. >>> and finally today, the romney boys, tagg, matt, josh, ben and craig came into the convention hallk to me. first, they expressed concern for everyone in the storm watch tonight. but then, we turned to the subject of their dad, their mom and what is, after all, the highs and lows of running for president about to be a dreamed achieved. >> none of us expected to be here, i think this is a big -- it will be a big moment for us to watch our dad go up there and accept the nomination. >> despite all the stuff, the hoopla, he's still dad to us. >> a lot of the nerves worked their way out early in the campaign. now, we're just anxious and excited. >> reporter: this moment, more than six years after their father first began their quest for the presidency. >> i want to introduce my family, my oldest, tagg, father of four. >> reporter: five sons in all, four in business like their dad. one, ben, a doctor. all are married and 15 grandchildren. >> we have a photo here of the family gathering of the romneys. absolutely incredible. you can tell when you guys get together, there's a global khaki s

tagg said he couldn't fix it. that was very difficult for them.ney talks about this as if it happened yesterday. in an interesting way so does mitt romney because it stays with her. it's still a struggle she has every day. she had a relapse after super tuesday and collapsed. >> you see this side of them. there was a washington post poll out in terms of females that the gender gap between the president and mitt romney is six. the president is up six. i was talking to margaret hoover and said it's so key hearing ann romney speak tomorrow night. it's ann romney who can truly, can i use the word humanize? >> yeah. >> humanize mitt romney. >> people want someone to fix the economy but voting for president is a personal vote. you have to be able to trust that person. yes it's about mr. fix it but being an efficiency expert is not good enough. this is the person about making the decision about sending your kids to war, the future of our country. not only the economy, which is large part of it. i think the dam pain has taken a look at mitt romney's li lik

. >> as tagg pointed out, this is a game of politics. we are prepared. it's tough to see.hat he did a great job of making that money. he worked very, very hard to do that. we don't take anything for granted. we know a lot of people are struggling. >> i think that's one of the ironies. president obama is trying to make it a disqualifier to be successful. if you had a successful career, in the private sector, that somehow disqualifies you from being able to be a good president. obviously, president obama has not had that opportunity, but wants to point to my dad as being disqualifying. >> knowing your father as you do, can you guarantee to the american people he has nothing to hide? >> yeah. i know my dad and what he stands for and his value system. he is the most honest guy i know and complete integrity. he's got nothing to hide and he wants to focus on the economy. let's not distract ourselves with the peripheral issues. let's talk about the economy. let's get down to the issues. you look at the pick and this is a guy who spend his time tackling the issues. whether or not

if there are any nerves it has to be with tagg and josh.egyn: we got word in the last hour that. >> i sake now a full-blown hurricane and it's head for new orleans right now. nearly 7 years to the day after hurricane katrina hit the region. but the impact will be felt well beyond new orleans. we are live in the big easy. he's not even old enough to vote but he's attracting a lot of attention at the republican national convention. the youngest delegate here. he will tell us how he earned a spot on the big stage here in tampa. we built it is a major theme. fallout from the president's comments about you didn't build that. we'll look at how that work and we'll show you what to expect from a busy afternoon here in tampa. behind me you can see governor romney's native state of michigan has a prominent place on the convention floor as well as massachusetts where romney was governor. new hampshire where they have a home. and ohio, critical. no republican has ever won the white house by not winning that swing state. wisconsin also thanks to paul ry

tagg romney says mitt romney's path to the white house is a carbon copy of your dad's. your dad won by such a landslide against carter. you forget he was behind considerably for most of that race including well beyond where we are in this race. >> double digits at this point in 1980, my far it was behind by double digits and was able to win by a large margin. it's interesting you play that cut. what has changed? nothing has changed. the democrats are still using the same mantra they used in the 1960s to try and defeat barry goldwater. somehow it's the require, somehow it's business. that's the problem with the world today. we just tax more, have more government. we'll be able to solve the problems. my father goes on in that speech to say you would think at some point they would give us a scorecard to show how well they are doing. they never give you a scorecard because you won't want to see the scorecard and today we are living it. megyn: your dad is talking about the fatman and the thinman. it doesn't mean the fat man took advantage of the thin man to get there. a simi

tagg, matt, josh, ben and chris. so let me start with this. pick up where we left off with juan and karl which was a story about who has been divisive. i think i know where you stand. about it many got to be hard when it's not you, it's your dad how love. you see allegations, he's a felon or a liar, american people, you decide. your thoughts on that. >> you can't worry about that. you let it roll off your back. you know the other guys are lie and cheat and steal and you can't worry about it. megyn: does it bother you or missouri mom more. behind closed doors is there anything beyond the pale? >> it doesn't bother us because we know who really is. it doesn't bother my mom and dad because they are comfortable with who they are. he's confident, we are confident. we know who is. as people in the country get to know him, i think they will get to know him. >> tagg was rough on him when he was a kid. so he's prepared. >> i argued a lot with him as a teenager. >> i think having five boys prepared my dad for just about anything. megyn: your mom seems t

