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. >>> andy roddick cruising to a straight set win over fellow american ryan williams. serena williams also won. >>> finally, during saturday's nascar race, driver tony stewart was so mad at matt kenseth, he threw his helmet at number 17 as he was driving by. watch out, matt. tony has a new weapon of choice, a tank. that's right, tony stewart took this world war ii tank for a spin around the charlotte motor speedway. no word if the tank fires helmets. that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> coming up, lindsay's off the hook and the biebs comes to the ratings rescue. your early morning entertainment headlines straight ahead. >>> plus, a jarring experience in california with a happy ending. >>> you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." southeast louisiana is going to be a place that will remember this storm isaac for a long time. it wasn't a katrina, category 4, 5, or even 3. but for a slow-moving storm, it's leaving its mark. it made landfall 13 hours and and is still sitting there. as far as the west goes, we're looking

of italy american twenty eighth seed andy roddick place compassionate ryan williams while sixth seed thomas verdict of the czech republic will take on belgium is driving off it. on the women's side of the draw russia's new faces a tough test against second say that nascar were the brunt of poland but compared to america olenka play south african chanel ship is an olympic champion serina williams takes on compadre it took over on the way. well elsewhere in the first round on monday maria sharapova he didn't around two or she seeks a second u.s. open ground the russian disposing of hungary melinda sink in a straight sets the twenty five year old showing little sign of a recent stomach ailment which had led her to undergo an ultrasound to determine if she was pregnant she wasn't dropping the hated five aces in a dominant six two six two victory taking just over an hour to wrap up the when. you're in montreal interests of the players practice their. next. few days off and hearing. tests are. set. and. probably rest. texts america is just. elsewhere russia and then it's in pieces by goalk

patrick ryan williams the sixth seed comes to the czech republic is currently taking on belgium. you can see the czech took the first set seven five to one up in the second. in the women's half of the drawled russia's new no particular one has just been blown away by an in-form second see progress going to advance the opponent six one six one the dominant school and later russian ridicule and killed by south african should she puts on a limb pick champion serena williams takes on competitor at coco van the way. well elsewhere in the first round on monday maria sharapova eased into round two as she seeks a second u.s. open crown the russian disposing of hungary and melinda sink in straight sets the twenty. five year old showing little sign of a recent stomach ailment which had led her to undergo an ultrasound to determine if she was pregnant the results showed that she was not sure after the hitting five aces in a dominant six two six two victory taking just over an hour to wrap up the way in. montreal are just supposed to play in practice there. are. some. probably rustam. texts

open, andy roddick cruising to a straight-set win over ryan williams.elation to serena, also won. wozniacki was upset. >>> and finally, during start's nascar race, driver tony stewart was so mad at matt kenseth, he threw his helmet at number 17 as he was driving by. well, watch out, matt. tony has a new weapon of choice. a tank. that's right. tony stewart took this world war ii tank for a spin around the charlotte motor speedway. no word if the tank fires helmets. and that's your first look at sports. i'm mario solis. >>> and now let's get another check of what's going on with hurricane isaac. nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning once again. >> of course we have all our crews out there in new orleans, one of the worst-hit spots at this hour. want to let you see what's going on with al roker and stephanie abrams. they are live on the air at the weather channel doing their show "wake up with al." they are just going through the worst of it. you can see obviously the heavy rain just pouring down. the gusty winds. they're in kind of a protected area.

and andy roddick took care of ryan williams. there is a a win in straight sets. women's side, venus williams got to have a slow start. venus not seeded but went on to win. her sister is now playing coco sandhyaway. and there is computer, i don't know. >> whenever she plays see teams to win. >> and that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> and there is live coverage coming up at 7:00. >> we're streaming it on abc 7 good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time...

