we are talking romney-palooza, day one. our assessments of. joining the table now is msnbc policy analyst, the "the washington post" ezra klein. there were a lot of people speaking last night. obviously there has been a lot of focus on ann romney and chris christie. ted cruz, texas senate candidate and tea party darling, spoke and said very interesting things regarding hispanics and how the president is trying to divide the country. i want to play that sound and get your reaction to it. >> president obama's campaign is trying to divide america. telling seniors medicare will be taken away. telling hispanics that we're not welcome here. and sending the vice president to preach a message of division. >> there are a couple things to unpack there. i thought one of the most incredible pieces of that statement was tell hispanics that we're not welcome here, especially given where the president is at on immigration and where ted cruz is on immigration. ted cruz, if you don't know, has been an advocate of resuming deportations of young undocumented res

it is puppy palooza. he strikes him out and gary darling throws him out. second time and you point and are gone. jason donald and going to the opposite field. high, deep and aloha and goodbye. the a's would answer fire with fire. josh donaldson and a three-run bomb. and then the ensuing chase for the souvenir. 3-2a's. chris carter, and he has been big since the a's called him up. an r.b.i in the seventh. the a's win their fifth in the row. they now hold the wild card lead by one game over baltimore. three-time u.s. open champ kim clijsters upset in new york and hillary tire. clijsters was beaten by -- in the second round.

. >> gaffe palooza as gene robinson called it in the post, why don't they like mitt romney?t the moment those who traveled with them don't like him because he wouldn't talk to them. if you don't talk to them and feed the beast, the beast will develop its own narrative and that's what they have. >> you know, but he was criticized hem for that reason and not being that available to the media and peggy noonen in her column stayed that this was actually was a pretty disastrous trip, maybe not as bad as people say it is, it certainly wasn't good and seems like she wasn't sure he should have gone and felt that he did a lot of pandering and just generally didn't handle things well. so, i don't think that peggy noonen is part of this conspiracy against mitt romney. >> here is the problem though, if mitt romney comes out and holds, you know, seven presses in when he was in europe, the story then becomes mitt romney is trying to overshadow president obama, he's trying to steal president obama's thunder and look more presidential. it's really a lose-lose for mitt romney. whatever he do

it is puppy palooza. he strikes him out and gary darling throws him out. the second time and you point and are gone. jason donald and going to the opposite field. high, deep and aloha and goodbye. the a's would answer fire with fire. josh donaldson and a three-run bomb. and then the ensuing chase for the souvenir. 3-2a's. chris carter, and he has been big since the a's called him up. an r.b.i in the seventh. the a's win their fifth in the row. they now hold the wild card lead by one game over baltimore. three-time u.s. open champ kim clijsters upset in new york and hillary tire. clijsters was beaten by -- in the second round. the surprise is mall reburdette. she would have already made $37,000 this week in new york with her two victories. she is looking ahead to round three and looking to stanford's football opener with san jose state. >> i can't wait to get out to the games. i think we will do really well. there was a battle for the quarterback position. i am excited to see what he has to offer. >> she knows her football. a tough challenge in the next rou

the la la palooza concert they had to evacuate 80,000 people this afternoon.pics flairing up. tropical storm ernesto with maximum sustained winds at 60 miles per hour. its track will take it towards the west and eventually across the yucatan peninsula of mexico and may re-emerge across the gulf of mexico. very warm water out here. what's going to happen after that to be determined. tropical storm florence now beginning to weaken a little bit and expect it to be an area of low pressure as we move toward the end of the upcoming work week. heading closer to home, our future cast shows mostly cloudy skies overnight, a little patchy fog, another hot day tomorrow but off to the west of us, this is the cold front that's going to slide on through. it will have the potential to bring strong to severe thunderstorms through our area tomorrow afternoon into the evening hours complete with gusty winds and heavy downpours and cooler temperatures on monday. a forecast tonight, warm, humid patchy fog may develop. 70 to 78 degrees. daytime highs into the 90's tomorrow with aft

