hey mike thanks so much for joining me so let's talk about this scranton pennsylvania situation that we've got going on first it kind of seems like the banks are choosing profit people over profits and that's not at all in tune with the rest of the banks it will be a situation where it's when in order to meet its payroll needed some money. and you know a lot of banks don't want to step forward because it wasn't that profitable i mean the media bank is charging six percent interest rate and they are getting a three percent origination fee so they're still making some money off of it a profit but not a very big profit and you know i think that's reasonable and i you know know whether banks want to step up to the to the plate and i think is the key case for you know there's so many trillions of dollars of workers pension money invested in different investment banks in terms of bringing that money back and house because you can do things like this help out cities and stress that needed with the g.p. you know jamie diamonds and those kind of people are going to step in and i know that the

it's what you learn growing up in scan ton, pennsylvania and dell -- scranton, pennsylvania and delaware>> it was a neat place that is completely normal. four kids, three bedrooms mom and dad and of the 16 years i lived in that house, there was a relative at least 14 of those years living with us full-time. my parents never doubted for a second i could be president or vice-president. there is this notion that nobody is better than you. you are no better than anyone else but nobody is better than you. and in this country you can be anything you want to be. >> and i think that sense of optimism is what he feels for america. >> his parents tote him the truths that make the country special. basic beliefs that defined what it's meant to be middle class for generations. >> middle class wasn't a number. it wasn't your net worth. it was more value set. the idea that everyone in this country who works at it, can do well, who can own a home not rent it. be able to live in a safe neighborhood. send their kid to school. help take care of their parents. maybe save enough that they can take care of th

farther west, scranton, pennsylvania, tornado warning headed bethel. that's expired. but still, all the big cities. walling, t washington, the worst to your west. all of this is moving east. philadelphia, baltimore, washington. and the biggest threat with this, tornadoes certainly possible, but the biggest threat, these very strong wind gusts and also some isolate hail damage. severe for today into tonight, but then again it is done. and look at this, boston from the steamy 80s and 90s to the 60s. new york city, 08 degr80 degree. >> it will feel good, but first you got get through today. >> absolutely. >> thanks so much. >>> the presidential race is intensifying with both president obama and mitt romney going after voter there is bottle ground states. romney spoke about an hour ago in virginia beach. we have more on that. and president obama has two speeches of his own in florida today. one this morning and n. st. petersburg and another in kiss kissimm kissimmee. jessica, obama has a slight leaded in florida right now.kis kissimmee. jessica, obama has a slight leaded

also in scranton, pennsylvania, heading toward bethel, new york. we do have toward warning for you, as well. this is farther west, you can see the depth of tornado watches and warning, severe weather atmosphere setting up through today and tonight. so we'll talk more about that, as well. and really what will become of this later this afternoon and the big cities impacted . >> thanks so much. >>> a startling warning about a deadly infection that paekts about one in five americans. why pregnant women and people who have compromised immune systems should be most concerned. ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] zyrtec®. love the air. join zyrtec® rewards. save up to $7 on zyrtec® products. >>> a warning for pregnan

he talks about being joe from scranton, pennsylvania.s a very slap people on the back kind of guy, a very friendly relaxed guy and somebody who has ability to connect with people. he referred to the president by his first name barack. some people don't do that, but that's his style, very warm and able to connect with a lot of people in a lot of different ways. >> what can we expect from this video about to set up the appearance of the president tonight, mike? >> undoubtedly it will be somewhat biographical talking about his family and the four years we've been through with him as president, some of the challenges he's faced and essentially trying to move the page forward to try to close the transaction on another four years. this convention has laid out with a variety of themes. tuesday night was about the first lady trying to reconnect the american people with her husband, the president. last night was former president bill clinton trying to address any dissatisfaction or frustration the american people may be feeling in terms of saying

only one who understands how to talk in a natural way that comes from where he comes from, scranton, pennsylvaniason of a working class family. he comes across in a very real way. it's not just i think with the white working class voters, it's also with older voters. he connects in a really profound way with catholic voters of all ages, jewish voters. he's got an incredible tie with that community. there are a bunch of places that barack obama has trouble or at least is not as strong, where joe biden fits really complementary with him and he's going to be in a lot of places where the president really needs to win. he's going to be in pennsylvania, in ohio, in florida for a lot in the next two months. i think the bits and pieces of that speech you saw last night are going to be the joe biden stump speech. i think it will work real well. >> the surrogates, the attack dogs are getting dispatched. president clinton will be on the trail, too. we were talking before this segment began about the broad levels of enthusiasm. i thought what was most remarkable about the convention is this is an incumbent p