removed from his only grand slam title and just two days away from his 30th birthday. 21 year-old ryan williamsoves on. sloan stevens taking on the former french open champion, stevens pulls off the upset, winning in straight sets. the forty-niners first-team defense has struggled to live up to last year so far the preseason but on the bright side, free agent defensive back. out of football for one year after being accused and acquitted of sexual assault. he is now focusing on football and leads the team with two interceptions this season. >> my whole goal was to come out and make a great impression, showing that i'm not the person that everyone thought it was. i am away better person than that. and my goal is just to be positive about everything and try to be the best on the field. >> the 49ers wrap of the preseason against the chargers thursday on the c w, the coverage begins exclusively at 6:30 p.m.. have you seen that sign at the raiders' headquarters? hiring receivers? injuries have depleted their receiving corps so much that the team is hiring people off of the street, sort of. >> they ar

he defeated fellow american ryan williams.the last 16 points and closed things out with 127 mi. an hour. here is a look at the scoreboard, robert 163-64 and 64. >> if you have a question, comment or anything else, e-mail us. >>pam: hurricane is it made landfall earlier this afternoon >>jaqueline: you can see the yellow and orange indicating heavy rainfall moving into the world that this hour. the storm is moving very slowly. the heavy rain is going to linger over the area which is definitely flooding threat. there is already storm surge of flooding occurring. we will keep you posted all through the evening. now, on to our local weather. a gorgeous day. temperatures on the warm side through our inland valleys but now unbearable. 90 degrees in napa, look at those temperatures near the coast line. as we take a live look outside from the bridge, we are seeing clear conditions. it is going to be sunny and warm again out there tomorrow. winds out of the north are keeping it nice and clear with warmer conditions continue into thursda

strong words from the romney campaign spokesperson ryan williams. in 2003 obama said you turn the record into things that you when you don't have a campaign to run on. jon: ed henry, the chief white house correspondent there. ed, thank you. >> reporter: good to see you, jon. jon: coming up at the bottom of the hour our panel weighs in on the ad wars and what it means for the presidential race. we'll take them apart. jenna: today a strong reminder that the war in afghanistan still rages on. an afghan policeman shot and kills three american servicemembers in the southern hellmann -- helmand province. this is the third attack in a week. this comes two days after a suicide bomb attack killed four other americans. conor powell streaming live from kabul with the latest. connor. >> reporter: jenna, this latest attack is a growing and disturbing trend in afghanistan we've seen grow in the past 18 months, maybe two years or some in the last year alone, at least 30 u.s. and coalition forces have been killed not by the taliban but by their afghan partners. thi

for more we're joined by al madrigal representing team ryan and from the democratic viewpoint jessica williamsnting team ryan >> that's right, john. i'm very excited about paul ryan >> and i am very excited about paul ryan as well. >> jon: how can both sides be both equally excited? >> jon, this is a hard line fiscal conservative who will slash the federal budget to the bone (both speaking the same thing at the same time) >> jon: you know you both said the exact same thing just with different intonations >> what? no. >> i don't realize that. jon: how are you going to get your message about paul ryan across? >> well, now that the choice is solidified, we're out with a great new a. p. check it out. >> paul ryan wants to cut $700 billion out of medicare and his tax plan would cut top taxes to 1%. paul ryan, the change america wants. pretty impressive. >> well, obviously that's republican talking points. there are some things that people don't yet know about paul ryan but should. >> paul ryan wants to cut $700 billion out of medicare (screaming) and his tax plan would cut top tax rates to 1%. paul

ryan. rita williams said we haven't seen numbers like these since the presidential campaign back in 1988. >> reporter: as he fended off hecklers, paul ryan tried to define himself to iowa voters. >> people are hurting because we don't have jobs. >> reporter: just released poll shows voters not to excited with what they know so far. 42% said they viewed romney's pick of ryan as his running mate as fairer or poor, only 39% called it an excellent or pretty good choice. the last vice presidential pick to do worse after his revealing was dan quail in 1988. >> you know who he is? >> no. >> i still have to do a lot more research i think on my end. >> i know he is conservative. >> reporter: most we talked to knew little about him. >> those who believe that america is doing well because of the free market, because of hard work, because of personal responsibility, they are going to find the nomination appealing. >> reporter: cal state east bay professor david baggin said on the other hand those who believe government should take care of its poor, sick and elderly will be shocked. >> that's what makes