tagg mentioned he's in this race because he cares about the future of america.can dream is in danger of being washed away. there's 23 million americans that are unemployed. has he a plan to get those people back to work. >> your mom, as i mentioned is going to take the stage tonight. she has an enormous opportunity to personalize your dad. how much pressure is on her, first of all, what would you like to hear her say? have you seen that speech? >> my mom is very naturally gifted somehow at these things. she somehow doesn't feel the pressure. >> i started out asking about the emotions you'll all be feeling as you watch your dad take to the podium thursday night. your mom is going to get up there and stand next to him thursday night. they have been married for more than 40 years. they are about to take an incredible journey together over the next couple of months. what will you be feeling like that? >> whenever you see your home up there, walking around, look at her helt and how well she's doing, we feel an enormous sense of pride for her overcoming ms and battlin

tagg was given the assignment of breaking the bad news to pawlenty.didn't stop t-paw from being a loyal soldier. he hit the airwaves praising the romney/ryan ticket. however, one question seemed to catch him off guard. >> how many years of tax returns did you provide to the romney campaign? >> i don't know the exact number, george, but several years i believe. >> several years, so more than two? >> well, we don't get into the details of the vetting process, but i gave them a bunch of tax returns. i don't remember the exact number of years. >> oh, come on, tim. you're a stickler for details. you know exactly how many you gave mitt romney. i bet you know it's exactly what, you know, i tell you what. i think that you gave john mccain just as many four years ago. now to be fair, pawlenty isn't the only republican dodging this question. >> how many years of tax returns did you turn over to the campaign? >> it was very exhaustive vetting process. it's a confidential vetting process, so there were several years. but i'm going to release the same amount of ye

condoleezza rice spoke and tagg romney spoke. officials attend those delegation meetings, and the more of a swing state you are, the bigger the names you get. we want to show you this ohio breakfast on this morning here in tampa. >> the speaker is a diehard cleveland browns fan. [applause] in fact, our speaker is so learned that it is my understanding there is a draft petition circulating to name her coach of the cleveland browns. another little-known fact is that we have a member of our audience this morning that was actually a classmate at notre dame, colonel tom moe. where is tom? there is tom. i want to know if you print notes. it is my pleasure to introduce someone that needs no introduction, a scholar, a national leader, our former united states secretary of state, condoleezza rice. [applause] >> good morning. good morning. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. to all of the fellow classmates, and the wonderful folks here from ohio, i just have to say hi to mike dewi

share your thoughts on facebook and on twitter using the hash tagg ed show. coming right back. no! no! ♪ were you guys just making out in here? what? no! really, cold cuts from a package? yes. [ male announcer ] it's nice to finally say "yes." new oscar mayer selects. it's yes food. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." congressman todd akin should be the hero of the republican party. but they're pretending that he isn isn't. at least until the election is over in november. look, there is no doubt his fellow republicans will warmly embrace this guy if he wins. and he may be taking friendly fire right now, but he's just the kind of staunch conservative right-wing zealots are looking for. they want to guy who is not going to back down. he's willing to stand up to sean hannity two days in a row, stand up to karl rove, stand up to the republicans in his own party who are calling him, saying hey, buddy, drop out of the race, including mitt romney and paul ryan. today, akin was asked if he would reconsider dropping out, if it looked like he might lose to senator clair

tagg's son was produced with ivf. [♪ somber music ♪] >> they are messing with god's plan. >> stephanie foreign policies. when he had that triumphant foreign trip -- >> apologizing to the muslims. >> apologizing for america. >> stephanie: romney has this disastrous foreign trip and ryan has absolutely no foreign experience. he said i think romney decided instead of fighting it just concede it. a fox poll 51% trust obama compared to 28% that believe in romney. ryan voted for the iraq war, and has opposed obama's time line but has not said how he would end the war. once again -- >> yes, they are wonkey. >> yeah. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: at least he is winning with latinos! no, he's not. >> somebody give me the world's most interesting man spot. >> there is no color in that ticket. >> i don't always drink an alcoholic beverage but when i do i prefer it dosicus -- >> stephanie: people are literally saying this could put the gop in a disadvantage for decades. ryan voted against the dream act. romney's lead in hispanic voters hovers around the 40% mark. one poll found ob

