president and ceo of the san francisco chamber of commerce, a champion of small business, and my boss, steve locke. [applause] >> thank you. i guess she had to say that, but on behalf of the chamber of commerce, first of all, congratulations to all the award winners tonight. the chamber of commerce suffers from the perception of being a downtown big business organization. but the truth of the matter is, out of 1500 chamber members that represent almost 300,000 employees in the city, 1200 of them employ fewer than 50 employees. so we really do represent all of you. we represent the small business community. and just to put that in perspective, 85% of all businesses in this city that have employees have fewer than 20 employees. 85%. and i certainly do not want to offend our large businesses, wells fargo -- [laughter] because we love large businesses, but the truth of the matter is, over the past 30 years, the number of employees working for businesses with 1000 or more employees has declined by 50%. so, what is the driving engine of the san francisco economy? you will hear it from the mayor. it is s

locked. here's of steve. >> hottest summer on record crippling the mighty mississippi.ater is so low the ships are hitting bottom. river traffic is backed up for 11 miles. it should look like an interstate highway but tonight all traffic is down to 1 lane where the water is deepest. >> close call. >>reporter: this is the river last year. today there is much less of it. at points half the size. experts who keep watch over the river haven't seen it this low since the 1940's. outside memphis racing to remove a car that poked out of the slinking water and blocking river traffic. it's quietly sitting on the river bottom for years. >> this river is the nation artery of commerce and the goods on these barges alone could fill more than 700 semi truck and they are just sitting here. more than 500 tns of grain cole other goods move across the river every year. which means that every day products could soon cost family more. each day traffic stops the u.s. economylesss 300 million dollars. the so dredging the mississippi. >> i'm running what you mate call a big vacuum cleaner. >>r

. >> steve, paul ryan says it is the president who makes policy. but ryan is, in fact in lockp platform this year. particularly when it comes to issues like abortion and immigration and so on. how does he walk that line tonight? >> i think he kind of avoids it. you know, abortion is a good example because the republican party has sort of, you know, unofficially settled on a strategy the last 30 years. 1908 they switched and had the human life amendment in their platform and took the equal rights amendment out. 1908 was the year the gender gap was borned and recognized then there would be a problem with certain female voters in this country if this was our posture. with few exceptions their conventions showcased pro-choice speakers, speakers that don't necessary will he talk about abortion but they are known as pro-choice and rudy giuliani, you know, before arnold schwarzenegger, people like that. they tried to show case a more moderate, you know, image to -- suburbans swing voters who might be turned off, you know, female voters that may be turned off by socialist views that d

lock. always good to the last drop. >> steve: quick headlines on this monday morning.band, drummer, seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident. michael scott moser was driving down a south dakota highway when he veered across the center divider, slamd into a car. judd was riding in front of him at the time. >>> the u.s. navy's oldest commissioned warship set sail for an historic voyage. at 215 years old, the uss constitution cruised across boston harbor to commemorate its victory over a british ship in the war of 1812. it earned the nickname, old sirensides. only the second time in 131 years the ship has sailed on its own power. that's cool. gretch? >> gretchen: mitt romney might fine lea have the thing he needs to defeat president obama in the upcoming election? michael goodwin, columnist for the "new york post" and fox news contributor who voted for obama in 2008. according to him, that thing is? >> paul ryan and a plan. i think that there is an old political maxim that you can't beat somebody with nobody. barak obama is a real somebody. he's got a presence, he's a conf

it is locked up and empty to this day. >> steve: karl? there are 60,000 fewer people work at gm in the united states today than when president obama took office. there are 120,000-plus gm employees elsewhere around the world that make more cars in places like china, japan, korea and europe than in the united states. and president obama left us with a different impression that we were going to rebuild the car company in america. >> the thing i don't get about the romney-ryan is -- there were plants shut down. you don't need to do this. you could pick something that's really true. i mean, and so i'm not going to argue with the facts about how many jobs have been lost. but i'm just saying sometimes they've been too cute and particularly on a speech like this where -- i don't think the speech should have been so much about -- >> money that was invested in gm, the government admits we won't get nearly 25 billion of it back. we gave control of chrysler, which is now a profitable company, to the italians. the profits of chrysler are subsidizing

