p.m. eastern, "afterwords" interview with juan williams. >> if they thought the president was not going to be a strong defender of human rights, free trade. i think those statements have emboldened those who find us all weekend enemy. >> later in the book "the real romney," a reporter explores his early years in charge of the winter olympics and his early years at bain capital. >> tomorrow, 2012 republican presidential candidate ron paul holds a campaign rally at the university of southwest florida. our tv coverage begins at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i think our job is not to ask questions. >> julia goldman first covered in 2007. obama >> it is trying to get answers out of him. that is how i approach my job. i am not looking to catch when it jay carney does the press briefing, i am not looking to catch jim. it is really just trying to get information. >> more sunday it 8:00 on q&a. >> the first man to walk on the moon, neil armstrong, has died. a family member says the former astronaut's died after complications from cardiovascular procedure. they landed on the moon july 20, 1969. as

p.m. eastern. >>> elsewhere in politics, new jersey governor chris christie will be giving the keynote speak at the republican national committee. christie said he plans to make an emphatic speech, making the case for electing mitt romney and paul ryan. christie told "u.s.a. today" he's grinding away on the fourth draft of his speech. he said he's going to be offering some very direct and hard truths to the people of the country about the trouble that we're in. >>> well a policeman and two others are dead this morning after a dunnman opened fire near texas a&m university monday. the suspected gunman, 35-year-old thomas alton kauffell was being served an eviction notice before he opened fire from inside a home. a county constable, a 43-year-old man and guntman were killed while three others were wounded in the shoot-out. a 55-year-old woman was in serious condition after surgery. authorities say the nearby texas a&m campus was mostly empty when the incident occurred. >>> new york city police are investigating a stunning security breach at jfk airport. over the weekend when a lost jet skier wh

p.m. eastern tonight, 5:00 p.m. central, dana, it becomes a lot more complex for the republicans. >> it does become more complex. but those polling numbers are a great illustration of why republican sources i'm talking to say no matter what happens with this particular race, republicans were so swift to distance themselves from what akin said. wanted to make clear to suburban women and other independent voters, people still on the fence that this guy is an outlier. he doesn't speak for the republican party. doesn't speak for mitch mcconnell. and they don't support the things he was saying about rape and so forth. >> we've invited him to join us in the next two hours. see if he makes a call. if he wants to join us, he's more than welcome. get his last words before the 6:00 p.m. eastern deadline. thanks very much. we'll standby for breaking news. if it happens on that front. meanwhile, abortion is now center stage in the battle for the white house. only a week before the start -- less than a week i should say before t

p.m. eastern here on c-span.today's comment coverage begins on this year's republican convention in tampa. your front row seat to the conventions. presidential speeches by henry cabot lodge in 1960. 0. now henry cabot lodge. he accepted this after leaving his position of ambassador to the united nations. he was the running mate of richard nixon. >> fellow delegates, fellow americans, you have given a great honor on me. i am conscious of my limitations. it is an honor. many men are more deserving than i. i thank you. it will compel me to expend every ounce of energy that i have in this campaign. during the past few days when i could not be here, i have watched the proceedings on television as often as i could. i want to say that i have never seen a convention conducted in such an interesting way, and accomplished as much as this convention did. he has organized a convention which will live long in the annals of american politics. we live in a world so full of hate that we must pull together about the issues with t

p.m. eastern on c-span 2. coming up today on c-span, "washington journal" is live from capitol hill.:00 a.m. eastern, the u.s. house is in a pro forma session. no legislative business will be conducted. following the house, we go live to the national press club for a discussion on the future of energy development in the gulf of mexico. this morning, virginia congressman bobby scott on virginia's importance on campaign 2012 and the presidential and its contingent senate race. then the national association of manufacturers talks about the latest unemployment numbers and later, the director of the bureau of economic analysis discusses how national economic growth is measured and alternative ways economists

p.m. eastern time. >>> back to isaac, millions of people are keeping a close eye on the storm. so we turn to accuweather for the latest. >> jim dickey joins us with the late latest. >> isaac looks to strengthen, moving into favorable conditions, warm water, 86 to 90 degrees, the water temperature. it will bring rain the remainder of the day. strong gusts, as well. the storm will continue the strengthen, like lly becoming a category 2. >>> as isaac barrels ahead, people in haiti are struggling to clean up. at least two children were among the eight people killed across the poverty-stricken nation. mo than 14,000 haitians have been forced from their homes. >>> in japan, the flooding rains of a typhoon have hit the island of okinawa. many offices and schools werer closed because of blackouts. about 25,000 troops are stationed on that island. >>> two american troops were killed in afghanistan this morning, victims of so-called insider attacks. the troops got out after a road side bom was discovered. a dispute ensued and two american soldiers were killed. >>> in syria, word of what

