you've got kelly ayotte from new hampshire. tim pawlenty will be with him. sunday, rob portman will be with him in ohio, the ohio senator. monday, paul ryan will be with him. all these people have something in common. they were all mentioned as vps. lot of chatter. do you expect mitt romney to make an earlier than expected decision? by that i mean sometime right before the convention on this? how far along is the process? >> there haven't been any decisions made about making a decision. that's about as apt a summary as i can tell you. >> that's incredibly insightful. >> i think this is going to be a very detailed process. i think that's reflected in the governor's appointment of beth myers as part of his search committee. i think it will be a lot of information, going to be a lot of discussion, going to be a great deal of vetting and i think it will ultimately come down to a decision the governor makes. when he makes it, beth will learn, i will learn and so will the american people.

new hampshire senator kelly ayotte and former minnesota, pawlenty's already on the list. didn't take him off the list. back to you, maggie. what about the possibility of these sort of darker horses? chris christie, paul ryan, kelly ayotte. >> one of the most interesting things in the last two days in addition to the rubio bid was "the new york times" had a last couple of paragraphs in a story that posted yesterday or sunday night saying that governor romney has formed impressions about governor christie as he's doing the vp auditioning. with various people on the bus tour. christie has not benoit. governor christie is often late was the line. essentially shown up late for a fund-raiser he was co-hosting with mitt romney and romney was the warm-up act for chris christie. i don't think the candidate enjoyed that especially. i think he is grateful to chris christie for the help he has given him and an early endorser and often endorser but i don't think he is of the impression that he would be the top of the ticket in that respect. attention would be on christie. >> you're ne

you should consider this category, john thune, kelly ayotte, bob mcdonald donnell, paul ryan and connedi >> the risks and rewards seem to be priced about right. again the quotes here are from the global investment market called intrade, you pay to play. so here to help us is larry sabato, university of virginia sthr for politics and cnbc contributor robert costa of "the national review." bob costa, you're supposed to buy low and sell high. so, therefore, portman and rubio at 27 and 20%, respectively, look like they're a bit overpriced, bob, what do you think? >> i'm still bullish that romney will pick a low-key mid western senator, maybe paul ryacy. he may tap paul ryan to try to get the badger state. he doesn't want someone to overpower the ticket, so i think portman still has to be at the top of your list. >> larry, if you're an investor, you're supposed to buy low and sell high, so i'm looking at the cheap stocks, thune 2.1, kelly ayotte, mcdonnell, 2.9, there's an interesting one, connedi rice. would you invest down there at those candidates? >> well, maybe jindal. on my crystal ball

conventional wisdom has kelly ayotte, paul ryan and susana martinez pegged about right.should be seen as the leader among that group. what about the long shots in here's a few names you may not have heard much about the north dakota senator, john hoven as a perfect match. >> i think he and vice president hoven will have a real good chance. >> that's what i was going to ask. who do you think he should choose? >> proven governor, outstanding senator, heartland of america. what do you think? >> any way, why hoven? unemployment in north dakota is down to 3%. lowest in the nation. hoven has state-level experience and brings congressional experience with him as well. we know the romney campaign would love to find a two-term midwestern governor, that's why pawlenty sits high on the list. condoleezza rice could be an interesting pick. her ties to the bush white house tend to overshadow the rest of her resume, being an early proponent of the iraq war could make her an easy target for the preside campaign. and then there's fedex founder and ceo fred smith. has been mentioned a cou

. >> the woman in red that introduced mitt romney, new hampshire's junior senator, kelly ayotte.ne of the people generating buzz in republican circles as a potential romney running mate. the senator joins us from manchester. i'll get to that in a second, senator. the mystery of who will share the ticket. let's focus on the substance of the event. governor romney is on a bus tour starting in new hampshire, small state, but a key battle ground, going through pennsylvania, ohio, michigan and beyond on this bus tour. here is part of his economic message to the people of new hampshire. >> for so many americans, the distance between their town and the city of washington has never seemed so far. the federal establishment has neveseemed so hostile and so reality.o disconnected from and yet so willing to usury strikss and regulations, taxes and fines, commissions, and czars to direct our daily lives. >> is it a tougher sell is my question in the state of new hampshire, which if you lookt the numbers when president obama took office, unemployment was 5.2%, it is 5% now. it went from not ba

kelly ayott was just up on stage with mitt romney a few moments ago. and later today tim pawlenty will be on the campaign trail with governor romney. it will be interesting to watch. but don, this is a very interesting development on the part of the white house. the president had that big speech in cleveland yesterday. a lot of people in his own party did not respond to it very positively. then this development happens today. i would not be surprised if there's people inside the romney campaign that are scratching their head and wondering if the president is trying to pivot from what was not exactly a spectacular day for the president yesterday. >> never a dull moment. thank you very much, jim. the democrats aren't sitting on the sidelines during romney's bus tour. the national committee kicking off their own bus tour today. they plan to follow a similar route. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us

