tracy: wow! okay, so what is it going to take for us to get back to, i mean to get it going again, to get back to normal levels? how much rainfall do you need? >> well, it, i don't know the exact amount but it would take a good, 10 to 12 inches of rain over probably 1,000-mile wide area of the nation to bring the river levels up to where the average is. that we're about 12 to 14 feet below average right now. so, i'm not a meteorologist but i'm sure that amount of rain would be a tremendous boost and get us back close to the normal. tracy: i can't imagine that kind of rain coming anytime soon though. bob anderson, thank you so much for taking time. i know you are busy out there. mississippi river commission spokesperson. good luck out there. >> oh, thank you very much. i appreciate it. tracy: all right. so there's also a scary side to this whole drought. that we haven't heard a lot about. believe it or not anthrax. the deadly bacteria is actually thriving in these dry conditions. over the past two

tracy: i'm tracy byrnes in for melissa francis and here's what is money tonight. the worst drought in 50 years threatening to starve our country's livestock. animal feed costs are through the roof. the price spike putting the nation's livestock at risk as well. we have a cattle rancher that will join us to break down how dire the threat has become and what it could mean for your wallet. plus the u.s. co2 emissions plunged to their 20-year low. the discovery surprising most vocal environmental activists. we're going to explain. >>> the end of an era at augusta national golf club. the home of the masters welcomes its first female members. it could loot to a flood of sponsors for the nation's most famous golf tournament. even when they say it is not it is always about money. tracy: it's always about money. first let's take a quick look at the day's market headlines. apple has officially become the most valuable public company in history. shares of the tech giant lept more than 2 1/2% today, giving it a market value of $623 billion. apple smagsed the previous record o

tracy: thank you. pending home sales at the highest level since 2010 and case-shiller home index also showing an uptick in the u.s. home prices. hitting the official bottom? joining us, chief economist. mark fleming. you believe we are officially in this long-term recovery? >> all the data we're looking at, they are all pointing to this year being different than years past. in the off-season it had sort of a net loss at the end of the year. this year fundamentally things are very different and a lot of fundamental support for housing this time around. tracy: i'm with you. there was no tax credits or artificial bumps in the housing market at the same time the case-shiller report on looking at 20 cities, so a snapshot, still so many cities, states, connecticut but home prices dropping. home prices still falling by me. tracy: have our own house price index covering the entire nation, rural areas in our index showing consistent gains month over month, year-over-year the last four or five points. so slow bu

big question about what that means, tracy. tracy: right.ecause we haven't seen oil move a whole heck of a lot during, up until now at least with hurricane isaac moving in. david: are these strategic reserves that we have going to be sold off on the international market? is that what they are hinting at? again this is coming out in coordination with the united states treasury. so those overseas and the u.s. treasury, tim geithner's office, are working together on some kind of coordinated action. what that is we adopt yet know. stay tuned. tracy: the strategic petroleum reserves are for emergencies. is this truly one? we'll see. we have ceo of one retail company bucking the trend. president and ceo of brown shoes will tell us how. sometimes investing opportunities are hard to spot. you have to dig a little. fidelity's etf market tracker shows you the big picture on how different asset classes are performing, and it lets you go in for a closer look at areas within a class or sector that may be bucking a larger trend. i'm stephen hett of fideli

tracy: katrina anniversary. ashley: thank you, guys. tracy: i'm tracy byrnes.ley: i'm ashley webster. hurricane isaac is building strength as it bears down on the gulf coast. we'll have the latest when and where this massive storm will hit. tracy: stocks on the fence today after another round of mixed economic data. coming up we've got a wall street strategist who tells us how all the big news this week, from isaac to, the fed, the presidential race, could shape the economy and the market ahead. ashley: and the grand ole party kicks off its convention with a heavy emphasis on the economy. so will the republicans message resonate with voters or will isaac steal the show? we're live from tampa coming up. tracy: we have some breaking news. the national hurricane center offering the latest on tropical storm isaac. let's listen in. >> you see the bands wrapping around way around from the south and southeast side, around the north. it's a little bit larger to the south than it is to the north right now which has spared the coastal areas of mississippi and louisiana f