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p.m. eastern time each of those nights. >>> back to isaac, millions of people are keeping a close eye on the storm. so we turn to accuweather for the latest. on its path. >> the all-important track. meteorologist jim dickey joins us now with some details. >> isaac looks to strengthen, moving into favorable conditions, warm water, 86 to 90 degrees, the water temperature. there is some dry air it's fighting. along with this, it will also bring heavy rainfall in the remainder of the day including the tampa area. strong gusts, as well. the storm will continue the strengthen, likely becoming a category 2. making landfall anywhere from new orleans to mobile, alabama, rob and paula, back to you. >> thanks, jim. >>> as isaac barrels ahead, people in haiti are struggling to clean up from its deadly toll. at least two children were among the eight people killed across the poverty-stricken nation. still struggling to recover from the 2010 earthquake. isaac has forced more than 14,000 haitians from their homes. >>> in japan, the flooding rains of a typhoon have hit the island of okinawa. thousands are w

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p.m. eastern time.c advisor for the former massachusetts governor, glenn hubbard, says that romney would consider renominating bernanke when his term expires in 2014. romney previously said he would get of bernanke. >>> budweiser will remain the beer of choice at major league baseball for another six years. bud's parent company, anheuser-busch inbev, extended sponsorship to 2018. it will be the sponsor of the first-ever wildcard game. that's the latest from fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. the dow down 63 right now. lori: breaking news here for you. you're looking at the mississippi river. we're now getting word from the u.s. coast guard that there are currently 90 vessels stranded between mile markers 524 and 525 on the mississippi. obviously we've been reporting this devastating drought. water levels at historic lows. you can really see it right there. we'll continue to keep a close eye on it and bring you the latest. ashley: 16 months ago i was in the mississippi in louisiana do

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p.m. eastern and will ask about this rally with natural gas. i love holly throughout the entire federal reserve and allow the fed watchers are going to hear what ben bernanke has to say. >> so he can continue the european opera. tracy: meeting with everybody, and they all want to go and kiss the ring, so to speak. we have been watching s&p 500, hit the highest levels since may of 2008, kind of snuck up on you, didn't it? you have to be careful never to short a quiet market. still quite a bit of money on the sidelines. some ideas on where you can put that money back to work. a fox business exclusive, the chief investment officer, more than a billion in assets under management. what are you doing with your clients money? >> and selected stories still a lot to go, but we have to find the right places. the market 14% this year. they think it is terrible, 14%, everybody was dying for that number in january. liz: were you fully invested in january? >> we were. is this equity's? small-cap, large cap? >> virtually 100% invested. liz: what are you liste

p.m. eastern time. >>> "halftime's" over. the second half your trading day begins now. >> indeed it does. today on "power lunch," what niece a name? we start with isaac. is that hurricane on shore pounding new orleans. some levees in the region will be topped. live to the impact zone. >>> and then mario. ecb president mario draghi without with an op-ed piece today saying the your ro's original set-up pretty much flawed. what happens now and how will the markets rean act to that? >>> and ann. ann romney. will shep help her husband connect with women voters or did she set the bar too high? simon hobbs is my partner today and standing by at the nyse. hi, simon. >> good afternoon, sue. when the markets are in wait and see mode, we begin with hurricane isaac. made landfall in southeast louisiana with torrential rains. we have team coverage, meteorologist todd gross is tracking the storm. brian shactman is in new orleans. and sharon epperson is at the nymex with the impact the storm is having on oil prices. brian, let's begin with

p.m. eastern.one things down a bit because we know what his tendencies are and a lot of people enjoy them, but a storm will be taking place along the gulf coast. >> i think governor christie is going to deliver a great speech tonight and then mrs. romney will follow that. all i can tell you is that we're going to continue to monitor the storm, watch to make sure if anyone's affected, that we take appropriate steps in terms of our messaging, but governor christie is going to deliver a great understanding of who mitt romney is and why he needs to become the next president and then mrs. romney i think is going to give us an understanding of the man behind this, behind mitt romney. the husband, the father, the type of person that goes out and has been helping people throughout his entire life. >> there's a new poll out. it shows only 44% of americans are even planning to watch mitt romney's speech. does that concern you? >> until we see the numbers, i think we'll see what they are, but again, i think w