take a look you can call it marsa-palooza. there's hundreds of people out here their kwraoeus trained on the -- their eyes trained on the big screen. it's the most dangerous operation that nasa has planned. visitors tonight got touch the same parachute material as they flocked to learn more about mars. curiosity is an advanced chemistry kit. >> there's a huge amount of information we can get out of it. >> reporter: it will analyze more than mars geology. its chemical make up. >> it's real exciting, it's the new life. we can go there and it's a new beginning. >> reporter: but first it has to land on task. nasa calls landing seven minutes of terror there's a lot riding on a smooth landing. >> i think if we're successful the planetary landing is in good standing. if it doesn't come successful, we -- i'm shaking but i think it's because i'm cold. >> reporter: we're live at nasa aims in mountain view. >>> now to the latest on that mass shooting today at a sikh temple in wisconsin. the shooting was killed after exchanging gunshots.

on the democrats it will be a social palooza and people are going why are we talking about this?you have to explain that to him. >> it is a rock concert. >> why is eva longoria there and not the four desperate. >> terry hatcher would be my choice. >> why is she not there. >> juan is right. it is it an attempt to appeal to women voterss and latinas. and if you look at the slate of speakers it doesn't look like a serious message on the economy. >> it looks that way to me. sandra fluck and eva longoria. and i don't know what we will have from narel and what they will do. >> that's the other question. if obama goes too far on the ledge, he does risk alienating many of the voters who are the white working class and he has to worry about that. >> but mary katherine, mitt romney has to worry that rick santorum will go over board. he had to worry about pame pail and her man cain. they are not showing up. rick santorum and ron paul have speaking. i would say rick santorum will be an interesting watch. all right guys. >> he has to tone it out. >> go out and have a nice dinner. plenty more

. >>> hundreds of people evacuated the la la palooza.ovie lovers pulled out moments before the storm truck. officials were urging them to take cover but flot everyone got the message. >> we saw the sign, weather evacuation. they were making an announcement. everybody go come. they didn't say where to go. they said get out and everybody moved in the mass exodus. >> i've got nowhere to go. i can't go indoors anywhere. and what's plan b? >> the storm did eventually hit, bringing with it rain, wind and lightning. it lasted about a half an hour. the mugs -- music festival continues. >> and archie 3 is at the center of the three known as fan appreciation day. eciation  . >>> i'm lindsey murphy, it's easy to remember. today, he helps to rebound this season. and today, not only did he pitch well, he hit very well. we'll start at the top of the 2nd. no score in the game. sinking line drive to right center. harper is there for jason. he makes the tough catch. sorry solano. bottom of the 2nd. 122 on. opposite, singles to right. and followed by dan

in cleveland, they call it puppy palooza. 366 pooches in the park as cabrera not around to see the poochesf this game. you can point once. you point twice at the ump and he will run you. third inning. named jasons a guy jimmed donald. off the top of the wall and out. the a's. josh donaldson. two on in the fourth and that is gone. watch the hunt for the souvenir. and snagged right there. nicely done. 3-2 a's. a little breathing room in the 7th. cris carter waits on the breaking ball and slams it into left. is seth smith in for the 6-2 lead. the a's now hold the wildcard lead by one full game oh over baltimore. hunter pence feeling right at home. this is what everybody connected with the giants wants to see a lot more of from hunter pence. his 19th on the year but only second as a giant, a barry zito give and 4-0 lead and could not hold it. bret wallace scores jose. the shortest outing of the season lasts just two in and a third. joaquin arias. pence and the giants on top 6-3. lopez on in relief with a tying run at the plate. castro with the sharp grounder to first. belt snagged it to start

and romney-palooza is set to begin. is the republican party fired up and ready to go? kind of.