scranton, pennsylvania. a supporter of the president. c-span3 i love the way you have all the speakers. you do not have talking heads butting in. i thought clinton was families -- was fabulous. the republicans wish they had somebody like bill clinton and they have nobody like bill clinton. i thought the convention both days, michelle obama was fabulous yesterday. today was even better. i cannot wait for tomorrow. i have one question -- for republicans. considering that mitt romney is sitting on a quarter of a billion dollars and a $20 million a year doing nothing and supposedly has not worked for bain in 11 years, why hasn't he started factories are companies or hired people instead of hiding his money overseas? how come he has used the wealth? just a question. as long as the wealthy are the job creators, how come i cannot see them creating any jobs? thank you very much. >> thank you for your call from scranton, pennsylvania. on twitter, -- if you are here with us watching, we have this place almost all to ourselves. we are told that the

connecting with middle class voters and frequently using direct plain language reflective of his scranton, pennsylvaniacall their plan new, bold and gutsy. but the neighborhood i come from there is nothing gutsy about giving a millionaire another tax break. >> reporter: but his propensity for gaffes steals the spotlight. on march 2010 on the date healthcare bill signing his enthusiasm got the best of him in front of an open microphone. the vice president quickly became known for his slipups. >> god rest her soul -- your mom's still alive it's your dad passed. >> three letter word, jobs, jobs, jobs. she's easily qualified to be vice president of the america and quite frankly may have been a better pick than me. he's going to let the big banks write their own rules. unchain wall street. they will put y'all back in chains. >> reporter: he reminds voters of some of the administration's proudest plirnlts. >> usama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. that sums it up. >> reporter: if there is a gravity will likely get you ared with so much focus on the president's speech. megyn: what obama need to

it is what you learn growing up in scranton, pennsylvania. >> it was a new place to grow up.4 of those years living with us full time. my parents never doubted for a second but could be president of vice-president. there was this notion that nobody is better than you. you're no better than anyone else, but nobody is better than you. and you can be anything you want to be. >> that sense of optimism is what he feels for america. >> he was taught the fundamental truths that make this country special. it defines what it is meant for middle-class in generations. >> middle class wasn't a number or net worth. it was more your values, that the idea that everyone in this country that works at it can do well and i own a home, be able to live in a safe neighborhood, send their kid to school, take care of their parents and maybe they can take care of themself. that is what this is all about. >> refer to many families, this is falling out of reach. the pain of the recession has cut deep. bedroom,their child's the sec, honey, i'm sorry, but you can't play on the little league team this sum

. >> he frequently uses direct, plain language reflective of his modest, scranton, pennsylvania rootsll their plan new, they call it bold and gutsy, but the neighborhood i come from there is nothing gutsy about giving a millionaire another tax break. >> but it's biden's propensity for gaffes that really steals the spotlight. on march 2010 on the day of the healthcare signing biden's enthusiasm got the best of him in front of a microphone. the vice president quickly became known for his slip ups. >> god rest her soul and -- although -- wait your mom is still alive, your dad passed. >> a three letter word jobs. j-o-b-s, jobs. >> he's easily qualified to be vice president of america. >> he can let the big banks once again write their own rules. unchain wall street. they going to put y'all back in chains. >> biden would like to be vice about the for another term so he reminds voters of some of the administrations best accomplishments. osama bin laden is dead and general motor -ts is alive, that kind of sums it up. >> he says the obama team is moving the nation forward for hard-working ame

it's what you learn growing up in scranton, pennsylvania.ull time. my parents never doubted for a second i could be president or vice president. this notion that nobody is better than you. you're no better than anyone else. but nobody's better than you, and in this country, you can be anything you want to be. >> i think that sense of optimism is what he feels for america. >> his parents taught him the fundamental truths that make this country special. basic beliefs that have defined what it is to be middle class for generations. >> middle class wasn't a number. it wasn't your net worth. it was more a value set. it's the idea. that everyone in this country who works at it can do well. who can own a home. not rent it. be able to live in a safe neighborhood. send their kid to school. help take care of their parents. maybe save enough that they can take care of themselves without having to rely on their children. that's what this is all about. >> but for too many middle class families, this dream is falling out of reach. the pain of the great re