tracy. tracy: oil really interesting moving around today. it started the day out up on of course fears of the hurricane. all right we've got mark sebastian in the pits of the cme group with us right now. we also have a fight here on wall street where the markets are headed. right now we're going to start with mark at the cme. mark, you have got low volume. you have the worst drought basically in history. where are we over there? >> it's really interesting. if you look at the volatility index, trading about 16, over the last ten days the s&p 500 has moved at an annualized volatility of 6%. that is a 10 point spread. so those of you that are out there saying that vix is really cheap, think again. it is actually really really expensive to buy insurance, relative to what's going on in the market. we've got really low volume. and, you know, a lot of news next week. we've got a bunch of stuff coming up with the euro. we have got jackson hole. we have got non-farms. so i think you are going to see

tracy: go, baby go. ashley: thank you very much, lori. tracy: i'm tracy byrnes.'m ashley webster, it is a positive friday for stocks. the dow, nasdaq and s&p all solidly higher putting them on track for the third straight winning month. tracy: today's boost courtesy of federal reserve chairman ben bernanke bernanke stands to help as quote, needed. is qe3 really the answer? kevin hassett, aei senior fellow says no. he will tell us why in a minute. ashley: gop nominee mitt romney makes his case to america. the question is, did he convince voters he is the best choice to take on our struggling economy? i guess the voters will ultimately decide, but two top political mind will weigh in, just ahead. tracy: that will be good stuff. first, top of the hour. time for stocks as we do every 15 minutes. lauren simonetti on the floor of the new york stock exchange. we bounced back. we came shooting back down. we lost 100 points. now we're back up again. what is the market saying? >> very choppy session, we've been waiting for ben bernanke's speech all week when we finally got

tracy: i'm tracy byrnes. >> i'm ashley webster.we said hurricane isaac testing new orleans $14 billion levees for the first time since hurricane katrina devastated the big easy some seven years ago today. the so far the levees are holding but the slow-moving storm causing flooding, wind damage and power outages along the gulf coast. tracy: we'll go right to peter barnes. he has the fed's beige book. peter, what have you got? >> tracy there is ammunition in the fed's august beige book for members who want to vote for more monetary easying when they meet september 12th. report from the four bank districts suggest, quote, economic activity continued to expand gradually in july and early august across most regions and sectors. now with inflation under control federal reserve chairman ben bernanke and other fed members have made it clear that getting unemployment down is the top priority for the fed right now and the beige book says, quote, most districts reported that employment was holding steady or growing only slightly. now the repo

tracy: i'm tracy byrnes. ashley: i'm ashley webster.cal storm isaac just hours away now from lashing the gulf coast with rain and high winds and residents there bracing for the worst. we'll bring you the very latest on where and when the storm will hit. plus, mississippi senator roger wicker will tell us how his state will is getting ready for the storm. tracy: stocks looking for direction as lori mentioned after snapping a six-week winning streak on friday. could we see more selling ahead. ashley: tracy, go to rick nab at the national hurricane center for the very latest on tropical storm isaac. let's go there right now. >> the circulation center that is occupying a huge part of the florida peninsula on the east coast. there were tornado warnings earlier in the port st. lucie area. this band is training over some of the same areas. this is a continuation of the rainfall that began when isaac moved over the florida keys and southern florida yesterday. this could contribute to storm total rainfall that in some spots could exceed 15 inche

tracy: i'm tracy byrnes. ashley: and i am ashley webster. lows on the last two hours of trading coming at the dallas s&p 500 rose the best levels in more than four years. the biggest movers ahead. tracy: risky business, many of the biggest funds are ditching stocks and betting on alternative investments. will it pay off? what is going to happen with all that? ashley: and more than 1% ahead of the clinical results after the bell. will dell be able to convince wall street to reinvent itself? we will have to see, a preview is ahead. always goes and ruins everything. time for stocks, nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. >nicole: it is turning a little bit more red now. the dow has been breaking down little bit, down about 27 points right now, but the dow and s&p hovering at four year highs, so we have been climbing higher the past six weeks. let's take a look at a spy in particular. under a lot of scrutiny, a news media they are not too hot on yet. plus sales have been dwindling since the notebook and televisions, so wi

tracy: and going to stop you right there. what would you suggest to investors at this stage, how they play this market with some much uncertainty still out there? >> everything seems to be revolving around a tv. my big concern is that it will disappoint on friday. he as inflation metrics a lot higher than their work. he has policy against in. he also have that slight pickup this but what's gone on in europe and china. the biggest set up for disappointment in not getting some languages and the treasury market. negative for the stock market. for more qe. if it doesn't happen you have a lot of money. the gop national convention started with a gavel. then they went away. >> you know, this weekend, we thought we were going to get a tropical storm here in tampa. instead we get the breezy morning followed by what has lovely been a sunny afternoon. the republicans pushed everything back one day. it will start to largely up tomorrow. rihanna like to reach a more. that was of republicans officially gaveling and, starting their national