. >>> this final day of the louisiana palooza music festival -- they suspended the chicago concert because of severe storms. festival-goers had to evacuate grant park and seek shelter along michigan avenue. at this point, the concert is expected to go on today. >>> good luck. the hardcore music fans that travel to chicago, places alike that, they'll stand in the rain. >> they'll stand in the rain. bummer. >>> track and field legend carl lewis says who he thinks will win big in london. >>> olympic athletes weigh in on one particular thing giving them inspiration to perform at their best. >>> tonight the best days to find the best deals from all your favorite retailers. that's tonight at 11 after the olympicsment . >>> you're watching news 4 today. >>> as if we needed another good reason to take out the credit card, swipe at the store, here's another good reason to go shopping in virginia today. it's the last day to take advantage of tax-free back to school shopping in the commonwealth. so there's no 5% sales tax on supplies that cost $20 or lessor on clothe and shoes. $100 or less. maryland

. >>> in chicago, the la palooza fess city val back in full swing after a weather detay.left grant park calmly as the storm dropped torrential rain on the city. organizers exercising an abundance of caution after the last year's deadly stage collapse at the indiana state fair. i'm marianne rafferty. now, back to mancow. for the latest headlines log on to fox news .com. >>> ad news. read between the headlines right now. there is a brand new online cast that actually can measure your cat's iq. if your cat can find it online the cat is smart. meow, meow, click. >> after 85 0* years nuce week is going to stop the hard copy edition. only online. where will i get my left wing propaganda and my hard copies of president obama with the halo. the pompous pontiff right there. there. snooki will have a son there and name her son lorenzo. let me use it in a se sentence. poor lorenzo. this marks the first time in years that any one in yahoo has done something new. tragedy has struck. chris and bruce jener or is it kardashian. they may be headed for divorce. one of the great tragedies o

referring to this conference where she grilled mark on privacy in an interview she calls a "sweat-o-palooza." >> whoa. >> he had, like, flop sweat, and it was really quite disturbing, actually, to watch. >> she was pushing him to admit that facebook is misleading about its privacy policies-- an issue that comes up time and time again. >> now, do we get it right all the time? no! but it's something that we take really seriously, and, you know, every day we come to work and just try to do a good job on this. and yet, you've got the ftc looking into it. you have members of congress looking into it. there have been--privacy groups have lodged formal complaints. you've hired a lobbyist in washington to deal with this, so you know it's a problem. >> well, i think that this-- it's a really important thing for everyone to just be thinking about. >> it's huge. >> i mean, privacy and making sure that people have control over their information is, i think, one of the most fundamental things on the internet. >> it's become even more important as facebook introduces one new product after the next. >> th

so it is herb-a-palooza friday. you got herbalife, jcpenney, monster and many more. he's also going to be along with a disaster du jour that's down by 41% and plus we will debate if e-trade's ceo is a fall guy and what they'll do with the cash and potential good news of research in motion. lots of things on board. okay. the third straight day, not much movement in the major averages but the dow and s&p 500 both on track for their fifth consecutive week of gains. the s&p is trying to stretch a winning streak to six days in a row. it could also accomplish a feat it's not done in 11 months which is register gains in all 5 sessions of a nonholiday week. the nasdaq also down today but on track for the biggest weekly gain in nine weeks. let's get down to the nyse. bob, the ipo of manchester united. not the fact particularly it's a lackluster debut but the trading going on with man u and the high frequency trading community and how they're making money off this. >> yeah. there's really kind of two things going on here. there's sort of rebate trading. manchester united, 16.6

police evacuated la la palooza yesterday. sending thousands of people to underground shelters. the national weather service had issued flash flood and severe thunderstorm warnings for that area. concert-goers say organizers took no chances this year. >> we were here last year and it rained and i know when it started, everybody kind of ran. i guess they're taking that as a precaution. >> the festival opens two hours later after the bad weth her passed on. >>> back here investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fatal fire in baltimore county. firefighters say the blaze started in the bedroom of this house of this house on main street of reisterstown saturday afternoon. and an 80-year-old woman in a burned out bedroom was discovered after the flames were put out. her name is not released yet. >>> the state session on gambling is on hold for now. lawmakers were supposed to convene this thursday. instead, they will push it back one day and start the special session on friday. house speaker michael bush sent members an e-mail telling them of the changes. in addition to in

