thank you, wisconsin. it is good to be home. i tell you, i love wisconsin.mily over here. that's this half of the stadium. i have a lot of family. i tell you what -- >> love you, paul. >> i love you too, man. >> i'm fifth generation from this state. my family came here back in the 1800s, made a go of it. it's where we've all raised our families ever since. this is such a phenomenal place to live, to work, to raise your family. >> i think back about, you know, the summers upali alitt our grandparents up at lake winnebago. py think about deer camp in fairchild in o'claire county. janna, our daughter liza, son charlie and sam. we live on the block i grew up on. with about ten other ryan families within about eight blocks of our home. my veins run wi cheese, bratwurst and a little spot of -- and some miller. >> i was raised in the packers, badgers, bucks and brewers. i like to hunt here. i like to fish here. i like to snowmobile here. i even think ice fishing is interesting. i'm a wisconsinite through and through. i have to tell how what this means to be home. i

wisconsin. these people know him quite well. the american people are just getting to know the congressman, the house budget committee chairman, sometimes controversial. the republican ticket traveled here in high point, north carolina. another state that barack obama carried four years ago that's critical to the republican strategy of taking back the white house. mitt romney leads the ticket, but as we try to get to know paul ryan better, let's listen to paul ryan earlier from north carolina. >> we have a clear choice of two futures. are we going to accept the status quo, accept the path that president obama has put us on with government taking over health care, government taking over all these different aspects of our economy, washington picking winners and losers in our economy, putting us on a path of debt, putting us on a path of doubt and decline, or are we going to get america back on track, turn this economy around, get people back to work, and leave our children a better future? [ cheers

. >> paul ryan, seven-term congressman from wisconsin. we will discuss his views with three wisconsinites, matt rothschild, john nichols, author of "uprising: how wisconsin renewed the politics of protest, from madison to wall street." and nicole safar a plan. advocates of wisconsin. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. and a major shakeup, it features new president mohammed morsi has dismissed cairo's top two generals -- field marshal hussain tantawi and military chief of staff sami enan. tantawi had served as ousted leader of hosni mubarak's defense minister for two decades and headed the powerful supreme council of the armed forces. tinto is not indicated whether he accepts the move to replace them with general abdel fattah al-sisi. in addition, morsi quash the army's recent constitutional declaration is that occurred the new leader's powers. in a speech, morsi said the moves are for the benefit of this nation. the focus of the presidential race turns to

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for more, we start in wisconsin. we go to the president of the sikh religious community in washington. he leads a temple in washington 15 miles from the side of the shooting. he was in oak creek until last night. our condolences on the killings and woundings in your community. can you talk about what you understand happened, as you spent yesterday in oak creek? >> first of all, we are all shocked and saddened by this crime. our sympathy and prayers are with all of the families and victims and all of the police enforcement who came over to rescue. we are hoping the wounded will survive. we are hoping for them. everybody is shocked that we are getting over it. hoping for the best. >> describe the events, as people told you. if you could reconstruct what happened. the name of the shooter came out just as we went to broadcast. according to sources in the army, page in listed in the army and was given an honorable discharge. served in texas. he was last stationed at fort bragg. the details of his discharge were not immedi

oh, it's "uss wisconsin" that's a big hint.act they're doing this saturday morning when the olympics still going on. huge surprise. >> stand by, john king is getting an official announcement from the romney campaign. >> it's impressive. you can see the romney letterhead on top. there's not a quote from governor romney in this. we'll wait to hear from the governor himself. not even from paul ryan, it does say mitt romney announced wiscons wiscons wisconsin conman paul ryan. it's interesting what they decided to put on the first bio. they note, chairman of the house budget committee, where he has worked tirelessly, increasing accountability to tax payers, you'll hear a lot about that. talking about simplifying the tax code. you'll hear a lot of about that. then the fifth generation wisconsin native. dad an attorney, his mom, stay at home mom. he talks about how he proposed to his wife in april. she's from oklahoma. and everybody knows he likes to be outdoors and is a member of the local archery association. >> he actually shoots