this is a tweet from tagg saying he is the father of twin born from surrogates. dr.ect ivf. >> if you look at the way that ivf works is you have multiple embryos are created. not all of them are implanted. you create more than you need. what's really a question is what happens to the extra if they are not used or discarded. if you say that life begins at conception or you have a fertilized egg. it's not that ivf is outlawed but if you have a personhood bill those extra embryos become the crux of the issue. >> let's remind everyone. ryan and romney and this is ryan's new stance on abortion. they are against abortion except when it comes to rape and incest. given that, do we know if they would support this personhood legislation? >> it's a very good question. you pointed out that mitt romney's personal story with his grand children. if you look at personhood bill you can see the difficulty with ivf. we have talked to the people at personhood usa is it will force ivf to become more efficient. you're not creating a lot of extra. you're creating the exact number that you

oh, my goodness, megan kelly had flag and flur and tagg and all of the romney kids. >> the romneys thet turns out that your dad is, in many ways, self-made. he started off with a $75 a month apartment basement apartment with your mom years ago. people really understand that they did have some struggles. >> yeah. we heard from a nanny who claimed to have been familiar with the family. she always -- child privilege. >> stephanie: father ran american motors. what? what are you talking about? did you read the david brooks piece? the real romney. it is kind of hilarious. mitt romney was born on march 12 1947 in ohio. florida, michigan and virginia and several other swing states. he emerged hair first believing in america and it national parks. he was given the name mitt after the roman god of mutual funds and launched that he would some day become the arrow shirt man. >> p.s., he got his nickname myth from the mitt of michigan. >> stephanie: oh awesome. thank you for that. brit hume on our speaker tonight, paul ryan. >> this is what paul ryan has brought to this race. this young man is a po

h tag.e a special has tagg caller: ron paul has a large following and the signs never came down from last election in my area. he should be in charge of the surgeon general. either one of these fellows, why wouldn't they use him as the surgeon general to fix the problem with medicine, medicare, medicaid? i was told before heard mr. obama that i was going -- that things would get very hard for me financially because of the medicare and the social security system. i remember hearing that when i was a child and i am 51. guest: i think you raise the idea of maybe having weathered it is somebody reaching out and bringing ron paul into the administration of either -- if barack obama gets reelected or mitt romney gets elected. that is something that previous presidents have done, trying to build a coalition with people -- opponents or previous challengers into the administration. whether either of these men chooses to do that is unknown. they have not shown their hand if that is what they will do. host: we have a tweet from tillman. we talked about the points that republicans are making thi

priority, the romney campaign follow up ann romney's blockbuster speech by sending the couple's son, taggt to reporters to carry the family banner. >> get to know over the next couple months they'll continue to warmup to him. people getting introduced to him for the first time. >> i can tell you mitt romney was not handed success. he built it. >> if ann romney's job was to win over hearts, connecting with conservative minds is all about ryan. don't the voters need to hear more substance as to what this ticket is going to do for the country? >> well, i think there will be plenty of that. i think that's part of what governor romney will talk about. i can guarantee you'll get plenty of substance any time paul ryan speaks. >> reporter: on the floor the first night one of romney's old rivals governor rick perry sees the ticket as balanced. does the paul/ryan pick go a long way in satisfying conservatives that mitt romney is a conservative? >> it's a team. it's two people that complement each other. they have business backgrounds clearly in line with what most americans want to do. >> reporter:

. >> tagg, you're the oldest, right? >> i am. >> yes. josh.>> all of us are here. we're together. we're getting excited because your mom is going to be speaking tonight at the republican convention. have you already heard her speech? >> i have not heard her speech. i saw her up there practicing a little bit, but i didn't get to stop and listen. very excite today hear what she has to say. i'm sure she'll say nice things about my dad. >> have you at all been consulted on what she should say? any of you guys been consulted about the substance of the speech? >> no. she's written most of it herself. she's had some help from speech writers but most has been her own thoughts. she'll talk about my dad and his vision and why she should be president and what he'll do once he's there. >> she's really an amazing woman. i spent some quality time with her in iowa. almost exactly a year ago. and i got to know her. and i realized at that time you tell me a little bit about her inspiring story, because she inspired me. and you've lived with her your whole life

with his oldest son tagg tagging along.port system when we received the news that no parent is prepared to confront. you cannot measure a man's character based on the words he utters before adoring crowds, during times that are happy. a true measure of a man is revealed in his actions during times of trouble. the quiet hospital room of a dying boy. with no cameras and no reporters. this is the time to make that assessment. in 1979, tragedy struck our family. when our youngest son david was diagnosed with hodgekin's disease. a non -- it was a cancer. >> over a period of seven months, he was in and out of children's hospital of boston for treatment. throughout that agonizing period, mitt took time from his busy schedule to visit david. they developed a loving friendship. on one of his visits, mitt discovered that david was very fond of fireworks. he went out and bought a box full of fireworks that had to sit on a closet shelf because they couldn't be set off in the city. we waited till we were able to go to maine where we set