." >>> earlier this week, new hampshire senator kelly ayotte talked about automatic defense budget cuts set to go in effect next january. those cuts are the results of congress unable to agree on deficit reduction measures. held at the brookings institute, this is half an hour. >> we're really thrilled to see the two panels that are following me on this because it's a great array of national security experts, department of defense officials and members of our defense industrial base that i'm sure will give you even greater insight than i'll provide today, but what i'd like to do is provide the context of where we are with respect to this issue of sequestration because our country is facing a grave threat to our national security, and the grave threat was created by congress in the debt ceiling deal that we did last summer. i am one who voted against that deal because, frankly, i didn't like the way this was set up from the beginning in terms of where it put our national security, and also i would have liked to have seen us do what we should do in terms of the fiscal state of the country

and then senator kelly ayotte talks about budget cuts. >>> officer david petruzza talks about the president. >> harry truman goes to the white house and says to eleanor roosevelt, can i pray for you. she says, no, we need to pray for you. >> their campaigns -- >> there are a lot of promises made. he said he would have to rent a very large hall and very much larger than this one to get all of the people that jack kennedy promised the vice presidency to that year. >> and the ideals -- >> calvin coolidge may have been the last jeffersonian. he believed in the limits of governmental power and particularly of federal power to resist the temptation to extend it. >> this sunday on book tv, your questions and comments for david petruzza live and in depth. also, middle east expert on the obama's response to the arab spring, afghanistan, iraq and the palestinian peace process which is sunday night at 9:00, part of book tv this weekend on c-span 2. >>> next, a house panel examines veterans education issues, including deceptive targeting practices by some educational institutions. last april president

. >>> coming up this afternoon live on c-span3, new hampshire senator kelly ayotte will give the keynote address examining the implications of sequestration. it would cut spending on national defense programs by about $500 billion starting in january. she serves as ranking member of the senate arms services readiness subcommittee. we'll have panel discussions on the topic coming up live here on c-span3 beginning at 1:30 p.m. eastern. >>> later, james mann talks about president obama's foreign policy decisions and profiles the people who advise him. the event is hosted by politics and pros in washington d.c. james mann, former foreign correspondent for "the los angeles times" is author and residence at john hopkins school of advanced studies. he's author of "bush's war cabinet" and "rebellion of ronald reagan." we'll have his remarks live at 7:00 eastern on our website, booktv.org. >>> july 7th and 8th, book tv and american history tv explore hi heritage of lincoln university. >> this is probably our most famous book. this is the one we like to show to visitors when they come into the arc

panel. [ applause ] >>> coming up this afternoon, live here on c-span3, new hampshire senator kelly ayotte will give the keynote address at a brookings institution event examining the implications of se quest ration and potential alternatives. the senator is leading senate efforts to avoid defense cuts under se kwooes ration. a process which would automatically cut spending on national defense programs by about $500 billion starting? january. she serves as ranking member of the senate armed services readiness subcommittee. we'll have her remarks followed by a couple of panel discussions on the topic coming up live here on c-span3 beginning at 1:30 p.m. eastern. and later, james mann author of "the obamians." talks about president obama's foreign policy decision and profiles the people who advise him. the event is hosted by politics and pros in washington, d.c. james mann, former foreign correspondent for the los angeles times is author in residence at johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. he's the author of rise of the as a rule cans, the history of bush's war cabinet and

ohio senator rob portman, new hampshire senator kelly ayotte and wisconsin congressman paul ryan. as for the 41-year-old rubio, in his interview with david muir, he suggested his time will come later. >> i think if i do a good job as a senator, i'll have other opportunities both inside and outside politics in the future. i don't know what they are, but i'll have them. >> reporter: a good bet, but whether or not this is the time. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> and history has been made. for the first time in its 167-year history suffering baptist the nation's largest denomination of protestants, 16 million people, have elected an african-american man as their president. reverend fred luger jr. a milestone for the southern baptists, the church formed as a post slavery group before the civil war. luger said everyone has a past, all we can do is apologize and move on. and he called today's vote a sign that this is truly a new day. and now the changing face of the modern american family. a new study in the pew research uncovered a fact. the fastest growing wave of immigrants

