line of duty in iowa. a fire on the nevada-oregon border already has burned nearly half a million acres. air tankers are dropping water and orange covered slurry on fires up and down the state of california, with 900 forced from their homes in central washington. a wildfire there is destroying hundreds of buildings. those who live nearby describe the terror. >> that was on fire, that was on fire, those people's house, we literally were running for our lives. >> we are concerned, we are really, really worried because it just takes a cinder, one cinder and a sift of the wind and we've got to get our animals out, and so it's really, it's awful. you can't even explain what is going on in your mind. you're like sick to your stomach. >> when you hear the sound of the fire coming over the ridge it makes a real believer out of you. it's very convincing that something very serious is happening. jon: we are joined on the phone by rob harper, public information officer for the washington state emergency management d

iowa iowa. this event is about half an hour. >> chicago looks good. and all of you look good. >> ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday to you ♪ [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. it is true. i am now 51. [cheers and applause] michelle, you are, too. you look better than i do. michelle says i do not look a day over 50. there are a couple of people i want to acknowledge. first of all, thank you so much, d.j. thank you so much. my great friend, for all that you do. committee, thank you for the great job you do. now, we just had the olympics' closing ceremony, and we could not be prouder of our american athletes, bringing home the gold, conducting themselves as we would hope that somebody would conduct themselves representing the united states. they just did an outstanding job, and i know that all of you look like you are pretty smart folks, you were probably watching the olympics, and you probably also know we have a pretty intense campaign going on right now, and the reason this is such an intense campaign is because we could not have a bigger choice in front of us november. it is not just a choice between two candidates or two political parties. this is a choice about two different visions for the country, two different directions as to where america should go, and the direction you choose when you walk into that voting booth in november is going to make a difference not just in your life but in the lives of your children and the lives of your grandchildren. it will make a difference for decades to come. now, four years ago, we came together. not just democrats. we had republicans, and we had and dependents. which we had independence -- we had independents. if you work hard, you can get ahead. the basic idea that if you act responsibly, if you are putting in all of your efforts, you can find a job that pays the bills, you can find a home that you can call your own. you can send your kids to college. you will not go bankrupt when you get sick. you can retire with dignity and respect, and most importantly, the next generation can dream even bigger and do even better than we ever imagined. that is the core of the american dream. promise that made us the envy of the world, that made us the most that built the largest middle class in the world, that idea that here in america, you can make it if you try. now, we have gone through a decade in which that basic compact seemed it was not true for too many people. those at the top were doing very well, but for ordinary families people were working harder, making less, while the cost of everything was going up. jobs were being shipped overseas. we ran two wars on credit cards. -- on a credit card. we turn surpluses into deficits, and it all culminated in the worst financial crisis since the great depression. now, we have spent the last 3.5 years trying to get us back on track. we saved an automotive industry on the brink of collapse. [cheers and applause] we worked with the financial sector to start doing things the old-fashioned way, lending to businesses and families as opposed to engaging in reckless speculation. half a million manufacturing jobs and been treated, the most since the 1990's. [cheers and applause] but, chicago, we have all long way to go. all of us know friends, families, neighbors who are still out of work or whose homes are still under water. too many folks are still burdened by enormous college's debts. too many folks still do not have a sense that tomorrow will be better than today, and so, the question in this election is, which way do we go? do we go forward, towards a new vision of america, in which america and prosperity is shared, or do we go back to the same policies that got us in this mess in the first place? you know, i believe we have to go forward. i believe we have got to keep working where no matter where you are, in a matter what you look like, no matter where you come from, the matter what your last name is, no matter whom you love, you can make it here if you try. that is what is at stake in november. that is why i am running for a second term as president. [cheers and applause] now, the good news is even though there are no quick fixes to our challenges, we have got everything we need to make things work here in america. we still have the best workers in the world. we have still got the best entrepreneurs in the world. we have got the best colleges, the best universities, the best scientists, the best researchers. we are a young nation, and we have got the greatest years of the of talent and ingenuity from every corner of the globe, witnessed in this room. it is an example of chicago and an example of what makes this country great. [cheers and applause] so what is holding us back is not the lack of big ideas or good plans. what holds us back is a brand of washington politics that says, "we are not going to compromise, no matter what." it is gridlock and stalemate and dysfunction, and there is an idea propagated by the other side that somehow we are going to grow this economy from the top down and that people at the top are doing really, really well, so everybody else is going to benefit. now, this kind of top-down economics is central to governor romney and is central to his running mate. just yesterday morning, his upon it shows his running mate, the ideological leader of republicans in congress, mr. paul ryan. i want to congratulate congressman ryan. i know him. i welcome him to the race. congressman ryan is a decent man. he is a family man. he is an articulate spokesperson for governor romney's vision, but it is a vision that i fundamentally disagree with. [cheers and applause] my opponent and congressman ryan and their allies in congress, they all believe that if we just get rid