neil: wow. >> that adds up. neil: what other regulations?e's also a distributer license. this is all new after i raised my initial $6,000. there's another thousand dollars for districter license to be allowed to sell the pillow. they are selling the pillow, and then there's manufacturing. the manufacturer -- it's been super confusing. neil: can get off the bed with this thing? >> no, i can sell locally and regionally, but pregnant women are on the internet. that's where i want to be. i to pay the fees. neil: what did you do? >> i wrote a rap. >> neil: the pillows are still out there? >> preselling to raise enough money to get it off the ground, and i've had a turn away business because pregnant women don't want to wait four to six weeks from the manufacturer. neil: that makes sense. i think you have a better career here. you have a great voice, very poised, very talented, very funny. forget the pillows, move here. >> let me know. neil: what was the reaction you got when you complained about the rules, regulations, all the nonsense, the fees,

neil: wow. >> that adds up. neil: what other regulations?en i found out that there's also a distributer license. this is all new after i raised my initial $6,0. there's another thousand dollars for districter license to be allowed to sell the pillow. they are selling the pillow, and then there's manufacturing. the manufacturer -- it's been super confusing. neil: can get off the bed with this thing? >> no, i can sell locally and regionally, but pregnant women are on the internet. that's where i want to be. i to pay the fees. neil: what did you do? >> i wrote a rap. >> neil: the pillows are still out there? >> preselling to raise enough money to get it off the ground, and i've had a turn away business because pregnant women don't want to wait four to six weeks from the manufacturer. neil: that makes sense. i think you have a better career here. you have a great voice, very poised, very talented, very funny. forget the pillows, move here. >> let me know. neil: what was the reaction you got when you complained about the rules, regulations, all t

>>neil: we will go there. hung the only hitch in an otherwise perfect week was the awful noise coming from the hotel room next door to mine. it turns out it was just wasserman schultz practicing her speech for the democratic national convention in charlotte next week, please her heart. >> if he were next to you, what would your retort be in i would ignore him because he is a relative. >>governor huckabee: she should have ignored me then. it was a fun remark. it wasn't intended to be mean. she made one statement that i loved, she said something about mike huckabee has a problem being around strong women. obviously, you do not know would i have been married for. you have not met janet h. yet. >>imus: i would not met with janet h. >>governor huckabee: people say stuff about me all the time. >>neil: you should hear what we say. >>governor huckabee: that is what i am talking about. i believe in politics there come as point you have to say, look, that is part of the whole process. you move on. it is not a big deal.

>>neil: i know. what is your feeling when you entered this building and this arena, did you think, wait, where am i? >>guest: no, i'm someone would loves politics. when you walk into a political convention, there is a sense of adrenalin you get. the people who are down there on the floor, maybe minus the singer, are the most passionate folks in american politics. and their counterparts will gather in charlotte next week. they are the people who do the work, the people who organize, and to see them come together and show the kind of energy, it is exciting if you care about america and democracy, and you get the adrain lynn. >>neil: but it has to be unique in your case because if your remarks, you will say why you switched from president obama to romney and ryan. already you have gotten a heap of criticism great democrats including yesterday, the 14 member congressional black caucus that blasted the move liking it to treason. what do you say? >>guest: well, first of all, there is very little about me a

neil cavuto is coming up next. >>neil: you see this red? try to make it redder? you sigh this ditch? try digging deeper. actually, literary because after shoveling ourselves into a $16 trillion hole, the news is we are still shoveling. just a deeper hole. much deeper. welcome, everyone, i am neil cavuto. what the heck here? if you are going to spend money, money we don't have, spend money that states will in ever get, not for what they supposed to get it for because the white house will take half a billion in unspent highway funds and let washington take it to create jobs. transportation secretary ray lahood announcing the money will go to, and stop me if you have heard this before, repairing crumbling roads and bridges. but is anyone looking at the tumbling finances? just the interest to carry this each year, costs us $240 billion. far from address it this year, market wanter craig submit says we are doubling down this year, setting up what could be a bad next year. >>guest: follow the money. you will see this money go to swing states that are very labor union f