i suspect they mean kelly ayotte. >> who el has a similar name.ou very much. i say people get out of shape about republicans, i mean democrats and republicans. >> a marine down on the battlefield. do shoulders leave him there or risk their own lives to save him, knowing the grenade will probably explode. you're about to hear what happened in a fascinating cnn report. o. >>>s doctors race to remove a grenade stuck in a soldier's legs. this shows perez on a gurney and navy nurses fighting to pull out the foot-long live grenade. he's at risk of blowing up at any opinion. and so is anyone around him. but finally luckily, they manage to safely remove the grenade. and during all of this, corp rap perez maintained his high spirits. barbara star sat down and spoke with perez. >> you know, it is -- what can you say, your jaw just drops. you hear so many stories of courage and valor on the battlefield. this young man hit by a foot long live rocket-propelled grenade embedded from his left thigh into his back, basically suffering immediate life threatening in

. >> kelly ayotte. >> the obama strategy is going back to the bush years.e ticket. >> there you go, ryan. have a great weekend. we'll have the latest news you need to know right now. mary. >>> the top american commander in afghanistan is apologizing for an air strike that killed 18 civilians including women and children. coalition commander general john allen flew to the scene today to personally offer his condolences after the wednesday strike part of a mission targeting a taliban leader. afghan president karzai has condemned the strike. >>> opening statements in jerry sandusky's sex abuse trial will start monday after the judge denied a last-ditch effort to get the case dmismissed. he's facing 52 counts of sexual misconduct. they tried to see that some charges were too vague, but that didn't fly with the judge. >> it's not exactly the welcome addition to graduation photos, but check out this enormous storm cloud that rolled in just after graduating seniors collected their diplomas in gallowway, new jersey. there was hail, thunder and lightning. grads got

kelly ayotte, she spoke with him today. rob portman joins romney sunday. paul ryan will be on the trail with romney on monday, so as you can see, we'll see who's got the most chemistry with the nominee at this point. you're going to see a lot of the romney family by the way, also, on this trip. finally, we paid a lot of attention to ohio in the last 24 hours, but is there a more important domestic political event that will take place than overseas sunday on greece where voters will decide on whether or not the country stays inside the european union? it could have a profound effect on europe's economy, which in turn, has big impb kagss for our economy and our election here. tim geithner sized up the stakes this week with and ra mitchell, saying he's confidence the euro zone will hold together, but arguing europe does need to do more. >> we can't make these choices for them. it's 17 countries. incredibly difficult politician. the economics and financial is very tough. and so they're going to have to figure out what works for them. and what we are doing is w

. >> today in new york, marco rubio and kelly ayotte are helping the pro-romney super pac restore oure g

highly considered to be top vp picks, one being marco rubio the other paul ryan of wisconsin and kelly ayotte of new hampshire. ayotte has not been shy about the fact that she would be happy to get this nod. do you think this conversation the president wants to have this afternoon with america and talk about the policy that he wants his administration to pursue and to put into effect immediately pushes the hand of mitt romney and his team to pick marco rubio and to show that they are concerned with immigration and the thoughts of his own dream act, marco rubio's that is? >> selecting a vice presidential candidate is a very complex thing and, no, it's not necessarily going to push a hand -- is immigration potentially an element of consideration in terms of as an issue in terms of who to select? probably. but overwhelmingly this goes back to the economy and jobs. whoever is perceived as the strongest person to help reinforce romney's message in terms of economy and jobs is likely the person he is going to lean to and my guess is that as the campaign is working through, who that person might be.

. >> today in new york, marco rubio and kelly ayotte are helping the pro-romney super pac restore our future, pull in money at a fund-raiser. sam, these stakes we're going to be talking about forever but there were five days of the magical mitt-stry tour and various veep would-bes along for the ride, including paul ryan, scott walker, not that anybody actually thinks he's going to be mitt romney's veep but also tom pawlenty. i feel like we talked a lot about tim pawlenty obviously when he was a candidate. he sort of went off into the magical ether and seems to be back. and have a fairly strong showing, i thought, as mitt romney's road dog. >> i think so, too. i got really excited. i thought it was thursday for a second. >> that's what happens when the prompter breaks down and you're ad-libing the open to your show. >> i was set for the weekend. secondly, i think you hit the nail on the head. tim pawlenty has suddenly, maybe not unexpectedly, resurfaced as one of these front-runners for the veep stakes. if we watched his trajectory, we would have been shocked because the man, you didn'

kelly ayotte, the senator from new hampshire was there at the start of what they're calling the every town counts bus tour. following that, we had visits with tim pawlenty, the former minnesota governor, who seems to get along really well with governor romney and his family. he was fired up when we saw him. and yesterday leaving the bus tour was senator rob portman from ohio who many people say is a very likely potential vice president candidate in this situation, as well. although some people have acknowledged his past history as the bush budget director could haunt him. one name you didn't hear was senator marco rubio. even if we haven't heard that during the course of this or seen him during the course of this tour, governor romney would have walked out of his hotel room today in this headline in "usa today," marco rubio, the fast-rising american son. and a lot of people we have spoken to, luke, have said rubio is the guy they're looking forward to. i think what's most interesting, there was a lot more anti obama sentiment at these events than really pro romney or pro any one of hi