ryan. rita williams said we haven't seen numbers like these since the presidential campaign back in 1988. >> reporter: as he fended off hecklers, paul ryan tried to define himself to iowa voters. >> people are hurting because we don't have jobs. >> reporter: just released poll shows voters not to excited with what they know so far. 42% said they viewed romney's pick of ryan as his running mate as fairer or poor, only 39% called it an excellent or pretty good choice. the last vice presidential pick to do worse after his revealing was dan quail in 1988. >> you know who he is? >> no. >> i still have to do a lot more research i think on my end. >> i know he is conservative. >> reporter: most we talked to knew little about him. >> those who believe that america is doing well because of the free market, because of hard work, because of personal responsibility, they are going to find the nomination appealing. >> reporter: cal state east bay professor david baggin said on the other hand those take care of its poor, sick and elderly will be shocked. >> that's what makes for interesting dynamic polit

that from campaign spokesman ryan william.sting to see what develops as this day progresses. >> ali: thanks so much. >> brian: let's bring mayor rudy guiliani officially in to the fray. this ad, mr. mayor, do you think it's part of president. this is an extraordinary reelection campaign. i've never seen a person run for office and not talk about their record. clinton ran on welfare reform. producing 100,000 cops on the street. reagan ran on morning in america. he's running on gee, i haven't been president for the last four years. and romney is a bum. >> brian: i think you circle that one. you don't want this rich guy who doesn't like people to be president and kills jobs. >> i've been doing ads saying why don't we try a successful man for president. here is a man who was successful at bain capital, successful as governor, successful running the olympics. we tried a guy who didn't have much accomplishment. look what we got. now let's try somebody who has been successful. >> steve: speak of successful, bill clinton was successfu

those comments drew a sharp rebuke from romney campaign spokesman ryan williams.continues to embarrass himself and diminish his office with his unpresidential behavior. in a state that gets 20% of its electricity in wind power, the president also criticized governor romney for opposing tax credits for renewable energy companies. >> he said that new sources of energy like wind are imaginary. his running mate calls them a f fad. >> reporter: now the romney campaign countered saying that the president is to blame for the loss of thousands of jobs in the wind industry and saying that it is mitt romney who has the plan to set that industry on the right course. >> dan lothian, where the president is right now, in fact let's go to the president. he's starting to get to the substance of his remarks. >> -- you can find a job that pays the bills. you can have a home that you can call your own. you can be assured that you won't go bankrupt if you get sick. you can retire with some dignity and some respect. and most importantly, you can make sure that your kids get the kind o

now he appears as a frequent quest on nbc's nightly news that ryan williams and the today show and msnbc. he's a member of the nightly weather association and holds the ams television seal of approval and a order for weather forecasting excellence in broadcast. please give our guests, jim cantore a warm national press club welcome. climatic >> all right. well, now you know my life history. i'll just put that page away. thank you for having me here today. it's really a tremendous honor. i really didn't know much about this to be honest with you when i got asked to do it. just walking -- first of all comments in the press club on the outside of the building wal into the building and seeing the kind of people that have a chance to speak before me, i was like wow, this is a pretty big deal. so i really appreciate that. it's been 25 years. i was very fortunate to get a job at the weather channel bread out of college. and the biggest change in 25 years is the fact that when i started i had a full head of hair. as you can see, each follicle taken out with each weather event i've covered and the

gerri: let's talk about paul ryan for a second. juan williams saying it was the worst possible situation, if you had to pick somebody come it shouldn't be ryan. because now you have to make the case for the conservative view of medicare. would you say that? >> aouple of things. first, i was down in virginia at the end of last week. 2000 people jammed into this gym intertel county in virginia. the crowd and overflow is actually pretty good. he would not gotten that kind of enthusiasm if romney had gone with a safer pick. medicare was going to be litigated in one way or the other. mitt romney, on his own, has endorsed premium support. they're probably going to do a little later. now, just litigating it earlier, and i think that paul ryan helped romney go on the offense on medicare, which i think is the best possible defense. gerri: a new e-book out today talking about the discord in the campaign. is it a little early for that, do you think? >> it doesn't surprise me. when they were running in 2008, they were running against a party whose incumbent