he is just marching in lock stead with paul -- other crazy people there. paul ryan and stevem. paul ryan, i keep comeing back to that. paul ryan and this is their agenda. it has been pursued blessed by john boehner and eric cantor and paul ryan endorsed this human life amendment. to chicago say good morning to kathleen. >> hi. how are you doing? >> good. what's up. >> you go out to do things and try to undermine people, this is what the republicans have been trying to do, trying to undermine this country all because they have a dislike for this president. so we will take everybody down with the budget, with the country, with everything. now, god is working its way back to help poor people because we need help. and working people. >> that's why i don't understand they are so mad at this. paul ryan co-wrote the book. how do you separate the author from thebook? this guy, he needs to go with him. all of the other 200-something republicans that voted for this bill. how dare you tell somebody what they can and can't go with they body. >> that's not your place. >> oh, yeah. >> that

steve: oh, boy, he is a former marine and drill sergeant as well. >> gretchen: brand new pollingidatey shows the presidential election is locked in a dead heat. tt romney is up one point on president obama 47-46. >> brian: taking a closer look. >> steve: voters say they know enough about president obama than they do with mitt romney. >> brian: so with mitt set to give his nomination speech, can he benefit by reintroduces himself to the american people. here is guys karl rove and joe trippi. >> i am lightning, devil ray. >> brian: aren't the devil rays like lightning. >> manta rays. >> gretchen: talk about the politicings. >> stop mocking. >> brian: negative campaigning. do you find it joe trippi if you are barack obama? >> i mean, look. there is a lot of four pinock chows and pans on fire run by a bunch the different side and super pacs. but the fact of the matter, you have people who have always made a decision about the incumbent. they know who the president is and they like him or don't like him. they are now looking at the other guy. mitt romney in this case. 30 percent don't have a clear view of him. that's his big opportunity here in the

steve jobs. hp could use a little of that and ryan writes a lock of my hair. >> you don't see people wearing locksr neck like they used to. >> that's kind of word. >> i have in on idea what that means. >> that's kind of bizarre. >> in the 19th century. >> like in amber? >> they wore it around their necks. >> like a fossil preserved in amber. >> jurassic park. what's tonight. >> the cdr, a lot of retailer shrinking the footprint houses and with plarkts on multi-year highs what are the best opportunities right now? >> good story. we'll see you tonight, 5:00. thanks so much. let's get a check on the markets at the top of the hour. dow down 71 points. we were down almost 100 earlier on as some comments out of a fed president bullard adding pressure to markets. s&p down almost 6, nasdaq down a little more than 12. payne sell les he will up sharply and announcing it plans to buy certain packaged food line from premier foods and steel stocks taking a hit after dahlman rose down grades the sector. steel dynamics, u.s. steel, ak and new corp all in the red. facebook gets the grlt for the acquisition of ins

. >> brian: if you locked your keys in your car, they could send a pulse. >> steve: just like that. >her or not you need to change your oil. what do you think about this voltville out there in texas? good idea? bad idea? they made 100 of them available, but only half of them were taken. don't know why. maybe people just didn't think that they were reliable for whatever reason. only 55 takers. e-mail us or twitter. >> gretchen: coming up, this company was ready to expand, creating 1500 jobs right here in the united states. now they might be forced to build overseas thanks to obamacare. the chairman of that company here to explain next. >> brian: then the u.s. postal service hours away from its first default on billions of dollars in loans. what's congress doing about it absolutely nothing. >> steve: great. >> brian: don't lick your stamp. we're waiting for you it's something you're born with. and inspires the things you choose to do. you do what you do... because it matters. at hp we don't just believe in the power of technology. we believe in the power of people when technology works

steve. i'm wondering, police said definitively they felt they had everybody out of the temple. what's going on on the perimeter. are the s.w.a.t. teams still there? >> reporter: they still have pretty much this neighborhood entirely locked down and have for about eight hours, but they've got this area locked do down. and the temple is over my shoulder and we're not even close, we understand what has happened the temple has been cleared and that all witnesses, all the folks inside the temple at the time were taken to a building to my immediate left, which is a bowling alley over here, where they were debriefed and interviewed at length. the scene here has been, a lot of folks family members of those people that were inside the temple, or people who belong to a sister temple, if you will, from a nearby community, and have been waiting word, who was exactly that might have been hurt or killed in this yet unexplained shooting. in fact, in tactffactactfufact-- in front of this temple. >> police say they were not going to hold another news conference and we won't hear from them officially until tomorrow, is that still the case snachlt that's our understanding as well in chatting with folks waiting for word. and peel who know

