president obama live picture in rochester new hampshire, he is speaking at his second event of the campaign swing through the granite state. earlier today he was in windam where he ripped into the republican ticket for what he referred to is trickle down snake oil in the form of tax cuts for the rich. he took a few swings at the romney-ryan plan for medicare. let's take a listen to the president. >> this is a choice between two fundamentally different visions for our country, two fundamentally different ideas about the direction we should be going in. the direction that we choose, the direction you choose when you walk into the voting booth in november is going to have an impact not just on your lives. it's going to have an impact on your children and grandchildren and generations to come. four years ago we came together as democrats but also independents and some republicans because we knew we had to restore the basic bargain that built america. what made us an economic superpower. what created the greatest middle-class we've ever seen. its pretty simple bargain. it's the idea if you work

>> gregg: live at the campaign trail in rochester, new hampshire, a familiar stump speech. it appears word for word he gave before. he touted his accomplishments which included bailing out the auto industry not mentioning what taxpayers or the hook for. he was proud of obamacare. he liked the name obamacare. he also said that his stimulus plan, his economic plan has saved 4.5 million jobs in america. he ripped in to the romney-ryan campaign everything from their tax plan which he says favors the rich to the disadvantaged poor and middle-class. welcome to a brand-new hour. i'm degrees jailer. >> heather: and i'm heather childers. a busy day to say the least. paul ryan also on the campaign trail today. tackling medicare, as well. congressman ryan appearing on stage with his mother in florida hoping that she can help him connect but ryan slammed president obama saying it's time to try something different. >> it's very clear that president obama inherited a difficult situation. there is no two ways about it. the problem is, he made matters worse. this is why the president has r

new hampshire today. he holds two events, one in wyndham and a second in the town of rochester. obama won new hampshire in 2008, but the state is up for grabs come november. >>> now to louisiana, where four men and three women have been arrested in connection to a shooting that left two sheriff's deputies dead and two others wounded. the shootings happened 25 miles outside new orleans on thursday. the suspects first attacked a deputy while he was directing traffic, then took off for their trailer park. later, more deputies came to investigate and the suspects opened fire. >>> turning to international news, a bus packed with tourists crashed in mexico. we're told it veered off the road and crashed into a deep ravine in mexico's northern state of durango. at least 12 are dead, 22 others injured, according to state-run media. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> now to some major developments in syria. rebels are saying the syrian vice president has defected but may still be in the country. but syrian state tv released a statement, saying "farouk shareah didn't think f

new hampshire at 2:00 p.m. eastern time, and will continue to rochester, new hampshire.tional convention needs in one week, and the platform committee will meet monday. we will have live coverage monday and tuesday. construction on the convention floor for the republican convention is already under way in tampa bay, florida. this is the forum used for ice hockey games. chris christie will be the keynote speaker. marco rubio will introduce mitt romney. other speakers include ohio senator rob portman and virginia governor bob mcdonnell. congress allocated money to security needs. the republican convention begins monday, august 27. democrats will hold their convention the following week. every speech, every minute of both conventions are live on c- span, c-span radio, and c- span.org. >> which is more important, while for honor? it is not as said by the victors four years ago, the economy, stupid, it is the kind of the -- nation we are, whether we possessed the wit and determination to deal with economic questions, but certainly not limited to them. all things do not flow f

rochester. obama won new hampshire back in 2008. the state is now up for grabs in november. >>> turning to international news. kim jong-un is telling his troops to be prepared for a sacred war during upcoming training exercises between south korea and the u.s. state media says kim ordered the forces to deal a deadly blow to the enemy if a single shell is dropped on north korean territory. >>> and now to major developments in syria. rebels are saying the syrian vice president has defected but may still be in the country. syrian state tv released a statement saying "the vice president didn't think for one second to leave the homeland." our nick robertson is live in b d there now. how do we clarify the discrepancies? >> reporter: the best test may come tomorrow. it is the end of ramadan now. there will be a big service, a big service in damascus. normally you would get the president and the vice president standing there. if they're not there together, then i think that's the best indication that the government doesn't have their hands

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the president spoke on medicare at his first stop in new hampshire and is now at his second stop in rochester. the first stop in wyndham he was answering this charge from the romney camp that he is, as there he put it, raiding medicare, cutting $716 billion in order to help fund the affordable care act fund what they call obama care. i should say the independent fact checker politifact has rated the claim as mostly false. so the president didn't directly attack that number but he did talk about what he's done he says to strengthen medicare during his term, ex-the life of the program by nearly a decade, giving seniors access to prescription drug discounts and also free preventative screening, wellness tests, cancer screening, and that sort of thing. so he says it's the romney/ryan plan approach to medicare you should really be afraid of because they'll change the program as we know it. but, certainly, they don't want to let that charging unanswered. we expect to hear more of that coming from the president today and as we move forward, fredricka. >> what about on the issues of the economy, taxe

president obama areiched back in washington after campaigning in new hampshire and attending two events. one in wyndam and one in rochester. he talked about medicare and taxes. telling supporters they have a choice between different oproaches to the government's to the citizens. >> they have tried to sell the trickle down snake oil before. tell not work then and will not work now and will not reduce the deficit or move the economy forward. it is the wrong direction for america this is president obama's third trip to new hampshire this year. weather is hindering the everies to stop the nile -- west nile virce. strong storms groundings that were going to spray for the west nile virus. names rhodes is live in dallas with more on this story. james, what is the latest? >> as you say, frustration sums up the mood here for those trying to kill the west nile virus. for three straight days we have had rain that hampered their efforts. they had to put the planes back down on the ground because of the rain and today, we've got so much rain going on right now they will not go up tonight. their goal and hope to go up sunday. and knock