so "the new york times" piece ends with so ryan like william miller may seem attractive to republicansabsence of his competitors for the labels otherwise, there may be an american express commercial in your future, too. [ buzzer ] screw the guy who wrote this. the fact that you have a sense of humor. my dad had amazing humility and a sense of humor. >> smokin' jane wants to know if your dad had great abs. >> stephanie: see? certain things will not be discussed. by the way john in san francisco had a lot of the same thoughts. steph, your dad was no paul ryan. for that matter, goldwater was no romney. they were no angels but there was no comparison to be made with what the g.o.p. has become today. it is more than a bit disingenuous to lump your dad in with these clowns but that's unfair to clowns. no mention was made of your dad's background. world war ii vet may -- oscar mayer mobile. [ applause ] >> did he swim neighbored in the sea of galilee? >> not yet. >> there's that scandal brewing. [ ♪ "jeopardy" theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: speaking of things in the "new york times," jim, there is y

. >>> now that the republican ticket is set, paul ryan is the gop vice president nominee. >> brian williamsakes a look at this and other nominees throughout history. >> reporter: starting with the unam biggous battle ship backdrop, very little goes unplanned at these events. including romney's appearance and ryan, jacket, no tie. by the way the last team to use a boat backdrop was bush/quayle back in '88. team romney did a brilliant job faking out the media although media reporters staking out ryan's wisconsin home were convinced that he was holed up outside until he showed up in virginia. there will be inevitable professional sniping in the world of political advance teams where crowds are supposed to fill in any gaps and everyone is expected to be enthusiastic and not otherwise occupied. the whole idea of a big vp rollout is still new in the modern era. vice president candidates used to be decided by the party. fdr barely knew harry truman before they ran together. speaking of fdr, his early vice president gardner was the last house member to named vp. if elected ryan wouldn't be the youn

first the ryan brothers and also the william sisters each compete in the tennis quarterfinals. serena playing a team from italy. that will be serena's second match of the day. she is set to start her singles match taking on denmark. back to bob and mike, against israel. >> double mint twins there. >> i can see an endorsement deal. >> the glow of an olympic win is monumental. >> this morning the american gymnast who took home bronze still celebrating with our own raj mathai. good morning. live from london. >> reporter: good morning and good afternoon here in london. tonight the women take center stage in gymnastics. joining us is danell leyva. >> thank you. >> we were watching and everything was happening. at some point it didn't look good, then you bounced back. >> very true. pommel horse is my second rotation, second event. and on the dismount i didn't do it as i was supposed to. the way i did it makes it not count. missing a complete part of my routine, basically, so the score was low. but i used that as energy. i used that as motivation. a little bit of a kick in the butt if

being an intellectual leader of the stupid party, as paul ryan has shown, doesn't actually require all that much, you know, intellect. but williamedentials, unlike paul ryan's, would be acceptable in elite faculty clubs anywhere. bill kristol's very first flashes of intellectual cred actually appear on his birth certificate in his father and mother's names. his father and mother, irving and bea kristol were both college professors and renowned intellectuals. bill kristol glided through college in the 1970s and worked briefly in politics as a democrat before returning to harvard to collect a ph.d. he first achieved fame, or at least washington fame, as dan quayle's brain. he took on the seemingly impossible task of being vice president dan quayle's chief of staff and won praise from republicans for helping dan quayle seem not quite so, you know, stupid. except at spelling bees. >> add one little bit on the end. >> think of potato. how's that spelled? >> you're right phonetically. >> after being rudely knocked out of his white house job by the clinton/gore victory over the bush/quayle re-election ticket, bill kristol took his reve

let's go back to the brian williams, tom brokaw, matt lauer network. paul ryanvote for romney and ryan -- guess what? people will die. they are going to die. roll the tape. >> they should be focused on, what are the convinces -- consequences of repeal of obamacare, and the consequences are death. repeal equals death. people will die in the united states if obamacare is repealed. they need to move on to a debate about the main issue, which is obamacare. and they can bring death into the conversation and say, no, we are not calling mitt romney a murderer. we are saying that if he's elected president, a lot of people will die. >> sean: people will die -- repealing -- you know, look, i will be honest. i laugh, but it's not funny because all of these attacks. these are lies. it is fear mongering. we'll get to race baiting in a second. it is the lowest of the low, brent. this is -- this is the lowest, sleaziest, slimiest campaign that i have seen in my lifetime. yeah. that sleaze-ball did exactly accuse romney of murder. he said fobamacare is repealed, people will die

