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look for results before the open from medtronic, best buy, barnes and noble. do you have la-z-boy? >> no, i can be a lazy boy. >> they are big comfortable reclining arm chairs. we should get one four. >> no. no. he says no. definitely not. so yes let's do it. spain has sold more than the amount of short term. investors wanted less. here are the details. they sold 4.52 billion worth of 1 and 18 month bills. compared with a range of 3.5 and 4.5 billion. yields down quite a bit since the previous auction last month as well. spain is weighing proposals at the same time to turn its bad bank into an investment fund. madrid will present the idea on friday where it unveils it's banking sector. investment fund would not be subject to spanish national accounting principles when making valuations of its assets according to this report. >> our next guest thinks despite the drag on the u.s. economy caused by the eurozone crisis it's coming back and heading for a new normal. joining us now is president and ceo of the kroll bond rating agency. james, talk about this new norm

against a variety of opponents, many of them unexpected, tells us a lot about the competitiveness of medtronichis morning, in "the washington post," your eight questions regarding the convention, what to look for. i would ask you to of them. the first one -- will mitt romney be able to reintroduce himself? here is somebody whose father ran for president in 1968. he ran for senate in 1994. he ran for president -- governor. he ran for president. yet there is still this issue -- is this somebody who the american depot now? he has been in the public spotlight for many years. >> he has been, but not in the ways that a presidential nominee is in the spotlight. that is an important distinction you hope to take advantage of what he is here in tampa. that is what the convention is all about. he has obviously not been -- not going to completely introduce himself. in some ways, he is known and in ways that are negative. the obama campaign has done things, his republican rivals in the primaries have done things, that have given him an image not as favorable as many nominees had when they came into their c

friday on c-span, a conversation with republican governors mentioned as possible running mate for medtronic down to discuss a variety of issues facing states and the country. a forum with governor chris christie of new jersey, nikki haley of south carolina, bobby jindal of louisiana, bob mcdonnell of virginia, and scott walker of wisconsin. he conceded friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. -- you can see it friday at 8:00 p.m., on c-span. >> coming up, house members reprimanding bore richardson of california for misuse of her congressional office. then, house speaker john boehner and minority leader pelosi talk before the house recess. later, speeches by potential republican vice-presidential candidates. >> tomorrow, a virginia congressman bobby scott of virginia's importance in campaign 2012. , both in the presidential race and the contentious senate race. then, a guest from the national association of manufacturers on the latest unemployment figures. then, director of the bureau of economic analysis talks about national economic growth is measured and alternative ways economists look at

it's up 5% and medtronic, the profits there move up, disappointing, however, not as much as expected.nd therefore the stock is down a fraction. question, will president obama really take credit for the market rally since he took office? it's up more than 5,000 points in that time. and doug schoen joins us and does he think he should take credit? what about a nasty campaign? >> did you look at overall trajectory of our campaign and the ads that i've approved and are produced by my campaign, you'll see that we point out sharp differences between the candidates, but we don't go out of bounds. [ male announcer ] at scottrade, you won't just find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. because personal service starts with a real person. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our support teams are nearby, ready to help. it's no wonder so many investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. it's no wonder so many investors are saying... ene

lori: medtronic taking the stage for the campaign event yet. accepting the nomination. trying to convince americans to vote for him in november. rich edson in tampa with the latest. we're waiting for romney perhaps to do a walk-through on the convention floor, have we seen it yet? >> we have not seen it yet, at the lay of the land, where the stage is, the teleprompters, how this will all play out tonight and that is it, the most high-profile event in the 10:00 hour. it is for him to sell himself and his land to american voters. we have had a pretty interesting week so far in florida, thought they would get a hurricane, moved one day of the convention back, into the three-day convention, but from his wife and romney, chris christie following talking about the republican party and last night chairman paul ryan of the house budget committee spent much of his speech going after democrats the white house on their plan will they have been doing over the past four years. what you are also going to have is a handful of speakers including newt gingrich, we'll hear from the found

medtronic, intel, and microsoft rounding out the top five.ting new details on today's congressional budget office release on the danger of the fiscal cliff. peter barnes is at the cbo right now. what did you hear? peter: well, dagen, the cbo director just finishing up his briefing at which he said that if congress does not fix the fiscal cliff with the white house, that could send the economy back into a significant recession in the first half of next year. and he just also added that as a result of that, the economy could lose about 2 million jobs because of this lower -- of a recession and lower economic growth that the cbo is forecasting. now from the fiscal cliff, dagen? >> dagen: peter thank you very much. peter: they are predicting a recession in the first half of 2013, a de -- a decline of about 3% of gdp at an annual rate if the fiscal cliff takes effect. dagen: that's tough. peter thank you very much. tropical storm is posing a possible threat to the republican convention in tampa. meteorologist janice dean is joining us now. >> all

intel, medtronic, microsoft round out the top five. are we still part of gn y? i would love to be. i can't get away with that. fomc is straight ahead. will we get hints of more stimulus? we'll find out. peter barnes standing by in washington, d.c. of course we have you covered. [ heart beating, monitor beeping ] woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. it's something you're born with. and inspires the things you choose to do. you do what you do... because it matters. at hp we don't just believe in the power of technology. we believe in the power of people when technology works for you. to dream. to create. to work. if you're going to do something. make it matter. ashley: welcome back. i'm ashley webster.

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. >> outside of medtronic, who are you most excited to see? -- outside of mitt romney, who are you most excited to see? >> his wife. she will have a very substantive speech that will set the tone for the convention. there were hoping she would do it tomorrow. before is it was even there, the network pulled the plug on that. she would cover their whole life, his whole life, not just the their marriage. they have three things they are focusing on -- the olympics, business, and government. she will go through each facet of that. then they would take a step further and bring in people from all of those areas of his life. >> who are you most excited to see? >> paul ryan, who is now wednesday night. he will give us the keys to the romney speech. we will hear him drawing an explicit contrast between what president obama has done in office and what he said in denver. he will use that as a benchmark can say that this is what we are talking about. this is what they deliver. whether it is explicit or not, that will be general gist. >> yesterday in ohio,

that would not surprise me if we have a similar gap for medtronic. i do not see anything really -- mitt romney. i do not see anything coming out of the speech. he is not so exciting that you to into see what he has to say. a fine speech may not be good and off. >> we talked earlier on our coverage about what the moment would be in both campaigns. they have a theory that what matters is what gets picked up, what makes "the daily show, " what makes the morning radio shows. eastwood -- that is not the image the republican party wants as it tries to appeal beyond the party of older white men. that is the biggest concern of the campaign. they want diversity, more women. >> we are all over 40 here. clint eastwood does not speak to younger americans. >> i have to admit -- one media relations manager asked us what our favorite clint eastwood movie is. i am not going to lie, i can not acting in one and i am in my mid 20's. -- i cannot name one, and i am in my mid 20's. >> let's take a look at romney talking specifically to women. >> my mom and dad were true p