douglas next month in tracy and german eddie's cbs five. it has been 16 days since the curiosity of government is spectacular landing on mars and since then it is mostly been taking pictures but today nasa took it out for its first span bench crazy shows us it was one small move for a broker one giant relief for nasa. dear wastes >>> in the control room it was a relief when they saw the rover make its first trucks on mars. this new animation shows a small but successful to test drive a 120 degree turn and then eight feedback. over the next few months curiosity will pack the time the site of a mountain analyzing rocks tried to determine if the conditions for life ever existed on the red planet is. nasa has named the spots where curiosity touchdown bradbury land area to the late martian chronicles author ray bradbury who would have been 92 today. bradbury inspired a generation of science fiction fans who had been thrilled to see that this mission to mars has been much more than a curiosity. this hall is sell video made about the landing has n

heaviest traffic westbound 205 out of tracy with the waze traffic maps you can pinpoint where it starts before west grant line road a lot of heavy traffic then it continues into the altamont pass, even though it picks up to around 25 miles an hour, you will find it is sluggish into livermore as well. altamont pass road also showing slowing, not a great alternate at this point, ace train reporting no delays, then it turns into 40 miles per hour into livermore. south bay northbound 280 headlights in san jose good, delay-free 17 out of santa cruz mountains, fine. in the north bay problem-free on the southbound ride through san rafael to the golden gate bridge. >>> 6:08. >>> robin roberts makes a return to times square this morning. the health update we are expected to get. >>> first, and new, caught on camera, an accident in the heartland. the police cruiser, former police cruiser losing control and crashing into a crowd. >>> good morning it is monday 6:12 a.m.. look from our high-def camera towards the embarcadero, bay and bay bridge traffic there moving okay so far back-to-school, back t

and tracy cbs news los angeles.om the weather center good evening of a fight we have been noting several shades of green tonight's now the key to end its ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, in not so merry england since to face the wrath of the queen. 2- botas of them have gone viral they show aprons for the woman after losing a game of straight billiards in is the ap sweet and loss figures hotel the royal family has not commented on the photos of the bbc reports there plenty embarrassed. issuing of the crown jewels so to speak. and that when such that's. >>> did anybody for the cbs five it is a body outside is gray and we do have the clouds. let's take a look at it quickly soured. region of the clouds in the this city look of a green on the screen that's a good indication that we have the temperatures 59 and overnight lull in mountain view 54 in vallejo the bottom line is the of the pass to bob developing tonight we will see some drizzle and the overnight hours which means a misty morning commutes and then some seasonal temperatures

and london, tracy anderson is the go-to celebrity trainer.ated for her on oprah. >> oh, my god, these kill my butt. her workouts for expectant moms. now, tracy who gave birth in may, is sparking conversation about some comments she made to "du jour" magazine. >> a lot of women use pregnancy as a excuse to let their bodies go. i've seen so many women come to we right after having children, with disaster bodies that have gone through hell. during her first pregnancy, tracy gained 60 pounds, eating hog dogs and milkshakes. but with her second, she says she did things differently. gaining just half that. and adding in workouts. >> i do agree with tracy anderson in the sense that many women use pregnancy as an excuse to eat much more than they should be eating. but on the other hand, i think you shouldn't be too quick to judge women who have just given birth. >> reporter: but even anderson admits getting back in shape post-baby is hard. her first day back in the gym, she said, was an incredibly demoralizing moment in my life. >>> and tracy anderso

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plot in tracy. a developer of has been given exclusive rights to negotiate the project which would be four times the size of disneyland. include a convention center, casino and a racetrack. even with the economic boom in the people in tracy are split. >>> everything is proposed to put there will be good for tracy. it would be fun for people. >>> you beat nice or would keep us awake. >>> he must prove that he has the money to back the project. another a bay area baseball player is suspended for steroids. >>> how his teammates are reacting off the field. >>> he will wiggle his mouth that you. >>> a camel is wandering the streets of a bay area city. why is this camel or round? >>> the new website for owners ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a lot of clouds are around the bay area. we're in the '50s and '60s. >>> gesture overnight road work and some in changes right now across the golden gate bridge. but the bridge has no delays right now. we've a full look at your morning commute coming up in a little bit. >>> came

tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, lynn, good morning. good morning, everyone. lots of speeches today and lots of speeches yesterday. keep in mind, they are all designed with very specific goals, to beef up the base, get them excited about the candidates, but also to reach those skeptical voters. last night, there was a very specific target, women. >> this man will not fail. >> reporter: ann romney, from the heart, trying to do what her husband so far has not, win over america's moms and working women. >> i love you women! >> reporter: she talked about mitt romney, the family man, the student, and eventually the entrepreneur, telling america don't hate success, embrace it. >> mitt romney was not handed success. he built it. if the last four years had been more successful, do we really think there would be this attack on mitt romney's success? >> reporter: delegates thought she hit the home run romney needs. >> everyone around us, male and female, were just looking at each other like, oh, man, she just hit it out of the park. >> she was very natural, good-flowing

>> tracy. tracy. tracy. tracy. some time in the last century as phones got better, silbo went from something everyone did to something only old folks did. >> is silbo mejor. >> even the silbo master himself has a cellphone. with a custom ring tone. >> si. >> the local government felt silbo was in danger of fading away so they took action. >> silbo lessons are now required in all schools. >> the whistles mimics the sounds of spoken spanish, listen to buenos dias. >> a side note here, these girls were stronger whistlers than the boys. >> much stronger. >> in any case it seemed to have caught on. >> okay. one more question, then. porque silbo? >> because it is our thing, she says. iit belongs to us. >> and today, it sounds like el silbo will survive because the selcellphone generation is learg to tweet. >> osgood: next, franklin roosevelt's retreat. this portion of sunday morning is sponsored by lincoln, the lincoln discovery drive series event is going on how does it feel to try smooth, delicious hershey's chocolate

and nbc's tracie potts joins us with a preview. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, >> the delegates will be in later today and so are the candidates. hours from now they'll be here for the delayed convention. ann romney speaks tonight. >> i like ann's speech. >> reporter: her role, boost her husband's likability. convince moms paying bills and raising children that romney gets it. >> this is somebody who lived that. >> reporter: this convention is about convincing swing voters that a super rich successful businessman can identify with the struggling middle class. >> we are so used to being entertained and wowed. do we have to be wowed for everything? can't we just vote for somebody that is imminently qualified? >> reporter: marsha blackburn is scheduled to speak today. >> you'll hear me talk about the great opportunity party and about recommitting and revitalizing the american dream. >> reporter: and wrapping it up tonight, new jersey governor chris christie after denying reports that he privately predicted rom

tracie potts joins us with a preview. she is in tampa for us. good morning, tracy. >> hi, lynn. good morning, good morning, everyone. we will see the dal gats fill the floor here later today. they have a big job because the polls are telling us that people are not wholly satisfied with president obama and not yet convinced mitt romney is the guy to replace him. hours from now, mitt romney and paul ryan arrive for the delayed start of the republican convention. ann romney speaks tonight. her role, boost her husband's like ability, nearly 30 points behind the president es 's in t latest poll and convince moms that romney gets it. >> this is somebody that gets it. she can tell you how much mitt romney understand that is role. >> reporter: this convention is all about convincing swing voters that a super rich businessman can identify with the struggling middle class. >> we are so used to being entertained and wowed. do we have to be wowed for everything? can't we just vote for somebody that is iminently qualified. the. >> marcia blackburn is scheduled to speak today. >> you are goin

>>> tracie, thanks so much. last night on special coverage former candidate newt gingrich talked about the gop and medicare. despite what many political analysts say, gingrich thinks the romney/ryan ticket does not have a medicare problem. >> a new poll came out and by 45 to 42 the country announced they liked governor romney more than obama on medicare. he's had a huge advantage on medicare. i think what happened was a remarkable decision by romney and a fundamental mistake by the democrats. i think we're in a different world. i think people are more sophisticated today and i think the fiscal problems, the huge obama deficits and the fact that we've got 8% plus unemployment has created a different environment for this conversation. >> don't miss msnbc's special coverage and rachel maddow and chris matthew's commentary. that is tonight at 5:00 p.m. eastern only on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> here's your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. in los angeles surveillance video s