neil: you are right. over the years that i've known you, have you been warning about entitlements and focused on them when nobody was, long before that guy ross perot was, yet, it is ignored. i wonder, what do you think it will take to get this addressed? >> i think we're about to find out, neil. because the congress put itself in a box. it e enacted short tax cuts, and allowed them to expire at the end of this year. all of the bush and obama tax cuts expire at the end of this year. and we have this weird thing called the sequester, which means we'll have automatic cuts in defense and domestic spending, very large ones, and irrational, when that hits us at the end of the year could we're risking a double dip recession, i think that is right. neil: that is if we let it happen. i talked to a prominent congressman on this very issue, doctor, that said his best bet, was that he thinks there will be a 90 day extension of all of the above, and then they will hammer it out whether with a new president or a reele

neil: paul rice and. >> that's right. neil: but is that enough?ou can do it here. >> right now i can't feel anything. >> every party i have got to come every conservative i have gone to has said, was a little undecided about mitt romney, but now i'm gonna help. neil: it shows he was serious. >> a grand slam pick. at the liberals understand. to conservatives. he has intensified the support for this ticket immensely. neil: you know what happens with advertising and how they're just like to make this guy look like lucifer. so that-will be out. >> is back there so far. so far the medicare issue has backfired on the democrats. they got a little bit of a shot out of the gate, but you know what, americans understand the program is going broke. they get the joke. under the ryan plan right now we spent 500 billion on medicare year. under the ryan plan, this average plan will cost pain and suffering. under that plan we still spend 800 billion. now, exactly. all have to be a mathematician to understand. neil: while the market's doing what they're doing? allo

>>neil: is anyone listening in >> the american people. >>neil: president obama?i don't think he understands what america and what the traditions of it, and what being the leader of the free world has meant to the people of this country. >>neil: armstrong never said such thing you got a feeling maybe he thought such thinks and he shared the frustrations. neil armstrong, what john f. kennedy said more than four decades ago, he wanted to land a man on the moon before the decade was out, do we need something like that today to re-create the space program in is it necessary? what do you think in. >> it does take leadership. no doubt. things do not happen, big regulates in this world do not happen without leadership and the support of the public, in general. that's understandable anding probably, appropriate. >>neil: do you think that the problems we have hat with the space shuttle warrant replacing it? >>guest: i think it has been a remarkable piece of machinery. it has done yeoman's job over decades and, of course, it has had a couple of tragedies which we all rememb

>>neil: what happened?uest: there was a turn left in the 60's a very destructive decade and we are still living with some of the negative aspects of that, the people in our schools teaching our kids were in the streets at that time and i was one toward the end in the 60's so i know the animal pretty good. >>neil: it has not hurt your career, obviously clint eastwood's views have not hurt his career so maybe we make too much ado about that, that, maybe if you lean to the right you are forever avoided? >>guest: well, we are all, i have men friends on the left and there has been a difficult aspect to it. there has been hostility toward republicans but --. >>neil: do they take it like you will thought get a movie role. >>guest: they never told me. they never tell me. there are great producers who are conservative people, so, this is a balance out there and there are a lot of people would have not spoken out who are on the conservative side of things. but, jobly speaking, hollywood, the vocal part of hollywood i

>>neil: but --. >>guest: the commission should -- the commission is, not the commission, the presidential debate people are perfectly right to ask, do you agree with this recommendation of the commission with this assumption of the commission? do you think the commission is right in recommending huge tax cuts for the richest people, the highest tax rate should go from 23 percent under the bush tax cuts to 29 percent on the richest people? for the deficit reduction commission to recommend a reduction of taxes on the rich people, as a first proposal is wrong. do you agree with the deficit reduction commission? >>neil: you are not try dog cover for the president saying this debt has piled up, you are in the trying to remove that issue from the table. >>guest: absolutely not. i disagree that he is responsible for that. but that is a separate discussion. >>neil: what do you mean it would cheapen the debate? >>guest: it cheapens the debate to focus only own one set of preliminaries by saying we will have,