of more regulations on big corporations, and we get more tax breaks to the wealthiest americans, it will lead to jobs and prosperity for everybody else. that is what they are proposing. that is where they will take us if they win. this is not speculation. it is on their website. it is embodied on the budget -- in the budget that the house republicans voted for repeatedly. the centerpiece of governor romney's economic plan is a new $5 trillion tax cut, a lot of it going to the wealthiest americans. this on top of the bush tax cuts. last week, we found that to pay for this $5 trillion tax cut, not only would we see them cut education investments, gut investments in science and research, gut investments in things like building our roads and bridges, but it turns out that the governor romney plan would also raise taxes on middle-class families by an average of $2,000 each. not to reduce the deficit, mind you. not to create more jobs. independent economists have looked at it and have said, "there is nothing in the governor romney plan that would create jobs right now." it would all be to give another 250 thousand dollar tax cut to people who are making $3 million per year or more. let me tell you something. they have tried this before. they have tried to sell us this trickle-down fairy dust before, and guess what? it did not work. [cheers and applause] him it does not work. it is not a plan to cut the deficit. it is not a plan to create jobs. it is not a plan to revive the middle class. it is not a plan to move our economy forward. we do not need more tax cuts for folks like me. we need to give more tax cuts to working americans and middle- class families, for folks who are trying to raise their kids and keep them healthy and send them to college and keep a roof over their heads. that is the choice in this election, and that is why i am running for a second term as president. [cheers and applause] four years ago, i promised the people but i would cut taxes on middle-class families, and that is what i did. the average american family is paying $3,600 less in their taxes than when i came in office. and i want to keep income taxes exactly where they are for everyone making a certain amount. if your income is $250,000 or less, your income taxes will not go up a dime. on the other hand, if you are lucky enough, like i am, to pay in the top 2%, what we have said is you can afford to do a little bit more so we can pay down our temasek and still help young people go to college and still make sure that we are investing in basic research to deal with things like alzheimer's and cancer. we are asking you to contribute a little bit more, and, look. government is still going to have to do its part. we have already cut $1 trillion in spending, an additional $1.20 trillion. we can cut out programs that do not work to make sure we can invest in things that do. we can make government more streamlined, more efficient, but if we are going to really be more serious, and for folks like me to go back and pay at the rates that existed when bill clinton was president, when we created $23 million new jobs, when from deficit to surplus and created a whole bunch of millionaires to boot, that is the right thing for america, and, by the way, the reason it is the right bank is because when a construction worker or a teacher or a receptionist, when they have got a little money in their pocket, what do they do? they may be going out and buy that new car or buy that new appliance or go to a restaurant, or heaven forbid they take a vacation once in awhile, and said that means business as more customers, and they hire more workers. historically, that is how our economy has grown, not from the top down, but from the middle up, from the bottom up. , when we. an opportunity for everybody who works hard to get ahead. this economy grows. that is the choice in this election, and that is why i am running for a second term as president. [cheers and applause] now, that choice, you can see it in every issue between myself and mr. romney, as when the automotive industry was on the collapse. governor romney said, "let's led detroit go bankrupt." i said with any with -- with an iconic american industry on the line, going to bet on them. and three years later, general motors is number one again. that is the choice. [cheers and applause] so now i want to make sure that high-tech manufacturing takes root, not in germany but in the united states. i want to give incentives to companies who are investing here in chicago, investing in pittsburgh. let's create jobs here in the united states, hiring american workers, making american products, selling them around the world, stamped with three words, "made in america." [cheers and applause] i am running to make sure that after a decade of war, we start doing some nation-building here at home. in 2008, promised we would end the war in iraq. we have ended it. i said we would go after al qaeda and bin laden. we did. [cheers and applause] now, we're beginning a transition in afghanistan, making afghans more responsible for their own security and bringing our troops home. all of this is possible only because of the extraordinary men and women in uniform who protect our freedom every single day, at great sacrifice to themselves. but the question now is what country are they coming back to? we want to give them a country full of opportunities. now, part of that means making sure that we are doing right by them, and as long as i am commander in chief, they are going to get the benefits that they have burned, because if you fought for america, you should not have to fight for a job or a roof over your head when you come home. [cheers and applause] but it also means making sure the economy is absorbing all of these folks who are coming home, which means i want to take about half of the money we are spending on war, and let's start investing in here in rebuilding our schools and roads and bridges. let's make sure that we are putting teachers back to worked. there is so much we can do with the savings that we have, and it will make america stronger. it will make america safer, not just for the next five years or for the next 10 years, but for decades to come. that is the america we want to build. that is the choice in the next election. i am running because i want to make sure we have got the best education system in the world. [cheers and applause] i want to help local school districts hire and retain the best teachers, especially in mathematics and science. i want to give 2 million more people the opportunity to go to community college and get trained for jobs businesses are hiring for right now, and i want to make sure, building on the work we've already done, that we make college affordable, not only to make sure that we continue to expand our efforts with the pell grants and student loans but also that we're making sure that colleges and universities are keeping their costs down, because higher education is no longer a luxury. it is an economic necessity in the 21st century, and we have got to fight for it. that is the choice in this election. on every issue, there is a conference. when it comes to home ownership. my opponent says, just let foreclosures bottom out. that is not a solution. i want to make sure that homeowners across the country can refinance at historically low rates, say $3,000. how many people here can use an additional $3,000? i want to strengthen the housing market and put more people -- more money in people's pockets. my opponent says we should go back. he wants to kill the affordable care act, also known affectionately as obamacare. [cheers and applause] i believe it was the right thing to do for young people to be able to stay on their parent plants. 