to it once again. [applause] you might have asked yourself if these last years are really the america we want, the america won for usy the greatest generation. does the america we want borrow a trillion dollars from china? no. does it fail to find the jobs that are needed for 23 million people and for half the kids graduating from college? no. are its schools lagging behind the rest of the developed world? no. and does the america we want succumb to resentment and division? we know the answer. the america we all know has been a story of the many becoming one, uniting to preserve liberty, uniting to build the greatest economy in the world, uniting to save the world from unspeakable darkness. everywhere i go in america, there are monuments that list those who have given their lives for america. there is no mention of their race, their party affiliation, or what they did for a living. [applause] they lived and died under a single flag, fighting for a single purpose. they pledged allegiance to the united states of america. that america, that united america, can unleash an economy that will put americans back to work, th

that united america will care for the poor and the sick, will honor and respect the elderly and give a helping hand to those in need, and that america is the best within each of ust for our children. if i'm elected president of these united states, i will work with all of my energy and soul to restore that america, to lift our eyes to a better future, and that future is our destiny. that future is out there. it is waiting for us. our children deserve it. our nation depends on it. and the peace and the freedom of the world require it, and with your help we will deliver it. let us begin that future for america tonight. thank you so very much. may god bless you. may god bless the american people, and may god bless the united states of america. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company that could. cisco. so what i'm saying is, people like options. when you take geico, you can call them anytime you feel like s

america meet this great challenge. far few moments, let us look at america, let us listen to america. to fund the answer to that question. as we look at america we see cities in smoke and flames. we hear sirens in the night. we see americans dying on distant battle fields abroad. we see americans hating each other, fight each other, killing each other at home. and as we see and hear the things millions of americans cry out in anguish. did we come all this way for this? did americans boys die in normandy and korea and valley forge for this? listen to the answers to those questions. it is another voice, it these quiet voice in the shouting. it is the voice of the great majority of americans, the non-shouters the non-demonstrators. they are not racist or sick. american ream. they give steel to the back pone bone of america. they are good people. they are decent people. they work. they sab. they pay their taxes and they care. like theodore roosevelt, they know this country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless ith is a good place for all of us to live in. and this i say

to get america on the right track again. to h help people find more jobs with more take-home pay. to get our schools better. to get us on track to be energy independent in north america. not have to buy oil from venezuela or the middle east. we are going to do everything we can to keep america strong. a strong america. strong values. strong families. a strong economy. a strong military. a strong america. [ cheers and applause ] >> a strong america is the best ally peace has ever known. we are going to bring america back and keep us the shining city on the h hill. thank you so much. we are going to win this with your help! thank you so much! ♪ >> it is the first state of mitt romney's bus tour. a bus tour that now includes his new running mate paul ryan, the is seven term wisconsin congressman who was a surprise announcement this morning simply because everybody believed that mitt romney was going to do the bus tour alone and then make the announcement. virginia is the first stop and then on to north carolina, florida and ohio. and i also understand they will be working in a stop in paul ryan's home state of wisconsin

it's what brought us to america. we are a nation of immigrants. with the children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of those who wanted to hear a better life, the one who is woke up to that voice calling them, telling them that life in america could be better. they came not just in pursuit of the riches of this world, but for the richness of this life. freedom. freedom of religion, freedom to speak their mind, freedom to build a life, and yes, freedom to build a business with their own hands. [cheering] this is the essence of the american experience. we americans have always felt a special kinship with the future. when every new wave of immigrants looked up and saw the statue of liberty or kissed the shores of freedom, 90 miles from castro's tyranny, they surely had many questions, but none doubted that here in america, they could build a better life, that in america, their children would be blessed more than they. but today, four years from the excitement of that last election, for the first time, the majority of americans now doubt that o