[ cheers and applause ] that is what we do here in wisconsin! seen a few elections in wisconsin lately. [ laughter ] >> we are ready. we are tested. we put these ideas out there. we implemented it. our leaders fix the problems in madison. and we as voters said keep doing it. [ cheers and applause ] >> on june 5, courage was on the ballot in wisconsin and courage won. [ cheers and applause ] >> we wisconsinites we saved wisconsin that day. and on november 6, we wisconsinites will help save america that day. [ cheers and applause ] >> usa! usa! usa! usa! >> friends, i see so many familiar faces in this audience he. it is just aid mazing. -- it is just amazing. >> we are all family, brother. >> we are all family, brother. and that wasn't my brother who said that actually. [ laughter ] >> we have a very critical decision to make in this country. we are at that proverbial fork in the road in america. the president came ito office with so much hope offering so much change. he got the power he wanted. he got his party in control. he passed almost every

the backdrop, "the uss wisconsin." it's a backdrop at an event that had been planned for the last couple of days. the campaign was telling us, don't pay no attention to the "uss wisconsin." the campaign itself won't confirm what phone calls have been made between mitt romney and paul ryan but nbc has three sources that are saying that paul ryan is the pick. kelly o'donnell has covered paul ryan for a decade up there on capitol hill. obviously this is going to be seen by strategists in both parties as a great day tomorrow. they are both going to be excited. people in chicago at the campaign and a lot of people in the romney campaign. but it's going to be for the republicans, too, right? >> i think there will be some surprise for some republicans because in washington the most frequent name i was hearing from members of the congress and establishment figures was rob portman. that's who they expected romney to choose. paul ryan is a dynamic figure, well-liked by many of his colleagues. one republican said that he didn't h

i'm in wisconsin.rt how they are here in wisconsin, beautiful weather here. >> what would take you to wisconsin this time of year. was there some great event that we're all happy about? >> greta: i don't know. you have to watch the show. it's not my high school reunion. i had that one six weeks ago. >> just kidding. >> greta: what is this? you have filed but still haven't gotten the documents. is there any discussion in the house contempt or the filings done, you haven't had anything from the government? >> not at all. attorney general is good as his word he was going to give us a couple hundred more documents if we agreed to close the indication. he wouldn't let us see them before we agreed to take them. if we didn't take it there would be nothing. there has been nothing. we, of course, waited to see if the u.s. atis job. he didn't. regrettably we had to follow the alternate course and we have filed. >> greta: now i've done the math matted nicks my head of filing deadlines. knowing a little a bit abou

that's the "uss wisconsin." paul ryan from wisconsin. the ultimate cheesehead, he might himself say. this is a big pick. this is a bold pick. it is a risky pick. paul ryan, more than any republican in congress, more than any prominent republican in the entire country, has put the question of getting the country's fiscal situation, its budget crisis, its economic crisis, front and center. he has the most specific plan. he has the most detailed plan. it is the ryan budget. it is something he has been pushing for several years. and until very recently, most republicans weren't even onboard, because of the thing bianna mentioned. the fact he would change medicare. he said to get the budget in order, you have to control the costs of medicare. he would change the way medicare operates. give social security citizens the option of buying private insurance, instead of traditional government health care. that's something he says is essential essential. but it's very controversial. >> what did you think? was this the most daring call of all of the

the "uss wisconsin" battleship in the background.t's the back drop for mitt romney making his dramatic announcement that paul ryan, the chairman of the house budget committee will in fact be his vice presidential running mate. our own cnn contributor is here, he wrote a fascinating piece about paul ryan not that long ago, just the other day. what made i decide to write that article? did you think that mitt romney was going pick paul ryan as his running mate? >> no. i mean, i knew he was on the short list. he was obvious up and coming republican, you did a piece about him a year ago. he's i have important republican in washington. the whole theory was, this is a guy who arguably had ideal logical influence than anyone else. the question from romney, is he going to run away from it or embrace it? obviously he's going to embrace it. >> we want to see some pictures, tell us, you spent quality time in jamesville, wisconsin. this is his, the prom king. he was elected class president, the class president is also the prom king. this is him w