neil: i thought you would.hat's why we brought you on. >> i can't know everything, neil, that's your job. neil: rick, the best. yoko ono is tours. after hearing his wife, you are going to want to scream. ♪ ♪ neil: yoko, you got to be joking. i'm not talking about your singing, i'm talking about this update new york gas drilling you're protesting. find me a muzzle for a lot of cluesless celebrities. i just prefer throttle because i think we are looking at a very weird beatles reunion here, folks, but if any can sing now or make the most remote sense now. yoko ono going ringo star in a beatle battle with big oil or big gas, natural gas. part of a coalition of artists and celebrities urging the governor, andy cuomo, to ban fracking for natural gas in the state. now, in this case, hydraulic fracturing or fracking which essentially involves blasting millions of gal lores of water to release composites underneath. it's environmentally safe and sound for a good reason. save oxygen telling artists that because lady gag

neil: meanwhile. rnc now on hurricane watch, a storm is forming, it could hit next week, but now another hurricane. >> a man who will be the next president of the united states. >> god rest your soul, your mom is still alive. >> put you all back in chains. neil: hurricane joe. coming to tampa. trying to steal thunder from republicans with a number of campaign stops there next week, we'll be there live covering it and you bet you, we'll be on biden watch, if they get bad, promotional shots will show me grounding. >> president could lose key date he based his campaign on. >> and hollywood moguls telling clooney on get a clue. after this election democrats could be seeing stars. my how things change. >> we'll have ga gasperino on facebook insiders trying to save face and get the hell out. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more [ russian accent ] rubles. eh, eheh, eh, eh. [ brooklyn accent ] 50% more simoleons. [ western accent ] 50% more sawbucks. ♪ [

neil: >> this is a neil cavuto special report. lou: neil: welcome, everybody. the national convention has begun. this thing is technically on, but the formality starts tomorrow. nevertheless, we are here with you tonight. not too many miles from here there is tropical storm isaac. so far it is just shy of a hurricane, category one storm. it is getting a lot of the attention in and around this area and it has lead a number of delegates from getting to this area. having said that, republicans plan to have a fun convention just the same. they are sweeping into what was originally scheduled me for days. the first convention in anyone's memory where you you will see a nonstop are my nominations piling debt. a debt clock is in this room for all to see. besides the compilation of our debt, which could accumulate over the 16 trillion-dollar level, right next to that, the debt that has been amassed since the convention kicks off earlier today. that is a reminder. how much conventioneers will be rallying around or how much the government is spending and how we come is a

neil: welcome, everybody, i am neil cavuto from tampa, florida. you are looking at the nominee of the last republican convention. senator john main addressing what he says will be a policy argument. a more serious reason to change the stewards of this country more than the economic one. we will be speaking to john mccain a little bit later. we will also be hearing from paul ryan come in the vice presidential campaign candidate. with whom i caught up today. a one-on-one exchange that has partymen picked up by all the blogs and shows. we are going to show you that exchange that is now the envy of the media world. enough about me. back to rich edson following the developments tonight. a big night, obviously, rich edson, per paul ryan. reporter: that is right. the last time i was lost in wisconsin, i was covering the primary in waukesha. we had cheese had top hats. that's my favorite there. these folks are just as dedicated to paul ryan, may be as excited as they are for the start of the packers reason. but this is paul ryan who is the headliner. he w

>>neil: i remember that. remember the time high was speaking versus the other side, and the president said "well i am the president." >> paul ryan gets under the president's skin because he is incredibly knowledgeable and he can speak directly and respectful and, yets make his case. remember, this guy is from a swing district in wisconsin that bill clinton carried twice, al gore carried and president obama carried. the first election he won with 57 percent and with the re-election he got between 62 percent and 68 percent, a middle class district with a lost union workers and he is taking on the big issues for the better part of a decade and ringing time after time after time. >>neil: christie said something interesting, we have to go, and i paraphrase, from, no, not me, to, yes, me. a twist on the old john f. kennedy, ask not what your country can do you for but what you can do. >> look, he has to be reassuring. people who are age 55 or older, seniors who are at or near retime, no changes whatever. for younge

here is neil cavuto. neil: welcome, everybody, from tampa, florida. the final night, the big night on the republican convention. and this is it for mitt romney. this will be his opportunity to close the deal, to tell the nation in a little bit more than two hours from now a convincing argument for why he is the guy to finish what he says democrats have destroyed. we already know mitt romney will not attack president obama, he will not call the president names, he will simply say there is a collective disappointment in the president of the united states that he failed to live up to his promise and it is time for the president to go. his remarks come little more than 24 hours after paul ryan electrified the crowd and even challenged his future boss choice in music. we do not know if mr. romney will respond to that elevator music charge, but we do know that he is ready to address it head on. and he is ready to address the argument that he is a business guy, that he has all the iq, but he might lack the passion for the job. many say their passion and grea