it's what brought us to america.re a nation of immigrants with children and grandchildren and great grandchildren of the ones who wanted a better life. the driven ones. the ones who woke up at night hearing that voice telling them that live in the place called america, could be better. they came not just in pursuit of the riches of this world, but for the richness of this life. freedom. freedom of religion, freedom to speak their mind, freedom to build a life, and yes, freedom to build a business with their own hands. [ cheers and applause ] >> this is the essence of the american experience. we americans have always felt a special kinship with the future. when every new wave of immigrants looked up and saw the statue of liberty or knelt down and kissed the shores of freedom just 90 miles from castro's tyranny, these new americans surely had many questions, but not that here in america they could build a better life. that in america, their children would be blessed more than they. but today, four years from the excite

to a better future. by my side i've chosen a man with a big heart from a small town. he represents the best of america, a man who will always make usy proud, my friend and america's next vice president, paul ryan. in the days ahead, you're going to get to know paul and janna better. but last night america got to see what i saw in paul, a strong and caring leader who's down to earth and confident in the challenge this moment demands. i love the way he lights up around his kids and how he's not embarrassed to show the world how much he loves his mom. but paul, i still like the playlist on my ipod better than yours. four years ago i know that many americans felt a fresh excitement about the possibilities of the new president. that choice was not the choice of our party, but americans always come together after elections. we're a good and generous people, and we're united by so much more than what divides us. when that election was over, when the orange signs came down and the television commercials finally came off the air, americans were eager to go back to work, to live our lives the way americans always have, optimistic and positiv

that united america will care for the poor and the sick, will honor and respect the elderly and give a helping hand to those in need, and that america is the best within each of us america we want for our children. if i'm elected president of these united states, i will work with all of my energy and soul to restore that america, to lift our eyes to a better future, and that future is our destiny. that future is out there. it is waiting for us. our children deserve it. our nation depends on it. and the peace and the freedom of the world require it, and with your help we will deliver it. let us begin that future for america tonight. thank you so very much. may god bless you. may god bless the american people, and may god bless the united states of america. [ male announcer ] whether it's kevin's smartphone... mom's smartphone... dad's tablet... or lauren's smartphone... at&t has a plan built to help make families' lives easier. introducing at&t mobile share. one plan lets you share data on up to 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. add a tablet for only $10 per month. the more data you share, the more you save. at&t. the calcium they take because they don't t

to venture out on the streets for fear of criminal violence. let us pledge ourselves to a new beginning for them. let us apply our ingenuity and remarkable spirit to revolutionize education in america so that everyone among us will have the mental tools to build a better life. and while we do so, let's remember that the most profound education begins in the home. and let us harness the competitive energy that built america, into rebuilding our inner cities so that real jobs can be created for those who live there and real hope can rise out of despair. let us strengthen our health care system so that americans of all ages can be secure in their futures without the fear of financial ruin. and my friends, once and for all, let us get control of the federal deficit through a balanced budget amendment and line item veto a budget amendment and a line item veto for the president. [applause] and let us all renew our commitment. renew our pledge to day byay, person by person, make our country and the world a better place to live. then when the nations of the world turn to us and say, "america, you are the model of freedom and prosperity," we can turn to them and say, "you ain't seen nothing

it's what brought us to america. we're a nation of immigrants where the children and grandchildren and great grandchildren of the ones who wanted a better life. the driven ones. the ones who woke up at night hearing that voice telling them that life in the place called america could be better. they came not just in pursuit of the riches of this world, but for the richness of this life. freedom, freedom of religion, freedom to speak their mind, freedom to build a life. and yes, freedom to build a business with their own hands. (cheers and applause) >> this is the essence of the american experience. we americans have always felt a special kinship with the future, when every new wave of immigrants looked up and saw the statue of liberty or felt down and kissed the shores of freedom just 90 miles from castro's tyranny, these new americans surely had many questions. but none doubted that here in america they could build a better life. that in america their children would be blessed more than they. but today, four years fr