p.m. eastern. at 3:00 p.m. stern we will bring you live coverage of the rally that is held at the university of south florida. the rally started earlier. at 3:00 p.m. we will join its. then represented paul is due to speak. we will take the causing get your reaction. this is live coverage of the rally happening. hour be live in about one and 20 minutes after the event. at 5:00 p.m. or so, road to the white house kicks off. this will be done on the floor of the tampa bay times forum. steve will be hosting the chairman of the rnc to get a preview of the convention and to talk about the upcoming campaign. that will be following the ron paul rally. that is some of our live coverage. two other conventions have been held in the state of florida. they were both in miami beach in 1972. that was the year that spiro agnew accepted the nomination appeared here is a speech. ♪ ♪ >> mr. chairman, ladies and gentlemen, before i make these few remarks i would like to introduce my wife judy and half of my children, my oldest dau

p.m. eastern. the republicans will formally kick off their proceedings and the roll call to nominate mitt romney monday at 2:00 p.m. eastern. we'll have every moment for you on our livestream coverage online that hari mentioned. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: new evidence surfaced that iran may be accelerating its nuclear weapons program. retired cyclist lance armstrong faces a lifelong ban from the sport and being stripped of his seven tour de france titles after he said he would no longer challenge anti-doping charges. a court in norway sentenced anders breivik to 21 years in prison, the maximum allowed, in the deaths of 77 people last year. and there's late word that a verdict is near in the high- stakes patent trial pitting samsung vs. apple. check our web site later for the decision and details. also online, some questions to determine what kind of political animal you are. kwame holman explains. >> holman: take the 12-question quiz on our politics page. it's part of a par

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p.m. eastern time. >> a lot of good fun on that one. looking forward. >>> back to hq and the fast money halftime report. >>> four hours to go until the close. here's where we stand right now. dow jones industrial average higher by nearly three points. basically flat. s&p higher by three, also flat. nasdaq, relative outperformer with a gain of a third of a percent, nearly ten points. it's all about apple. here's what we're calling on halftime. oil not fearing isaac as it targets oil production facilities in the gulf. you can see oil trading lower. we'll show you that in a second. >>> and the convention effect. how stocks typically perform when the republicans take the spotlight. we are trading all the big movers today with joe, guy, stephanie and steve. first our top story. apple shares are rallying on its $1 billion patent victory against samsung that came late on friday. will apple's win help it corner the smartphone market? guys, how are we trading this? guy adami? >> i think it already has. great to have you on board. you can say it'

p.m. eastern.ou want to stay there, right after that at 3 is my friend chuck todd's mitt romney, the making of a candidate. and starting tuesday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, i will join brian williams and the rest of our political team for live coverage. and that's all at meet the press nbc.com. that is all for today. we'll be back next week. if it's sunday, it's meet the press. as we leave this morning, we'll remember astronaut neil armstrong who passed away yesterday at the age of 82. he was a modern-day explore r whose words will be forever engrained in the fabric of this country. >> that oes one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. ñ

p.m. eastern. then on c-span2, the alliance for health reform holds a discussion on electronic how the records. and that on c-span 3, the center for american progress talks about corporate influence on state and local courts. republican presidential candidate mitt romney and his running mate u.s. congressman paul ryan will each campaign in different parts of the country later today. mr. ryan will campaign in iowa by while the former government -- governance the florida and will also bring you the live campaign stop what senator marco rubio later today at 5:15 p.m. eastern later on c-span -- here on c-span. coming up on "washington journal," a look at congressional campaigns around the country. our guest this political boss in national all of its editor charles mahetesian. and the president and ceo of the national been this route will talk about how health-care law can in that the

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p.m. eastern. >> dana: hello, everyone. i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and -- >> greg: greg gutfeld. >> dana: it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: yesterday was quite a day for america. the u.s. women's gymnastics team took the gold for the first time in 16 years and the competition didn't come close. the swimmers taking team gold themselves. among them was michael phelps who became the most decorated olympian of all time. get to the amazing accomplishments in moments. but first, i got home and i was walking the olympics and up popped a political ad. both sides taking shots at each other. take a look. >> president obama first term economically, $800 million stimulus. >> to create 3-4 million jobs. >> billions were spent in foreign countries. millions went to political insiders. millions more unaccounted for. now the money is gone, and so are nearly $500,000 jobs. plan for a second term, do it again. are you with them? >> speaking of secrets. bermuda. home to secret

