>>> let's go to kate bolduan. you have a friend with you. who is with you?performed earlier today. you are also a long time vocal supporter of president obama. there's a lot of talk of the high bar set for him this evening in this big speech. what do you think is the test set forth for the president tonight? >> i think he has to bring us together, he has to outline the mission that we democrats who want to see him in office a second term, what we need to do to help him stay in office. i think he has to communicate with the american people about what he plans to do. >> and you're going to be campaigning for the president the next two months as well as you told me as well as the massachusetts senate candidate. when you were out performing in front of crowds, how do you make the case for another four years for president obama? the economy is rough, people are still hurting out there. >> i know, and that's -- my main message is just a positive one. i, in my experience, and it is a deep one, goes back to 1956, my experience of presidential elections and politics,

kate bolduan is on the floor. what do you have? >> minnesota -- >> it doesn't look like we've connected with kate right there. they're getting ready to clinch this, senator klobuchar. it's a procedural thing, they have to do it to make it legal. jessica yellin is here, candy crowley, let's listen as they go over the top. >> you will understand when mississippi passes at this point for ohio. >> thank you, mississippi. mississippi passes to ohio. ohio, you have 191 votes. >> thank you, alice. madam secretary. i'm chris redford, chairman of the ohio democratic party. ohio, the battleground state, ohio the state that elects presidents as we did in 2008. ohio, the home of american heroes, and american icons. the home of neil armstrong and john glenn. the home of senator sherrod brown and governor ted strickland. and ohio, in spite of mitt romney's efforts, the home of the chevy cruz and chrysler jeep and 850,000 american jobs. ohio, madam secretary casts all 188 votes for the president and the next president of the united states, barack

our cnn correspondents, brianna keelor, soledad o'brien, and kate bolduan. stationed above the podium and has a preview what elizabeth warren will say tonight. >> anderson, you will expect elizabeth warren, who as wolf mentioned is running for a very key senate race -- senate seat in massachusetts, john brown the republican holding that seat. the late ted kennedy's seat. you will either see a rising star and certainly she will come out, and if she wins, she'll be a rising star. you will expect to hear i think tonight a lot about the middle class. that is the theme of this campaign, and she fits right into that. wolf, back to you. >> thank you very much, candy. soledad o'brien in the arkansas delegation, where they are getting ready to hear from a native son who still believes in a place called hope. soledad. >> that's right, i'm with tommy roebuck, a former state representative, and here in large part to listen to bill clinton speak tonight. >> yes, i am. >> tell me a little bit about what he has to say tonight? >> what he has to say tonight is to support pr

i want to check in with our own kate bolduan. she's on the convention floor. t a closer look at some of the big musical acts. i love these. and what the delegates will have the best seats to watch the performances. kate, what are you seeing? >> hey, wolf. we're really in the thick of it right now. this arena is filling up earlier and filling up faster than the previous two days. we're back in the best seats in the house center stage front and center to hear president obama and vice president biden when they take the stage this evening. we're talking about right where we are here. these are the delegations of illinois, delegations of delaware right over there. no surprise the home states of the vice president and the president. and right over here where we're going to try to walk because there's quite a crowd, the delegation of north carolina. they not only have the best seats in the house for the big speeches that everyone -- that all of their supporters are waiting for this evening -- trying to manage traffic here -- but they're also going to have a front and

. >>> that's going to do it for us couldn't, i'm kate bolduan along with joe johns.rin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, mitt romney lashes back on camera about the secret fund-raiser video. >>> and no one yet arrested for killing the american ambassador in libya. why? we send our arwa damon searching for answers. >>> and a deal to end the teachers strike in chicago. who won? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, mitt strikes back. 24 hours after a hidden camera showed him at a private fund-raiser saying that nearly half the nation will not vote for him because those people rely on government handouts. just hours ago, he doubled down. >> i'm talking about a perspective of individuals who i'm not likely to get to support me. i recognize that those people who are not paying income tax are going to say, gosh, this provision of -- that mitt keeps talking about, lowering income taxes, that's not going to be really attractive to them. and those dependent upon government and those that think government