mitt romney, and mitt romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to put us back on a path to growth and create good-paying private sector jobs again in america romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the torrent of debt that is compromising our future and corying our economy. mitt romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the debacle of putting the world's greatest health care system in the hands of federal bureaucrats and putting those bureaucrats between an american citizen and her doctor. ( cheers and applause ) now we ended an era of absentee leadership without purpose or principle in new jersey. i'm here to tell you tonight, it is time to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leader backs to the white house. america needs mitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now! ( cheers and applause ) we've got to tell each other the truth, right? listen, there is doubt and fear for our future in every corner of our country. i have traveled all over the country and i've seen this myself. these feelings are real. this moment is real. it's moments like this where some skeptic

to a better future. by my side i've chosen a man with a big heart from a small town ( cheers and applause ) he represents the best of america. a man who will always make us very proud, my friend and america's next vice president, paul ryan. ( cheers and applause ) in the days ahead, you're going to get to know paul and janna better, but last night america got to see what i saw in paul ryan-- a strong and caring leader who is down to earth and confident in the challenge this moment demands. i love the way he lights up around his kids and how he's not embarrassed to show the world how much he loves his mom. ( applause ) but, paul, i still like the play list on my ipod better than yours. ( applause ) four years ago, i know that many americans felt a fresh excitement about the possibilities of a new president. that choice was not the choice of our party, but americans always come together after elections. we're a good and generous people, and we united by so much more than what devise us. when that election was over, when the signs came down and the television commercials finally came off the air, americans were eager to go back to work, to live our lives th

join me to walk together to a better future and by my side i have chosen a man with a big car from a small town. he represents the best of america, a man who will always make usxt vice president, paul ryan. >> in the days ahead you are going to get to know paull better but last night america got to see what i saw in paul ryan, a strong and caring leader who is down to earth and confident in the demands and i love the way he lights up around his kids in town he is not embarrassed to show the world how much he loves his mom. but paul, i still like to play less on my ipod better than yours. four years ago i know that many americans felt the fresh excitement about the possibilities of a new president, that choice was not the choice of our party but americans always come together after a elections we are good and generous people, when the hard science came down and the tv commercials finally came off the air americans were eager to go back to work, to live our lives the way americans always have optimistic and positive and confident in the future that very optimism is uniquely american it's what brought us to america we are a nation of immigrants with children and

those who came before us reminds us that america has always been about new beginnings and mitt romney is running for president because he knows that if we are willing to do for our children what our parents did for us life in america can be better than it has ever been. de-- [ cheering and applause ] my >> my mother was one of seven girls whose parents often went to bed hungry so their children wouldn't. my father lost his mother when he was 9. he had to leave school and go to work and he would have worked for the next 70 years of his life. they immigrated to america with little more than a hope of a better life. my dad was a bartender. my mom was a cashier, hotel maid, a stock clerk at k-mart. they never made it big. they were never rich. maid. they wer yet they were successful because just a few decades removed from hopelessness they made possible for us all the things that had been impossible for them. many nights growing up i would hear my father's keys jingling at the door as he came home after another 16 hour day. many mornings i woke up just as my mother got home from the overnight shift at k-mart. when you're young and you're in a hurry, the m

america. what is needed in our country today is not complicated or profound. it doesn't take a special government commission to tell us what america needs. what america needs is jobs, lots of jobs. ( cheers and applause ) in the richest country in the history of the world, this obama economy has crushed the middle class. family income has fallen by $4,000, but health insurance premiums have higher. food prices are higher. utility bills are higher. and gasoline prices, they've doubled. today, more americans wake up in poverty than ever before. nearly one out of six americans is living in poverty. look around you. these aren't strangers. these are our brothers and sisters, our fellow americans. his policies have not helped create jobs. they've depressed them. and this i can tell you about--