. >> it's a jay-z palooza. list he will have all this stuff, you forget the nets are part of this equation. it's like this big jay-z, yeah, brooklyn has a love/hate relationship with it. >> robert, should we change the name to just be the jay-z nets? >> sounds that way. look, if his name was shawn carter which legally it is, nobody would be talking about this. but he's going big and going bold. good for him. i think it's great. >> good. well -- >> nobody else agrees with me. >> i want to go -- >> change the name of the borough. >> we should change the name of the borough. >> the next item is something that was also in the "times." this cycle, the number of truly undecided voters has shrunk to as small as 3%. $2 billion to reach 3% of registered voters. does that make any sense? >> yeah, i think a lot of those people, it's those dollars are not going to be the ones that convince them. a lot of them are people that are paying so little attention deliberately. it is really a remarkable amount. >> i'm just astounde

catch a little more of me this evening when our prime time coverage of romney-palooza begins at 7:00nbc. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. good afternoon to you, andrea, live in tampa. >>> hi, there. thanks so much. right now on "andrea mitchell reports" we will have a lot coming up on the storm. isaac is now a hurricane. we'll have reports coming up from new orleans. we will also hear from the republican convention floor correspondents and also, governor rick snyder from michigan. t dog. every bite goes above and beyond the call of deliciousness. that's a big 10-4 kosher. with no fillers, by-products, artificial flavors or colors. hebrew national. the better-than-a-hot dog- hot dog. is now in our new starbucks refreshers™ -- a breakthrough in natural energy. made with real fruit, starbucks refreshers™ are delicious low calorie drinks you can feel good about. ♪ rethink how you re-energize. ♪ get a boost of natural energy with a new starbucks refreshers™, in three ways. natural energy from green coffee extract, only from starbucks. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports" live from

. >> stephanie: kids, get the tickets going fast for september 29th in seattle and sexy liberal palooza> wheel of right wing hypocrites. >> you hardly ever see a headline like this. prop 8 donor charged with sexually assaulting young boys. >> as recently as last week! and since the '80s this has been going on. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: long time activist elementary schoolteacher. taken into custody august 17th after admitting inappropriate contact with young boys. he was a long-time youth volunteer with the very, very homophobic free church. has confessed to abusing numerous teenage boys. he recanted his confession and changed his -- >> pleaded not guilty. >> he needed to have -- >> because he wants to be put in general pop. the amazing thing i guess -- first of all let's state openly the man is not gay. he's a pedophile anymore than a man who molests a young girl is not a heterosexual in that regard. he's a pedophile. that's what it is. i think that the guys like that who are against openness about sexuality in the conversation that we have either gay or straight is a

as we were being introduced to the man of ideas, there's been a ryan p-90x palooza. check out these headlines. p90x maker exsitesed to have crafted paul ryan's abc. we are so happy for him. or maybe what it takes to do 9 p90x, paul ryan's workout. that is not tell megaabout his policy plans. how about, paul ryan shirtless, mitt romney's vp pick exposed in vacation photo. really, people? it is like we are trying to make ryan into one of these guys. ♪ >> and it's not just ryan, remember romney's not-so-subtle jab at the elder john mccain in his 2007 campaign ad? take a look. >> at every step he's met extraordinary challenges. mitt romney, the engine and experience to turn around washington. >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> our interest in presidential physiques is nothing new. back in when taft was president, a tabloid has to be pried loose by his advisers. the story has stuck and is now a presidential legend, but why run a fat joke about a president? what do bodies have to do with our politics? well, the answer is, a lot. taft enemies wanted to make h