they haven't put the money in terps of wisconsin. they have been behind in the polls and not as engaged coming off of the big republican victory and the recall. and so right now, president obama is a little bit in the driver's seat but with ryan on the ticket republicans are incentive and coming here tomorrow and you will see the money spent. it is a tough lift for them but ryan giving them a bump and more reason to really engage in wisconsin the way they haven't. >> craig, thank you. wisconsin will be exciting in the race. thank you, craig. >> any dime. >> coming up. tea party leader said ryan is risky, but that is a good thing. amy crammer is i have worked closely with republicans and democrats to advance growth and fiscal growth and job creation. i am proud to stand with a man who understands what it takes to foster job creation and someone who knows from experience if you have a small business, you did build that. >> it is an hour since governor mitt romney and republicans are rallying around paul ryan. he reenforces the campaign

. >> in wisconsin you will be there? >> it will be a great day. >> and up next representative bachmann calling the romney-ryan ticket a winning combination. that's next . a few thing that is might surprise you about congressman paul ryan. what did he do before politicings. start guessing, that is coming up. >> i have good news and i have got bad news. why don't we get rid of the bad news, first, okay. >> president obama is the president of the united states and the good news is on november 6th. he won't be any longer. >> republican nominee vice-president paul ryan is on the house nominee. it was a hot puton topic . bachmann joins us now. >> good to see you, gret a. >> you believe they will point to debate. >> no doubt about it but we are coming from a much better plan. we know without a doubt that medicare will be dead flat broke. paul ryan has a plan to save and same is true with social security. you can go to obama way and bankrupt for senior citizens and romney ryan plan will save that. >> and probably, i guess sort o

and in wisconsin, they are behind in wisconsin. this will clearly help them in wisconsin. we should point out president obama won paul ryan's district last time around. >> look, he represents, and that's something -- that's something we should point out about paul ryan. he's not -- he does not represent a, quote, safe republican district. he has made it safe. he has always been popular in his district even if his ideology may be less popular than he personally. so it may give us a sign about something, he must have some political skill, some hand-to-hand political campaign skill to hold a seat that on paper, yes, you can say slightly leans republican, but it was never a slam dunk for him. and certainly not the first time. this was les aspen's old seat. >> wisconsin has been right in the middle of all of the budget wars and the wars over public employees and what governor scott walker has done. so wisconsin is a very hot state indeed. and paul ryan can try to help mobilize that anger and mobilize it into a successful force for mitt romney if they do it right. it certainly i

. >> in wisconsin you will be there? >> it will be a great day. >> and up next representative bachmann calling the romney-ryan ticket a winning combination. that's next . a few thing that is might surprise you about congressman paul ryan. what did he do before politicings. start guessing, that is coming up. >> i have good news and i have got bad news. why don't we get rid of the bad news, first, okay. >> president obama is the president of the united states and the good news is on november 6th. he won't be any longer. >> republican nominee vice-president paul ryan is on the house nominee. it was a hot puton topic . bachmann joins us now. >> good to see you, gret a. >> you believe they will point to debate. >> no doubt about it but we are coming from a much better plan. we know without a doubt that medicare will be dead flat broke. paul ryan has a plan to save and same is true with social security. you can go to obama way and bankrupt for senior citizens and romney ryan plan will save that. >> and probably, i guess sort o