. >> steve: there is a story about detroit is broken and big labor has such a lock on that town, theyhorse shower on the staff and because he is part of the union deal they can't get rid of him because they don't have horses. >> that bring to mind another anatomy of a horse. >> steve: do americans want apple or solyndra? >> it is apple succeeding because it brought out products people wanted. solyndra by contrais cronyism . appeal to the politician and burrcrats. you lose money on solyndra and apple losing money too bad for the investors but the public gets served. >> steve: do you want freedom or big brother. every since fdr we looked to the government to take care of us and now things have changed. >> they have changed. people realize that freedom means opportunity and creativity. go to a supermarket and have a huge choice. but schools, government dominates we have problems k-12 . more and more restrictions on health care. freedom market sup. put in affective safety nets and we have abundance of food, why not health care? >> steve: you talk about under this president the government

locked into extreme positions on economic and social issues. team romney is saying the american people know they are not better off than they were four years ago. steve hayes, fox news contributor is with us here in tampa. good day to you. a different time of the day but good to see you. what do you believe the strategy is behind the interview pre-convention and to label governor romney an extremist? >> what the president wants to do is set the tone for the republican convention and have a lot of journalists talking about this and trying to make the case that mitt romney is an extremist. try to link hip him to house republicans, people are not fond of congress generally. >> bill: there was a lot in here with the associated press. whether he believes in those opinions, the president suggests. >> i have no doubt he would carry forward some of the things he talked about suggests he is not being honest with his views at the moment? >> the reason a president needs to say that, i think it's very hard for them to paint mitt romney as an extremist. this is guy who ran for governor and pro-choice candidate. now, they are trying to suggest to link todd aiken's

lock down security wise. it was at the height of the beer drinking time. >> brian: which is when you get up. i'm up, honey. >> stevet's always good to get your personal stories of how you live your life. >> brian: i try to put myself into it. >> steve: straight ahead, church discounts at the water park in jeopardy now. same goes for the military discount. that's because some atheists say just not fair. the owner of the park comes up live. >> gretchen: and is it just me or is it getting hot in here? or out on our plaza? new york's bravest and buffest firefighters. ladies, you're welcome for that segment. 8:52 a.m there they are. hi, guys check out bass pro shops' fall hunting classic for extra savings of up to $100 during our binocular and rangefinder trade-in sale. and bring the family for free kids' activities this weekend. bass pro shops. your adventure starts here. >> brian: fox news alert. officials in ecuador will come to the rescue of julian assange. he's been holed up in the embassy in london for the past two months and now word is he'll be granted asylum there. british police are threatening to arrest assan

i was locked in a difficult primary and a young student in ohio was putting out yard signs for me. paul ryan. >> so you remember him? >> i remember him a long time. >> stevespeaker boehner will rote for -- vote for paul ryan. democrats are trying to portray paul ryan as throwing grandma off of the cliff. this is a poll of senior citizens and his favorably rating is 46 percent. unfavorable 28 and undecided is still at 26 percent. >> when you look at the women how they are speaking about congressman rhine, favorable 22 percent . unfavorable 15 percent . there is a lot of definition that needs to take place, some folks don't know who he is and some are finding out who he is . folks are pleasantly surprised how the positions are flushed out at this point. >> gretchen: there is only one vice-president debate and that is important for people to know him. that is on october 11th. talking about the issues now, if people don't know who paul ryan is, they will learn about the budget. >> steve: one of the things that democrats are trying to do. paul ryan will blow up medicare, the two things to remember. with the paul ryan plan. if you are 55 and older, nothing is g