he has the working class, scranton pennsylvania, he talks to voters better than anyone else. >> isn't it something when vice presidential candidates -- he comes from a working class area in wisconsin, a swing area. >> it's true. there are questions about what his speech is going to look like thursday night. people say he's been demoted because he's not getting a night of his own. bill clinton's speech will not be covered by one of the big networks because they're showing the football game. joe biden is happy to be there thursday night with probably a bigger audience than he would have gotten on wednesday. he's been a good attack dog for their side so far. he's not going to do that on thursday night. his job is going to be to make the case for what they've accomplished over the last four years. president obama is going to draw the choice and talk about the future and the contrast. biden's going to there been mainly to brag about the president and say things in a language about the president the president isn't comfortable saying about himself. it's going to be why i love barack obama,

it's what you learn growing up in scranton, pennsylvania, in playmont, delaware itch it was a neat placeo grow up. i mean, we thought it was -- and still do think it's completely normal -- four kids, three bedrooms, mom and dad and of the probably 16 years i lived in that house, there was a relative at least 14 of those years, living with us full time. my parents never doubted for a second i could be president or vice-president. there was this notion that nobody is better than you. you are no better than anybody else. but nobody's better than you, honey. in this country, you can be anything you want to be. >> i think that sense of optimism is what he feels for america. >> his parents taught him the fundamental truths that make this country special, basic beliefs that have defined what it is meant to be middle class for generations. >> middle class wasn't a -- a number. it wasn't net worth. it was more of a value set, it's the idea that everyone in this country who works at it can do well, can own a home, not rent it, be able to live in a safe neighborhood, send their kid to school, help

it is what he learned as a young boy growing up with hard- working parents in scranton, pennsylvania. and it is what drives him today as he and president obama fight to strengthen the middle class that they grew up then. for as long as i have known him, he has never given up, never failed to see the possibilities, and never had any doubt about who he is fighting for. as long as he has the privilege of serving this nation, i know from the bottom of my heart that he will continue to fight for you every day. thank you. god bless our troops and our military family. [cheers and applause] >> republican pollster kellyanne conway talks about the messages they try to convey at the convention. marilyn geewax on the jobs report. paul taylor on the state of the middle class. >> these images are not what i call promiscuous illustrations. they were not things printed in books. they were not necessarily a images that appeared in they victorio weeklies. there are images people purchased to hang on their walls to decorate their homes and to really serve plant or rise to the level of religious icons of

i wonder if the development of steam town in scranton, pennsylvania, is continuing. thanks again for all your work. guest: thank you. let me take your first comment first -- the parks are a very affordable experience. i first want to encourage everyone to get out in the parks. it is a great place to spend a day, a weekend, a couple of weeks with your family, and they are so very affordable. one of the strategies we are proposing for consideration is to increase the fees on international visitors. the logic being that you and i and others -- we pay our taxes, some of which goes to the parks, but we pay the fee entering the parks. international visitors are not paying less taxes, so it would stand to make sense that they should pay a little bit more. this is the case in reverse when we go to other national parks systems around the world. as an international visitor, often we are paying more, so we would incur urge congress to think through how to do that. the railroad industry is an important part of the american story. do not have anything to add on the development. h

go toes these rallies in a lot of these battleground states and all over ohio and western pennsylvania, scranton, you find people, including obama supporters, articulating that very point, which is why they push why the republican found it fortuitous to push the anti-union stuff in wisconsin. a lot of this -- >> immigration. >> viewed as being very much in terms of base energizing. i think the problem with mitt romney he's still trapped in the mind space of the republican primary. he has not been successful in terms of toggling, he hasn't shored up the base and he is singing to an audience not going to get him -- >> that's right. that's the irony of all of this. he can't really even apologize for these comments because that's seen as capitulating to the left when in reality there are a lot of people in the republican party that hear the comments are like finally you're saying it, calling it like it is, we understand you had to do it in a closed door fund-raiser but that's what's going on in the country and they don't see themselves, people on the base, they don't think of themselves as those moo