they haven't put the money in terps of wisconsin. they have been behind in the polls and not as engaged coming off of the big republican victory and the recall. and so right now, president obama is a little bit in the driver's seat but with ryan on the ticket republicans are incentive and coming here tomorrow and you will see the money spent. it is a tough lift for them but ryan giving them a bump and more reason to really engage in wisconsin the way they haven't. >> craig, thank you. wisconsin will be exciting in the race. thank you, craig. >> any dime. >> coming up. tea party leader said ryan is risky, but that is a good thing. down here, folks measure commitment by what's getting done. the twenty billion doars bp committed has helped fund economic and environmental recovery. long-term, bp's made a five hundred million dollar commitment to support scientists studying the environment. and the gulf is open for business - the beaches are beautiful, the seafood is delicious. last year, many areas even reported record tourism seasons. t

they haven't put the money in terps of wisconsin.hey have been behind in the polls and not as engaged coming off of the big republican victory and the recall. and so right now, president obama is a little bit in the driver's seat but with ryan on the ticket republicans are incentive and coming here tomorrownd you will see the money spent. it is a tough lift for them but ryan giving them a bump and more reason to really engage in wisconsin the way they haven't. >> craig, thank you. wisconsin will be exciting in the race. thank you, craig. >> any dime. >> coming up. tea party leader said ryan is risky, but that is a good thing. amy crammer is i have worked closely with republicans and democrats to advance growth and fiscal growth and job creation. i am proud to stand with a man who understands what it takes to foster job creation and someone who knows from experience if you have a small business, you did build that. >> it is an hour since governor mitt romney and republicans are rallying around paul ryan. he reenforces the campaign mes

we are here in janesville, wisconsin, a population of 60,000 people, in southern wisconsin. this is where congressman ryan was born, raised and wherely is raising his family. we came to find out a little bit more about congressman paul ryan. here's what we learned. >> next january, our economy will begin a comeback with the romney plan for a stronger middle class, leading to morions and more take-home pay for working americans. >> greta: he is the man everybody is talking about. >> romney and ryan -- >> paul ryan... >> mitt romney and paul ryan. >> greta: who is congressman pall? the wisconsin policy wonk who governor mitt romney just tapped as his republican runningmate. 42 years old, head of the house budget committee and the third youngest person to be picked as a vice-presidential candidate. but there is much more to him. who was he before he came to washington? janesville, wisconsin, january 29, 1970. paul davis ryan entered the world, the youngest of four children was born to betty and paul ryan. he grew up in the historic courthouse hill neighborhood. >> he's always b

does get wisconsin.ut i think more importantly he gets that blue collar conservatism that i think is the heart of the republican party. >> reporter: but tacking ryan is a big gamble because of the house gop budget that bears his name. up until now, romney has done everything to make this campaign a referendum on the incumbent. >> the president's policies are not creating jobs. >> reporter: add ryan to the ticket and there is no escaping this. >> ryan plan to end made care as we know it must be taken off the table. >> reporter: other potential downsides? ryan has never run statewide. he has no foreign policy experience. and some will question whether a 42-year-old house member is ready to be commander in chief. >> one of the stars of the republican future over the next 10 to 20 years. whether he is ready at this moment, only the campaign trail can tell. and he is going to get --ly tell you he is going the take a real beating. >> reporter: ryan says family history makes him a fitness fanatic, leading house

wisconsin, they're behind in wisconsin. this will help them in wisconsin. should point out that president obama won paul ryan's district last time around. >> that's right. and it's something we should point out about paul ryan, he's not -- he does not represent a, quote, safe republican district. he's made it safe. he's always been popular in his district even if his ideology was less popular. so he may show you something or give us a sign about his political, campaign skill, to hold a seat, that on paper, you could say it slightly leans republican, but it was never a slam dunk for him and certainly not the first time. this was les aspen's old seat. >> and wisconsin has been right in the middle of all the budget wars and the wars over public employees and what scott walker has done. so wisconsin is a very hot state indeed. paul ryan can try to help mobilize that anger and mobilize it into a successful force for mitt romney if they do it right. it's certainly wide open for that kind of campaign. but the gender divide is a big deal, and, again, i'm not sure h