. >> chart palooza. >> that was good. >> in chicago this week. >> this weekend. >> how do you like it? >> he's a big at guy. >> a lot of -- >> a lot. but you know who he said killed it? >> who? >> black sabbath. >> wow. >> and he's not a metal fan. >> is that like kiss? >> they were great. it was black sabbath versus the black keys. >> osbourne like? >> he decided to go with sabbath. >> wow. >> said ozzy still had it. >> we're still on the air, this is what you do in the commercial break. >> i would have gone black keys in a second man. >> while you were gone, this is the whole show. >> really? >> like an episode of "spin magazi magazine". >> al sharpton will be joining the table when we come back, mike allen has an early look at politico's latest ebook on the 2012 race including new insight -- >> he doesn't like him. >> you see this. >> mitt romney -- what? no. >> i can't wait to see it. what happened? >> this new ebook, the president just loathes mitt romney. >> well -- no. >> doesn't like him at all. >> that's not true. >> he has a -- it's a dartboard up with his picture on it in t

>> alisyn: now for news by the sub numbers, 60,000, evacuated from the la palooza music festival and avoid financial collapse and now the district is $16 million in the red. and the charter group will handle staffing and curriculum and next, $9 billion, that is how much mark zuckerberg lost since facebook went public in may. we should start collecting donations for him. >> clayton: chump change. >> dave: what will he do. >> clayton: i like that. >> dave: good thing he dresses like a homeless person... he doesn't have to... >> clayton: oh, my. that is how we welcome in anna. >> thank you. >> dave: he only spends, like 20 bucks on a hoody. >> alisyn: this time of the show we are slap-happy. how do you get the body of an olympian. >> with the olympics in full swing everybody is trying to get the gold medal body and in honor of the olympics i hit the gym to try to train like an olympian, check it out. 10,500 athletes from 204 countries are vying for some 4700 medals, expected to be handed out at the 2012 summer olympics in london. although most of us only wish we had a physique like an o

the biggest one is sexy liberal palooza.>> i love these two guys together smiling at each other and saying how great they are. two men always opposed to gay marriage, and always look like are in one. >> stephanie: yeah i said they are the top of a gay wedding cake. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: on wednesday romney declared romney no longer wants to roll back the cuts. he is a flip flopper just like me. which by the way, as join pointed out, it only cuts payments to the providers. he said his campaign is my campaign, and we're on exactly the same page. >> and your love is my love. >> stephanie: yes. the president's cut of $716 million in medicare -- not cuts -- those will be restored if i become president. the cuts extend medicare for eight years. now they are all against the cuts. wow. the wisconsin congressman's effective walkback complicates his budget math which is already nearly indecipherable. right. >> stephanie: so that's the other thing. his budget already is a bunch of gobbledy gook according to pre

tickets are going fast for november 27th, the sexy liberal palooza. here we go. [ screaming ] >> stephanie: okay. >> [ screaming ] >> stephanie: i like the original psycho. let's go back to the original fight between howard dean and arnold schwarzenegger. [ screaming ] >> stephanie: perfect and really immature. >> you should get cheryl-dactle in there too. >> stephanie: all right. we have mudcat. ♪ mudcat ♪ >> stephanie: dave mudcat suanders joining us now. ♪ ♪ mudcat ♪ >> stephanie: good morning mudcat. >> greetings guys, how y'all doing? >> stephanie: good. getting ready for the big party in charlotte. are you in tampa? >> of course not. i'm -- that -- that ignorance down there is contagious and i might catch it. >> stephanie: yeah we were saying where do you start with paul ryan's, i thought really good but fact-free speech last night. >> they talk about this fiscal conservatism, and his budget raises the deficit and debt by $6 trillion, and in the south here we really are fiscal conservatives, but like i said before this whole convention -- it's l