. >> tracy anderson is a new mom and already back in shape. but her comments about other moms that have caused this controversy. >> for roster is a who's who of hollywood hot bodies. j lo., gwyneth. >> nothing worked for me the way this method worked. >> with fitness studios, tracy anderson is the go-to celebrity trainer. gwyneth paltrow shared the routine on oprah. >> oh, my god. these are killing my butt. >> her new line of dvds are workouts for expectant moms and now, tracy is sparking conversation about comments made to a magazine. a lot of women use pregnancy as an excuse to let their body goes. it's the worst thing. she goes on to say i've seen many women coming to me after having children with disaster bodies have gone through hell. during her first pregnancy she gained 60 pounds but with the second she says she gained just half of the weight, and adding in workouts. >> i do agree with tracy anderson in the sense that many women use pregnancy as an excuse to eat more than they should be eating but you shouldn't be too quick to judge wom

. >> his name is tracy. >> i am the one would read it. i just came to the conclusion that it was a woman. after we answered the question, then wrote back in thanking us for answering the question. want to ask those two big- headed guys did they know tracy is a unisex name. i'm not mad at them. it's simple mistake. i wanted to let them know i'm a grown man and i no you guys might think only women are smarter and they only could ask a question like that. it was a question about humidity. but very funny. tracy, sorry about that. >> we didn't know. >> tucker runs into him. it was the same day. he said yesterday but yesterday he ran into tracy and we had read his question that morning. >> that is so cool. >> that is crazy. >> when you told me that story, thought today's ask the weather guy question should be -- we should have gone for a mathematician, what are the odds of that happening. >> a lot of people in the area. >> millions. >> that is crazy. >> we now have 30 seconds left. >> here is what we've got. today's question is from linda under

tracy: the city of new orleans being tested again. fox news is shepard smith is still there. thank you for joining us again. the levees held, god bless the people in new orleans. >> they did hold and we're in one of the lulls, sometimes it

and ben tracy from glacier national park where the ice is melting at a shocking rate. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. we begin tonight with presidential politics in florida, the richest prize of the 11 battleground states with 29 electoral votes. today, paul ryan made his first trip to the state as part of the republican's pumpive ticket. chip reed is traveling with paul ryan. >> reporter: paul ryan came to center florida to make the case for medicare reform and he made that politically perilous argument right here in the villages, one of the largest retirement communities in the the nation. paul ryan brought his 78-year-old mother, betty, to the rally in the villages. >> i want to introduce you to my mom. >> reporter: where he promised the romney-ryan plan to medicare would not affect her or anyone else over age 55. >> how many of you are 55 or over? our plan does not affect the benefits for people who are in or near retirement. >> reporter: as for people now under 55, the details of the romney-rya

the only slowing in the east bay, coming out of the tracy area or further inland i o'-- farther inland i should say westbound 20519 minutes ago a traffic spotter reported it as moderate. -- heavy within the last 10, 15 minutes now heavy traffic and folks moving at around 25 miles an hour, like the traffic spotter towards 580. >>> 5:11. >>> frightening moments for a san francisco family. next, what we know this morning about a fire that forced them to flee their home. >>> it is the verdict that has -- that is still the talk of the high-tech world.or >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning. this morning investigators will be back in the mission district trying to figure out the cause of a fire we showed you smoke from a house fire at 5 last night the flames forced the family to evacuate the home. firefighters stopped before the flames could spread to nearby buildings. they say it appears the fire started in a cottage behind the larger home. >>> the sound of sirens could be heard racing up to the berkeley hills after a fire there last night around 6:30

ben tracy talked to some of them today. >> you want to just look?porter: the loewen family could only stand and stare at what little the fire left behind. jennifer and david loewen's eight children are safe, but their home of 13 years is gone. >> you have your family. everybody is safe. that's really what's most important. but then there's so much sadness and grief and despair. >> reporter: their house was one of at least 60 destroyed by the flames that tore through these hilltieds. 800 firefighters are beating back the blaze. calmer winds are giving them the upper hand. >> today a good day for the firefighters. >> reporter: wreck reed is the commander. he said this morning that the fire is 25% contained. >> cautiously optimistic we might be in the 25% range by the end of day right now. >> reporter: this is where you're living right now. >> this is where we're living and if the house is gone this might be a permanent home. >> reporter: mary lou smith is living in a parking lot, waiting to find out what happened to her neighborhood. >> hopefully our