6.5 million young people have insurance that did not have it before. i think it is the right thing to do that people with pre- existing conditions are able to get health insurance. i think it is the right thing to do for seniors to get discounts on their prescription drugs. i think it is the right thing for people to be able to get preventive care, including women, you can have some control over their own health care decisions. when are not going backward. we are going forward. that is the choice in this election. [cheers and applause] we did the right thing to end it do not ask do not tell. we are not going backward. we did the right thing helping out kids. we are not going back. we are not going backwards, we're going forwards. across the board on these issues, all of these things, whether we are talking about manufacturing, a fair tax code, a strong housing market, affordable college, all of these things pitch together. it has to do with how to recreate security for middle- class folks, and how to recreate ladders of opportunity for everybody. that is how we have always grown the economy. that is at the heart of what we believe, that everybody who works hard has a shot, that everybody gets a fair shot. everybody does their fair share. everybody plays by the same set of rules, and a belief that we are in this together, that we are not all in -- not all on our own. that is the vision we put forward in 2008. that is the vision we are fighting for in 2012. that is the choice in this election, and that is why i am running for president. [cheers and applause] >> four more years, four more years, four more years, four more years, four more years! >> we have got less than three months, less than three months. that goes by quick. and as you get older, when you get to be like 51, as you will find out, it goes by even quicker, and during this time, you will see the other side spend more money through the than we have seen ever. they are writing $10 million checks. if you live in a battleground states, you cannot get away from their advertising. now, the reason they have to advertise like this is they know economic theory. they know, we did not get an nation. we remember trying what they are selling, and it did not work. so they are basically going to appeal over and over again -- to repeat over and over again that the economy is not good, and it is obama' s fox. it may be different, but it is the same. it is not a plan to strengthen the economy. it is not a plan to revive the middle class. it is not a plan to make america stronger. it feeds into the theater that so many americans feel about washington, but it is not a plan for hope. it does not capture america at its best, a big, bold, generous, optimistic america, and so, so the good news is we have been outspent before. i have been counted out before. but what has always given me faith, given me faith, giving me confidence is you. it is all of you. it is the fact that when the american people come together, they cannot be stopped. [cheers and applause] when you guys are out there, knocking on doors, making things happen, you cannot be stopped, so i am going to need your help. we have gone too far to go back now. we have got too many teachers we need to hire, until many schools we need to rebuild, too many students needing help for college, too much energy we have to generate, too many people we have to bring home. we have got more doors of opportunity we have to open, and that is what is at stake, so i am not just asking for your vote. i am asking for your work. i need your help over the next three months. i need you to knock on doors. i need you to make phone calls. i need you to talk to your friends. i need you to talk to your neighbors. i need you to load up and go over into iowa have got to get help. you have got to get involved in the election. you have got to make sure you are signing up. if you are as passionate and as energized and as determined as you were before, then we will not lose, and it is true that i am older and a little grayer, but, you know, and they promise to you in 2008. i said i would always tell you what i thought it and where i stood, and most important, i told you i would always, every single day, every minute of every day, think about you and fight as hard as i knew how for you. i have kept that promise. i still believe in you. and if you still believe in me and are willing to get out there and work during the next 86 days, we will not just win this election, but we will finish what we started in remind the world just why it is the united states of america is the greatest nation on earth. god bless you, chicago. god bless the united states of america. 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iowa -- move to iowa? and i was like, what's in iowa? i don't think i want to move there. and she said, i want to train with that coach. >> rebounders has gotten an influx of calls since last week. but now that gabby is the all- around champ, they anticipate even more. >> we anticipate that this fall will be extremely busy. >> it's all for gabby. parents who want their children to be the next gabby, the gym says do it because you think your kid likes it and that they think it is fun, first and foremost. because going for the goal will cost you, a lot of time and money. vic, back to you. >> gigi, i just knew i was going to see you on the parallel bars, uneven bars. >> gigi. not gabby. gigi. >> you know you still got it. thank you so much. and all of that hard work is paying off for gabby. the endorsements are already rolling in. should be on the box of kelloggs corn flakes this fall. >> so cool. >> so much time and dedication. >> incredible. >>> let's take a look at temps and continues. -- conditions. warm afternoon. warm evening now. still 90 at the airport. south/southeas