>>neil: yes, it would.t did you do in you are in a bind. >> the directive policy is at odds with the law. that is the precise problem. >>lis: but there is discretion if the law. i feel not agents. i understand this. the other argument the government will make, we only have certain number of resources at the federal level. we only have a certain amount of minute and a certain --. >> we have to go after the worst of the worst. >>neil: how do you define the worst of the worst? >>guest: they are in a difficult position. it is not the president's job to implement a policy that he prefers by ignoring a congressional mandate. >>lis: you are making my point. we have on go back to congress and the supreme court because that is where it ended up. >>neil: even you can see, because your point is ridiculous, even you can see this does put a chill on the very job. for every hispanic they pick up, they could say you do so because he looks hispanic? >>lis: exactly. >>neil: the better part of valor for all of the guys, i wi

>>neil: what does it do?supposed it meet with the president and advise on how to create jobs. there hasn't been a meeting with the president since john. these guys felt that meeting was lame, the president is not very connected to what the job council wants to do. the overriding story, a story i wrote in the "new york post," when he goes down the line, with people that deal with the president, it is not just conservative republicans, these are democrats, former lawmakers from congress that are now in the private sector that mingle with the president and talk to him. they feel that he is pretty much phoning it in for the knitty gritty of doing the work of being president. great campaigner. relentless and tireless campaigner. but in terms of the actual duties of being a president, a lot of this stuff, what they are telling me is farmed out. he does not meet with former members of congress. forget about people on his side of the aisle, meeting with former members of congress that were democrats, who are democrat

. >> neil: thank you, shep. what is this, aetna, they want to know what the deal is you are making money hand on over fist and you showed the president the finger. on top of the health insurer, aetna playing money for could have entry. not exactly what the new healthcare doctors order or expected. companies flush with cash not hiring they are combining. it's not only enough to make democrats sick, it could make an already sneezing recovery even sicker. companies that have the dough and not using it to expand but to consolidate. they say for the economy not a good sign. this was not scripted this way. what do you think of this. >> reporter: you mention it. let's talk about record amounts of cash on company's balance sheets. they are issuing more dividends, buying back stock, nice for shareholders but buying other companies, cutting workers and bad for the work force. >> neil: in the healthcare arena bad for policyholders because there are fewer alternatives you can shop around? >> less players in the game mean mo

neil: i want to see what i get. >> probably give it to you. neil: i'm saying.> look at this, shareholders' mark out, let's just say, zuck, you are sooo o zuck. looking for a better place to put your cash? here's one you may not have thought of -- fidelity. now you don't have to go to a bank to get the things you want from a bank, like no-fee atms, all over the world. free checkwriting and mobile deposits. now depositing a check is as easy as taking a picture. free online bill payments. a highly acclaimed credit card with 2% cash back into your fidelity account. open a fidelity cash management account today and discover another reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. -oh, that's just my buds. -bacon. -my taste buds. -[ taste buds ] donuts. how about we try this new kind of fiber one cereal? you think you're going to slip some fiber by us? okay. ♪ fiber one is gonna make you smile. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing new fiber one nutty clusters and almonds. for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms caused by acid reflux disease. osteoporosis-related