they haven't put the money in terps of wisconsin.e polls and not as engaged coming off of the big republican victory and the recall. and so right now, president obama is a little bit in the driver's seat but with ryan on the ticket republicans are incentive and coming here tomorrow and you will see the money spent. it is a tough lift for them but ryan giving them a bump and more reason to really engage in wisconsin the way they haven't. >> craig, thank you. wisconsin will be exciting in the race. thank you, craig. >> any dime. >> coming up. tea party leader said ryan is risky, but that is a good thing. amy crammer is here to explain next. on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we found that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere. because that wonderful, bouncy, roll-around thing... had made you play. and that... had made you smile. [ announcer ] beneful. play. it's good for you. i have worked closely with republicans and democrats to advance growth and fiscal growth and

we are in wisconsin. expect this delegation to be absolutely wild when he is introduced to this crowd. and really, paul ryan has been in congress 14 years. a full third of his life. yet up until a few saturdays ago, he was largely unknown outside the beltway. we speck him to detail that journey from jamesville, wisconsin, to washington. we expect him to also say that he accepts his generation's calling to help restore america's promise for future generations. a promise that he says has been lost under this current president. he will end this speech, we believe, much in the same fashion he does on the campaign trail, into the crowd saying things are dire but it is not too late. together we can get this done. we will get this done. in between we expect him to throw out a lot of red meat and potatoes that these folks can eat up and probably get them on their feet a time or two. >> ron mott who is briefly off the campaign trail and standing in wisconsin. at least part of the convention floor relegated to them

he does get wisconsin. more importantly, he gets that sort of blue collar conservatism that i think is the heart of the republican party. >> reporter: but tapping ryan is a big gambel because of the house gop budget that bears his name. up until now, romney has done everything to make this campaign a referendum on the incumbent. >> the president's policies are not creating jobs. >> reporter: add ryan to the ticket and there is no escaping this. >> ryan plan to end medicare as we know it must be taken off the table. >> reporter: other potential downsides, ryan has never run statewide. he has no foreign policy experience. and some will question whether a 42-year-old house member is ready to be commander in chief. >> one of the stars of the republican future over the next 10 to 20 years. whether he is ready at this moment, only the campaign trail can tell. and he's going to get --ly tell you, he's going to take a real beating. >> reporter: ryan says family history makes him a fitness fanatic, leading house col

one is from wisconsin.e also wrote speeches for dan quayle, so it is all about wisconsin in the and, of course. >> the nominee is the pit bull, trying to be the attack dog against the president and vice president, and we have seen that from joe biden. we saw that during 2008. will we see that in this campaign? >> it is all about time. i think you have to be in a tone that you're comfortable with. if someone else was running mate, i think you would hear a different tone. being collegial and working well with his colleagues, he has a pronounced worldview and different world view, and he likes to draw stark lines and bright contrast with the other party, but he thinks of himself as somebody who does not personalize these political disputes. >> a question from earlier, and that is whether or not this party is unified in united, with some paul ryan supporters, tea party supporters, some arriving tonight, and do they leave united? do they leave energized and ready to do battle against the president? >> i think mo

i think wisconsin is definitely in play. i think we will deliver ten electoral votes to the next president, mitt romney. >> let me ask you a little bit about the tea party, which has been among the conservatives on that side of the republican party pushing for mitt romney to nominate someone that is more kind of in their comfort zone. but the criticism has been now, but what does paul ryan bring to the ticket when it comes to attracting swing voters? >> well, what paul brings to the tickets, as does mitt romney, is a seriousness of purpose this is an excellent, an outstanding choice, a confident choice, it definitely guarantees that this election will be about big issues, it will be about the serious problems facing this nation and two individuals that have serious solutions and real proposals to fix the problems. let face it president obama, he has proposed four sboinlgts far, candy. not once has he laid out a proposal to save either social security or medicare. his last two budgets were so unserious, they have had three vo