. >>> kate bolduan is monitoring some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. o, everyone. myanmar opposition leader and former prisoner leader su kyii in the u.s. saying people need to consolidate democracy on their own. she spent 15 years under house arrest for her pro-democracy work before being freed and elected to parliament back in april. also, the first eight months of this year are the hottest on record. you probably already knew that without me telling you. the national climactic data center says temperatures in the continental u.s. averaged four degrees above normal, the most since recordkeeping began in 1895. but that's not so on the west coast frchlt san diego to seattle temperatures were slightly cooler than average. and clint eastwood, now best known for his work at the republican convention. just kidding. clint eastwood said republicans were taking their chances when they asked him to speak at the convention in tampa. the actor had many people scratching their heads as he faced an empty chair and carried on an imaginary conversation with president

kate bolduan is on the floor. i want to go right to kate, what do you have?oesn't look like we've connected with kate right there. they're getting ready to clinch this, there's senator klobuchar of minnesota. they're almost there. it's all but official that this nomination has been clinched. it's a procedural thing, they have to do it to make it legal. jessica yellin is here, candy crowley, let's listen as they go over the top. >> you will understand when mississippi passes at this point for ohio. >> thank you, mississippi. mississippi passes to ohio. ohio, you have 191 votes. >> thank you, alice. madam secretary. i'm chris redford, chairman of the ohio democratic party. ohio -- ohio, from putin bay to portsmouth. ohio the battleground state. ohio, the state that elects presidents as we did in 2008. ohio, the home of american heroes, and american icons. the home of neil armstrong and john glenn. the home of senator sherrod brown and governor ted strickland. and ohio, in spite of mitt romney's efforts, the home of the chevy cruz and chrysler jeep and 850,000 a

as our cnn correspondent, brianna keilar, john burrman and kate bolduan are, as well. and stationed to where michelle obama will be speaking is our own candy crowley. candy, what are your sources telling you about what the first lady will say? >> reporter: they are telling me there is no one better than michelle obama to give the personal side of this presidency, but link it to policy. how does the president make decisions? she will make the case that he makes decisions with the quotes in mind, the middle class. you will hear the words "middle class" a lot during this convention. she will make the case he always has the people in mind when he makes those decisions. even when the decisions he makes are politically unpopular. wolf? >> thanks, candy. a top priority for the democrats this week is getting specific, very specific, about what president obama wants to accomplish in a second term, and hohe would go about doing that. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is here with me for our coverage. you had an amazing documentary, "obama revealed" that aired la

kate bolduan is watching this story. you foreshadowed the story yesterday, kate.nnouncement. >> the obama campaign says they're very disappointed with the decision they had to make, but it is official the big outdoor program thursday has now been moved inside. the obama campaign pulls the plug on the much-anticipated outdoor speech thursday. >> ultimately public safety trumps everything else. >> a very different line 24 hours earlier. >> we plan to proceed with the event rain or shine just as if it were a panthers game. in the event of severe weather, of course we'll make contingency arrangements. >> reporter: the program is now moving from the open air bank of america stadium to the indoor time warner cable arena. but this isn't just a change of venue. this last-minute scramble means some 65,000 supporters with tickets to bank of america stadium now can't get in because time warner cable arena holds a fraction of the seats. one of those out of luck, zach israel, who flew in from new jersey only to hear the president. >> the beast came out from all over the count,

cnn congressional correspondent kate bolduan sits down with the woman who sheparded the showcase eventrime time. >> this is like event planning on steroids. it really is. how do you do it? you've got vendors, you need to connect with event spaces. how do you make sure the trains run on time when you've got security, you know, at its highest level? >> the key thing for us was preplanning as much as possible. because once an event starts, you need to be flexible to be able to handle those kinds of things if something starts to derail. so we put together a really talented staff of individuals, both from charlotte and from all over the country that have been working on this for, as i said, 14 months. >> and what kind of money are you talking about? and how many people are involved in these events? >> there are thousands and thousands of people being employed because of this convention. so it's making a big economic impact. we won't really know the final numbers until after it's over, after a study has been done. but we know that denver had an impa