to destroy america? >> no, i don't think he wants to destroy america but he wants to downsize america. i think he would like to see america have a smaller economy, usess energy, he'd like to see money redistributed away from america and toward the rest of the world. >> reporter: he spins out the theory by 2016 the u.s. economy will collapse and there will be a united states of islam, led by a nuclear-armed iran, and that obama wants it. >> if you seriously think it's a threat, you've got to do stuff that has the real prospect of stopping the mullahs from having a bomb. >> reporter: maybe he thinks we can't afford a war with iran right now. >> yes. >> reporter: which is a reasonable thing. >> it's a reasonable thing, and yet, for a country, america, which is, in a way, the sole protector of israel in the world, that would be a very scary thing for a lot of jews to discover. >> reporter: the movie was produced by steven spielberg's producer from "jurassic park," "schindler's list." >> thought we were doing something righteous and right and i think we've been proven right there. >> reporter: people have voted with their box office tickets. >> they have

to restore that america. to lift my eyes to a better future. that future is our destiny. that future is waiting for us. our children deserve it. with your help we will deliver it. let us begin the future for america tonight. thank you so very much. may god bless you and may god bless the american people and may god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> mitt romney and paul ryan will be making their first joint appearance when they visit richmond, va. together. you can watch a live 2:00 eastern on c-span. coming up next, more speeches from tonight's convention in tampa. newt gingrich, jeb bush, and kerry healey. turn tothe democrats' hold a convention. on tuesday delegates will vote on the platform. it will hear from former president jimmy carter, the san antonio mayor julian castro, and first lady michelle obama. on wednesday, elizabeth warren, former president bill clinton, and the roll call of states. on wednesday it wraps up with speeches from joe biden and president barack obama. you can watch gavel-to-gavel coverage of the dem

mitt romney and mitt romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to put us back on path to growth and create good paying, private sector jobs again in america. mitt romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the torrent of debt that is compromising our future and burying our economy. mitt romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the debacle of putting the world's greatest health care system in the hands of federal bureaucrats and putting those bureaucrats to treat american citizens. now, we have an era of absentee leadership without purpose or principle in new jersey. i'm here to tell you tonight it is time to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leaders back to the white house. america needs mitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now! [ cheering and applause ] now, we got to tell each other the truth, right? listen, there is doubt and fear for our future in every corner of our country. i have traveled all the country and i have seen this myself. these feelings are real, this moment is real. it's a moment like this where some skeptics wonder if american greatness is

nation down, it is not to change america, it is not to transform america, it is not to make america more like europe, it is instead to restore the principles of america that made us the hope of the earth. [cheers and applause]. >> we love this country. we love this country. we love america. we're going to do everything in our power to keep america strong, with strong families, and strong values, a strong economy, the strongest military in the world, we will restore american strength... [cheers and applause]. >> we love this country. we love you. thank you, north carolina! let's win this in november! thank you! [cheers and applause]. >> eric: mitt romney, having a rally with congressman ryan, in mooresville, north carolina, hitting the major points of the campaign, saying president obama is making us like europe. talking about the economy, the deficit, the fiscal crisis, and unemployment. and, at one point, even quipping about the women, janna ryan and ann romney, they are better and the husbands. a lesson for every american husband to know! we'll be back. sing a traditiona? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it wit

applause ] that united america will care for the poor and the sick, will honor and respect the elderly and will give a helping hand to those in need. that america is the best within each of us. that america we want for our children, if i'm elected president of these united states, i will work with all my energy and soul to restore that america, to lift our eyes to a better future. that future is our destiny. that future is out there. it is waiting for us. our children deserve it. our nation depends on it. the peace and freedom of the world require it. and with your help, we will deliver it. let us begin that future for america tonight. thank you so very much. may god bless you. may god bless the american people. and may god bless the united states of america. [ applause ] ♪ >> mitt romney is the nominee of the republican party going forward. tom brokaw, what did you make of the speech? >> well, what i thought was, brian, that it was more of a checklist than i expected. i thought maybe we would have a more eloquent statement tonight, kind of fanatic about what he is. but obviously they're concerned about women. lots of references to women. he raised the idea of taxes again,