iowa with six are becoming big battlegrounds. this past week, i spent some time out in iowa. >> we go through probably about 3,000 an hour. >> choices, choices, choices. the iowa fair is a test of diet discipline. >> take a kernel of corn -- >> in the spirit of farm state fun, proof this time around iowa is a competitive presidential battleground. president obama stopped by the fair during his three-day iowa swing. and the romney campaign chose it for paul ryan's solo debut. a very different feel from four years ago when the president won iowa by ten points. >> we have a real battle here for the heart and soul for the people of this state. >> republican governor terry branstad said the gop base is fired up and predicts the president will lose a good chunk of his 2008 iowa coalition. >> obama had a tremendous following here four years ago. but people feel betrayed. they feel like he ran -- something that's going to bring people together, he was going reach across the aisle. he hasn't done that. >> reporter: four years ago democrats had a significant voter registration advantage. now, republicans have erased that edge. visit a obama campaign office like this one

iowa. iowa is the number one corn producer in u.s. the climatologist gave a stark picture. as end of july, july was recorded as the fifth driest month in 140 years. fourth warmest month in iowaourse one of the key months for the growing of corn in iowa and in that region. so it is stark there. overall, across the country, it isn't much better. two-thirds of all the livestock, two-thirds of the crops in this country now are produced and cultivated, cared for in areas that experienced at least moderate drought. kate, it is a grim picture across the country, but especially in the corn belt. >> absolutely. the pictures really tell the story here. what does this mean? viewers want to know for food prices across the u.s. >> reporter: corn is key, especially in these regions of iowa. corn and other crops like it, corn effects the packaged and processed foods across the country. what experts tell you, it takes about a year for a surge in corn prices to play out among other foods. takes about a year for that to play out in actual food buying process. about this time next year, you're going to feel it. what the usda is saying now is that food prices overall in the u.s. could surge as

iowa or wisconsin. >> like i said, she must not be from iowa. so -- >> usa usa! >> everybody stay calm. president obama was also in iowa, kicking off a three-day campaign swing through the state. he was quick to take some shots of the vice presidential candidate. accusing him of blocking a bill to aid farmers in this drought. >> unfortunately right now, too many members of congress are blocking the farm bill from becoming law. i am told that governor romney's new running mate, paul ryan might be around iowa the next few days, he is one of the leaders of congress standing in the way. so if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and our rural communities. we've got to put politics aside when it comes to doing the right thing for rural america and for iowa. >> today, mitt romney wraps up his battleground bus tour in ohio after spending yesterday sweeping through florida. romney hammered obama on the economy and looked to connect with hispanic voters in miami, during his stump speeches romney notably avoided the hot button issue of medicare. reporters didn't let him off the hoo