. >> new hampshire republican senator kelly ayott is a member of the armed services committee, part of a bipartisan senate move to condemn russia for arming the assad regime. senator, thank you for being with us. where do you stand now, mitt romney has called for arming the rebels. hillary clinton has resisted that, strongly resisted that, but is blaming russia for helicopters that the state department again today said are en route to syria. what is the senate going to do? >> well, i can tell you right now, first of all, what secretary clinton said yesterday, i fully agree with her. it's outrageous that russia is providing these attack helicopters to syria but let's not forget, they have been the number one arms supplier to the assad regime. they continue to do it. they blocked u.n. resolutions and in addition to that, they have -- russians are on the ground helping train the syrian army. so if they're going to continue this tactic, instead of being productive and helping resolve this, let's not forget, innocent children and women are being murdered there. the u.n. reports that childre

what most of this tour is about is about getting buzz because you saw there that kelly ayotte the senator from new hampshire, a potential vice presidential contender if not up that high on the list, also rob portman campaigning with him in ohio on sunday and then paul ryan on monday in wisconsin. a lot of this is going to be about photo opportunities and buzz. for the romney campaign, what they've got going for them is speculation about the vp stakes. people are excited about that. they want to hear about it. there's not a ton in the messaging other than the president's policies haven't worked and mitt romney says he is the answer but a lot of this is about buzz and photo opportunities. >> you know, when we talk about, you know, the buzz, is it just about that, ron, or also a little bit about the photo op? is a little bit about the romney campaign acknowledging that in spite of everything else, in spite of people's concerns about the economy, they still really like this president. they're not so sure, still, about mitt romney. let's get him out there. let's get him meeting the people. let

i also had the chance to catch up with kelly ayotte who is a senator here in new hampshire, and she did have a reaction to the changed poll i is over at the white house, although, she did say that she appreciates the efforts going on inside of the office of marco rubio, and we have all been reporting on this, a proposal to the alternative of the dream act to propose a path for citizenship for the young adults and children in the situation of being undocumented or illegal through no fault of their own, and she said she appreciated the efforts, but she did not say how she felt one way or another how she felt about the legislation. mitt romney has changed on the policy of the dream act over time. in december, he said in a campaign event in iowa he would veto the dream act if he were president of the united states, but back in april at a fund-raiser in florida, he said to a crowd there that he felt it was important for the republican party to have their own version of the dream act, and then a week later with marco rubio out on the campaign trail, he said he would like to study the proposal

joined by new hampshire republican senator kelly ayotte.h the senate armed services committee and the senate budget committee. this is right in your wheelhouse, senator, welcome. >> thank you, martha. good morning. martha: tell me what your take on this is, what the impact would be. we all remember by way of going back for a moment, this sequestration would enact the cuts were all due to the budget talks that fell apart several months back. >> it's because the super-committee didn't come up with the savings. here we are. i think it is irresponsible to allow these types of cuts to go forward. you heard the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff say yesterday, there is increased potential for conflict because when america is not strong, other rogue actors around the world, they will act. look where iran is right now, trying to acquire the capability of having a nuclear weapon. this is not a time to undermine our national security and what is deeply troubling, martha, the assistant commandant of the marines says if these cuts go forward the mar

so, look, now when the party republicans like kevin smith, kelly ayotte, charlie bass, frank guinta, and mitt romney -- when these folks said they want to take us back, i think all of us should rightly asked, "back to what?" i do not want to go back to those days -- the job losses committed deficits. -- on the job losses, the deficits. moving forward, it is a part of who you are. it is in your dna. going back is not in your blood. it is not the new hampshire way, not the maryland way, and it is not the way america was built. new governor lynch's hampshire working initiative, new hampshire moved forward, not back. new hampshire moved forward, not back. with new hampshire help first, helping small businesses provide health care for their employees, new hampshire chose to move forward, not back. with public kindergarten for every new hampshire child, new hampshire chose to move forward, not back. with your kids dropping out of high school, new hampshire chose to move forward, and not back. now, we have a leader, in president barack obama, who is making the right and the very difficult c