today in what what joining us this morning for a look at the romney ryan ticket and its impact on the election is edward wyckoff williams, he is a contributing editor for the huffington post. good to have you here with us and talking about the ryan impact we know it is a money deal $3.5 million raised in less than 4 hours? >> yes, it is a big deal. it shows how popular ryan is with the tea party crowd. the tea party is essentially what is driving this election on the conservative side. ryan is a darling of the tea party. paul ryan, even though he is being sold as a fresh new face has actually been in congress since 1998. he is far more aligned with bush and the legacy than most people would like to admit. ryan voted for the two wars in iraq and afghanistan, he voted for the bush tax cut. and all of that has added about $5 trillion to the u.s. deficit. ryan and romney are now attack being president obama -- attacking president obama, when in fact ryan is a part of the problem. >>> republican voters, that is what they are interested in right now, you see the crowds coming up. ryan says we are going to tell the truth and p

republican national convention it is paul ryan's big night as he accepts the nomination for vice president. the last republican member of the house to do that was william e. miller, barry goldwater's running mate in 1964. they lost. so norah o'donnell, ryan's speech tonight could help determine whether he becomes vice president or the answer to a trivia question. >> reporter: that's right, scott. a senior romney advisor tells me this speech tonight is going to be a hard-hitting critique of obama's record. it is tough. it is substantive. but it is not personal. paul ryan will specifically invoke the name barack obama, something that actually was not done from this convention hall last night and left a lot of republicans that i talked to scratching their heads. now, congressman ryan is the chairman of the house budget committee. he is the author of a controversial budget plan that would cut spending and touch the third rail of politics-- entitlement spending, specifically medicare. he talk about medicare tonight. we actually saw congressman ryan in this hall earlier today. he was getting a feel for the podium. he even asked aides to point him out where t

. >>> a new poll on what americans think about mitt romney picking paul ryan to be his running mate. ktvu's rita williams here now with the numbers and what they indicate. >> reporter: frank, analysts say mitt romney needed a bold choice to energize the republican ticket. >> reporter: as he fended off hecklers, wisconsin congressman paul ryan tried to define himself to iowa voters. >> people are hurting because we don't have jobs. >> reporter: poll shows voters are not too excited with what they know so far. 42% said they viewed mitt romney's pick of paul ryan as fair or poor. only 39% called it an excellent or pretty good choice. the last pick to fair worse after his unveiling was dan quail in 1988. >> reporter: do you know who he is? >> no. [ talking at the same time ] >> i don't know what to think about it yet. >> reporter: most voters knew little about paul ryan. in the poll the 17% who said they are likely to vote for mitt romney because of paul ryan is the same for sara palin after john mccain selected her in 2008. >> those who believe that america is prosperous because of the free market, because

ryan's budget and to adopt it. ♪ ♪ >> bill: joining us now from denver, mary katharine ham and from washington, juan williams.ook muzzled the assault honest debate out in paperback. mr. williams obviously a senior citizen. can you tell just by looking at him there. are you frightened now by the ryan announcement? does he scare you? are you going to take away your entitlements when you pack it up? >> no, no. now, bill, you are a man who is a rarnl thinker, not given to emotional outbirses, but let me ask you a question. if you want to win florida. if you want to win virginia. if you want to win ohio. if you want to appeal to independent women and seniors and veterans, paul ryan? paul ryan. >> bill: he has got to make his case. he is pretty articulate. >> big case, you just put a big target on your back. i don't understand it it's a puzzle to me. talk about women. his stance on abortion, planned parenthood. what about the seniors? the seniors. >> bill: run it down. >> seniors going to go nuts when they find out that this guy wants to turn medicare into some kind of private voucher plan? come on. >> bill: i like

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