>> thank you, neil. i'm well. how are you? >> neil: very good. that's a great tip of the hat. i always wonder if your dad were back looking at what paul ryan had become, jack kemp was on the vice presidential ticket, he was bob dole's running mate, i would imagine paul ryan wants a better result. but what is it that your dad saw in paul ryan early on? do you remember? >> well, in 1993 when paul went to work with my father examine bill benefit jet and gene kirkpatrick, any young person who was around dad l it was during his days on the hill or at empower america, they seemed to be attracted to his personality, his style of politics, and his optimism for the country and dad wanted young people to learn about what he called and what paul clearly learned very well is the american idea, which at its root is really the human idea for all people. >> neil: do you think that what was a tough sell in 1996 when bill clinton was running for reelection might be a better one or at least a more drivable one in 2012? >> well, the comparison to make between kemp and ryan frankly is jack kemp c

neil: i want to see what i get. >> probably give it to you. neil: i'm saying. have a parthenon in your portfolio. >> look at this, shareholders' mark out, let's just say, zuck, you are sooo o zuck. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions, such as tongue or throat swelling, occur rarely and may be fatal. side effects may include unpleasant taste, headache, dizziness and morning drowsiness. ask your doctor if lunesta is right for you. then find out how to get lunesta for as low as $15

neil: it is choking us. we spend so much of what we make collectively as a country toward our finance charges.es >> here is one for you, every day we borrow $3,000,000,00600 million bucksbl every day.io and every say, we spend a buck we borrow 41-cents, where is tht brain, where are the people wits the brain? we don't do bs for mush we do -- math, and we can get in a roomt with people, for an hour, and let them ask any question theyso wish, democrat or republican left, right, cooks left, cooks, they will list them and we will get a standing ovation, people are so sick and tired of pure guff. >> you are right. i have said their this before, g you and ir6 erskine both are pum it out there thank you veryut much. >> you're welcome, carry on god bless you and your warrior work. neil: alan simpson thank youodss very much.r paul ryan out stumping today. te >> do we want to stay on thee path we on? the path of debt, of doubt, a db nation in decline? or do we want to get this economy going against by gettino back beh

. >> neil: i understood what you say. mayor, thank you very much. i don't care what flag you are. that is smart. he got republicans to come to florida in hurricane city. game over and left to right, that guy is pretty good. we have been waiting for governor rick scott to give us an update on where things stand and we are looking at a market supdespite the economy being down anyone who knows what white house will be next year. >> neil: we have had a number of meterologist talking about the track of this thing. catty one or twompt and joe telling us it could reach a category 3. hard to say, this is not florida, but lookingalt a lot of rain and oil facilities in the gulf are looking at a very long shut down and you as a result are looking at sustained high gas prices for a while at a minimum. u.s. markets are up despite the economy all but shaken up. and closing in on 16 trillion bucks, you have to wonder what is up. former stock exchange dick grasso is one that they have had. dick why is this. and what appears to me a disco

here's neil cavuto. neil: welcome from tampa. it's official. the republicans have their 2012 nominee wrapped up and well, mitt romney getting accolade earlier today. new jersey, the garden state, putting him over the top by acclamation, paul ryan getting the vp nod. the speakers are in mass. what's interesting about this evening and this whole convention is how detailed it is running on time. true to the business titan who head this ticket, it's run like a fine swiss clock and ceo meeting. if you are late or go over both, which makes me think television anchors would not be accepted, you do not last. they cut your microphone. they were running 20 minutes ahead of schedule, and then what they did was use the band to fill time. that's what being ahead of schedule gets you. the bottom line is tonight is a night for everyone here to sort of stake up their claim of what makes the nominee thee guy for the job. we'll hear from his wife, ann romney, to humanize him. you heard a great deal about that showing the softer, kinder, gentler side of the candi

neil was dedicated to flying and so on.to bail out once in korea after his plane was hit and was damaged. he had to bail out of a trainer at houston, it was a training for the lunar landing and then the actual landing on the moon. they were down to the, he was down to the last, i think they estimated between 15 and 35 seconds of fuel when they actually set down on the moon. so that was a very close one also. so he was dedicated