it's what he learned as a young boy growing up with two hard working parents in scranton, pennsylvaniahas never given up, never failed to see the possibilities, and never had any doubt about who he's fighting for. and as long as he has the privilege of serving this nation, i know from the bottom of my heart that he will continue to fight for you every day. thank you, god bless our troops and god bless our military famili. thank you! >> i like best about this country the people. there isn't anything we can't do. there still is that feeling in america. that's the part i love about it. my mother thought the most important virtue was courage. she thought everything else flowed from that. and she said, bravery lies in every heart and some day it's likely to be summoned. >> over the last four years, americans have summoned the bravery that lives in our hearts. one by one. family by family. community by community. fighting through the worst economic crisis since the great depression. proving once again there is just no quit in america. joe biden understands this. it's what you learn growing u

. >> ron reagan, sir, i grew up in pennsylvania with people like, you know, tom ridge and bill scrantonnd hugh scott. they wouldn't be talking like this. the republican party has been replaced by the tea party and they talk tea party like this. these bums, you know. we pay taxes. they're all bums and too stupid to get an i.d. card, too lazy. this is the way guys talk at bars around 11:30 after five or six, and they're not the guys who should be running the country. your thoughts. >> but in their view these people are too lazy to vote, too lazy to govern. they have no place in our democratic system and i want to remind you this is not an entirely new republican idea. they've ratcheted up their vote suppression efforts for this election cycle. way back in the 1980s, i believe it was, paul weyrich, one of the architects of modern conservatism speaking before an audience much like mitt romney's audience back in may, rich, white republicans, said very succinctly that an expanded voter base is not in republicans' best interests. they need fewer people going to the polls, and that's what they'

pennsylvania. this one's going to wake up a lot of people. a severe thunderstorm warning were that one. a hit-and-miss storm around scranton and williamsport. other rains aund iowa especially. we have changes coming for the weekend and changes that so many of us are going to love. we've had high humidity for most of the summer but especially over the last couple of weeks. for the southeast, mid-atlantic and chicago we're waiting for the first cost to fall and it's on its way. it's in the middle of the country. it will move all the way to the east coast by the time we get to saturday. there's going to be clouds and showers through the great lakes with this and heavy rains through missouri and eventually into illinois. but as we go through the weekend and as the storm pulls away the cool air will move in behind it along with high pressure and it's going to be a beautiful weekend in many areas and so many people will enjoy a new air mass because the one we've had recently is so humid. this is what's on the way. 68 in minneapolis and a beautiful 74 in montana. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside you

in pennsylvania, patrick murphy, a great young congressman, ran for a.g. he was for barack obama. kathleen cain from scrantonlary clinton. bill clinton came in for kathleen cain and made a big difference, and she not would the primary. >> he stayed neutral, and they punished him. come on. >> but that's bill. that's bill. is there any doubt that bill wants hillary to run in 2016? absolutely not. absolutely not. but hillary is her own person, and she's got to decide whether she wants to do it. i believe in the end -- and i'd love to hear joan about this -- that the chance to finally break that glass ceiling will be just too attractive for her. >> i agree. >> let me ask you about this. is it better for her -- i have my own strong view -- that obama wins and is president during what looks to be an economic upturn coming, or to be out of office and have her rushed into a decision? if he leaves office, there's a rush to get her nominated whereas, if he stays in office, she can think about it. >> it's better for her in every way if he wins. there's no doubt about that. >> i agree. >> on the "nbc nightly news," bill

pennsylvania-kentucky. whatever you want to talk about. it's the urban areas, philadelphia, allentown, scrantonrie and pittsburgh on the other side. and in the middle, it's all red. when you think about organized labor and the power that they have in those urban areas and the ability to turn people out. it's critical. you can win the state by just winning those urban areas, in fact, the last time around the president won the state of pennsylvania, by winning the urban areas. >> there's a bit of common wisdom that there aren't any blue states, there are only blue cities, and the cities are big enough, powerful enough and mobilized enough to carry the state or not. >> it's a real contrast in pennsylvania. you can see it you have the cities, the rural areas and suburbs, and those areas that carry the state. and which is why voter suppression is so prevalent in pennsylvania. the speaker of the house said in a republican state wide convention, we have voter i.d. pass paths to help romney win. done. >> check. >> if you look at it, it's significant. who does it hit. minorities, older americans, colleg