iowa. over the next 10 minutes, you will see his arrival at the state fair followed by his comments and demo in -- at tehe des moines soap box area. [unintelligible conversations] >> mother-in-law's from clinton, iowa. my wife's third or fourth cousin. my mother is from clinton, iowawa -- we also have a world food price building in downtown des moines. >> my whole family flew out for the whole thing. >> we have all that displayed. they also have to preserve the environment. >> i knew that. he was a great american, this guy. >> you said yesterday that the president -- >> i want to enjoy this fair right now. >> have you ever seen this? >> no, i have not. i've milked a cow. i usually lose to a 17-year-old woman who is wearing a tiara. i'm going to keep myself in shape, that is for sure. that is your -- that is interesting. that is great. >> they have some tournaments. >> yes. i am looking forward to it. watch out for that. oh, yes. good to see you. ok. we will get to that later. right now, i just want to enjoy it. where you from? i'm paul. you.to meert >> nice to meet you. >> what is your name, ma'am? enjoy the fair. n't want to get in the way of your food. hi. you are enjoying the fair? how are you doing? nice to meet you. nice to meet you. they make those. you are

in the iowa caucus, which was the first caucus held in january of 2008, out of nowhere barack obama won in the iowa. he won the iowa caucuses. had he lost the iowa caucuses, he probably would have lost the election because i think that hillary clinton would have been, had so much wind behind her sails that she would have been unstoppable. but by him winning there, i think that said not just to white america, but it said to black america as well that he was a viable candidate, and people began to say, well, we'll take a second look at him. he also got some major endorsements which did not hurt as well. oprah winfrey early on decided that she was going to support barack obama and began campaigning for him. ultimately, jesse jackson, al sharpton, others came on. but i think, clearly, it was just a movement. it was a tidal wave, and people began to hear him, see him, plus there was the realization by many that this was an african-american who had a legitimate chance to win. and many people began saying i never thought i'd see this in my lifetime. so it was just, it was a wonderful time in american history. people clear

iowa. the president is also in iowa. neither one held back in what as likely to be a preview of the match up this fall. >> as the president comes through on his bus tour, you might ask him the same question that i'm getting all around america, that is, where are the jobs, mr. president? >> if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important is farm bill is to rural communities. we've got to put politics aside. >> a new poll shows americans are split on ryan, while a washington post poll shows an uptick in his favorability rating. >> paul ryan is seen as a bold choice, one with the potential for high risks and high reward. >> both campaigns are working hard to define paul ryan. >> congressman paul reince's supporters describe him as a rising star in the republican party. a solid conservative with bold ideas. >> what paul ryan brings to the table is a serious conversation about debt and taxes and spending. >> he wants to gut medicare and shower the wealthy with tax breaks, some say. in the house since 1998, he se

iowa. because you understand this state so well, iowa is going be a critical swing state must-win state for whoever is going be president. what are the keys for mitt romney and paul ryan winning, iowain november? >> i think show at least some understanding towards agriculture. it is a very important industry in our state. you don't have to pander the farmers of iowa but you at least got to show an understanding of it. i think secondly, show the people what you are going to do about the economy and jobs. now, that isn't any different in iowa than it is the rest of the country. if fact, maybe a little less so because only 5 and 2/10% unemployment here. but the economy and the jobs are the most important thing. and show people how you are going to do that. and be very clear in it. >> mike: huh frustrated are you as a member of the senate, harry reid has not allowed a senate budget bill to come on the floor are since april 23 of 2009. do you sometimes just wish that you could see something brought to the floor and how critical is it to get a republican senate to work with the administration? >> the best way for me to answer your question is what senator mcconnell our leader has said to

iowa and colorado. iowa because, for example, there are large number of catholics, this is only the second catholic on republic presidential ticket in history and there are a bunch of catholics in the swing part of the state. iowa as you can see in the map is a toss-up. does in places like north carolina and colorado where, you know, a younger and northern virginia, where there is a younger electorate. young, fit family man, outdoor guy. appeal to independents help in those places. watch how he handles the issues of medicare and social security in florida just like marco rubio turned this into a positive. real quick quibble. north carolina and south carolina as toss-up states. no way romney doesn't carry that state. >> unilaterally moving south carolina into the romney column today. trip pay and i agreed we are sick and tired of south carolinians. we have made a decision. >> first before do you that thing. >> won't recall my calls. four assistants keep from calling. you never take my call. i always get your voice mail. this is bill o'reilly's phone. leave a voice mail and we may or may not call you back. >> bill: tweets. >> you don't even read your own twitter stream i know that. >> bill: i don't even know what