to it once again. you might have asked yourself if these last years are really the america we want. the america that was won for us by the greatest generation? does the america we want borrow a trillion dollars from china? >> no! >> does it fail to find the jobs that are needed for 23 million people and for half the kids graduating from college? >> no! >> are those schools lagging behind the rest of the developed world? >> no! >> and does america that we want succumb to resentment and division among americans? >> no! >> the america we all know is a story of the many becoming one. uniting to brev liberty and build the greatest economy in the world, saving the world from unspeakable darkness. everywhere i go, there are monuments who have given their lives for america. no mention of their race, party affiliation, or what they did for a living. [ applause ] >> they lived and died under a single flag, fighting for a single purpose. they pledged allegiance to the united states of america. that america, that united america can unleash an economy that will put americans back to work, that will once again lead the world wi

] >> that united america will care for the poor and the sick, will honor and respect the elderly and will give a helping hand to those in need. that america is the best within each of us. that america we want for our children. if i'm elected president of these united states, i will work with all my energy and soul to restore that america, to lift our eyes to a better future. that future is our destiny. that future is out there. it is waiting for us. our children deserve it. our nation depends on it. the peace and freedom of the world require it and with your help we will deliver it. let us begin that future for america tonight. thank you so very much. may god bless you. may god bless the american people and may god bless the united states of america! america. [ cheering and applause ] cheers and applause] ♪ ♪[ music ] ♪ >> joining him is paul ryan, yet the end to another convention, a very, very powerful speech tonight. the candidate mitt romney has officially become the nominee for president of his party. a wide ranging set of themes that he explored tonight underpinned by the idea that he believes in america saying what america needs is jobs, lots of jobs and he has

applause ] that united america will care for the poor and the sick, will honor and respect the elderly and will give a helping hand to those in need. that america is the best within each of us. that america we want for our children, if i'm elected president of these united states, i will work with all my energy and soul to restore that america, to lift our eyes to a better future. that future is our destiny. that future is out there. it is waiting for us. our children deserve it. our nation depends on it. the peace and freedom of the world require it. and with your help, we will deliver it. let us begin that future for america tonight. thank you so very much. may god bless you. may god bless the american people. and may god bless the united states of america. [ applause ] ♪ >> mitt romney is the nominee of the republican party going forward. tom brokaw, what did you make of the speech? >> well, what i thought was, brian, that it was more of a checklist than i expected. i thought maybe we would have a more eloquent statement tonight, kind of fanatic about what he is. but obviously they're concerned about women. lots of references to women. he raised the idea of taxes again,

to get us back to work. we have lots of energy in america. let's use this energy in america to create jobs and lower our gas prices. (cheers). we need people who are out of work to be able to go back to school to get the skills they need to get new jobs and careers to get back on the path to prosperity. and we also have to grow more things in america. my buddy my senior year, ad commissioner, knows a lot about growing things. we make things in america. we grow things in america. we we have to make more, grow more, sell it overseas, that creates good jobs in america. (cheers). we also have to stop spending money we just don't have. we've got to cut spending, get this deficit under control so we leave our children and our grandchildren a debt-free nation. that affects jobs today. we have to champion small businesses. small businesses is the engine of opportunity, the engine of job creation, we need to restart that engine. you know, growing up my dad worked and my mom stayed at home. i've got three older siblings, my sister and two brothers. and

to it once again. you might have asked yourself if these last years are really the america we want. the america that was won for us by the greatest generation? does the america we want borrow a trillion dollars from china? >> no! >> does it fail to find the jobs that are needed for 23 million people and for half the kids graduating from college? >> no! >> are those schools lagging behind the rest of the developed world? >> no! >> and does america that we want succumb to resentment and division among americans? >> no! >> the america we all know is a story of the many becoming one. uniting to brev liberty and build the greatest economy in the world, saving the world from unspeakable darkness. everywhere i go, there are monuments who have given their lives for america. no mention of their race, party affiliation, or what they did for a living. [ applause ] >> they lived and died under a single flag, fighting for a single purpose. they pledged allegiance to the united states of america. that america, that united america can unleash an economy that will put americans back to work, that will once again lead the world wi