kelly ayotte, senator from new hampshire. and paul ryan from wisconsin. what the romney team is looking for here is has some experience, who is a safe choice. >> reporter: right now, the person i would put at the top of that list, george, is tim pawlenty, the former governor of minnesota. the romney team says he has been their most effective surrogate on the campaign trail. and he seems to have a good relationship with mitt romney. >> fully vetted. he was the runner-up last time around for john mccain. >> reporter: absolutely. >> jon karl, thank you very much. >>> a big challenge for the ipad this morning. microsoft trying to take a bite out of apple, revealing a brand-new tablet called the surface. abc's neal karlinsky goes inside all the hype. here's a look. >> reporter: this morning, microsoft is waking up to a word the company hasn't heard in a long time. wow. they call it surface. the newest competition for the ipad. and already, even microsoft's biggest doubters are calling it very cool. >> it's well-designed. it has cool, colorful accessories. i'm

and new hampshire senator kelli ayott with him at a couple events in new hampshire. people talking in washington. they are both, according to a lot of republicans out there, being highly considered by the romney campaign for a vice presidential pick. there's a little bit of veepstakes underlying story in all this as well. >> a couple things going on. jim a kos ta, thank you so much. >>> i want to get back to the breaking news story. the announcement coming from the obama administration regarding a change to immigration policy. let's get straight to white house correspondent brianna keilar. what more are you learning? >> reporter: this is a really big deal, kate. this according to a press release we just received from the department of homeland security from janet napolitano. announcing that there will be a process so that it's really younger illegal immigrants who will either not be deported under circumstances or will be considered for relief from proceedings. they would have to meet the following criteria. they would have had to come to the u.s. before they turned

including senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire, senator rob portman of ohio and congress paul ryan of wisconsin. >> what we need is mitt romney to be the next president of the united states of america. >> hi there. how are you? >> in milford, new hampshire friday afternoon, romney promised that as president, he would pursue energy independence and sweeping tax reform. >> number three, i'm going to stop this trillion dollar deficit year after year after year and get america on track to have a balanced budget. >> romney's tour takes him through small towns, not the big cities in those swing states that went for mr. obama four years ago. he hoping to win over more rural voters. >> how big of a curve ball at this point nancy is this immigration announcement from the president and how is romney's campaign going to deal with it considering they've based their campaign so far on the economy? >> this is a tricky one for romney to navigate because he wants to side with republicans on capitol hill who called the president's action an unconstitutional power grab. and yet, romney doesn't want to

senator kelly ayotte from new hampshire: by imposing a tax on the american people, the president's healthare law represents an unprecedented federal overreach into individuals' perm lives. personal lives. and final my from senator rob portman, a man who is considered a potential vice presidential candidate: >> reporter: that's right that senator portman's statement sounded a lot like governor romney's statement there about flawed policy. on the tax issue people will jump on this especially from the right. it's interesting that john roberts the chief justice sided with the left block, the liberal justices on this issue, and that we were looking at justice kennedy as the swing vote here for the longest time. but he read the decent today, and the decent, a joint decent with scalia, kennedy, thomas and alito, he wrote this. to say that the mandate imposes a tax is not to interpret the statute but to rewrite it judicial tax writing is particularly troubling. justice kennedy reading that from the bench in the joint decent. it is something that is fascinating to watch. the court always looking a

he spoke at an event attended by tim hollen ayo kellytte -- tim pawlenty and kelly ayotte.just one stop on his tour of battleground states. ♪ ♪ [conversation] ♪ [conversation] ♪ ♪ [conversation] ♪ ♪ [conversation] ♪ ♪ [conversation] ♪ ♪ [conversation] ♪ [inaudible conversation] ♪ ♪ [conversation] ♪ [conversation] ♪ >> mitt romney's bus tour >> mitt romney's bus tour continues tomorrow

kelly ayotte at the brookings institution in washington about $500 billion in automatic spending cuts to defense. the sequestration cuts were agreed to as part of lawmakers' deal to raise the debt limit last summer. this will be of monocot 30 p.m. eastern. then a live web cast with james mann. he will be speaking in washington. you can remarks is live at 7:00 p.m. eastern. the house gavels in at noon eastern for morning hours. we will bring you the house live at c-span. now a discussion on the supreme court's decision on immigration. "the los angeles times" says -- "the orange county register" also with a top headline above the fold -- "the chicago tribune" also tells its viewers what is going on. one of the border states wrestling with its own issues, texas has "the houston chronicle." "the pittsburgh post-gazette" looks at the case. "the atlanta journal constitution" -- georgia is one of its states that has its own controversial immigration law on its books that may be affected by what happened in the supreme court yesterday. "the wall street journal" headline -- host: joining us to