the house budget careman, ryan, campaigning in iowa, demanded cuts in farm bill spending. >> must not be from iowa. >> reporter: battling hecklers at the iowa state fair, he couldn't respond to the president and -- didn't respond to the president time outing romney as a man who knows how to create jobs. >> this is a man who has real life experiences and knows if you have a small business, you did build that small business. >> reporter: romney appeared in florida where many seniors are closely watching the budget and medicare plan. romney hit back against the obama campaign that released this video, accusing the gop ticket of wanting to gut medicare. >> it's smear, it's dirt and it's distortion, disease and dishonesty. >> reporter: joe biden mocking romney's choice. >> what is -- about gutting medicare, medicaid, education? >> reporter: house republicans say they passed a farm bill two weeks ago and are waiting on the democratically kale- controlled senate to act next. nicole collins, fox news, washington. >>> lennystein horn joining us now. thank you for being here. >> good to see you, shawn. >> reporter: we remember and know that sarah pal

iowa? and if iowa is as competitive as it looks like it might be. how is that playing? of the other swing states in the upper mid west mitt romney needs to win. >> right. how does this change? let's go with mitt romney paul ryan ticket and talk about that. we have to reiterate this is a big if. the key word is that we don't know what the announcement is going to be. how does that change the debate if that is the announcement in the morn something. >> well, we don't. and certainly all indications that it's paul ryan. and that it's going to be announced in the morning from norfolk. in some ways this makes it a big debate about the big issues that the country faces. and debate about future and division of the future of the united states. and this is something paul ryan has been saying sometime now. he's just talking about if he could have this debate, to present a competing vision to the one that has been presented by the president and to offer voters a real contrast and mitt romney has in ways embrace that had vision. he made a case for it and wrote an artel in the "weekl

iowa. thanks so much for joining me. kristen, so, earlier stops in iowa, the president talked about his efforts to stimulate the wind industry, if you will. he's talked about that a couple of days now. and romney is talking about coal in ioway, ohio. is green an issue that's going to be a winner at the white house? >> well, ipg i think the obama campaign does see this as a winning issue. the wind industry employees about 6 to 7,000 people here in iowa, this is something this community cares a lot about. president obama talked earlier today, pressed congress to extend a tax break for companies -- >> just want to let our viewers -- >> he got a lot of cheers, hammered romney for his opposition to that tax credit. in the meantime, you have mitt romney speaking in iowa today h hammering president obama for some of his regulatory policies, making the case that has harmed the coal mining industry, so energy rielle a big topic of conversation. >> and we've got live pictures here of president obama at a wind farm, as you can see clearly behind him and obviously, you know, kristen, clearly one of the reasons, as you mentioned, you have governor romney in ohio talking about coal. but also, governor romney has said he opposed those wi

the question about iowa's role, the process began in iowa, the president spent an unprecedented three days with seven stops. michelle obama will be joining him. six electoral votes. iowa is relatively small compared to other states. why all the attention? guest: the president has said that he has sweet nostalgia for iowa, because it is the state that took the dare on him and others had doubts. he fills a connection and does not want to lose it. some people say the path to the white house means you need to get those electoral votes. it is one of the few swing states that could go either way. both candidates are really getting hard for iowa. guest: what kind of reaction did paul ryan get yesterday? guest: it was a huge crowd. republicans i spoke to at the state fair including senator grassley and others, the reaction they're getting is extremely favorable. democrats were very scornful. host: let me take you to last year's iowa state fair with the process was getting under way. mitt romney was beginning to dip his toe into iowa politics, not forcefully entering the caucuses but appearing in a couple key events including the iowa state fair. one of the most infamous lines

iowa. he will speak at iowa state university.bama is scheduled to speak later tonight at colorado state university. >>> funeral services for neil armstrong will be like the man himself. quiet and private. the first man to walk on the moon is going to be laid to rest friday near his home e died saturday from complications from heart surgery. >>> a song called reach for the stars is making a debut in space today. nasa plans to broadcast the tune from the curiosity rover. song is by will i.a.m. and the rover will transmit the song via radio waves back to earth. >>> time for a check of the forecast. lynette is watching our weather and what's going on down south. >> lynette. >> all right. i have it for you. let's start with our weather right now on the satellite and radar. rain pushing in continuing through the morning and we will dry out going into the afternoon. look at what we have in terms of wind speeds. they are light but i want to show you the direction. the direction is coming out of the southwest. so, that is that warm moist