us, more likely to work with us. i kept on hearing about the miracle cure in latin america. said what is that? del castro he provides cataract surgery throughout latin america. he brings sight to people. i thought he does that for a tinny fraction for the investment we make in latin america. he is appreciated and known because he is branded effectively. we're great in branding. they can sell coke and pepsi to people for a half day's wage for a can of coke. and yet we're to the selling democracy as well as we could. we're not selling our values and the things that america has done to help lift the world. rather than if you will, apologize for who we are, and for what we have accomplished, i think we should be drawing on the very best of our skills from the private sector to make sure that we communicate who we are and exercise the soft power influence we could be exercise to draw for people to the kinds of value that will enhance their lives and promote the stability and peace on the planet. >> host: in the book when it comes to writing about something like global warming, what you say is wait a

as is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and d solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> we have dramatic rescues under way in plaquemines parish and one woman explains how she escaped through her attic. >>t a first we tried to leave, but we didn't, because we had nowhere to go. then, they came on the tv and said that the house isulup and there is a breach in the levee, a levee, and we were trying to leave, but trying to drive in the car, you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. and with me being a diabetic, and i have had a stroke. we were in the house. we stay in a trailer, but -- >> what's it like back there now? >> bad. water is over the top of the roof. we had to break through the ceiling and come through the attic. >>> there are some folks who are having a really, really tough time, and she is not alone. our affiliate wwl says that 75 peopl

applause ) that united america will care for the poor and the sick, will honor and respect the elderly, and will give a helping hand to those in need. that america is the best within each of us. that america we want for our children. if i'm elected president of these united states, i will work with all my energy an soul to restore that america, to lift our eyes to a better future. that future is our destiny. that future is out there. it is waiting for us. our children deserve it. our nation depends on it. the peace and freedom of the world require it. and with your help, we will dislifer it. let us begin that future for america tonight! thank you so very much. may god bless you. may god bless the american people. and may god bless the united states of america. ( cheers and applause ) >> pelley: former massachusetts governor mitt romney accepting the nomination of his party as a candidate for president of the united states. in that speech, romney was reaching for the common touch. many have questioned whether such a wealthy man understands middle class america, but in the speech, romney talked about people facing $50 fill-ups at the gas pump. cutting out movie nights in order

it is up to us to get america back on track. [applause] america is the only country in history founded on an ibidea, te idea that we are all endowed by the creator to pursue our happiness, our dream, earn our own success, and live the american vision of a good life. instead, we have a government in place that is determined to be defined that vision. much of our success is earned and a road to a handful of special assistant to the deputy undersecretary of some federal government that thinks they know better than us. [applause] too many in washington think that you and i and our families and friends cannot succeed on our own any more. government is not removing barriers from our lives. instead, those in power are taking the view that we are all stock in our current station in life and the government is here to help us cope with it. whatever you call that, that is not the american idea. that is a problem, like the high costs of health care. this $1.6 million monstrosity is causing problems for businesses big and small and families w

mitt romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear, to put us back on a path to growth and create good-paying private sector jobs again in america romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the of debt that's compromising our future and burying our economy. mitt romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the debacle of putting the world's greatest healthcare system in the hands of federal bureaucrats, budget those bureaucrats between an american citizen and her doctor! [cheers and applause] we ended an ire of absentee leadership without principle and purpose in new jersey. i'm here to tell you tonight it is time to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leaders back to the white house! america needs mitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now! [cheers and applause] now we've got to tell each other the truth, right? listen, there is doubt and fear for our future in every corner of our country. i've traveled all over the country, and i've seen this myself. these feelings are real. this moment is real. it's a moment like this where some skeptics wonder if americ