>>neil: i am neil cavuto. you are looking live at presidential candidate romney addressing supporters in ohio, wrapping up remarks just after vice presidential paul ryan made a statement. this is coming at the same time we are seeing a storm bear ring down on florida. we will have the latest on the storm and the latest on the convention plan and the very latest on this gentleman, and how he is preparing for all of that. now, back to mitt romney in ohio >> we never know when speeches will pop up. >> there is one more, champion small business. help small business. entrepreneurs. innovators. look, big business can accommodate all the regulations that get thrown on them because they have all the lawyers. they can sometimes handle the big tax rates, the highest taxes on the world on corporations because they have businesses all over the world. companies like g.e. paid no tax a career or two ago. that is because of all their operations they have around the world. if you are a small business, dry cleaners or a taxi b

neil: i think you are evil. i want to put you on a plane by yourself and experience what humanity goes through to know that you're being nickeled and -- nickeled and dimed. >> why did i take it out on your? >> seatbelts are extended. >> yeah, the economy is as good as it can be on an airline. [talking over each other] [talking over each other] neil: i'm done with both of you. when we come back, doctors are saying they are too tired to treat you now. probably because they hear stuff like this. now it will only get worse later. get out your stethoscope. it's going to be worse. neil: what's up, doc. not much. not much to feel up about it all. doctors are looking like they have already been fully throttled before health care. job burnout is spreading like a wildfire among these guys come according to a national survey just out, doctors are beat. apparently they are burning out faster than any other group of workers. it is true. close to half of the u.s. positions say that they are emotionally exhausted, particularly

neil: at. neil: if you had to advise mitt romney in thursday night and you are good at marketing and product and getting a product out, of course, has to be one that we go back and buy, what if you have to do? >> write on a piece of paper your promises and i will do these things in my first year. if not, impeach me like every other person that ran for president. i'm real, i'm not talking about these things, i'm going to do them. sign your name to it. that's accountability. neil: okay, let's say he doesn't do that. is there any other plan be? >> well, i think people should try to get to know this guy. trying to get us together. neil: you have to struggle to get a meeting with a guy? >> of telework. now, the issue for mitt romney is that he's going to be between a rock and hard place. he's going to be looking at the 16 trillion-dollar debt and $1.5 trillion deficit. he's going to be looking at a budget that offers little room. lo and behold, somatic tax hikes. is that going to sell, especially at

neil: remembethis? sn neil: do you remember this? air jordan sneakers.hey caused riots across theau country. country.ns d fans doing anything to get their hands on a pair, no matter the cost. in a moment from i wanted to tell you how nike is raising the stakes of more than $30 per child. that isn't happening, sparky. instead of dealing with high taxes and massive regulations in silicon valley in california, stephen samsung is investing in a factory in texas. very low taxes, almost no regulations. forcing workers to join unions. bob everly says that smart money goes to the best business environment. in this case, also the cheaper. what you think of this? >> that is the case. going to someplace where it's cheaper. these companies as we go through what looks like a recovery again, i'm looking for a place to be doing business that is the most financially effective for them and having government not on their back, having government not surprise him with more taxes, not only means that they can do more for less, but itor l means that workers they arerkery hiri

right, neil cavuto? >>neil: all right, blame it on me. anyway, six days to tampa taking the temperature live from pensacola. republicans gear up for the big convention here in florida, folks are already batting down the hatches for a storm that they are set to name "isaac." welcome, everyone, i am neil cavuto and this is "your world," coming to you from the northern gulf coast of florida. pensacola is as pretty as they get in a state engulfed in a fast changing of political storm and as crazy one as you would want because as swing states go, florida is not only swinging, but it is rocking. one of several big ones that could swing this entire election and whose 29 electoral votes could, again, decide the election. right now, a new poll from here could prove worrisome news for the president of the united states. 56 percent of voters in swing states like florida say they are not, not, not better off than four years ago. only 40 percent say they are. we are all over it. with one of the president's biggest cheerleader whose is not cheering now

ago and told that neil has passed away. so that's what we know now, melissa. >> tell us about the man that you have studied for so many years. did you know him personally? >> yes, i considered him a friend, and i hope that neil considered me a friend. we've written two books together. he helped me on "moon shot" that i wrote with alan shepherd. he was a very reclusive person, but when nbc news, steve cappas, the president of nbc news, gave me a dinner at the au50-year ma down here, neil came down for the dinner. he generally didn't do that. we had a real nice time together then. we communicated often about every day talking about what's going on in space, but the best thing that you can say about neil armstrong is had we looked the world over, we could not have found a better person than neil armstrong to represent america as a first person on the moon. he never took advantage of that. he never enriched himself from that. you never found him out. you never had to worry about finding neil armstrong needing to be taken care o