and nbc's tracie potts joins us from tampa. she has some of the highlights from yesterday as well as what's coming up later today. tracie, good morning. >> hi, lynn, good morning. lots more speeches today. lots of speeches yesterday. and keep in mind, they are all designs with some very specific goals, to beef up the base, get them excited about the candidates, but also to reach those skeptical voters. and last night there was a very specific target, women. >> this man will not fail. >> reporter: ann romney from the heart, trying to do what her husband so far has not win over america's moms and working women. >> i love you women! >> reporter: she talked about mitt romney the family man, the student and eventually the entrepreneur, telling america don't hate success, embrace it. >> mitt romney was not handed success. he built it. if the last four years had been more successful, do we really think there would be this attack on mitt romney's success? >> reporter: delegates thought she hit the home run romney needs. >> everyone aro

ben tracy on today's test drive of the mars rover. "curiosity." captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the cause of autism is one of the great mysteries of medicine, but we found out something new and important today. a report in the medical journal "nature" says that it is the age of the father at the time of conception-- not the age of the mother-- that can raise the risk of autism in a child. with more men becoming fathers later in life, it could help explain the rise in autism in this country. jim axelrod is on the story. >> reporter: the study's senior author-- a scientist in iceland-- writes "conventional wisdom has been to blame the developmental disorders of children on the age of mothers. but it's the age of fathers that appears to be the real culprit." dr. delores maldespina, a sky tryst at new york university finds the research eye opening. >> this study shows new mutations are frequent enough as men age that fathers aging alone can explain the increase in the risk for auti

i'm tracie potts. news 4. >> thank you, tracie. hey, we heard some of the competitors walking away with pretty sweet swag in the form of some headphones. >> reporter: well, actually you're right. i mean, these headphones given to a number of people when they were staying in hotels outside the olympic venue before they came in. but not official headphones by the official manufacturer and that has upset some of the olympics officials. you know, they are not -- there is a rule 40 here, a big controversy. not supposed to wear or endorse anything that's not the official sponsor. they like these headphones. here they are. they have been wearing them all over the place. now they want the athletes to take them off. athletes tweeting about it. they don't think it's fair. the latest controversy as the games the condensation off the glasses. glasses wearers beware. might take a minute or so to get the classes clear enough to see through. temperatures, upper 70s to near 80 degrees already. not much on doppler 4. a few showers south of frederic

were kind of out here alone were close to tracy but not part of tracy we are stand alone will have tosomething ourselves >>> the kid needs feeding every three hours she was never a cat lady that she is beginning to feel like one. >>> i love animals and general they need our help will have to help them >>> their rescue group did not start out to be animal protection they simply want to do the right thing for the community and the cats don knapp cbs 5 >>> you have probably never heard of them but a russian pont ban has become an overnight sensation the judge sends the all girl band to prison for a protest at the moscow main cathedral they screamed obscenities as cbs reporter juliette goodrich shows us international criticism grows louder by the man that >>> women of the provocative of punk rock group " pussy ryan " students and a court room the judge found them guilty of hooliganism and inciting religious hatred and sentenced them to two years in prison. in february they burst into moscow's main cathedral and belted out an anti-government protest song calling on the virgin mary to throw

tracy: reagan got rewarded. things went his way.possible things won't go mitt romney's way because of his challenge to medicare. >> that is entirely possible. by taking this issue of it may cost him. is a risk but reagan was a politician who was willing to take risks and there's a question of whether mitt romney has the political skills to put it across the way ronald reagan did. i think that is an open question. stuart: is america prepared to bite the entitlement bullish? >> if it is presented in the right way. let me is another analogy the way chris christie presented the economic reality to the people of new jersey. he told them we are heading towards a state it simply can't function and if romney levels with the american people in that way and put some facts behind them they are going to think about it and it could go his way in november. tracy: compassion is missing in his presentation. stuart: thank you for being with us. always a pleasure. president obama touting the stimulus saying the republicans blocked him from doing more

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live from tampa, i'm tracie potts. back to you. >> tracie, thank you. >>> mitt romney is proving just how important virginia is to his campaign. he made it a point to greet them before he took the stage for his speech. the common wealth had a section at the very front of the convention floor. romney has said virginia is a state he intends to win in november. as romney took the stage in tampa a group here protested the gop campaign. demonstrators marched with signs from malcolm x park to the center in the northwest. it called for an economy that works for the 99%. they also called for health care cuts and corporate tax breaks. >>> now at 5:35. five firefighters are in the hospital this morning after an apartment fire in temple hills. the flames sparked at the building along huntley square drive around 10:00 last night. 11 units were destroyed. we're told the fire started inside a kitchen on the first floor. residents tell us they were sleeping when they smelled smoke. >> i was screaming, yelling, we smell fire. i went t

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