kate bolduan has some more vips. who are you seeing there, kate?ett, senior adviser to obama, and caroline kennedy and her husband. you heard caroline spoke very passionately for president obama this evening. also in the box we're told is penny and john, friends and big donors to president obama, along with james and kim taylor. we interviewed and spoke to james taylor. the grammy-award winning and music star james taylor. he performed earlier this evening and is a longtime supporter of president obama as well, wolf. >> kate, thanks. soledad o'brien's getting new information on security here in charlotte. what are you learning? >> yeah, it's absolutely packed. absolutely jammed with people. and of course what we know now is that the fire department has put everything on lockdown. they're not really letting people to go in and out from the perimeter into the arena itself. into the floor. all of that has stopped. we know there are some people who are stuck outside who actually were able to get those passes when they moved tonight's speech into the ar

kate bolduan is here. she's been looking at the skies for us. , what's going on? >> for the moment at least. so i guess the conclusion is mother nature is either nonpartisan or bipartisan, however you put it. either way you want to slice it, weather is now taking a pretty major role in both conventions including right here in charlotte. it's already caused a soggy kickoff to the week's events. now, one of the biggest wild cards of the democratic convention, the weather. and whether it will force president obama's much-anticipated acceptance speech from the open air bank of america stadium indoors. the official word from the obama campaign, outside is still a go. >> we plan to proceed with the event, rain or shine, just like it was a panthers game. in the event of severe weather, of course we'll make contingency arrangements. >> reporter: the forecast calls for more rain than shine. and that shouldn't come as a surprise. >> showers pop up everyday in the south in the summer. but will there be thunder and lightning? that's the key to the charlotte

kate bolduan is with us. welcome.to be here with the whole team. >> she's going to be here all week in charlotte. candy crowley will be here all week. glor gloria, we'll all be here all week having a real good time. candy, first to you. >> we keep telling ourself that. >> celebrating the democrats tuesday, wednesday, thursday. thursday night the big speech. but you know what happens friday morning, the new jobs report comes out. we'll know what the unemployment rate is, how many jobs were created or lost for that matter. that could put a damper on what we've been seeing here. >> let me argue differently here. and say i don't think it will. we have seen not great jobs figures, week after week. they've been around the same place. not horrible news sometimes. but not great news. there's been some, you know, sometimes there's 80,000 jobs created. sometimes it's 120,000. so it's never great. i think people have already factored this in. those numbers for the president and mitt romney haven't moved. i mean, through all of t

kate bolduan has more top stories. >> a lot going on, getting back to washington, back in the saddle.ching. the u.s. plans to slap a terrorist label on a group based in pakistan. hakani has ties to the taliban, blamed for kidnappings and bombings whose targets include americans. author and journalist that covered afghanistan says it is a significant move. listen here. >> and i think what we have today from the state department and from the obama administration is an acknowledgment that the hakanis are bad news and deserve to be taken out rather than reconciled with. >> the terrorist designation makes it easier for the united states to go after those that support the hakani network. >>> in syria, a series of explosions rocked damascus as civil war fighting escalated in the capital and suburbs. this car bomb exploded near two ministries and a car bomb killed six in another part of the city. opposition reports 130 died in fighting across the country. one-third in the capital area. >>> chicago bracing for the first teacher strike in a quarter century. 29,000 union teachers union members t

kate bolduan is watching some other stories. >> reporter: thursday we want to show some live pictures protest that's gone on throughout the day and into the night these protests and live pictures continue. looks like they are setting off fireworks. >> it's escalating and will continue escalate, kate, as we get closer and closer to the friday morning prayers. right now it's approaching 2:00 a.m. over there in cairo, by 5:00 a.m. it's really going to be daylight and that's when things could get even more intense. >> reporter: we'll continue to watch that. i want to bring you some other top stories. fed chairman ben bernanke announced plans to unleash more stimulus to boost the u.s. economy. fed will bi$40 billion of mortgage backed securities every month. it should lower long term interest rates and the fed hopes i want leads to more spending. traders liked it. the dow ended up more than 200 points. some potential good news in chicago. there's new hope chicago teachers could be back in the classroom soon. union delegates with the power to end their strike plan to meet tomorrow. today is

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