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p.m. eastern time, and at 10 06 p.m. eastern time she walked out on stage and began her speech.s is our live coverage from the 2012 republican national convention from tampa bay. on your screen is a live picture at the tampa bay * forum where the convention is being held. the session tonight begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern, and of course, gavel-to-gavel coverage on c-span or on c-span.org if you would like to watch it on line. senator mitch mcconnell, senator rand paul, senator john mccain, senator robb portman, senator john to and will also be speaking tonight along with and --rico's governor i and mike huckabee and tim pawlenty. condoleezza rice will be speaking along with the governor of new mexico tonight at 10:00 p.m. and then finally, rep paul ryan will be accepting his nomination for vice president of the united states. that is all coming up. of course, so many events coming -- going on in the city. we will be bringing some of those to you this afternoon. in about an hour or so we will bring you a women for ann romney breakfast that was held today. that is in and are an hour.

p.m. eastern time? >> i'd answer yes to both of those. spending and trying to save. anniversary for may and june not nearly as optimistic. the numbers released today showed the biggest drop on that metric in three years. the managing director, i want to leave time at the end for the recipe. what do you make of these numbers and what's going on in the market right now? >> retail sales is interesting and last month got revised downward so the move this month was very dramatic and very positive. yet we still continue to get conflicting data out of broader macro pictures. the market continues to churn and struggle. we're part of this slow grind as people are expecting the fed will add some stimulus come september. why would anyone who invested large asset managers, hedge funds, anyone really invested, if the expectation is the fed comes in and market goes higher they will ride this wave until such time a catalyst says no. >> you have that expectation and mild expectation europeans will fundamentally do something and the bank of china will jump in if they need to. >> if y

p.m. eastern and we would love do know what you thought of last night's events. follow me on twitter and let me know what you thought about the speech and what you hope to hear tonight. thanks for watching, everyone. >>shepard: while you are dealing with politics in louisiana they are dealing with yet another natural disaster. good afternoon from louisiana, east on interstate ten from new orleans across lake pontchartrain on the north shore of the lake. if you figure that storm has been spinning in this way, right? spinning and spinning, we are on that side, it pushed water and wind into this town. as you can see, it is flooded a great deal. look down here, the roof to interstate ten, everything is underwater, they have affected hundreds of evacuations in the general area today but there is flooding all across this region. the storm has brought flood waters with up to 5' of water in some areas and off the we river officials say there are 3' to 4 feet of water. here, there are 4 feet of water in the homes. we will take you around this area to show you what folks a

p.m. eastern. >> and we'll talk to their ceo coming up here as well. paul ryan ready to accept the republican presidential nomination tonight. john harwood has the latest. >> everybody is waiting to see how the attractive young chairman of the house committee performs on the national stage. he is not that well known nationally. he is an attractive guy with a gorgeous family. his wife made a speech today, and aides say it will be a prelude to his small town background with the agenda that mitt romney will try to pursue as president. before paul ryan speaks, we'll hear from condoleezza rice, who in addition to trying to deepen romney's appeal among women will it's a a spotlight on foreign policy. she talked about the president's approach to syria and it's shortcomings. >> i just think the united states had a muted voice in this issue. i understand how hard it is in there, and i have been reluctant to criticize successes because i know how hard it is. but syria is getting worse and worse, how much worse can it get? blood is literally flowing in the street

p.m. eastern. >> thank you. >>> a scene we never get tired of showing.urprise of her life when her dad who was stationed in afghanistan shows up unexpectedly during a big moment in here life. watch. >> her dad just got in today -- >> i only get to test once and he was here to see it. he's just been gone for so long. . i missed him so much. >> how cute is she? 14-year-old jena evans receiving the top honor in black belt. dad crashed the party much totd delight of his family and everybody else. he was at sea for nine months. welcome home, dad. what a great scene. >>> surveillance cameras rolling as two masked men wielding knives tried to rob a convenience store in massachusetts. that's right. i said tried. apparently those would-be robbers hadn't counted on the store owner picking up a stick and fighting back. the owner was ready for the man after being robbed at gunpoint just last week. that's why he had the stick ready. neighbors ran to his aid holding one of the suspects until police arri arrived. good for him. >>> before we go, huge fire in a refinery

p.m. eastern and 7:00 central.am sure, looking this morning and yesterday, last couple of days so many headlines, medicare, medicare, medicare. this has become now not jobs but medicare has become the central issue at least for the moment of this campaign. >> that's exactly right. >> that's why i think they miscalculated. they wanted to change the debate. you know, let's fashion it. most likely past couple of weeks were about mitt romney's tax returns and about things that at the end of the day, in the grand arch of history are not going to be fundamentally important to our policy and our nation. and so the romney campaign for taxable reasons says we have to change the debate. what they wanted to debate was jobs. >> that's if they think they have an argument they can win, it is how to create jobs but they changed the debate to medicare, which when it was the topic of conversation in 2010 was not a winning argument for the republicans and there is a reason for that. their policies are wrong and the public looks at i

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